If I thought Day One of BEA was busy, Day Two was A LOT busier due to one main reason: publisher parties and more books to grab! I was out and busy all day Thursday.
On Thursday, May 28th, aka Day Two of BEA, I had to wake up at 5AM – which should be a CRIME – since I was invited to join the Harlequin Teen breakfast, which started at 7:30AM and getting to Javits Center will take me an hour and thirty minutes subway ride to get there. I arrived at Javits Center at around 7:10AM, where I met up with Meredith from Pandora’s Books and chatted with her after not seeing her face to face for almost a year. (It was nice seeing you and chatting with you face to face again Meredith!)
From left to right: Eleanor Herman, Adi Alsaid, Katie McGarry, and Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Harlequin Teen breakfast was fun. They served food – I had a very hard time picking up the orange juice and a banana muffin while trying to hold onto my small plate – and they had books! I picked up White Hot Kiss, Legacy of Kings, Nowhere But Here, and Never Always Sometimes and listened to Jennifer L. Armentrout, Eleanor Herman, Katie McGarry, and Adi Alsaid’s short introductions about their books. The authors and the people who worked in Harlequin then rotated around the tables. Katie McGarry was one of the authors who stopped by my table and her “speech” – if you can even call it that – about how different the motorcycle gangs she knew when she was growing up was compared to the media and society’s portrayal of them. Her “speech” made me even more excited to read her book.
After the Harlequin Teen breakfast, I went to the show floor entrance to meet my friends. There, I gave Nori from ReadWriteLove28 my ARC of Never Always Sometimes since I wasn’t interested in it as much as she was and White Hot Kiss to Tabitha from Tabitha’s Book Blog. (I also gave Tabitha my copy of Nowhere But Here later.) As soon as doors opened, we speed-walked to the Disney booth, where I snagged a copy of Hunter and then quickly stepped into line for Passenger.
The fabulous Illuminae staircase
Next up on my schedule was Lair of Dreams. I found out that the Lair of Dreams signing was ticketed at the last moment. After lots of confusion and misdirections given by multiple people, I finally found the right Lair of Dreams line and waited for more than twenty minutes for it to even move a single step. In those twenty minutes, the Lair of Dreams line grew – it suddenly wrapped around the exhibit hall wall and back again. It was a scary long line, but after foury minutes of waiting, I finally reached the front of the line and met Libba Bray before time or books ran out.
After the Lair of Dreams signing, I decided to stop by the Autograph Center for the Jennifer E. Smith signing for Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between because I had the extra time to, so why not? After that, I went to the Penguin Random House booth, where I lurked until they were ready to drop Everything, Everything and the tote bag that matched Everything, Everything.
Near the end of BEA, Nori kindly gave me her copy of Tonight the Streets Are Ours since I was looking for another copy since my first copy of Tonight the Streets Are Ours I got from Day One somehow got wet when I came home. Thank you so much Nori!
From left to right: Sajda, Meredith, and me
Right before we left the Macmillan Happy Hour, Macmillan had some Fierce Reads goodie bags and guess what was one of the books in those goodie bags? That’s right, SIX OF CROWS by Leigh Bardugo!!! Cue the freak out. (I was actually speculating that Six of Crows *might* be in the goodie bag, but thought it was too far fetched. To have it actually happen is AHHHHH.) This also saved me from running around all crazy-like on the show floor on Friday since having one less book to grab will save me 2+ hours of wait time, especially since it was Six of Crows. Also in the Fierce Reads goodie bag was Firewalker, Signs Point to Yes, Tonight the Streets Are Ours, and Fairest. (picture below).
Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman
Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Hunter by Mercedes Lackey
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond
Blood Passage by Heather Demetrios
Armada by Ernest Cline
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich
Firewalker by Josephine Angelini
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales
Signs Point to Yes by Sandy Hall
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
I decided to share the BEA love by giving away an galley I got at BEA at the end of each recap post. Today, I am giving away the ARC of Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales.
Terms & Conditions:
- This contest is open INTERNATIONALLY.
- The giveaway will run until July 4, 2015.
- You must be 18 years or older, or have parents’ permission to enter.
- All your entries will be disqualified if you pickup entries for something you haven’t done. (I had to do this for so many of my last giveaways, please don’t make me do this again.)
- If you only use ONE account to do all these tasks and enter under different names, they will still only constitute as ONE entry.
- If the winner does not respond to my e-mail within 48 hours, I will have to choose another winner.
- I am not responsible for any items lost in the mail.
BEA sounds great – hope to be there one day! Thanks for running a giveaway!
This book has been on my wish list since published. Thanks for the chance.
The Harlequin Teen breakfast looked like it was pretty cool. Sounds like day 2 was a good one!
Grace @ Rebel Mommy Book Blog recently posted…Review ~ Everything I Never Told You
I so wish I could’ve gone to BEA. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
wow! it looks amazing :) hope I can be there oneday
BEA sounds like a book lovers heaven! I’d definitely go crazy seeing all the ARCS/books up for grabs.
