There has been a supreme lack of blog posts here on FTB this summer. I know. How very un-Emily like. But I have excuses. I’ve been busy. Off meeting authors and such. (I want to give a huge shout-out and thank you to my mom and dad, who will get dedications in books and invitations to movie premieres someday. Ya know. When I become a famous author.) (I’m so humble, right?) *whistles*

Last night I was thrilled to meet Morgan Matson. Morgan Matson! She is the author of four summer contemporaries, all of which I adore. (Second Chance Summer is my personal favorite, though a heavier read. The Unexpected Everything comes at a close second.) There were about thirty people at the event, and it felt much more personal and intimate than the big and busy Kiera Cass signing I attended last year.

Morgan talked a bit about her newest novel The Unexpected Everything and read a snippet from the book. I asked two questions (and give my input on who Taylor Swift should be dating – the most important conversation of the night) and hear her talk about dogs and book contracts and important legal meetings in New York about the use of emojis in her book. (It’s apparently a big deal in the book industry.)

After chatting and taking questions from the audience, there was a raffle. At every signing, Morgan gives away two CD mixes of songs that remind of her books and the state she’s visiting. She also gives away t-shirts and pins and fun swag like that. Unfortunately I didn’t win anything, but everyone came home with a signed pouch with the title of her book and a sticker! (She posted the list of songs on the CDs on her instagram. Some of which include The Devil Went Down to Georgia and We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together. It’s easy to say I love her music taste.)

I was in the front of the line to meet her, and I got to give her a letter I wrote! … Which she then posted on her instagram and twitter, saying she loved my detail on the front of the envelope. (I asked her to say hi to her dog Murphy for me.) 😀

Since there are emojis in The Unexpected Everything, there has been a trend at Morgan’s signings for her to draw an emoji on the cover of the book. Of course I had to be in on that, so I requested one. Then she took a picture of my emoji to post on her instagram. Yep. The top right of her collage? That’s my book. *hair flip*

I brought three of her four books (the one I didn’t have – Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour – I couldn’t get in time, and since it’s my least favorite I was okay.) She signed all of my books (saying she loved my name, because she has a main character named Emily.) (Again, great taste, really.) At which point I was grinning like an idiot. Morgan brings her polaroid camera to all of her events and we took a selfie, which she signed. By the time we left, I was on cloud nine. (And refreshing her social media pages every five seconds to see if she’d posted a photo of my emoji or note.)

Yeah. It was a great night.

Have you read any Morgan Matson books? Which one is your favorite? And if not, which ones do you want to read? 🙂