BEA: Highlights and Haul!

I’m back from New York! I was planning to do a big recap post, but I honestly have such a bad memory, I would probably forget half of what I did. Instead, before showing you what I got, I’ll tell you about some highlights of my week.

Monday:

Signing at McNally Jackson: I got to meet Andrea Cremer, Ally Condie, Marie Lu, Tonya Hurley, Adele Griffin and Michelle Hodkin. It was nice to meet these amazing authors, and listen to them speak about their books.

Tuesday:

Teen Author Carnival: I may have been completely dead tired, but the panel was really interesting. The first one was “From A Whole Other World” featuring Lenore Appelhans (can’t wait to read Level 2!!), Aimée Carter, Victoria Schwab, Michelle Zink, Jeri Smith-Ready, Gennifer Albin, Courtney Moulton, Leah Clifford and Scott Tracey. The second Panel I attended was “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger (Kick Ass Characters)” featuring Eliot Schrefer, Michelle Zink, Jeri Smith-Ready, Courtney Moulton, Gretchen McNeil, Siobhan Vivian, Aimée Carter, Stacy Kramer, Valerie Thomas, Barry Lyga, Lauren Oliver and Jackson Pearce.

Wednesday:

Children’s Book & Author’s Breakfast:  Chris Colfer charmed me at this event. He was funny, intelligent, and I loved his interaction with the other authors (like the Fifty Shades of Green). John Green was as amazing in reality as he is in his videos. Lois Lowry made me cry, with her amazing speech. Finally, I have to say I didn’t really hear Kadir Nelson’s speech, as I left a little early so I wouldn’t miss Sarah J. Maas signing.

(You can watch it here: http://www.livestream.com/bookexpoamerica)

Thursday:

(Waiting for the reveal)

The Cover Reveal of the new paperback of An Abundance of Katherines by John Green. Why is it in my highlights? Well, I was only a couple of feet away from him, so that made my day (yes, it is really easy to make me happy).

I had a lot of fun at BEA. I met so many amazing bloggers, and I got to meet some really great authors. I already can’t wait for next year,

Now, time to show you some of the books I got! (Sorry about the lack of links. It would take me forever, and I want to post this now.)

 The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer

Son by Lois Lowry

Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber (signed)

The Twisted Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart (signed)

Princess Academy: Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale 

Recipe for Trouble: The Cupcake Club by Sheryl and Carrie Berk  (signed)

A Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford (signed)

The Lost Code by Kevin Emerson (signed)

The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab (signed)

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (signed)

Scorch by Gina Damico 

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Prodigy by Marie Lu 

Crewel by Gennifer Albin 

Skinny by Donna Cooner  (signed)

The Blessed by Tonya Hurley  (signed)

Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear  (signed)

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green  (signed)

Skylark by Megan Spponer 

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole 

Black City by Elizabeth Richards 

The Ripper by Amy Carol Reeves

Henry Franks by Peter Adam Salomon

In A Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz 

Beta by Rachel Cohn 

Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr 

After Hello by Lisa Mangum  (signed)

Summer and Bird by Katherine Catmull 

What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang  (signed)

The Revolutions of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano  (signed)

Hourglass by Myra McEntire  (signed)

Ferocity Summer by Alissa Grosso

Every day by David Levithan  (signed)

Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian 

Ten by Gretchen McNeil (signed)

Origin by Jessica Khoury

A Fractured Light by Jocelyn Davies (signed)

Fathomless by Jackson Pearce (signed)

The Innocents by Lili Peloquin 

The Diviners by Libba Bray

The Darkest Mind by Alexandra Bracken

Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner

Zom-B by Darren Shan

The Golden Door by Emily Rodda 

Drama by Raina Telgemeier 

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (signed)

Falling Kingdom by Morgan Rhodes

Throne Of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (signed)

Undead by Kirsty McKay

Eve & Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate

Rift by Andrea Cremer (signed)

Venom by Fiona Paul

Entice by Jessica Shirvington

Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (signed)

Deity by J. L. Armentrout

Bought:

Tighter by Adele Griffin (signed)

Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley (signed)

Were you guys at BEA?

BEA+NYC: Update Day 1

Hi guys! I’m currently in NYC for BEA (I won't be online as much this week, because of that), so I thought I would update you a little about what is going on with me. Saturday I was flying to New York for the week. Things didn’t start so well, but I made it on time.

What happened? Well, first, my father was driving me to the airport, and he lives about an hour away from my place. One of my father’s dogs, Jack, decided that morning that it was the perfect day to run away. So when my dad was supposed to leave his place to pick me up, he couldn’t find Jack. That made him about almost an hour late to pick me up (10:50) and my flight was at 12:50. The airport is maybe 25 minutes away from my place.

Luckily, they’re almost no one traveling from Montreal on Saturdays, or so it seems. It only took me 20 minutes to go through everything. Then the flight was so smooth and everything (NOT). There was a lot of turbulences, and guess who was stuck in from of a kicking and screaming baby? Of course, me. The flight was only an hour, so it wasn’t that bad.

Once I had dropped everything at my hotel, I tried to do some shopping. My goal was to go to Paul Smith and The Strand. I ended getting lost trying to find it, so I didn’t make it to the Strand (I’ll probably go Sunday). I sadly didn’t buy anything for me, as I hate trying clothes on when there that many people in the stores (I hate waiting. That’s why I love shopping at stores where everything is refundable, as YOU CAN TRY AT HOME (like simons.ca in Canada)

I walked around New York for about four hours, which is something I love. I don’t know why, getting lost is my favorite way to discover a city.

I already can’t wait to see all the bloggers at BBC Monday. Are any of you in New York City for BEA?  Anyone wants to meet?