BEA Day 4 Recap

Day 4: BookCon (Saturday) Christina's and my reaction to thenumber of people attending BookCon The fourth and final day of BEA was perhaps the most surprising for me (and I think Christina too), because while past BEA attenders said it would be packed, both of us severely underestimated just how packed it would be. Since we had nothing really going on early in the morning,...

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BEA Day 3 Recap

Day 3: The Endurance Test (Friday) We started Friday at the same time as Thursday, 6:30 for Christina and 6:37 for me. Though I was actually more awake that morning (I actually woke before my alarm), I was more scatterbrained, and kept forgetting things. My room key, my badge, my wallet. That combined with our brief breakfast pitstop to partake in the complementary muffins...

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BEA Day 2 Recap

Hello, and welcome back! For today's recap, we'll cover... Day 2 of BEA: And So It Begins... Thursday was the first day of the actual exhibition. We started the morning at the Harlequin Teen BEA Book Blogger Breakfast, where we had the chance to meet and chat with other YA bloggers and authors. The featured authors were Jennifer Armentrout, Alexandra Adornetto, Robin Talley,...

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BEA Intro and Day 1 Recap

So, I attended #BEA14 this past weekend. And I say it so nonchalantly, because there is no way to adequately capture the experience in a legitimate sentence, so I have to toss it over my shoulder like it's not a big deal, knowing full well that it is in fact a HUGE deal, inherently de-legitimizing the sentence! Have I lost you yet? As you may or may not have noticed, this...

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Book Review: Sammy Keyes and the Killer Cruise by Wendelin Van Draanen

Title: Sammy Keyes and the Killer Cruise Author: Wendelin Van Draanen Genre: MG/YA Mystery Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: September 10, 2013 This review contains spoilers for those who have not read Sammy Keyes and the Showdown in Sin City. Today, I bring you my thoughts on the second-to-last installment of a favorite series from my childhood, Sammy Keyes....

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Book Review: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Title: The Dream Thieves Author: Maggie Stiefvater Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Press Release Date: September 17, 2013 Thanks to Christina for letting me read over her shoulder!  Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams,...

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Book Review: Sailor Moon Short Stories 1

Title: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Short Stories 1 Author: Naoko Takeuchi Genre: Magical girl shoujo Publisher: Kodansha Comics USA Release Date: September 10, 2013 In this first of two collections of short stories, we find our favorite Sailor Guardians and their friends encountering new mysteries, enemies, allies, and once more saving the day. After the daughter of...

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