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Sunday, April 24, 2011

TLA Re-Cap and A Giveaway!

It's been a crazy busy, fun last two weeks. One weekend it was the Teen Con in Houston and that lead right into TLA. The fun kicked off Tuesday night when a few of us TX bloggers were able to meet up with Sophie Jordan and Terra Lynn Childs for dinner. It was so much fun and I walked away from the evening with my stomach hurting from laughing so hard.
















I was so excited to attend TLA, it was my first time attending something this amazing. Thank you to Jen Bigheart of (I read banned books), I was able to be a volunteer over the author signings on Wednesday. I worked at both Allie Condie's and Lauren Oliver's signings. I want to gush and say both Allie and Lauren are so awesome! I was so excited to meet them, and it was such a pleasure to talk with them and work at their signings. It was a lot of fun meeting people from all over TX who came to meet them.

There were a lot of authors there and since my time was limited that day, I missed meeting some of them. Along with Allie and Lauren, I was able to meet Janet Fox, and I visited with Terra Lynn Childs and Mari Mancusi. I love meeting local authors. I had the opportunity to meet a lot of wonderful publishers and publicists that I've had the chance to work with for the last two years. I really enjoyed being able to meet each of them.

There were a lot of TX bloggers who were there and sadly I didn't get a picture with any of them. I enjoyed hanging out with Michelle from Windowpane-Memoirs.

The following day I came back and I was able to meet Gayle Forman and Carrie Ryan. I'll admit my fan girly side got the better of me. Gayle and Carrie are absolutely amazing!! I know, I said that about Ally and Lauren too, but really, they all are.

I also got to meet Jason Henderson who was on our Made From Awesome Mega Chat the night before. He was doing a signing and I'm really looking forward to reading his Alex Van Helsing books. Cinda Williams Chima, was another author I was so excited to finally meet. Her books were some of the first books I read when I wavering on jumping back into reading YA books a few years ago. Ivy Devlin, Joy Preble, Anastasia Hopcus and James Dashner were just a few of the authors I visited at their publisher books or signing tables.

TLA was such an amazing experience and I only attended it for two days and not for the duration of the those days either. I can only imagine what the experience would have been like if I had been there the two full days. I loved meeting everyone I met. My highlights aside from being a volunteer were meeting the publishers. THANK YOU to them we're able to review some amazing books, interview authors and host some amazing giveaways. Not only was I able to come home with some fantastic books, but I have a few goodies I'm giving away TODAY!!

Thank you to Ivy Devlin, I have two signed copies of Low Red Moon I'm giving away along with SIGNED books from Carrie Ryan, and Gayle Forman. The other wonderful thing about TLA is how inexpensive the books are. Yes, there are a lot of free books, but you can also buy books at a steal of a deal. I couldn't attend the signings and not purchase a couple books, which I have a signed If I Stay and Forest of Hands and Teeth. I highly recommend going to TLA! You don't need to purchase the expensive package to attend, although that is something one day I'll be able to do. I heard the panels were phenomenal. Sorry, back to the giveaway....

To enter, please fill out this form- (there are 2 prize packs to choose from)
PP #1- Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin & If I Stay by Gayle Forman (both signed)
PP #2- Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin & The Forest of Hands & Teeth by Carrie Ryan (both signed)

14 comments:

  1. sorry you will have an entry from me twice. I hit the enter and I wasnt finished filling in the address form sorry for the inconvenience

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  2. Hi Kristen! No worries. Thank you for letting me know. I had to put the one entry as we get people who will enter numerous times.

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  3. Wow! This looks like so much fun. Thanks for the great giveaway. :0)

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  4. Thanks for the giveaway! The TLA sounds fun *O*

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  5. I love youuuuu!!!*.*
    you're so kind to do all this give-aways! <3!!
    i signed also for CassieClare-giveaway, but i'm curious of this books! <3
    thanks thanks! byee! <3
    Happy Easter by the way!

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  6. Tracy- You are so welcome!

    XRawritzJess- You are so welcome!

    Jessica- You're welcome and Happy Easter to you too!

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  7. I love meeting authors! It looks like you had a fantastic time. You are so lucky! I just met Ally Condie this weekend at an event and she is so great. Thanks for the giveaway. :)

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  8. This looks like so much fun. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  9. Love the pics!!!!!!! It looks like an amazing time!!!!

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  10. This is so fun. Thanks for the giveaway !!!

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  11. Thanks for the write up, you must have had an amazing time surrounding by authors and books. The pictures are great too.

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  12. Hi! Thanks for the awesome giveaway:) All three books are on my to-read list but I don't own copies of any of them, so I'm hoping to win. But even if I don't, I'll definitely make it a point to read them sometime soon. Oh! And the giveaway ends on my 21st birthday- so I'm hoping that my luck holds strong:) Thanks again!

    sarah.setar@gmail.com

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  13. Thanks for the giveaways!! It looks like you guys had a great time. I've never been able to make it to a book conference before, but this summer I'll be attending ALA in New Orleans and I'm SO excited!!

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  14. omg!!signed copy by Gayle Forman!!!i'm reading 'Where She Went' right now and i LOVE it!!!
    thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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