{"id":3792,"date":"2014-09-22T09:18:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.old.caraghobrien.com\/book\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2014-09-22T09:18:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:18:13","slug":"fierce-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/the-vault-of-dreamers\/fierce-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fierce Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3793\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3793\" class=\"wp-image-3793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RJ-Julia-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"At RJ Julia Bookseller's\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RJ-Julia-350x262.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RJ-Julia-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RJ-Julia-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/RJ-Julia-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At RJ Julia Bookseller&#8217;s<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This weekend found the Fierce Reads Tour at two more great independent bookstores: R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT, and Towne Book Center &amp; Caf\u00e9 in Collegeville, PA.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rjjulia.com\" target=\"_blank\">R. J. Julia\u2019s<\/a>, Kathy welcomed us warmly around the rustic wooden table and moderated a lively discussion with plenty of input from attendees. We were especially happy to have a young gentleman reader, Dean, and his family with us. He was a big fan of Marie\u2019s, with proof that he had corresponded with her back when he was eight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3794\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3794\" class=\"wp-image-3794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TowneBookCenter-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"Ann Guirre, Marie Rutkoski, Caragh O'Brien and Pam Brown Margolis at Towne Book Center &amp; Cafe\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TowneBookCenter-350x262.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TowneBookCenter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TowneBookCenter-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TowneBookCenter-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ann Guirre, Marie Rutkoski, Caragh O&#8217;Brien and Pam Brown Margolis at Towne Book Center &amp; Cafe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday, we had a lovely time with Pam at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townebc.com\" target=\"_blank\">Towne Center Books &amp; Caf\u00e9<\/a>, where we had the novel experience of being broadcast live during our panel! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=To4pfEdhGQE\" target=\"_blank\">The video<\/a> is up on YouTube in case you want to see the magic in action. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3795\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jaime-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"Jaime\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jaime-350x262.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jaime-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jaime-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Jaime-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>We also had a chance to relax in the sunny cafe, talking about books and writing with blogger Jaime of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perpetualpageturner.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Perpetual Page Turner<\/a>, Rachel of <a href=\"http:\/\/aperfectioncalledbooks.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">A Perfection Called Books<\/a>, and their friend Julia.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Fierce Reads Tour returns to the <a href=\"http:\/\/host.evanced.info\/montgomerycountymd\/evanced\/eventsignup.asp?ID=64892\" target=\"_blank\">Bethesda Library<\/a> in Maryland. I have fond memories of visiting the library on a previous tour, so I\u2019m excited to go again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend found the Fierce Reads Tour at two more great independent bookstores: R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT, and Towne Book Center &amp; Caf\u00e9 in Collegeville, PA. At R. J. Julia\u2019s, Kathy welcomed us warmly around the rustic wooden table and moderated a lively discussion with plenty of input from attendees. 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