BEA Day 3 + Giveaway!

The waking up early trend continued on Day 3, Friday. This was the most important "wake-up" early day because I was on a mission to meet Stan Lee, the godfather of all things comic. I was really nervous when I arrived and the line was already crazy long but I got a ticket! What I didn't know is this would become the day of autographing... which I didn't have the patience for on day 2.

By this point I was so zonked out half the time I could not tell you what I was in line for. People would ask and all I had was like "books." It seemed like the autographing lines had thinned out (maybe?) and I had picked up most of the galley drops I was hoping for. I managed to score autographs for several authors before lunch! Including Michael Grant which made my day.

Me being a total cheeseball

Eventually I made my way to the Stan Lee line to wait it out and then head over to the BookCon panel. Interestingly enough my time in line went by quickly and was filled with entertainment. The first being mystery dude who wanted to buy someone's ticket in line. Whaaaa?!?! The sad part is someone actually parted with their ticket because mystery guy was in line.

The cool-ish part was a Google employee was in front of me with his Google Glass on. I tried not to pepper him with too many nerdy questions. O_o Behind me in line was a closing editor for Spencer Hill Press which seems like an awesome job and I did ask him all the questions. I thank him for entertaining me. The actually Stan Lee part of the line was brief and intense. Lots of bodyguards, no photos allowed and the books were pre-signed.

The good news is I got to the BookCon panel before it started. The panel was for the movie adaptation of This is Where I Leave You with Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jonathan Tropper and Shawn Levy. The best part was not the actual panel but all the sneak peek scenes. I will definitely be seeing this when it comes out!

Next I headed out to the Blogger picnic!! I had been waiting for this all week. It was rush hour so I could not find a cab to save my life. Sooo... I hoofed it all the way to Central Park. It was easy to fins everyone and so I took sometime to chill out and mingle. Then the rain came... I freaked out and totally ran.

Photo credit: Andrea OverStuffed Bookcase. Check out her recap post!

Onto day 4 aka BookCon aka Here Come the Masses...

Open to U.S. only, sorry! I will do an international giveaway soon. Complete rules here.

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Check back Monday – Tuesday for more BEA coverage! 

Missed Days 1 & 2? Check them out here and here.