BEA: That’s A Wrap (as in my FINAL post about BEA)
Ok I know I know…. I have been trying to get through sharing with you the BEA experience with the posts I have put up this week. Honestly – I could do a few more, however, I need to wrap this up.
Next week is a HUGE week here at Book Journey. Starting tomorrow, it is AUDIO WEEK and I have many fun things lined up for that including audio reviews, discussions, an interview with a narrator that you audio lovers will most likely recognize, and a giveaway. On Thursday it is also my Blogiversary and I like to party it up big time over here. For a hint of what to expect, check out last years post. We had so much fun and the giveaways were awesome. Your comments cracked me up and really made my day – I plan to run it very similar this year as well :). I have great things lined up for this year too so please mark your calendars to be sure to stop in on Thursday.
So let’s get back to BEA.
Here is the final run down of what I have not yet chatted about….
- On Monday when Reagan and I arrived in New York we hurried to Simon and Schuster as we were already late for that, and then walked what we thought would be an easy walk to the YA Teen Author Carnival. We walked a LONG time, and later in the week found out that this area of New York is quite difficult to navigate so mental high-five to us who eventually found our way 😀
- While I have chatted about Tuesday at BEA (and running the info booth which was awesome!), and I chatted about Wednesday at BEA too – but did not share with you Wednesday evening. Wednesday evening was the Harper Collins Book Blogger Reception which was AWESOME! This was for me the first chance for this year to get to hang out and catch up with some of the other bloggers I chat with on-line and off. The reception was wonderful and crowded with authors, Harper Collins peeps (Hi Jennifer!!!) and bloggers. It was really fun to chat and connect.
I really wish I would have taken more pictures – but next year I will work on that. I swear I had moments where I just…. forgot.
After the reception, Heather from 3o+ A Lifetime Of Books had gathered a group of us to go out to dinner. It was just a few doors down from the reception so we all walked to Bice.
I think I shared with you all of Thursday and Friday…. so I will end this last of the BEA 2011 posts with a few random pictures I have not had the chance to post:
I think that about covers it… for touristy type things we did this year, Reagan and I went to the Happy Potter Exhibition (I posted about this earlier today), The top of the empire state building, and to Mary Poppins on Broadway (also posted about earlier this week.)
It has been a lot of fun sharing BEA 2011 with you. If you are an attendee – that is so awesome and I hope I get to see you next year! If you are considering attending, I have to tell you if you can do this one time – DO IT. I have a hard time putting into words what a great experience this is but I hoping the oodles of posts this week gives you a hint. 😀
Weekend Cooking: Spiced Almonds
Hi everyone. If you have been around here lately you may have noticed the mess from BEA everywhere – books, notes, swag stuff…. I have literally been chatting BEA all week-long.
Ummm…. can you say “addict?”
This is my post for Weekend Cooking the weekly meme from Beth Fish Reads. Earlier this week I talked about a dinner at Mercer’s Kitchen in New York with the amazing Beth Hoffman. I had also mentioned the delicious spiced almonds we had while sitting at the bar and waiting for the rest of the group to arrive. Since coming home… my mind has still been thinking about the almonds. 😛
With a little help from Google (my gosh… what did we do before Google?) I found a recipe that I thought would be fun to try to see if I can come close to the awesome experience I had at Mercer’s Kitchen.
Spiced Almonds
Yields 2 cups (I doubled this as I am that much in love with these!)
You will need:
2 cups raw almonds (you can use another nut…. but my fav is the majestic almond)
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons brown sugar (packed)
3 tablespoons white granulated sugar
½ teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground allspice
½ – ¾ teaspoon cayenne powder
½ teaspoon salt
Directions:
Prepare counter space or a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper or foil to place nuts to dry. Set aside. Take the sugars and spices and mix well in a medium size bowl. In a large dry saute pan on medium heat stir in the almonds and continue stirring frequently to avoid burning. Once they are well heated, then stir in the butter. Once almonds are well coated, transfer to the bowl with the spices and coat well. Put the almonds on the prepared paraffin wax or foil. Spread them apart so they can cool, separating with a fork.
