July 31, 2007
Robyn & Anne celebrate
Written by Anne Mallory in Our BooksROBYN: Do you know what day it is, Anne?
ANNE: Tuesday?
ROBYN: *deadpanned* Very good, Anne. But today is-
ANNE: July 31st!
ROBYN: Yes, but-
ANNE: Harry Potter’s birthday!
ROBYN: And-
ANNE: The end of July!
ROBYN: Which is-
ANNE: Harry Potter’s birthday!
ROBYN: And-
ANNE: The day before August begins!
ROBYN: I swear to all that is holy, Anne, that if-
ANNE: I don’t let you finish your sentence?
*sounds of strangulation heard*
ROBYN: *reappears, straightens shirt sleeves* Let’s try this again, do you know what day it is?
ANNE: Tuesday!
ROBYN: Yes, Tuesday. And therefore, release day!
ANNE: Oooh! What type of trout do we get to release?
ROBYN: No, not trout! Book release!
ANNE: *nods sagely* We must release all of the books.
ROBYN: What?
ANNE: Trapped in their bindings! Mad with loneliness and grief! We must help them!
ROBYN: What? No! No! Book release! When all of our lonely - what, no, HAPPY books hit the shelves.
ANNE: That must be painful. Should we do a cushioning charm on them?
ROBYN: *counts to ten*
ANNE: *smiles benignly*
ROBYN: You need to get in the spirit, here. Book release day is a MAJOR day for authors. It is when our babies, er, BOOKS, hit, er, appear on shelves for the first time.
ANNE: *nods sagely again* They apparate to the shelves.
ROBYN: No, you Loony woman, they get PLACED on the shelves. Now get into the spirit. Release day spirit is not to be toyed with.
ANNE: *light bulb appears* OH! I’ve got it now!
ROBYN: Excellent. I knew you’d come around.
ANNE: How about this one - Give me an R! R, R, R, RRRRRRRRRR!
ROBYN: What?
ANNE: Give me an E! E, E, E, EEEEEEEEEE!
ROBYN: *issues a blank stare*
ANNE: Give me an L! L, L, L, LLLLLLLLLL!
ROBYN: No. Stop that! Not that kind of spirit!
ANNE: Give me an E! E, E, E, EEEEEEEEEE!
ROBYN: *puts Anne in choke hold*
ANNE: *slightly strangled* Give me an A! A, A, A, AAAArgh
*wrestling ensues*
Released/apparated/placed onto shelves near you:
Join the insanity. What is today to you? Tuesday? The seventh month dying? The middle of the blasted week? A joyful renewal of summer’s bounty?
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Haven Rich Says:
OH My Gosh!! You too are hilarious!! Talk about something to wake up too!!
This is so exiting too, because I was at the bookstore just three days ago and they didn’t have these out yet. So Yay! Maybe I can con, er…I mean sweet talk my husband into taking me to the bookstore again.
Shana Says:
It’s the middle of the blasted week for me, but your releases have just brightened my day! Like Haven, I haven’t seen them on the bookstore shelves, but what better excuse than a scouting trip to the bookstore!
Jenna Petersen Says:
Yay, happy release day!
But you shouldn’t strangle Anne, Robyn. Try light slaps.
Robyn DeHart Says:
Can anyone tell Anne is reading HP7? And I only strangled her a little, I promise. I didn’t even leave any marks…
brownone Says:
For me…today is twenty more days until school starts once again and I will have 8 hours of peace and quiet…
Jenna Petersen Says:
Oh, I didn’t answer the question while I was being a smart ass.
Today is 8 days until my Lasik and 9 days until my birthday!
Anne Mallory Says:
*Anne runs around waving her arms in the air to no discernible music*
AndreaW Says:
Today is a great day!! I am going out later to hunt for these two delicious books!!
Congrats, Robyn and Anne!!
ladydawgfan Says:
I’ve been looking forward to both of these books. Hopefully I’ll have both in my hot little hands before tonight is through!! Can’t wait to get to Borders this evening!!!
Clarisse Says:
Robyn, please don’t hurt my Anne because she is funny and pretty and much fun to hang out with (and her book is yummy and wonderful - although I need to buy another copy because I am hard on books and my ARC kind of fell apart as I was reading it :).
I am off shortly to see if my local Wal-Mart has come through with the August releases (I raised a stinky fuss and sent a complaint letter to National about the poor selection of romance releases at my local stores. Got calls from managers of both the local Wal-Marts and noticed thereafter that ALL the July releases were on their shelves). If Tempted at Every Turn and What Isabella Desires are not at Wal-Mart, then I am off to Barnes and Noble.
Shana Says:
Clarisse, you and your mighty pen rock!
Kimberly Logan Says:
Yes, Robyn, I was just going to say that it sounded like Anne must be mid-HP7. Of course, sometimes it’s kinda hard to tell with Anne… (Twilight Zone theme heard…)
I’ve got both of your books on my list for my next trip to the bookstore. Congrats to you two wild and crazy gals! You know, we should come up with a song for Release Days. Like the birthday song. Such a special occasion surely deserves its own tune.
ladydawgfan Says:
Clarisse, who did you write to? My local Walmart is absolutely disgusting regarding the book selection. They rarely have any of the new books out on time. In fact, they just barely put out the July releases, and then only a few of the authors. I’ve just about given up yelling at the goober manager who doesn’t seem to give a flip that an entire department in his store looks like it got hit by a hurricane!!! How did you get attention??? Our hard working ladies deserve to have their books on the shelves on time.
Clarisse Says:
Ladydawgfan, I finally realized that there IS no “book-department” manager in the individual stores. They are stocked by one of the book brokers and there is no one in the store who has anything to do with what is on the shelf. What I did was go to Walmart’s website at walmartstores.com and dug around until I found their email contact form for questions or comments on the stores. http://walmartstores.com/GlobalWMStoresWeb/navigate.do?catg=221
Make sure you reference specifically what stores you shopped at and why you are unhappy. I’ll bet you get a call from the store managers (as I did). It may just be a coincidence that the next month all the releases were in but we’ll see how it goes this month.
Margo Maguire Says:
Exciting day for the JQs - two releases! Can’t wait to get my hands on these little beauties. Heh heh.
Helen Says:
Happy release days Ladies I will be ordering both books today from Rendezvous Books in Melbourne but it will probably take at least another week before I get my hands on them But I am really looking forward to reading them.
Have Fun
Helen
Anne Mallory Says:
Thanks, everyone, for the well wishes!
Kim - I finished HP. Read it last Thursday.
*off to hire Clarisse as my bodyguard*
Clarisse Says:
Anne, my dear, between me and the porcupine you are safe as houses.