The Cracked book launch of awesome.

Last night, friends, I attended a launch party for a lovely lady’s debut novel. It was a marvelous affair, with champagne flowing freely, and despite the caviar hailing from the Black Sea as opposed to the Caspian Sea, the gustatory offerings  were utterly delightful.

Hang on a sec. I think I just choked on my own pretention. *hack* *haaaack*

Okay. Better now.

And I was kidding about the champagne and caviar bit. The gal in question is entirely too cool and down-to-earth to throw a shindig that required a stick in the ass as part of the dress code. (The wine, cheese, crudites, and mini-cupcakes, though? Awesome.)

 Whose launch party was it? Well, the wonderful Kate Walton’s novel, Cracked, just hit bookshelves around the nation, and in celebration of this fact, she threw quite a bash at the Chester County Books and Music Company. And by quite a bash, I mean 300 of her closest friends and family showed up to wish her a happy book release.

Yes, I asked her if she could mobilize her minions for my eventual book release party. She laughed. I should drop her a line and tell her I was serious. >.>

Anyway, I’ll give you the publisher’s blurb for the book, because seriously, it sounds fantastic. And damnably topical, too. Here you go:

In this gripping debut, a teen takes a bottle of pills and lands in the psych ward with the bully who drove him to attempt suicide.Victor hates his life. He’s relentlessly bullied at school and his parents constantly ridicule him at home.

Bull is angry. He’s sick of his grandfather’s drunken beatings. And he likes to take out his rage on Victor.

Determined to end it all, Victor takes a bottle of his mother’s sleeping pills, only to be disappointed when he wakes up in the psych ward. And his roommate? None other than Bull, whose loaded-gun effort at self-defense has been labeled as a suicide attempt. Things go from bad to worse, until the boys discover they might just have something in common: a reason to live.

If that sounds like a good read to you (and it does to me), why not hop on down to your local bookstore to see if they have a copy for you. You could even win a $25 Amazon gift card if you act in the next couple of days (details on that contest here).

And if you prefer teh interweb storez, I’ll give you the links. Don’t say I never did nothin’ for you.

Powell’s

Barnes & Noble

Amazon

Right. That’s my spiel for today. I’ll be back later on in the week with the winner of my signed Gaiman book giveaway, cuz I’ve been procrastinating that one for-EVAR!

Till then, friends.

Cheers!