It was by accident that I attended Lang Leav's book signing. The real fan of Love and Misadventure and Lang Leav is my daughter, Marge. She was so excited to get a slot at the online pre-registration for the artist's talk at Ateneo. Then, her school scheduled a retreat so dismissal time went beyond the usual time.
Hoping she will able to catch up after the retreat, I volunteered to hold her slot at the talk and book signing. But the retreat went overtime. So she missed it.
For the multitudes of fans who wanted to attend this talk and book signing but couldn't for some reason or another, I'm making this post to share with you the wonderful experience I had during this event.
At the entrance of the venue At the 5th floor of the Rizal Library of the Ateneo de Manila University, Q,C. |
Registration for the talk and the book signing Fully booked personnel checks if your book has a Fully Booked sticker or receipt. Then you are given a numbered stub for the book signing. |
In case you don't have a Fully Booked sticker or receipt, or if you bought Love and Misadventures at a different bookstore, you can buy books at the venue. |
HIGHLIGHT OF EVENTS DURING THE ARTIST'S TALK
FIRST PART: Lang Leav talks about her life and how she stumbled upon her talent writing poetry. Below is a partial video of her talking about her life.
SECOND PART: Question and Answer portion. The audience were allowed to request Lang Leav to read their favorite poems from Love and Misadventures.
Below are videos of some of the poems she read:
Listen to Lang Leav read "The Wanderer", "Souls" and "All or Nothing"
Listen to Lang Leav read "Angels"
Listen to Lang Leav read her favorite poem "Sea of Strangers"
THIRD PART: Book Signing and Photo Opportunity
After book signing, you can have your photo taken with Lang Leav. Fully Booked assigned someone to stand at the front of the line to take your photo using your camera or smartphone. |
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FULLY BOOKED STAFF FOR ALL THE CONSIDERATION THEY EXTENDED TO ME. THEY TRIED TO WAIT FOR MY DAUGHTER TO CATCH UP FROM THE RETREAT SO SHE CAN MEET HER FAVORITE AUTHOR, WHICH CAN BE A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EVENT. THEY WERE SO CONSIDERATE AS TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS TO BE A FAN OF AN AUTHOR WHOSE BOOK YOU LOVE SO MUCH.
I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY FULLY BOOKED IS NOT JUST YOUR ORDINARY BOOKSTORE. IT IS MANAGED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE BOOK LOVERS THEMSELVES AND COULD UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION THEIR CLIENTS CAN HAVE WITH THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOKS THEY READ.
Lang Leav gave this special message to my daughter, Marge, who would've been truly disappointed at not meeting her.
This video definitely compensated for it.
Thank you, Ms. Lang Leav, for being so generous with your time!
Then she signed Marge's copy of the book "Love and Misadventure"
Lang Leav and I |
IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE FULL COVERAGE OF THE ARTIST'S TALK,
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO BELOW COURTESY OF FULLYBOOKEDVIDEO:
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