Day 1 – Blogger Con + Teen Author Carnival
I was silly and decided to take the "red eye" bus to Chinatown on the morning of Blogger Con. I arrived around 7 a.m., headed to my hotel to check my bag and freshen up. I then hoofed it from 3rd avenue to 11th avenue where Javits is located, because I wanted to go for a walk and had some time to kill. :/
I made it there with time to spare, picked up my badge and got settled in. At the table I chose there were already some awesome bloggers chatting away including a pair of NC girls, Jessica and Missy from A Midsummer's Night Read, whom are amazing and I wish I would've had a photo op with! Alas, I suck at taking photos that involve my physical person...
Overall the conference was not overly helpful but it was a great networking opportunity considering the price (cheaper than a BEA 3-day badge) and included continental breakfast, lunch, BEA pass and a BookCon pass. I ducked out about mid-way through the social to check into my room and head over to Teen Author Carnival.
I decided to hoof it to TAC as well. I was definitely logging some steps! The rest of my trip I was totally a cab girl...
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| Come Together panel: (L-R) Michael Barakiva, Robin Talley, Eliot Schrefer, Aaron Hartzler and moderated by Adam Silvera |
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| Time After Time panel where Gayle Forman leads a sing-a-long of Cyndi Lauper's 80s hit! The panel included (L-R) moderator Mitali Dave, Gayle Forman, Una LaMarche, Tiffany Schmidt, Lauren E. Morrill, Adi Alsaid and Jennifer E. Smith. |
Open to U.S. only, sorry! I will do an international giveaway soon. Complete rules here.
In terms of already released series, my top favorites are Blood of Eden by Julie Kagawa and Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - I definitely reccomend them to...well, everyone! :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe Lies We Tell Ourselves or Stitching Snow!
ReplyDeleteI would say Stone Cold Touch or Made For You. So many great books!!!
ReplyDeleteI heard Stitching Snow is really really good, so I will go with that one! Thanks for the awesome giveaway! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, what a haul! I'll say The Girl from the Well, but only because it's the only title I recognize! ;)
ReplyDeleteYeah, Stitching Snow looks like a great read!
ReplyDeleteI would definitely read Lies We Tell Ourselves and Stitching Snow!
ReplyDeleteI would read Stone Cold Touch, if only because JLA is my life.
ReplyDeleteThe Jewel
ReplyDeleteHeh I know what you mean about BEA kicking your butt - I was completely useless last week, lazy and sleepy the entire week! And I LOL-ed at you saying your 'extroverted juices were running low' because that is me when I get tired or am having an anti-social day. Oh and like you, I wish I'd taken more photos...but there's always next year :D Awesome part 1 recap Meghann ^^
ReplyDeleteMicheline @ Lunar Rainbows Reviews
I vote for Stitching Snow :-) I haven't read it, but it looks interesting!
ReplyDeleteI got a Little Something Different at BookCon. You should read it first and review it so I know if I should read it :-)
ReplyDeleteInvisible by Dawn Metcalf! I LOVED Indelible, and I am so super excited for Invisible. I would love for you to let me know just how dang good it is! Thanks for the giveaway!
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