That’s it.
Results?
It’s close. The spices did not stick as well to the nut as they had at Mercer’s Kitchen. (Any advice on what would make that happen is welcome :D)
I think these would go well with a cold beverage of choice – The Lemonade recipe here would go well.
Morning Meanderings: Harry Potter Exhibition and Why I Cant Let Go…
Mmmmm…..good morning.
I feel like I had a good nights sleep after a 10 hour headache which I believe is all about the pollen. It was so thick yesterday when we went bike riding you could see it on the side of the roads and in the grass. I have been sniffly (my word) and sneazy (like the dwarf) ever since. And with such an exciting week coming up – I really do not have time to be lying low.
I suspect soon I will be done talking about BEA but I still have not quite spilled out everything I seen and did. This 
morning seems like a great day to be talking about the Harry Potter Exhibition in New York. To someone who has grown up herself on the books along with her kids (hey… I am about as grown up as I am going to get here!) this was a must see. Even linking it now gives me a bitter-sweet feel as it is with heavy heart that we close out the final chapter of the movies in July of this year.
*sigh*
Ok….
When you walk into the Exhibition we stand in a room where all around us are screen scenes of the actors through the years with great “Potterish” background theme music. Within the first two minutes I had tears in my eyes.
In the next room we have a chance to be sorted by the sorting hat (which I had heard about pre-exhibit and was going to be sure I had a chance to be sorted. I was……. GRYFFINDOR!!!!
*whew!*
Once inside you will find everything from school uniforms the actors actually wore through the years, their wands (OH! *sigh* again), Quidditch uniforms, the brooms, Harry’s invitation to Hogwart’s, ball gowns, the tri-wizard cup, the Marauders map, Harry’s glasses, props from the classrooms, and we were able to give a try at pulling a young mandrake out of their pots…. awesomeness!!!
Ahhh, but don’t take my word for it…. (a mere Muggle) see for yourself:
and here is a sneak peek into the exhibition in New York which is supposed to sadly be the last stop in North America for this exhibition.
Reagan from Miss Remmers Reviews and I enjoyed seeing this very much and even had a chance to play a little Quidditch. (I am sure we are both going to be asked to join the team).
A must see for any Harry Potter fan!
As I have talked about before J K Rowling and the entire cast of characters that came out of her mind, and then out of her pen – fascinate me. Both my boys grew up reading these books and I read right along with them. For me, the books were a wonderful way to connect with my kids – and even when Justin was a Junior in High School and that final book came out, we were still reading them together. I have pictures (somewhere) of my boys in capes and casting spells with sticks from the yard)… if a book can make you want to ask it out… it much have magic in it. 😀
Once you get through the exhibit of course you are deposited into a store with everything you may wish to purchase for your full experience: t-shirts, wands, ties, robes, the candy, collector pieces, books, costumes, board games, and more. I made a purchase that really excited me – and that was the first book, hard cover Anniversary Edition. I am so excited about this as I have all the books but this one in hard cover. I have never been able to find the first book in hard cover. SSQQUUEEEEEE!!!!!
Now that I have it – I am going to read it before I shelf it.
In answer to my own question on this post title, I can not let go because these books were such a big part of many years of connecting with my kids, and with a story line that blew me away with each new book that came out. These books made both my boys readers. They made me believe in the magic and beauty of words… more than I think I ever have before.
If you are reading the Harry Potter books this year as the final movie closes in, or if you were thinking about it… Shannon at Giraffe Days sent me this link to a Harry Potter Read A Long that starts this month…. one book a month. How exciting is that? AND Elle and Kate from The Book Memoirs sent me an invite to join their Harry Potter Week and The Book Of Memoirs that starts tomorrow, June 6 – 12. I don’t know a lot about this one other than it looks like their will be a giveaway a day!
** Random note – biked 40 miles yesterday on the Tour Of Lakes bike ride. The weather was GORGEOUS. I have a 150 mile ride coming this next weekend and hoping the weather can be the same for that two day ride.
