BEA Day 2

Ok, so to continue the recap. I met the awesome Kristin Nelson at Simone Elkeles' signing and she had the guy from Katy Perry's music video who was in her trailer there! It was awesome. He took pictures with everyone and it was very cute :)

I went to the YA buzz panel to hear the authors speak and it was great. Each one read an excerpt from their books and it was a lot of fun. I am excited to read everyone's book. I already finished two of the panel's, Rebecca Maizel's Infinite Days and Ally Condie's Matched. I will write reviews up for them, stat.

I also went to a really great and really informative panel for guys read. This initiative was started by Jon Sciezka, the previous National Ambassador for Children's Literature. He was on a panel with Marc Barnett, Jeff Kinney, Adam Rex and David Lubar. This was a fantasic panel where they talked about their new series of short story collections called Guys Read. It's their newest initiative to get kids to read and I think it's fantastic. I will be writing up my review of this puppy as well. From a bookseller's perspective, we are always looking for new exciting things to get the boys to read, so I am really looking forward to this one hitting the shelves.

All in all, it was an exhausting but exciting day. I will be writing up my reviews of some of the ARC's I received at the show shortly!