Thursday, January 14, 2010

Beth Hoffman Book Signing


(Hudson Library)                                               (Learned Owl Book Shop)


Last night, I went to the book signing for Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman at the Hudson Library, sponsored by the Learned Owl Book Shop, a local independent bookstore. I was thrilled to be able to meet fellow book blogger Stacy from Stacy's Books, we live fairly close to each other and are both Ohio State grads. We had a great time getting to know each other and chatting at a local coffee shop before the book signing. Stacy is adorable and sweet and as you'll see in the picture below she looks awesome in hats!  We connected right away and I look forward to getting to know her better...book bloggers are amazing, we seem to have these great connections! We also met a group of  women who are local bloggers and writers at the book signing, Lisa and Laura Write and Write-Brained


Beth Hoffman walked into the room full of grace and gratitude and she was  happy to see so many supporters there to embrace her and CeeCee. I've connected with Beth via emails and on twitter and she has been very supportive and interactive with book bloggers. She is just as sweet and kind in person as I had expected. She is from the northeast Ohio area so she had family and friends there to see her and support her. Beth gave Stacy and I big hugs when we met her and she was so grateful that we were there. She shared how she came to write the book and encouraged the audience to follow their dreams as she is a living example that dreams do come true. She was  charming and inspiring and has a sense of humor. She had a smile on her face the whole time. To thank those who hosted her tours she gave two ladies handmade honorary Savannah Garden Club hats. They were gorgeous and whimsical, and a perfect complement to the book.  Beth gave one to a lady from the Hudson library and one to Liz Murphy from the Learned Owl, (you can see a picture below). If you have an opportunity to meet Beth on her tour, jump at the chance, you'll be glad that you did. Here is her 2010 tour schedule.

Here are some photos from last night:






(Beth Hoffman, after reading from the book)





( Me, Beth Hoffman, and Stacy)




(Liz Murphy,Learned Owl Bookshop, and a representative from the Hudson library-my apologies, I don't know her name- with their honorary Savannah Garden Club Hats)

Check out Stacy's post about the Beth Hoffman Book signing at Stacy's Books, here.

I mentioned in a previous post that I had to miss my book club as it was meeting the same night as this book signing. We were discussing The Help, and I was actually able to make it to my book club after the book signing and they were still talking about the book! So, I ended up being part of both events and even got to enjoy a delicious dessert that went along with the theme of the book. My friend made Mississippi Mud Pie and it was delicious. It was a great evening!


15 comments:

  1. What a wonderful evening of books!! I think both you and Stacy are wonderful people and I would so love to connect with you guys sometime. Love those hats!! The front of the bookstore looks so darn charming!!! I wished I owned it!! I'm going to look at Beth's tour and hopefully she'll be somewhere close to me in Michigan. Thanks so much for sharing this incredible night with us!

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  2. Lucky duck! I wish more authors would come to this area.

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  3. Bonnie!

    I had been jealous of all of you getting to meet Beth, but she's going to come to my library in June. I just knew, from all of our correspondence, that she was just as wonderful as you said. I love all of your pictures! Thanks for sharing them.

    Lesa - www.lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com

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  4. I had such a lovely time last night! We will definitely have to get together again :)

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  5. Bonnie, great post - thanks for sharing about the book signing. I'm not surprised to hear that Beth is as sweet and kind in person as she is via blogs and twitter : ) Love the photo of you and Stacy with Beth.

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  6. What a lovely evening!! Meeting an author, spending time with a book blogger and then topping it off with book club and PIE! Sounds like my kind of evening.

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  7. The event sounds like so much fun. Isn't it funny how book bloggers feel like old friends immediately?

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  8. Sounds like you had a fabulous evening. Two bookish events in one night!

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  9. Bonnie, thanks for sharing your good fortune with us. I'm so pleased that you got to see Beth and that you posted such nice pictures. And, you got to go talk about another great Southern book, The Help. What more could a girl want?

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  10. I'm glad you had a good time Bonnie and how wonderful to hook up with a book blogger and see Beth. I'm so jealous! Great pictures as well!

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  11. Wow, Bonnie! What a great night! Author, blogger and book club--what could be better? I had to miss my book club one night to go hear Doris Kearns Goodwin speak. Hearing an author is about the only way I would miss my book club.

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  12. So nice to meet you last night, Bonnie! We've got a post going up tomorrow and we're linking to you!

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  13. Sounds like such a wonderful evening! Thanks for sharing this with us!

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  14. It sounds like you guys had a great time! It's always fun to meet other bloggers; I just wish more authors came to my neck of the woods. Thanks for sharing pics with us!

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  15. What great pictures, Bonnie! Beth seems like the nicest person, I am so glad that you were able to meet her! I can't wait to read Saving CeeCee Honeycutt!

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