The actual diary entry first: House Andrews will be at the Texas Book Festival this year!
The festival will take place on the 14th and 15th of November in downtown Austin, primarily in and around the Texas State Capitol Grounds. The vast majority of panels and signings, including the Ilona Andrews events, are free to the public.
I’ll drop a reminder with the full House Andrews schedule/details once we have them. As far as I understand, there should be an opportunity to get books signed, but I’ll clarify closer to the date.
So, if you’re one of the Texas branch of the Horde, or you have reason to journey to Austin, you may want to leave a little space in your calendar this November!
In the meantime, drawing shameless inspiration from the popular ‘diary of a…’ meme format, here is a completely affectionate and not at all judgemental look at a day in the life of the average BDH.
Let’s call him … Steve.
- 7:03 am Wake up and feed the ferrets. Mischief hour listening to the new Graphic Audio version of Magic Tides.
- 8:06 am Check the Ilona Andrews website for sequel news. Nothing.
- 9:00 am Finish making your woven bacon basket with fried egg inside and eat it in one bite, pretending to be Caldenia.
- 9:05 am Everything is ok. You just choked a little bit. Tomorrow’s breakfast is strawberry donuts anyway.
- 9:10 am Check the blog for sequel news. You missed First again. Leave comment asking about the sequel to Blood Heir.
- 9:30 am Morning exercise. Re-enact Kate’s battle with Erra in the BDH common room, complete with wards scene. The carpet will never be the same again.
- 11:00 am Check for sequel news. No sequel news. Check comments to see whether anyone else has found sequel news.
- 12:00 pm See random picture of a large dog. Immediately think: Grendel. Send to Horde group chat. Instant replies: “OMG GRENDEL.” Everything is good.
- 12:30 pm Lunch with the Horde. Topics of conversation: vampire digestion, the Rallesian calendar, and whether weremoose Firsts can exist. Proud of your impassioned closing argument in favour.
- 2:00 pm Check for sequel updates. Leave a comment on Instagram asking how much longer the Horde has to wait for Hugh’s sequel.
- 2:15 pm Start reread of Hidden Legacy. Just one chapter, but before you know it, Nevada is eating Baja tacos with Mad Rogan and you get an idea for dinner.
- 5:00 pm Still no sequel announcements. Post in the Facebook group “Not even for The Inheritance?! I thought we were clear when the snippet was released!” 240 crying face reactions.
- 5:30 pm BDH tea party. Experimenting with different combinations of Firepit tea. No one overdoses on caffeine (this time).
- 7:00 pm Taco dinner. Everyone brought different pico de gallo Catalina recipes. You find the lucky habanero.
- 7:30 pm Rejoin dinner with great ripper cushions joke. A triumph.
- 10:00 pm Check the blog one final time. No news on sequels. Fine. Whatever. Going to bed.
- 10:07 pm Check blog.
Have a great weekend, Horde! See you next week with a rested House Andrews.
First?
and I feel seen by this post!
Sequel-checker first 🏅!
Lmao! Steve is so funny! Who would do that? … it’s me, I’m Steve. 😅
Steve is me. Lol. I check the blog so many times a day.
Also, I just missed being first. Once again, living a Steve Adjacent life. 😉
+1
Lol, no time for a Graphic Audio listen? Tut tut
Omg, unforgivable! Immediately corrected!
😆😅
🤣🤣🤣so true!
This made me cackle! 🧙♀️🧙♀️🧙♀️
Ahhh – the diary of a BDH member.
Although, in an effort to be more challant and not offend they who provide the goodies, I do not post my sequel yearnings. I just dream of them. Like Orro’s donuts, or dragons.
Rest well!
Have a great weekend all!
Puffles!
Go Steve!!
Steve is my twin. I may change my insta name to “OMG Grendal”.
Lol
This Made me laugh much longer than normal(with a couple thigh slaps) so I guess the snorts at the end were just my lungs trying to work.
I don’t even have Instagram……. but I would die..
Steve is such an influence!
Or you could say you’re Steve’s twin Stephanie.
Deceased 💀
Love you Mod R!
Totally had to read the snippet again. Was such a good one!!
