Authors, Authors, Authors!!! That was all I could think about as I went into TLA for my first time. I had my schedule set, I had already scoped out the Exhibition Hall, and I knew what I wanted. And let me tell you, I saw, I got my books signed, and I learned some amazing things!!!
First off, check out my ride!!!
Because of my bad knee, there was no way that I was going to be able to walk on the crutches, so I rented this awesome scooter to get me around. Let me just say, this thing can move! I was going very fast!
On Wednesday Brad Meltzer was our keynote speaker. I actually had not read any of his books, but he is an AMAZING speaker. He had written two books, Heroes for my Son and Heroes for my Daughter, and I bought them each for my kids and he signed them. I do plan on also buying them for the library.
After get that signed I went to a session that had Rachel Hawkins, Jennifer Ziegler, and Maggie Stiefvater. They were talking about the writing process and all of that.
Then I went and met Rachel Hawkins, author of the Hex Hall. series. I love this series!!! (She also told me that she is going to be writing another series around Hex Hall.
Right after that I went and met Forgive My Fins author Tera Lynn Childs. Another amazing author who I got the second book of her Sweet Venom series. So much to read!
On Thursday, I went to a session where Neal Shusterman and Veronica Roth were talking about dystopian fiction. After that I was able to get a copy of Divergent signed by Veronica Roth and I got a copy of Insurgent (Book 2) all thanks to a fellow librarian.
A fellow librarian also got a copy of Bitterblue, the third book from the Graceling series. She was nice enough to let me borrow it and I am reading it right now.
I did go to some education sessions but because I want to share these with my fellow librarians this summer, that will have to wait.
Overall, it was an amazing week and I am so excited to share with my students all this great literature!
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