{"id":765,"date":"2013-06-04T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=765"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:38:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:38:14","slug":"whatcha-doin-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=765","title":{"rendered":"What’cha Doin’ This Saturday?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know what I’ll be doing–I’m excited to report that Saturday, June 8 is my book launch party<\/a> for Underneath<\/i>. I’ll be reading from the book, answering questions, signing books, and giving away door prizes, and I couldn’t be happier that my local library<\/a> is hosting the event. You should come! (I wish you all could come.)<\/p>\n

BUT, if you don’t happen to live in the Northern\/Central California region, you might in fact be looking for something to do. I have TWO THINGS!! Two compatible things!<\/p>\n

First, there’s the annual 48-Hour Book Challenge, usually overseen by MotherReader<\/a>, but this time it’s hosted by Ms. Yingling Reads<\/a>. Why not celebrate the weekend of June 7-9 by dropping everything and reading? Read the latest releases by your favorite authors! Read that pulpy novel your friend lent you six months ago! Read a random book from this summer’s UC Berkeley Summer Reading List<\/a> for incoming college freshmen! And then go forth and blog about it, because you know you want to. (I want to! But my reading time will be severely compromised.)<\/p>\n

Additionally and concurrently, on June 8 why not take your reading outside in your backyard or local park? It’s Read Beneath a Tree Day<\/a>, which was established this year by a high school friend of mine in order to remedy our society’s severe lack of a Read Beneath a Tree Day. <\/p>\n

So! This weekend I charge you to go forth and read, preferably underneath a canopy of foliage of some kind! (Unless you live where I live, which is probably going to be 90-something degrees in the shade on Saturday…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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