Touring Greenwich Village and lunch with Adriana Trigiani
Throughout the week I have been sharing with you moments of last weeks BEA. I probably could have bunched them up into fewer posts, but each topic I have posted on has required more of me than a few descriptive words. I think even with this being my second year attending BEA, I have trouble believing such an event exists, as this is truly what I would have envisioned Heaven to be like….. books, books everywhere :D…
That said – forgive me as I gush out even more BEA posts….
On Thursday May 26, I had a wonderful opportunity to go on the tour of Greenwich Village as invited by one of my favorite authors, Adriana Trigiani. Our event started with a taxi ride to Greenich Village (apparently called “The Village” by New Yorkers) where we met Nikki, who was our tour guide. What was super cool is this is Adrianna’s own tour – Called Adriana Trigiani Tours. The tour(s) is centered around places she mentions in her books and for a book lover and a big fan of Adriana Trigiani it is beyond AWESOME!
There were 10 of us on the tour and it was so much fun. Nikki was amazing and I soon learned she knew her stuff. As we walked we learned not only the connections of the places to the books, but also the history they held in New York, as well as the history of Greenwich Village. Our tour took us to the Church that is mentioned as a place you may have found two of Adriana’s favorite characters, Lucia Sartori and Valentine Roncalli (Lucia Lucia).
The oldest house in the village built in 1799, updated and expanded in 1836, and a third floor added in 1928 still remains at 77 Bedford Street. The skinniest home in New York (I believe it was all of New York) is also in the Village, notably 9 1/2 feet on the outside, 8 1/2 feet wide on the inside and 32 feet deep.
We walked on and seen gorgeous homes and gardens, at one point our guide pointed out an apartment and said that we may recognize this as the outside of Monica’s apartment from the show Friends. (I LOVED Friends!!!)
As we walked and took in the sights and learned the facts, we stopped at McNulty’s Rare Teas which was a delight for the senses! Walking inside there were rows and rows on assorted teas with incredible names like Apple Pie, Cinnamon Stick, etc… I just INHALED.
Of course there is so much more to this walking tour and I know I am not doing it justice but trust me – this is an experience you will not want to miss. Check out Adriana’s Tour site and learn more AND for those of you going to Italy (I am jealous…. but that’s beside the point :D) be sure to see Adriana’s Italy tour as well which I here is just as divine!
As if that was not enough of a treat, we were then escorted into the Standard Grill which has a gorgeous floor tiled in pennies…. I kid you not. PENNIES. Check it out here. We all sat at a long table in a room all set up for us and while we chatted with our group… in walked the lady we had all come to see…. Adriana Trigiani.
“Hello Ladies!” she exclaimed and we instantly greeted her.
Adriana is always so down to earth and real. She treats us like old friends, and once I stop pinching myself, I believe I am. As the bread is passed around the table and the water glasses filled, Adriana starts sharing stories – which I LOVE to hear, from her early writing days, to how she came to live in the Village… I could listen to her for days….
When it came time to order, we had little menus placed in front of us as and we chose a soup or salad starter, a main dish, and dessert. I went with the orange squash soup, as I was intrigued that it said it had Yogurt in it. It came served chilled and it was delicious!
Then came my main dish – I chose the grilled egg plant and I was so pleased I forgot to take a picture of it. It was fantastic and I would definitely have that again and highly recommend it.
In the end came a lovely dessert, I went with the raspberry topped cheese cake that was… oh my gosh…. words can not describe but I can tell you my mouth is watering right now as I think about it….
The food and the company – SUPERB! We talked and laughed and had pictures taken. I adore my time with Adriana and this group of fantastic bloggers. I can not wait for her next book to come out!!!
As we gathered to leave, Adriana handed each of us two of her books, signed to each one of us.
Hopefully I did not overdose on the pictures here but this was such a visual experience I had to share it. 😀
Morning Meanderings… Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Good morning. This is an early one today as Wendy and I are on the road at 6:30 am to get to our bike ride – The Tour Of Lakes by 7:30 am starting time. 30 or 60 miles…. we have not decided yet.
