Catchup: Tuesday

The major highlight for the day was attending the Darren Shan booksigning.

We woke late and I ran errands. We drove to San Diego around 1315 and arrived at Mysterious Galaxy around 1500. Mr. Shan wasn't due to arrive until 1700. Thus, we looked at books, I showed R. the killer rabbit (from the Monty Python and the Holy Grail movie) and sipped iced drinks at the nearby Starbucks. Bright and warm day.

The bookstore was packed with over forty people by the time Mr. Shan arrived. Most were children. My first impression of the Irish-born author was how young he was. Easily early thirties. According to R., he did his first tour at age 24. Ugh.

After a brief introduction, Mr. Shan gathered volunteers from the audience. He and the volunteers reenacted the first scene of his first book which introduced his main character, Darren Shan. He then did an interview with another kid asking him preset questions. Of course, since Mr. Shan (author) was suppose to be (have been?) a vampire, I immediately thought of 'Interview with a Vampire' by Anne Rice.

Q&A followed which was quite lengthy. We had all our books signed (complete sets of both the true first British edition and hardback true American editions.) R. was very pleased. Dinner in San Diego that night.

A wonderful ending to a wonderful vacation.