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A BEA Day Two Recap: The Day I Woke Up Mighty Early + Giveaway

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

From left to right: Eleanor Herman, Adi Alsaid, Katie McGarry, and Jennifer L. Armentrout

Meredith and I were pretty early for the Harlequin Teen breakfast and was waiting outside the door where the breakfast was supposed to take place when other bloggers and booktubers arrived. Conversation soon turned to talk about Truthwitch, the other bloggers and booktubers saying that they didn’t get a copy of Truthwitch and that they heard that all 100 tickets were gone in 90 seconds (which is insane). They then talked about how crazy it was that people arrived so early for BEA. It was quite awkward listening to that entire conversation since I was one of the lucky ones who managed to snag the golden ticket and obtain Truthwitch.

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

The fabulous Illuminae staircase

After Passenger, I decided to wander around the show floor before I headed to Ernest Cline’s signing for Armada. I was lucky I arrived at the line at the time I did because three minutes later, Ernest Cline’s line became really long. Jon from Bookish Antics and Sajda from Across the Words met me on the Armada line and successfully convinced me to give Armada a chance before I give it away. I then headed to the Autographing Center for the signing for Blood Passage.

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

From left to right: Sajda, Meredith, and me

At around 5:30PM, Sajda, Nikki, and I left Javits Center to go to the Strand – Sajda and I for the Macmillan Happy Hour while Nikki just wanted to stop by Strand. The Macmillan Party took place at the Rare Book Room in the Strand and it was fun to mingle with other bloggers I know and chat with, take pictures at the photobooth, and eat some delicious food. I was feeling a touch awkward and antisocial though because I’m a introvert and I was really tired, but I somewhat managed.

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).

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beahaul2Legacy 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

 
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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.

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-Kelly

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  1. BEA sounds great – hope to be there one day! Thanks for running a giveaway!

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  6. BEA sounds like a book lovers heaven! I’d definitely go crazy seeing all the ARCS/books up for grabs.

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  14. Ahh, I can’t wait to read your review of Passenger! I adore Alexandra Bracken :)

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  17. Oh my! Those are the books I’m dying to read! I really hope I’ll win this giveaway! Thanks for the chance!

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  19. 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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  24. 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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  30. 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!

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  31. 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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  33. 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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  34. 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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  36. 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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