Yesterday afternoon I sadly had to return many (MANY) library books unread. *sigh*. I had renewed them on-line twice and then finally it came down to who was I kidding… as much as I wanted to read them… it wasn’t going to happen in the time frame I needed to read them, and really…. has it come to this? Book hording? Really Sheila? Holding books for my own selfish reasons making it impossible for others to read them…
What am I? Two?
SO back they went. As my habit would go – I had two to pick up that I had on hold. Of course I am not so cured that I left them behind… oh no, I hauled home the copy of Discovery Of Witches I have been so curious about and the audio of Every Last One by Anna Quindlin. What? Did you expect me to be cured overnight? Please! This will take YEARS of practice…. 😛
What I Learned at BBC (Book Blogger Convention)
The Book Blogger Convention (BBC) for the last two years has followed the excitement of the Book Expo of America (BEA). When the expo ends on Thursday, Thursday evening has been a Book Blogger Reception and then Friday is the BBC, a day committed to Book Bloggers connecting with authors, publishing houses… it is a Book Blogger work shop and well worth attending.
After a delicious breakfast served at 7:45 am and a chance to build your own swag bag, we all settled into a large room to listen to our Keynote Speaker, Sara Wendell. Sara is a fellow book blogger and if I remember this correctly (it was early after a crazy busy week) I think an author too. Sara was funny, describing the first time she was offered a galley…
“What’s a galley?” she had asked. When they said it was a book sent to her for free to read and review she was shocked. When a large box a short time later “THUMPED” on her front step she was beside herself…. FREE BOOKS. MY PRECIOUS! (picture Gollum here). When Sara had finished reading the books she called the company and asked where to return them. They laughed at her and told her to do what she wanted with them – the lady on the phone told Sara that she burned her copies…
“Burning BOOKS?” Sara had cried out in disbelief…. no, “I will keep them.” The lady had laughed and explained that the books tend to accumulate…. (as a two-year book reviewer… *looking around reading room* I can not agree more.)
Besides being funny Sara also had great advice for taking your blog to the “next level” which means something different for each of us.
I really enjoyed listening to Sara.
Next up was Ask A Publisher or Publicist session and I took a lot away from this. A great panel led by Jennifer Hart (Harper Collins). We had on the panel:
Lydia Hirt (Penguin Group)
Kelly Leonard (Hatchette Book group)
Lucille Rettino (Simon and Schuster)
Allison Verost (Harper Teen)
Ksenia Winnicki (Macmillan)
Here is my take away:
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You may have heard of some of the big promotions around the blog when they chose blogs to represent Districts for the release of Mockingjay by Susanne Collins and again when they chose blogs to represent courts for the release of the latest Iron King book. These promotions generate excitement and the panel encouraged us as reviewers if we have ideas to feel free to share them by emailing the publishers. (They graciously gave us lists of contact emails)
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Galleys cost more than the actual books (I did not know this and this was really a wake up call for me). In respect of this new-found knowledge I have been taking all the books as they come into my home and adding their release dates to my Google calendar so I can better watch when i should be reviewing these.
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We can post a review for an upcoming release at the point it is available for pre-order. We do not have to wait for release date.
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Posting your review to other sources besides your blog is important. I currently always try to also put it on Amazon, but learned that when the Publishers were asked, they really would like to see it on Good Reads as well as Good reads apparently connects to other sources. (I did not know this!) I am a member of Good Reads but terrible at posting my reviews there as the time spent writing the post, adding it to Amazon… but knowing now that this is important I am going to make the time to do this.
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They also said that we save them time if we also send them a link to our reviews when they are up, as they like to let the authors know.
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Also – they do appreciate it is we also let them know of reviews we do to older titles as well.
5. When requesting a book for review – be polite. (I would think this is a given, but apparently it is not.) Explaining which blog you have, traffic, etc… is helpful if you do not already have a relationship with this publisher. Do not demand a book – in one case the blogger apparently said they needed the book by the weekend…. wow…. uhhh…. *delete request*. Also helpful is to include your mailing address at the time of the ask. This saves them the time of having to connect with you again and request it. *I have a separate email I use for my bookish side and I have added my address to my signature so it shows up on all emails.
