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Not Your Mother's Book Club

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About Me

NOT YOUR MOTHER'S BOOKCLUB is a group of teenagers that love to read (and some adults that are teens at heart). We are located in San Francisco at Books Inc. ... and in your computer, wherever you happen to be!

Check out our BLOG or our website for more info about us.

We bring your favourite Young Adult authors to you with events, parties, writing workshops, interviews, contests and more.

Past guest authors include Sarah Dessen, Holly Black, Cecil Castellucci, Libba Bray, Scott Westerfeld, Chris Crutcher, Deb Caletti, Stephenie Meyer, Frank Portman, David Levithan, Rachel Cohn, E. Lockhart, Meg Cabot and many more.

UPCOMING EVENTS!

My Interests

Reading, writing, independent bookstores, teen literature, the Printz Award, ALA, ABA, BBYA, freedom of expression, meeting cool authors, flirting with librarians, maybe a little bit of gossip, being artistic, being brilliant, banned books, drama, teen angst, txting, reading some more, sex and drugs and rock-and-roll (just kidding, sheesh!)

I'd like to meet:

Readers, writers, librarians, artists, bookworms, geeks, rock stars, divas... YOU!

Books:

Laurie Halse Anderson, MT Anderson, Andrew Auseon, Holly Black, Francesca Lia Block, Judy Blume, Ann Brashares, Libba Bray, Kevin Brooks, Meg Cabot, Deb Caletti, Cecil Castellucci, Stephen Chbosky, Rachel Cohn, Robert Cormier, Chris Crutcher, Sarah Dessen, Heather Frederick, Rosemary Graham, John Green, Brent Hartinger, SE Hinton, James Howe, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Michele Jaffe, Angela Johnson, Maureen Johnson, ME Kerr, Ron Koertge, Jane Kurtz, Justine Larbalestier, David Levithan, E. Lockhart, Chris Lynch, Tracy Lynn, Carolyn Mackler, Bennett Madison, Melina Marchetta, Laura and Tom McNeal, Stephenie Meyer, Jaclyn Moriarty, Lauren Myracle, Blake Nelson, Frank Portman, Dana Reinhardt, Louise Rennison, Meg Rosoff, Sara Ryan, Alex Sanchez, Sonya Sones, Michelle Tea, Ned Vizzini, Cecily von Ziegesar, Scott Westerfeld, Jacqueline Woodson, Markus Zusak

My Blog

david levithan & siobhan vivian TONITE!

Hope to see you at David & Siobhan’s party......
Posted by Not Your Mother's Book Club on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:33:00 PST

Party with Libba Bray and Shannon Hale!

Not Your Mother's Book Club presents - Libba Bray and Shannon Hale!This event is going to be A-W-E-S-O-M-E! * The party will be held at Cafe Lo Cubano on California St. at Laurel St., January 23rd at ...
Posted by Not Your Mother's Book Club on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 12:52:00 PST

Pizza Party and four great authors at NYMBC this tuesday!!


Posted by Not Your Mother's Book Club on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:08:00 PST

revolution event tonight!

I am so sorry I have been a slacker. This coming week will be better, I promise, with such awesome items as interviews with no less than JUDY BLUME and DAVID LEVITHAN. Woohoo!!Meanwhile, if you happ...
Posted by Not Your Mother's Book Club on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:10:00 PST

three hot new YA authors - one terrific night!

RANDOM HOUSE TEEN VOICES TOURMonday Oct. 15, 7 pmBooks Inc. Laurel VillageCome meet three terrific debut YA authors!* Jake Wizner's Spanking Shakespeare is one of the bawdiest, most hilarious books we...
Posted by Not Your Mother's Book Club on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:42:00 PST

scott & justine - a poster at last!


Posted by Not Your Mother's Book Club on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:54:00 PST

hey teens, fill out this book survey!

I am going to be on a panel discussing Teen Books & Events next week with the lovely Sara Zarr (authoress of STORY OF A GIRL) and Publicity Person Extraordinaire Elizabeth Eulberg (best known as the l...
Posted by Not Your Mother's Book Club on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:56:00 PST

Chris Crutcher - this Thursday - in Burlingame

September 20, 7 PMGet a jump on Banned Books Week! Not Your Mother's Book Club is going south to visit with The Man, The Legend, Mr. Chris Crutcher. His new novel Deadline is about a teenager who on...
Posted by Not Your Mother's Book Club on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:21:00 PST

sherman alexie - friday night!

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Sherman Alexie (Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian) yesterday and watching him blow the crowd away at a school.  A-MA-ZING.  He is a great writer, ...
Posted by Not Your Mother's Book Club on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:46:00 PST

meet Jerry Spinelli @ books inc. alameda!

Time: Monday, September 10, 2007 7:00 PMLocation: Books Inc. in Alameda, 1344 Park Street, 510-522-2226Not Your Mother's Book Club is having its very first East Bay event! Meet Jerry Spinelli, who wi...
Posted by Not Your Mother's Book Club on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:17:00 PST