Wahahaha “find the lucky habanero” – that would be rather _un_lucky for me, I’m such a wuss when it comes to spicy food 😂😂
Thanks ModR, that was fun 😊
😀 That’s why Steve had to excuse himself haahahaha
I can’t decide if the ripper cushions joke was just about eating the habanero, or if it was a pun you snuck in. (Like what happens to some people after they eat beans.)
🤣❤️ the bean explanation!
From Sweep the Blade:
Helen, Maud’s adorable daughter quote
“Then the scary old knight came and told me that if I challenged the boy, there would be ripper cushions.”
Steve found the “hell pepper” to quote Alessandro. 🤣🤣🤣
Love it…..you know….I want you to know, i don’t just feel the blog is a vessel for sequel news. I like the feels from the community and hearing about all things HA and comments from the horde……Although….sequel news is one of the BIG highlights 😘
+1
Thank goodness I am retired and can share my daily routine with Steve!!
I think we’re all feeling a little seen here. 😂
Yep, we are Steve. ModR knows her people.
Except for the up at 7:00 and in bed at 22:00 part. Over my comatose/wide awake night-owl-body!
💯
I am just here, checking for news about a sequel.
+1 and LOL
Hahaha, Steve is too much.
Steve is so very chalant. 🤣
**deletes planned sequel comment**
Oh man, Steve has no chill!
**pets dog nicknamed Grendel**
Oh that was lovely!!
I’m dreaming of my days (long ago) as a resident of Jester, just down the street from where the Book Festival will be. Oh I would love to be able to visit Austin!!! Have fun, Texas BDH.
***psssst!*** Steve! You forgot waiting for the newest special edition books to drop ’round about 7p tonight! Or are the ferrets going to steal you a copy….again?
Steve is my long lost cousin. I might also do frequent blog checks for sequel news. Then settle for a re-read or listen.
A good Friday!
I feel attacked.
So sequel news? I think its time to relisten to magic tides and count days to Magic Clams.
Lmaoooo I wouldn’t check the blog that many times when expecting (hoping for) news. really, promise! You believe me, right? 😂
Sounds like a pretty chill day for Steve, no shenanigans, just relaxing – I’m proud of him 😎
LOL! Steve is the best!
I hope the weather is good and everyone enjoys Austin next month.
Diary of Steve’s Ferrets
10:07 pm: Routine breathing of the mostly furless two-leg commences.
10:08 pm: Team Meeting. Obtain The Small Tooth. Overnight Heist #249(b) Begins.
…We will find the chicken.
Are you thinking what I’m thinking, Pinky? 😉😂
Everytime I make roast chicken, I think that someday we will get the full chicken story and it will be glorious and delicious.
Love you ModR! Steve is the man!! lol
Laughed, smiled and giggled on how accurate you have nailed the BDH.
Everyone have a great weekend!
Another festival to consider if scheduling permits:
https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/
It’s a spectacular event in a great town.
Darn, I won’t be able to get down to Austin next month. I’m going out of town for Thanksgiving so the PTO is going for that.
Steve…sigh. The Horde wouldn’t be the same without him. 😁
***Yells out: No, Steve, stealing Maggie 2 isn’t allowed. The ferrets will get you in trouble! Steve!***
Can’t take him anywhere. 🤦♀️
🤣🤣🤣🤣 yes, you’ve captured ‘Steve’ just fine. The sequel comments are so apropos. Choked when I got to the 240 crying face reactions. This was funny, thanks! Hope we all have a great weekend!
Hang on. That diary page looks incomplete. Let me finish that for you.
10:07 pm Check blog.
No news but comment that requires pulling out Maggie for a fact check.
11:33 pm Notice time on clock. Vow to put book down at end of chapter.
12:09 am Eyelids close of own accord. Fall asleep dreaming of a visit from the fish fairy.
😂😂😂
so true…
These posts always make my day 😂😂😂
Well, you got all the slots for checking blog, FB, IG and app for sequels… LMAO… I check this blog at least twice a day and on Friday I always check too early to be First and then after meetings its too late, someone snags it…
Happy visiting with HA Austin-based Horde and wishing my fellow BDH a lovely weekend
Ha! Steve is busy! I haven’t any sequel updates either! Love Steve living up to ch*os! 😊
So real.