I then went into the author Speed Dating event with Reagan (Miss Remmers Reviews) and Alison (Alison’s Book Marks) *waves*. I really enjoyed this session where we (bloggers) sat around tables and a different author came to our table every 15 minutes to discuss their book and we had opportunities to ask questions as well. This idea was BRILLIANT! (Yes I quote Harry Potter….) . I had a lot of fun meeting authors that were new to me, as well as a few that I had previously met and it was so fun!! Of course this also added to my “must read” list. *sigh – but a happy sigh*
The final session I went to Technology For Blogging because seriously – I need all the help I can get. I went into this blogging gig hardly knowing how to make a post. Everything else I learned by visiting blogs, seeing things I liked, emailing the blogger and asking how they did it. Another reminder that book bloggers are incredibly generous and helpful people.
What I took away from this session was:
- Do NOT automatically connect your blog to Twitter and Facebook. *Guilty as charged* I think it was Anna Moore who said this (Blog Graphic design). She said that we should only connect to other social media with our “best of the best” posts. I agree and disagree… I believe I will keep my posts connected to Twitter as they are all bookish people there – the only twitter connections I have. I do however agree on the Facebook part as that is everyone from family, friends, co workers, bookish types… some of my posts do not need to go there. I have not decided at this time to open up a blog page on Facebook and do not think I will. One more thing to try to keep up with 😀
- Connect connect connect… we talked about Tumblr which I know little about – but also other ways to connect with others which in turn will create relationships that in turn will (possibly) become readers of your blog.
By the end of BBC I was full of information and chalk it up as a successful and fun day. I learned a little, made many connections with bloggers and authors and publishers and say hats off to the hard-working behind the scenes bloggers who pulled off a successful event! 😀
Morning Meanderings: Is It Possible To Be More Of A Book Addict Than I Already Am?
Good morning!
*fumbles for COFFEE Cup*
I keep thinking I am over the tired of last week and then suddenly I feel wiped out again. I passed out in the recliner yesterday at about 5 pm and slept until 6:30….
WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?
Anyway… I am still soaring high from BEA and just in awe of everything book related, the new people I met, the emails I am getting, the organizing of books, the choosing what to read first out of these lovely works of art….
books are my form of art….
Anyway – last night I came upstairs to see that when Al came home he had brought up my BEA box #2 and put it on the counter. What a man to carry that all the way up from our business (which is behind the house quite a ways back) as that box was 46 pounds. I was excited – but it was almost midnight so I decided until this morning to dig into it…. it kind of is like Christmas as this box was packed on day one of BEA and I had no idea any longer what was in it…
This morning, I opened it up (sorry… I had no clever idea for a book spoof so you will have to live through yesterdays for a while longer… :razz:)
Secret Legacy and Dark Legacy by Anna DeStefano (I spoke with the publisher on this one and they put them in that cute little bag you see behind then.
First Drop Of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost (I am curious, not sure if it a fit for me – but it is audio and that is something I am always looking for!)
Witches Of East End by Melissa De La Cruz (Gorgeous cover!!!)
Sleight by Kirsten Kaschock (curious about this one!)
5 Love Languages of Appreciation In The Workplace (well who doesn’t like that? LOL)
Following Atticus by Tom Ryan (look at the puppy!)
An Uncaged Eagle by Richard Toliver (wow. I wound up talking to this author for about 15 minutes about his book. It sounds really powerful).
Life Is Not A Stage by Florence Henderson (curious about this one… I do like the occasional memoir)
Oh Beautiful by John Paul Godges (This author tells me there are some Minnesota moments in this one!)
Living Beyond Your Feelings by Joyce Meyer (I will admit – I am not a big fan, but I have a friend who is that I can pass it to – or to my library)
Nazareth Child by Darrell James (This one looks good and had peaked my interest!)
Tuesdays At The Castle by Jessica Day George (I like the occasional middle grade and this one looks good!)
Escape From Zobadak by Brad Gallagher (another awesoem looking MG)
Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith (author of Child 44 – what a writer!)
One Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina (I could not pass up such a cover…..)
Forbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee (this is actually a read a long book I am doing later this year!)
Coffee Talk by Morton Satin (all about coffee.. what’s not to love?) 😛
We All Wore Stars by Theo Coster (Memories of Anne Frank by her classmates)
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler (VERY curious about this one – reading the back it has a 13 reasons Why feel to it)
Vampire Empire by Clay and Susan Griffith (I talked tot his couple at BEA)
What Happened To Good Bye by Sarah Dessen (I have read and enjoyed this author before)
Pure by Julianna Baggott (wow what a cover – and 429 pages!)
OOH! Audio! And SWAG! (I am getting lazy writing all these titles out, so if you have questions about these ask me in the comments. 😀
Fury by Elizabeth Miles (wowza…. cover love!)
GLOW by Amy Kathleen Ryan (I have heard good things about this one!)
The 39 Clues – Medusa Plot (Had to grab this one – the whole 39 clues concept I think is brilliant and fun for young readers)
The Art Of Fielding by Chad Harbach (no idea what this one is about but people seemed excited about it…)
The Ambition by Lee Strobel (I have not read Strobel in a long time and I am curious about this new to me title)
The Maid’s Daughter by Mary Romero (interesting… looks to be a true story and was categorized under the genre social sciences)
Until There Was You by Kristan Higgins (looks like a fun rainy day read!)
After Obsession by Carrie Jones and Steven Wedel (loving this crazy cover…. wishing I could do that….LOL)
The Soldiers Wife by Margaret Leroy (looks good!)
The Orchard by Theresa Weir (oh I like the looks of this one too!)
So that is the end of the BEA books. Both boxes made it safely and intact. I have been trying to capture their release dates to try to read them around that time but wow – many of them release on the same day (and I wonder again – how important is sleep?) 😛
I still have BEA posts to write – I will be working on that a bit this morning as it really is one of the highlights of my year. This afternoon my friend Wendy and I are joining in on the Twin Cities bike club ride in Nisswa for 30, maybe 60 miles, we will see how we feel as we are planning to do the Tour Of Lakes tomorrow too and that one is a 60 (hopefully). I need the exercise – I have had a three-week sabbatical and man…. I feel it. (Probably why I keep snoozing…) 😀
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Welcome to Lena Halloway’s world. Lena lives in a society that is carefully managed and monitored by the government. Long ago this society came up with a cure for deliria (love) and feels that their world is better for it. After all deliria (love) is nothing but a discussing disease that affects the brain…. it causes you to be unable to sleep, have anxiety, irrational thoughts, and do things you would normally never consider doing if not for the deliria.
Oh – I remember the first time I had deliria…I think I was 15 and the symptoms listed here are right on…. that inability to sleep, irrational thought, and I may add the need to speed dial said boys phone number at least 20 times a day and at inappropriate times at night…
~Sheila
And when you put it that way, Lena has to agree who would want to go through that? The society “cures” you when you turn 18 by running an operation that leaves you no longer desiring love. After the procedure is complete the government will line you up with someone who they feel will be a good match for you and you will be married and live happily ever after with your X number of children, all without the annoyance of deep emotion. Why would the government steer you wrong?
Lena has 95 days before her cure and she ready to move into her future, counting down the days. After all everything she needs to know is in the book of Shhhhh, and all the warnings she needs is in the banned book called Romeo and Juliet which is not a love story at all but an example and a warning as to what happens when you are infected with deliria.
Then one day everything changes when Lena meets a boy named Alex. Alex is mysterious and self-confident and when Lena is around him she feels her heart race and her and her skin turn hot…. surely this is the start of the fever that infects a person with deliria! As Lena spends more time with Alex, carefully dodging the ever watchful eye of her aunt and the others who have been “cured”, she starts to wonder what really is true, and what will be the ultimate cost of freedom in a society that does not believe in choices.
Laurel Oliver has done it again. Delirium is a story that I was not sure about picking up (much like her first novel Before I Fall). I didn’t know if I would like the subject matter and when i first heard about this book I felt it had a techy feel to it that I was not sure was for me. Yet I had to admit that it took me a while to pick up Before I Fall as well, and I came out of that read gushing about the inner story line and deeper meaning of the book.
