Good morning all! Happy Monday and all that. I think I have made a full recovery from BEA over the weekend. I did close to nothing yesterday… a little laundry, a little organizing, and dinner – that’s it. I meant to mow the lawn… I never got there.
SO this past Friday evening, Candace (Beth Fish Reads) and Florinda (3 R’s Blog), and I, were having dinner together in Chicago as it was our final evening of the expo. Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) was having dinner with her cousin who lives in the area. Florinda mentioned how sad it would be to go home and on Monday morning not be able to have breakfast with all of us like we had been doing the past few days.
This morning…. a series of planned texts went out to Florinda so we could make that happen.
Representing Wisconsin, California, Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Breakfast around the world!
In other super news…. I have not unpacked the car from books yet. LOL….I know, I know… today is the day. However – I did open the back of the CRV today and pulled out the first book I touched so I could talk about a BEA book… expect LOTS of this coming up 😉 :
The Ringmaster’s Wife:
Setting: Turn of the Century Chicago World Fair (score!) and also the Roaring 20’s! (Double score!)
Compact Synopsis: Turn of the century, a young girl named Mable steps away from all she knows at her family farm and is swept into the World Fair where a chance encounter with none other than John Ringling, changes her destiny forever.
Fast forward 25 years later and the 20’s are in a literal full swing, Rosamund Easling boards a ship to America and crosses paths with none other than the now famous, Mable Ringling. The encounter causes Rosamund to toss away all other plans and stay on with the Ringling Circus as a trick rider.
The Draw: The gorgeous cover caught my eye, the synopsis made me buy the ticket to board this story as soon as possible!
- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson (June 7, 2016)
That’s it for now… as promised, a post will come up today about the first day of the Book Expo.
Book Journey 
So fun to do the morning coffee tweets! Thanks for organizing.
Ahhhh, we were together much like we always are – through the magic of social media. lol
Back to normal and you behind the camera and not in front of it. lol
Love your coffee around the world greeting….and I’m eager to find out more about your book haul.
Me too Laurel!!!! Almost afraid to dig in… I will want to read them all – FIRST. lol
YOU GUYS! That was PLANNED?! It helps that you’re all in time zones earlier than mine :-). It was great to find your texts when I turned on my phone this morning. Currently eating yogurt and sipping coffee at my desk, organizing my work day and missing you all!
LOL – you said you would miss us, we wanted to be sure you knew you still had us 🙂
The internet can be a magical, blessed place 🙂 Coffee via! 😀
LOL yes that was a fun plan 🙂
What a fun breakfast and idea.
Who is from Pennsylvania?
The Ringmaster’s Day looks awesome.
Looking forward to more books being featured. THANKS.
ENJOY your day.
Candace is from Pennsylvania.
Ok…I am from Western Pennsylvania.
Not seeing all of my people was what I missed the most about BEA!!
Yup that is the highlight for me as well Kathy. Hopefully next year?
What a neat idea! Glad you all had such a great time!
I believe we all did at that Vicki 🙂
I didn’t see that one! It sounds great. I can’t believe that there are so many books that people have that I didn’t see.
I always look what everyone else brings home Heather and think “wait… where was that one?” LOL
Oh, that book sounds good! I am sure BEA is going to result in a long wish list… lol
I cant wait to dig in 🙂
Can’t wait to hear more about the books you found. Coffee and Texts – what fun!
Books, Coffee, and Texts…. sounds like a great blog name 😀
It does! 🙂
Sounds like you had a blast Sheila.. i have been looking out for BEA posts to see what everyone picked up.. Its very true when you see different books people have hauled from the same event you went too and wonder where you were that you didn’t get that book. Hopefully I will see you in NYC.. we will need to plan a seredipity date with Kate.
I’ve requested this one from Netgalley after seeing your post! cross my fingers.
OMG totally awesome idea about the coffee around the world!!