Y’all, I am psyched to have the awesome contemporary YA author Susane Colasanti on Good Books And Good Wine today sharing one of her rules for having an awesome summer.
Rule 5: Preserve the memories
There are two things I’m obsessed with. Okay, I’m obsessed with way more than two things. But two of my main obsessions include documenting and scrapbooking. Documenting (aka taking pictures) is important. I wish I took more pictures in my teen life. There are whole chunks of time I just don’t remember. That’s why I love scrapbooking. When something happens that I really want to remember, I create scrapbook pages to preserve the experience. Like when I had front-row center seats to John Mayer’s show at Madison Square Garden. Do you have any idea how hard it was to score those seats? There was no way I wasn’t going to take a zillion pictures, select the best five, and design a sweet spread in my scrapbook.
You can use any kind of notebook for scrapbooking. Nicole’s notebook in Crazy/Beautiful is a perfect example of how to turn any notebook into a stunning scrapbook you will cherish forever. Which reminds me. If you haven’t seen Crazy/Beautiful, you want to get right on that. Not only is it one of my absolute fave films, but Jay Hernandez looks crazy beautiful in it. Anyway. If you prefer using an actual scrapbook, I highly recommend SMASH Books. Each one has themed printed pages. There’s even a whole line of SMASH Book paraphernalia like pockets, stamps, and stickers. How adorable is that?
You can find Susane on Twitter and her website.
Check out this adorable video from Penguin Teen for All I Need!
All I Need synopsis:
The last night of summer is only the beginning.
Skye wants to meet the boy who will change her life forever. Seth feels their instant connection the second he sees her. When Seth starts talking to Skye at the last beach party of the summer, it’s obvious to both of them that this is something real. But when Seth leaves for college before they exchange contact info, Skye wonders if he felt the same way she did–and if she will ever see him again. Even if they find their way back to each other, can they make a long-distance relationship work despite trust issues, ex drama, and some serious background differences?
Teen favorite Susane Colasanti returns to the alternating-voice style of her beloved debut When It Happens in this Serendipity-inspired story about summer, soul mates, and the moments that change our lives forever.
About Susane Colasanti:
Susane Colasanti is the bestselling author of When It Happens, Take Me There, Waiting for You, Something Like Fate, So Much Closer, and Keep Holding On. Before becoming a full-time author in 2007, she was a high school science teacher for ten years. Susane has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from New York University. She lives in New York City.
Susane’s seventh teen novel, All I Need, will be released on May 21, 2013.
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I just saw Susane Colasanti and the Rochester Teen Book Festival and she was soo funny. I was actually surprised with how funny she was. Now I want to read more of her books.
Aw, I love that glimpse at the author’s scrapbook! I really like collecting bits and pieces of things, but I’m just never patient enough to sit down and put them all in a book like that. My mother-in-law really enjoys doing it, though.
I already have a copy of the book so I’m not entering the contest, but thanks for the fun guest post!
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