Sunday, June 28, 2015

The Queen's Library (47): ALA Edition


ALA Recap + Books



I was able to drop by San Francisco yesterday for a few hours in order to attend ALA, and it was amazing. I've never been in that part of the city before, so it was insane to see all of the huge buildings up close, and Moscone Center was quite remarkable as well (especially the Illuminae staircase)!

I met so many amazing bookish people and people were incredibly nice (except for one random guy, who almost knocked me over in a nearly empty aisle - he apparently had places to be). I'm definitely hoping I'll be able to attend ALA again in the future (or maybe BEA), because it was such fun to be able to fangirl with a bunch of people over books. I got to meet Rae Carson (and be totally awkward around her while she was autographing my ARC. *sighs*) and have so many wonderful bookish discussions. 

I picked up some books while I was there - although my father ended up getting a majority of them, because he is apparently a magnet for books / tote-bags. I think I picked up only 9 books, and then he showed up with a bunch of books + bags. For a non-reader, he was surprisingly in his element! 


Books for Review 


I also received a few great books for review last week!

From HarperCollins

From Macmillan
Six of Crows (!!!!) + swag

And that's it for me! Many thanks to the various publishers / representatives for everything.

I'll be hosting a few fun giveaways VERY soon, so check back in for that! 

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend,

-L



This feature is inspired by Pop Culture Junkie's This Week In Books / The Story Siren's In My Mailbox. The Queen's Library is a way for me to feature books that I add to my bookshelves and a place to post my weekly recommendations. This is not a new meme, but merely an adjusted feature that is better suited to my blog and needs.

13 comments:

  1. Six Crowns sounds like a great pick. Sweet haul, I would like to visit ALA at some point. Hope you enjoy and have a great upcoming week and 4th of July!

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    1. You should try to attend ALA if it's ever close enough to you - it was fun!

      Hope you have a great week & 4th too!

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  2. Oh myyy, lovely haul! What, exactly, was the Six of Crows swag included in the package? :) Happy reading!

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    1. A small six of crows bag and SoC playing card! Very creative :D

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  3. The Six of Crows package looks amazing. I hope you love all your new books.

    Grace @ Books of Love

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  4. I can't wait for Six of Crows, but I've been following Julie Murphy on Twitter for awhile, and I'm excited/curious to read Dumplin'! Chuck Wendig's Zeroes has been on my radar, too. Looks like you had a great time!

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    1. SO excited for Bardugo's book, I can't wait to see how it matches up to her Grisha books.

      I did! It was nice!

      Thanks for stopping by

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  5. Wow! ALA looks like an amazing time. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on all of the books, especially Rae Carson's latest and Emery Lord's. Enjoy!

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    1. It was great, I just wish I could have stayed longer to talk books!

      Thank you!

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  6. Yaaay for so much gorgeous this book Lea :D I really hope you will love all of this precious. <3 Ugh, I'm so jealous of the Six of Crows package :) I waaants it, sigh. Really hope you love it :D And yay for having a good time at ALA :) You and your dad sounds awesome. Yay for getting so many books ;) Happy reading sweetie. <3

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    1. Thank you, Carina! Yes, my dad's great - lucky for me, he's always willing to come with me to bookish events!

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  7. Ooooh Aaahhh!! I hope to be able to go to ALA and/or BEA one day. And hopefully I could have someone with me like your dad who is a magnet for books. I'm so curious about a lot of the ones you picked up so I look forward to reading your thoughts! Oh and that Six of Crows box is so cool!!

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