In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren. Feeding the Addiction is our version. Every Sunday, we’ll post the books that found their way into our hot little hands during the week. Some are sent for review by authors or publishers, some we borrow from the library, and others we buy (Shaunta might have a little thrift store and used book store addiction. Brian loves the library.)
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Shaunta
I was in New York last week for my very first BEA. I had so much fun! It was crazy and crowded and full of this amazing book-loving energy. I can’t wait to go again next year. I thought I’d share some pictures here, and just list the mountain of books I picked up.
I went to my very first writer’s conference five years ago. It was an RWA National conference, one of the big, crazy ones, and it was the first time I ever met real authors in person. So many of them. Authors whose books I loved. Whose careers I aspired to. It never gets old, being in the presence, even just for as long as it takes to sign a book, of storytellers who inspire me. BEA was like that. As cool as it was to be near so many wonderful storytellers, it was just as amazing to be surrounded by so many people who truly love books.
I didn’t get a good picture of Neil Gaiman, but I did get a front row seat for his speech!
My other fan girl moment came when Diana Gabaldon signed Outlander for me. I waited in line for an hour, but it was totally worth it.
One of the coolest events at BEA was a Star Wars Reads program. It involved a hula hooping Princess Lea . . .
A Shakespeare does Star Wars recitation . . .
And a show down.
My daughter and I walked around Javits Center like this all day long. Just when we thought, that’s it, no more books–someone would hand us something irresistible.
Here’s what I got. Believe it or not, Adrienne got completely different books from me. So. Many. Books!
Audrey Bunny, by Angie Smith
Every After, by Vicki Courtney
The Love Dare for Parents, by Stephen and Alex Kendrick
Set Free, by Stephen Owens and Ken Abraham
Loss of Innocence, by Richard North Patterson
The Shift, by Tory Johnson
Winds of Salem, by Melisa de la Cruz
Journey to Virginland, by Armen Melikian
The Deliverance of Evil, by Roberto Costantini
Alex, by Pierre Lemaitre
Big Appetites, by Christopher Boffoli
The Time Fetch, by Amy Herrick
Twenty-dollar, Twenty-minute Meals, by Caroline Wright
Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer, by Katie Alender
The Nazi Hunters, by Neal Bascomb
Sorrow’s Knot, by Erin Bow
The Wolf Princess, by Cathryn Constable
How to be Interesting, by Jessica Hagy
Quintana of Charyn, by Melina Marchetta
Cherry Money Baby, by John M. Cusick
Plague in the Mirror, by Deborah Noyes
Never Fade, by Alexandra Bracken
Letter’s My Mother Never Read, by Jerri Diane Sueck
Fortunately, The Milk, by Neil Gaiman
When They Were Boys, by Larry Kane
The 100, by Kass Morgan
Zombie Baseball Beatdown, by Paolo Bacigalupi
Starwards Jedi Academy, by Jeffery Brown
Wild Born, by Brandon Mull
The 5th wave, by Rick Yancey
The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
Randi Rhodes Ninja Detective, by Octavia Spencer
The Fantastic Family Whipple, by Matthew Ward
Neil Gaiman’s ‘Make Good Art’ speech, by Neil Gaiman
Come Along With Me, by Shirley Jackson
Death’s Heretic, by James L. Sutter
Counting by 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
Drawing Out the Dragons, by James A. Owen
