Machinations of my Muddled Mind: Resonant Recaps: Jenny Han Book Signing

A lot of hype has been going around by the readers community about this book signing tour these past few months. And last Saturday, the day that all of us readers have been waiting has finally come. The JENNY HAN BOOK SIGNING!

I was extremely opportune when my mom said yes when I asked her to make a 30 minute drive from Marikina to Makati at 3 AM in the morning. On normal hours, the short drive takes about 2 hours, but since it's the early hours of dawn, that 2 hours was cut into 30 minutes.

Most readers endeavor to come to book signings early because the first three people to get there on time will receive something great from the author herself. In this case the surprise was the ARC copies of the final installment to the Burn for Burn series, Ashes to Ashes. Sad to say when I arrived there at 3:30 AM there were already people lined up and I got the fifth spot. Two persons away from those ARC's!!! But everything wasn't for naught. Karrel of Karrel May Reads came before me, and then we were chatting up for a solid hour when Alia from Ponderings of Psyche joined the fray.

Left to Right: Alia, Me, Karrel

Registration at the book signing starts up at around 10 AM and we still have a lot of time to spare, good thing some of our friends already came. And whet better to waste time than to talk about books, fandoms, and take pictures.

Did I mention that Anette of Anette the Wicked was invited to the blogger's forum, and although she didn't receive an ARC of Ashes to Ashes because she was late, she was able to get her books personalized by Jenny Han. Also I pleaded her to ask Jenny to sign my shirt, and Jenny did! She also posted a picture of it with Anette in her Instagram!

Of course as soon as Jenny Han came in front, the 500 fans who attended went crazily insane and ballistic! I was pretty sure that the entire Glorietta complex could hear the wild screams of the fangirls and fanboys (mostly fangirls) as they hear Jenny Han talk about the characters of her books. *cough* Peter Kavinsky, Conrad Fisher *cough*

During her interviews, we could see that Jenny Han is ecstatic to be here in the Philippines, and at the rate things are going, she looks like she's having a great time! She mentioned how she met her best friend, Siobhan Vivian, with whom she was classmates with. And guess who their mentor was. It was DAVID LEVITHAN!!!! Jenny also mentioned her fancast for Belly in the Summer Series, and it was Hailee Steinfeld! For those who doesn't know Hailee, she was Juliet Capulet in the 2013 Romeo and Juliet

When it was my turn to finally go in front of her to get my books and my author notebook signed, not to mention to have my picture taken, I was quite alarmed when she remembered me as the guy who asked one of his blogger friends to ask her to sign his shirt. JENNY HAN KNOWS MY NAME! JENNY HAN KNOWS GODWIN!!!!