NOW, don't kill me but I barely have any pictures from Day 2. x-x (I relied on my dad to take pics of ALA like he did on Saturday, but... he got lazy too. EPIC FAIL.)
I do have pictures of my book haul later in the post, so if you want to skip this text filled part of the post, then by all means, go ahead~
Interesting Things That I Can Recall from Sunday (AKA Day 2)
A) I got there around 9:30ish and I wandered just for a bit till I found Kristin (again)!
B) Kristin and I went to Disney-Hyperion's booth and those lovely people over there gladly gave us the galleys we asked for. (Of course we asked in a very nice, almost shy kind of manner.)
For me, I asked for The Archived by Victoria Schwab and Poison by Bridget Zinn! :D I was SO excited to see that they had galleys of Poison. It was one of the books that made my day!
C) I ended up meeting Ishita (The Reading Fish) and Zareen (Reach for the Stars... And the Books!) (FINALLY!) in the morning and they are such SUPER uber awesome people!
It was a shame I didn't hang out with them for the entire time, but we did hang out for a bit. :)
D) For most of the time, my group consisted of: Kristin (Beneath Shining Stars, I Read), Molly AKA Usagi (Birth of a New Witch), Jill (Swimming in YA), my dad, and Kristin's HILARIOUS mom.
E) For about a half hour, Jill and I went on an adventure to go find a mango smoothie! We wandered about in the non-bookish exhibit hall for like a half hour. We asked for directions after a while, and it turns out that the mango smoothies were in a WAY different part of the convention center.
Fail. (It was fun though!)
F) I attended a few signings, sent my dad off to other signings I couldn't make, stalked the publisher booths, and did some other things that I cannot remember for the life of me.
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Huge Thank Yous to These Publishers and their Publicists
Disney-Hyperion, Harper-Collins, Penguin, Harlequin TEEN, and Macmillian! You guys were so AWESOME and just plain out friendly. I enjoyed talking to all of your publicists and thank you so much for the galleys you gave me! <3
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ALA Book Haul
The moment you've all been waiting for (or not been waiting for since you may have just skipped here), MY ALA BOOK HAUL! YAAAY.
Okay, I don't really know how many books I got. (I didn't want to count.) I did organize the books by their release date though. :3
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| Ignore my shoes. BUT YES! Swag! :D |
16 lovelies:
I officially envy you! I hate it that I will not be able to attend either BEA or ALA or any cool author signings anytime soon. Stupid expensive flight! These are the times I really hate living in Europe :(
Awesome, amazing, fantastic haul! Enjoy these books!
D: Aww, I'm sorry hun!! Europe is plenty of awesome though. :3 I want to visit that place one day~
And thank you! :)
I'm super jealous!! Although, I'm so glad that you had so much fun and got those fantabulous books! I envy that you got Origin, Prodigy, What's Left of Me, and Shadow and Bone! I'm dying to read all those books.
Enjoy all those fabulous books, Gianna!! <3
-Aneeqah @ My Not So Real Life
I am just beyond jealous right now. I hope you had a lot of fun at ALA and enjoy all of those amazing looking books! I really hope I get to go next year!
I am SO jealous! ALA was all the way across the country for me this year, but I can go sometime in the next two years, and as for BEA, I can't go until I'm 18! So that really sucks, but anyway, I really want those books! Arghh! I'm so jealous!
Eileen @ ***Singing and Reading in the Rain***
Don't worry, it happens about twice a year (around BEA and when I read about really cool signings) and otherwise I love living here. Austria is just beautiful and Italy and Croatia around the corner (my beloved ocean). I really hope you do come on day and if you do tell me so that we can meet. :)
I really had fun at ALA. :3 It was so nice to meet all the bloggers and publicists! And thank you!! :)
Hope you do too! It's a wonderful experience! :)
Shadow and Bone is something I am definitely craving to read ASAP. *--* And aww thanks! :)
:D Wow, you make Europe sound so awesome! XD And fosho! Definitely :D Once I save enough money for a plane ticket XD Flying is soooo expensive nowadays!
Oh my word... your book haul... I DIE. I DO NOT KID :O
And I LOVE meeting other bloggers! Sounds like so much fun, Gee! xx
XD OMFG. THAT IS EXACTLY MY WORDS when I saw people's BEA hauls! And this pile of books is just what I "allowed" myself to get. x-x No "unnecessary" books. x-x
Meeting new bloggers is SUCH an awesome experience. <3 Hopefully I'll meet you ONE DAY! :D And it wassss! <3
SO. MANY. BOOKS.
I. WANTTT!
So devastated that asia doesn't have any cool book events like the BEA or ALA :( Anyways, I hope you'll enjoy your books! Looking forward to the reviews :)
Oh seriously, it has to happen. I am SO coming to one of these amazing conferences you guys have one day and it will HAPPEN!
D: TIS a shame, Asia doesn't!! I love Asia <3 I've only visited one country, but it's awesome. :3 And hopefully you can come here one day and attend a conference! ^-^ And thank you!! :)
FOSHIZZZNITS. Then we're going to go hang out and spaz about books and do crazy shenanigans and other stuff. o-o
Oh my goooood, Gianna! Your book haul makes me want to run over to Cali and be like, "I'M GOING TO BORROW ALL OF THESE!" bahaha. It sounds like you had a really awesome time. I'm glad you finally met Ishita and Zareen! :D <3 Also, I'm really happy that you had fun. (And that you got an awesome haul!) Maybe next time you go to a book event, I'll go with ya. ;)
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