Last Friday my sister and I went to a Jodi Picoult book signing. It was in Providence Rode Island, at a local high school. There were about a hundred people there. Maybe 50% or so were women 20-40 years old. I would guess 20% were men 20- 40 years old (it looked like maybe 70% of the men were there with a wife or girlfriend, the other 30% appeared to be alone).  There were maybe 10% women older then 40. The remaining 20% were teens, an even split between men and women. The event was sponsored by the high school’s book club. Jodi meet with the teens before the event and they all had a front row seat for the event. Most of the questions that were asked were by the women 20-40 years old. One was asked by a man and a few were asked by teens. (I imagine the teens might of asked more questions if they hadn’t had a private Q&A prior) Unfortunately I Listened to all of the podcasts on Jodi’s website so I had heard most of the answers. I thought there would be more teens there but teens need adults for permission and rides so that may have something to do with the low numbers. It was clear that the teens that were there enjoyed the books, they hung on her every word. Most of the teens had brought a copy of 19 Minutes (mostly soft covers). The women had a variety of books (mostly hard covers). I saw a lot of Second Glance, The Pact, 19 Minutes and her new book Change of Heart. A few women had several books with them. Some of the men had books some did not. I didn’t notice a trend in the titles. My sister was the only one I saw with the comics. A few women had the hardcover bound version of the comics, but didn’t see any teens with it. I found that a bit odd, figuring that was the intended audience. Everyone appeared to enjoy the event and Jodi actually had to limit the number of questions because it was getting late. Here is some pics