I am currently listening to TKWNKM for the umpteenth time.
I so wish I had horde buddies I could have tea with IRL.
I love Steve’s day. Thanks for the laughs.
Left off looking for something to read in a book desert when you’ve re-read all IA books several times in the last month, plus your other three top favorite authors, and none of them has a new book.
^^
oh forgot to check on beast business? back to check on that
YOU SO KNOW US!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I also make sure I have at least one audio and 2 Graphic adaptations downloaded in the IA world. I can always rely on them while at work. I rotate frequently 😊I also chk the blog during my breaks.
My facebook acct only exists so I can interact with my fellow Hoardlings. 🤷🏻♀️
4:01pm: Order Hidden Legacy Special Editions from Arcane Society (https://ilona-andrews.com/blog/hidden-legacy-special-editions-catalinas-trilogy/)
This has gone live for non-members, Horde! Arcane Special Boxes.
😊
I can’t believe Steve didn’t reread TKWNKM for the 12th time.
Only 12? Amateur! 😀
This made me giggle so much!
🤣🤣🤣
I know I should ask the company directly, and I did. But is anyone else having issues getting Arcane society orders in from Europe? It claims it can’t ship to my location.
Also, you gotta love Steve
I am pleased that Steve is the topic of discussion. Do you want to discuss?
lol
just checking in with the blog on schedule 😉
Tak właśnie spędzam dzień 😁
Hilarious.
I didn’t know my diary was public.
Just over here cackling chalantly
*laughs* Oh Steve! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
…. wait… ‘comments with 240 crying face reactions?’…. *gulp*😳 No I would never do that.. nope .. never overuse the emojis at all…😅😇
*sneaks back out of comments to let Steve take all blame*
Have a great weekend HA, Mod R and BDH 😘
I would totally read any and all volumes of The Inadvertent Journals of BHD Steve, and wait impatiently for the next in the series to be released. Mod R, this was the best.
Did you hack my diary?!
LOL
I feel I am not an actual member of the BDH.
No worries, Steve is an Edge case (bdumm tssss) – one highly concentrated specimen for Friday silliness purposes.
There is no entrance exam for the BDH, you just have to love the stories 🙂
Mod R, that was laugh out loud funny! And scarily accurate…
Here’s hoping for a weekend of fun and relaxation for all.
But seriously, no sequel announcements today though? 😉
Thank you Mod R…reading this instead of working on the paper I should be writing for my Rhetorical Writing class was A LOT more fun! You’re the BEST!!!!!
Are you peeking into my diary?
And, I’m not the only one waiting for news about The Inheritance sequel.
Of course Maggie 2 matters!
Plus, I’m being sooo patient (no, that’s a smile, not a grimace).
EYE HEART IA + MOD + BDH 🙂
Ha ha, funny!!
But seriously, any news on Aurelia Ryder sequel?
:)))))))))))))))))))))))
I feel seen!! 😂😂
Hello. My name is Keely “Steve” Fangirl and I have just one small correction to my diary entry: At 9:00 a.m. I read the Ilona Andrews’ app Quote of the Day, delivered to my smart watch each morning and THEN I tried to impersonate Caldenia. Details matter!
Glad I am not the only one pining for more Blood Heir 😂😂😂
Have a great weekend x
my question is….. WHEN DID STEVE GET A HOLD OF THE FERRETS? And why wasn’t BDH told he had them????
So those of us seeking news on possible Inheritance sequels are Not BDH? hmmmmm maybe we’re WDH word devouring Horde! When I see big dog pics I think Bear! of course if I saw sequel to Sweep of the heart or Arabella or Roman story or or or or or , so hhmmmmm
and if I see a hedgehog pic I think of a certain quilonian.
So those of us seeking news on possible Inheritance sequels are Not BDH?
How could you possibly have reached that conclusion from this post? 😀
LOL thanks for the (checks time) 9:28 a.m. series of delighted chuckles.
This is hilarious 🤣🤣
Thank you so much, I had missed the non-snippet 😘