Glad you had such a good time! You got some AMAZING books! woah.
Natalie @ Flowers in my Books recently posted…Mini Reviews: Old Edition.
BEA seems so fun! And I can’t get over how awesome the Illuminae design looks on those stairs.
Thanks for the giveaway, Kelly!
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Sounds like a very successful Day 2! I swear, BEA sounds like one massive scavenger hunt. :D
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Thank you for the giveaway!
I hope I’ll go to BEA one day, it’s is too beautiful to be true! *-*
Frannie Pan @ In Clouds of Pages recently posted…Wrap Up # May 2015
*finger crossed*
:D
Thank you for the chance to win this ARC, it sounds amazing! :)
Your posts are amazing! They’re so much more thorough than mine. Ugh Day 2 was so rough — I too was really tired by the Macmillan party. Still had a ton of fun hanging out though =D
Sajda @ Across the Words recently posted…BEA Day #3 Recap
Ahh, I can’t wait to read your review of Passenger! I adore Alexandra Bracken :)
It was so, so nice seeing you and getting to chat!!!! And it was awesome hanging out at the Fierce Reads event, too!! :) <3
Meredith @ Pandora’s Books recently posted…Review: srsly Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Courtney Carbone
Thanks for the giveaway! :)
Oh my! Those are the books I’m dying to read! I really hope I’ll win this giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
Thank you for the giveaway!
Oh my gosh there were soooo many good books at BEA this year! Like so many. I was all set to go with plain ticket, hotel, press pass and everything and then my mom was hospitalized. It was a bummer, but I’m honestly glad I stayed home. But I wish I could have gotten Six of Crows, Truthwitch, and Soundless. I think those might have been my top 3 ARCs. I had so many that I wanted to get though. Your book hall was awesome!!! Hopefully all the books are amazinG!
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Ahh it looks like you just had the best time! I hope I can attend BEA in the future so I can meet you, Kelly. :) The Macmillan Happy Hour event looks extra exciting. :) Also, Six of Crows in the goodie bag, ahh! <3
Aimee @ Deadly Darlings recently posted…Review: The Devil You Know by Trish Doller
I want Lair of Dreams and Armada so badly! BEA sounds hectic but fun! :D
Katie @ Book Arrows recently posted…These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
LEILAAAAA SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALEEEEESSSS!!!! I want this soooo bad!
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I cannot even begin to tell you how envious I am that you were able to attend the BEA with hundreds of other fantastic book bloggers, wish I could be in the same continent, even in a different state I’d have flown to NYC just for the BEA!
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YAAAY for having an amazing second day at BEA too :D But ugh, getting up so early sounds like torture. But yet, worth it :) That breakfast sounded amazing. Sigh. So wishing I could have been there :) One day I shall go to BEA. Hopefully. Maybe. <3 So expensive to travel from Norway :p Anyway. Yay for getting to see the Illuminae stairs too :D They look SO GORGEOUS. Ugh. And huge. And perfect :D Thank you for sharing this amazing recap Kelly. <3 You are awesome. And eeek! The giveaway is perfect :D Thank you. <3 I would really love to win :)
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sounds like it was fun
Wow your day 2 was crazy! You got so many books and met so many authors. I am so jealous for your Passenger and Six of Crows copies. Thank you so much for the giveaway as well! :)
~Kaitlin
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Glad you had a great time! Would love to go to BEA one year! This Song Will Save Your Life was a great read, so I’m excited to read more from Leila!
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I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS BOOK! Glad you had a good time at BEA. Also, thank you for giving a chance to win this book! It sounds so cute and wonderful!
Love the title of your blog posts lol Thanks for this! :)
It seems you have been doing a lot of speed walking and strategic queing hehehe! I would too if i want to grab all the books I intend to get. How do u managed to carry all that books? will power I presume hehehe!
OMG THIS IS ONE OF MY MOST ANTICIPATED RELEASES OF 2015!!! I love Leila Sales, her book This Song Will Save Your Life was just brilliant and ever since I saw this book (and the gorgeous cover, omg) I’ve been coveting it! *-*
Plus, so envious of you for that humongous pile of books and that you got to go to BEA! It’s a dream of mine to go to this.
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BEA sounds so great! Hope I could go there someday.
Lovely recap, and thanks for the giveaway <33
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Thanks so much for this giveaway! This book is actually one of the top 3 ARCs I’m dying to have! I entered the giveaway with FB and my email, so idk if it counts as one but I did all the following etc.
Love your blog! Can’t wait to read some of the upcoming reviews :)
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Oh wow, meeting all those authors and listening to them must’ve been so cool! And as for the haul, I seriously hope you enjoy Fairest. I have read that and I absolutely loved getting to know about things from Queen Levana’s point of view :D
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Thanks for the AWESOME giveaway!
It might be awesome to be in BEA. I really wish to be there soon. :)
You’re so lucky to have those books. They might be great reads.
Thanks for this! :)
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Thank you so much!