Hello Readers! Better yet, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
October has been such a wild/crazy/rough/exhausting blur of a month, so while I can’t say I’m sad to see it go I’m not thrilled either as a lot of great things happened.
For instance…
I bought & read some amazing books (epic poem in the case of Paradise Lost):*
*Reviews to come (minus Paradise Lost–I did report (i.e. a paper) on that for class). Not pictured are my hardbacks of FALLING INTO PLACE & MIDNIGHT THIEF, I ordered them to my mom’s house in TX.
Which was unfortunate because:
Cammie McGovern and Amy Zhang came to the Wellesley Bookstore on October 24th! And my copies of their books were at home 
Which was only made better because:
Colson Whitehead came to Wellesley and I was able to buy Zone One and have him sign it (it’s my first zombie book)!!!
I also traveled to NYC and went to the Strand bookstore (18 miles of books!) where I picked up this wonderful item:
I’ll just leave this here for your amusement.
Then I volunteered at the Boston Book Festival:
And crossed an item off my bucket list (not that I actually have one):
Life goal complete: getting to see @cassieclare, @hollyblack, @SomanChainani, and Gregory Maguire!! @bostonbookfest pic.twitter.com/U230w3Zajf
— Patrice Caldwell (@whimsicallyours) October 25, 2014
Oh, and me and some fellow students won money from our college government (voted on by the student body) to start a series of monthly “Guerrilla Art” workshops, for students by students.
So empowering to have my team's idea win funding @Wellesley CG's Ideafest! Yay for community building through arts! pic.twitter.com/hb1W1EE1Bv
— Patrice Caldwell (@whimsicallyours) October 28, 2014
I hear the first one might be creative writing!
But best of all…
I got to spend lots of time with friends doing things such as being super artsy by take photos of photos of us inside a picture frame that we took with a Polaroid camera.
And…
I got my life back on track i.e. my master to-do list is complete *claps* *cheers* It took me all week but at least I decided to not pull that all-nighter–see below.
I’ve been behind on everything lately, so I made a massive to-do list for tonight. My rewards: peace of mind & sleep! pic.twitter.com/kisfQgqkFg
— Patrice Caldwell (@whimsicallyours) October 26, 2014
Also, if you haven’t seen the We Need Diverse Books* campaign video yet, you need to.
.@diversebooks‘s campaign video brought me to tears. I’m so proud & thankful for this movement #WeNeedDiverseBooks http://t.co/X2SiFlaJjk — Patrice Caldwell (@whimsicallyours) October 28, 2014
Indiegogo Campaign Page | Website | Twitter | Tumblr
Happy Halloween (Be safe & have fun)!
I assume they need no introduction but just in case.
*I am not at all affiliated with the WNDB campaign, so it’s not my job to endorse them I just think what they’re doing is really great!
See you tomorrow for the reveal of my NaNoWriMo project and other such fun!!
Whimsically Yours,
PnC