While Before I Fall and Delirium are too very different novels, I felt the same about them. Yes they are YA and I can see how they would really appeal to the YA ‘s out there and that can be enough – but in each book I ended up finding something deeper within the story. In Delirium I am thrust into the knowledge that some day society may try to control that in which we now count as rights and freedom.
I enjoyed Lena for her strong will and her “succeed or die trying” attitude. Even when Lena is trying hard not to love (oh by the way – that word is a banned word!) it still shows through in her friendships and of course, eventually with Alex.
I closed this book knowing there was more to be said. And thanks to Twitter, I quickly learned that yes, Pandemonium (scheduled to be out Feb 2012) will be the title of the second book and this series will end with Requiem.
Amazon Rating
Good Reads
I have updated the 2011 WHERE Are You Reading Map to include Delirium
I received this book through Netgalley and I am
thrilled to say it is the first book I have read on my NOOK
Morning Meanderings…. The Crocodile Hunter Meets the Arrival Of The First BEA Box!
Good Morning !
*sips coffee… slowly.. stalling…*
Ok.
So – the good news is my first box arrived from BEA yesterday afternoon. Super SQQQUUUEEEEE’s heard throughout Brainerd Minnesota.
And uhhhh… the bad news, or perhaps I should say super geeky news… is that I had an idea to announce it’s arrival. Bear with me while you watch the short video:
and as if that wasn’t bad enough…. I did it a second time….
Yup. I did that.
Anyway…. lets forget about the box. Let’s talk about what was in the box. 😀
Smart Pop Preview is a book about
The Taker by Alma Katsu (I met this author and the book sounds wonderful!)
Fare Forward by Wendy Dubow Polins (this is an info postcard about the book – with an email to request a copy)
The Revisionists by Thomas Muller (part of the BBC make your own swag bag)
Something Inside Of Me by Chitoka Webb (I me this wonderful woman and wow does she have a story to tell!)
Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini – graphic novel sampler
Lot’s Return to Sodom by Sandra Brannan (I met Sandra last year, and again this year and the woman amazes me! I am so excited to check out her new novel and she handed it out with chocolate rocks….. got to love that! :razz:)
Icefall by Matthew Kirby (part of the BBC build your own swag bag)
The Maid (A Novel of Joan Of Arc) by Kimberly Cutter – more BBC Build your own swag bag!
The Winters In Bloom by Lisa Tucker (I got this one at the Atria blogger reception)
Bobblehead dad by Jim Higley (BBC Swag Bag!)
Who What Wear by Olivia Bennett (BBC swag bag!)
(I think this picture is a little blurry because I was shaking at the sight of Forever :D)
Lost Angel by Javier Sierra (from BEA)
Between by Jessica Warman (BEA – doesn’t it look good?)
Forever by Maggie Stiefvater (OOOHHH!!!! Off the BEA show floor!)
Bloodspell by Amalie Howard
Little Women Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly (I thought I had missed out on this one and then there it showed up in the BBC swag bag!)
The Unbecoming by Mara Dyer (this is that book you see on the blogs with the awesoem moving graphic like they are under water!)
Lethal by Sandra Brown (would you believe I have never read Sandra Brown?)
Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey (Hmmmm… not sure where I picked this one up and now wondering if it is Reagan’s?)
Murder On The Oriental Express by Agatha Christie (SSQQUUEE!!! Picked up at the Harper Collins book blogger reception! I have never read Agatha Christie either….)
Stupid fast by Geoff Herback (BBC swag bag)
Verso is a light for your e reader – woo hoo 😀 I am excited to try this!
The Beekeepers Lament by Hannah Nordhaus (Harper Collins BBR and wow does this one sound good!)
Martin Misunderstood by Karin Slaughter (oooh audio!!!!!!)
Fallen by Karin Slaughter (I am dieing to know if she was born with that last name!)
So there is the first box in…. this is actually the second box shipped… the other one was sent UPS. Honestly, I was not expecting either of them until the end of the week at the earliest.
Book Journey 