Sunday, June 24, 2012

ALA Edition of Mailbox Monday

Mailbox Monday is a traveling meme. Burton Book Review has been hosting it for the month of June.

ALA (American Library Association) Annual Conference is being held this year in Anaheim, CA. It is open to the public, and since it is only an hour from where I live, I decided to go for a day. Boy was it worth it!



I was hoping for an ARC. But they had finished copies for her signing, super cheap! That made the whole trip and parking madness worth it! I probably should try to finish The Tiger's Wife first.



Finished copies:
The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson - signed (I wasn't there Friday when she signed the arcs for the second book and I didn't ask if any were left)
Faery Tales & Nightmares by Melissa Marr - signed
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - signed (I already had, but unsigned. And it was super cheap)
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd
LA Theater Works productions of Romeo and Juliet, Copenhagen by Michael Frayn and Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler



Advance Read copies:
The Diviners by Libba Bray - Signed
Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks
The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns by Margaret Dilloway
The Mongoliad by Bear, Bear, Brassey, deBirmingham, Moo, Stephenson and Teppo
Sanctum: Guards of the Shadowlands by Sarah Fine
The Ruins of Lace by Iris Anthony
Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr - signed
Amber House by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed and Larkin Reed
Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer (sampler)
Days of Blood and Starlight by Taini Taylor (preview)



Assorted swag. I also bought a package of Banned Book Week bookmarks to giveaway during Banned Book Week


The ALA has their schedule of the Midwinter and Annuals through 2017, so if one of them is coming around your way, I would highly recommend it. Exhibit only passes are cheap and gets you into all the booths. And most of the arc signings are free (Penguin was giving the Prodigy arcs as a gift with purchase of Legend for the signing, which is why you don't see it on my list. I just got Legend & had it signed a couple months ago, and the price here wasn't quite cheap enough for me to repurchase).

20 comments:

Melissa_Avid_Reader_Mj said...

Wow! What a haul. I'm super jealous you got your hands on a copy of Shadow of Night. I can't wait to read that one!

Enjoy.

Sarah Williams said...

That kept me going through the day. My first stop was the Penguin booth to see about the arc, but they had one on display on the sale rack.

They had a couple arcs for A Place Beyond Courage at the Sourcebooks booth, but it was their last two, so they wanted to keep them until today.

Mystica said...

Have a good reading week!

Vonnie Rivera said...

That's so neat! Anaheim is only 20 minutes from where I live. Hmmm...

Lucy said...

Sounds like an amazing time at ALA. Enjoy all your new reads!

kay said...

I see a lot of greatness in there. I loved Daughter of Smoke and Bone. Happy reading!

Jessica ( frellathon ) said...

Wow total droolfest on those.
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kaye said...

It sure looks like it was worth it. Awesome haul! Have a good week and enjoy all your new books!

bermudaonion (Kathy) said...

It was definitely worth going there for the day! You brought home lots of great books!

Harvee@Book Dilettante said...

A good set of books, worth the hour's trip!

Marie Burton said...

Wow, what a haul! Awesome stash!

tributebooksmama said...

A nice mix of books, enjoy!

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Mary said...

Awesome mailbox!!

Sarah Williams said...

I hope they plan on coming back to Anaheim. Its so close, and great if you want to try and get some early review copies.

Sarah Williams said...

Thank you!

Sarah Williams said...

Daughter of Smoke and Bone was great. I'm looking forward to the week the audio is available on Sync.

Sarah Williams said...

Thanks! It will be a bit overwhelming deciding which to start with first after Shadow of Night

Sarah Williams said...

Thanks! I can't wait to attack it!

Sarah Williams said...

And I was restrained. I saw some people in the afternoon lines with 4 bags full of books!

Sarah Williams said...

I think so too, even with traffic!