Post-BEA Post 4: The Books

Post 4: "The Books"

As we prepared for BEA, a lot of people warned us that it's very possible to get carried away with book hauls.  In the previous years, some people returned home with over 200 books...yowza!  So our goal, upon arriving at BEA was to pick up only the books that we absolutely wanted and knew we'd read.  In the end, we ended up with books that we were all VERY HAPPY with!

Isalys' BEA Book Haul

 

Vanessa's BEA Book Haul

Jen's BEA Book Haul

We received:
A Most Dangerous Deception by Sarah Zettel
A Tale of Two Lovers by Maya Rodale
Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
All I Need by Susane Colasanti
All the Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry
As You Wish by Eloisa James
Awaken by Meg Cabot
Big Girl Panties: A Novel by Stephanie Evanovich
Blood of the Lamb by Sam Cabot
Covet by Tracey Garvis-Graves
Crash by Nicole Williams
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Dare You To by Katie McGarry
Down to You by M. Leighton
Easy by Tammara Webber
Enchanted (Woodcutter Sisters #1) by Alethea Kontis
Entwined with You (Crossfire, #3) by Sylvia Day
Fire with Fire (Burn for Burn, #2) by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian
Frigid by J. Lynn (Armentrout)
Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz & Michael Johnston
Game On (A Varsity Novel) by Melanie Spring
Ghost Time by Courtney Eldridge
Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott
Hero (Woodcutter Sisters #2) by Alethea Kontis
How to Love by Katie Cotugno
If You Were Here by Alafair Burke
Independent Study by Joelle Charbonneau
Ink (Paper Gods, #1) by Amanda Sun
Just Like Fate by Cat Patrick & Suzanne Young
Left Drowning by Jessica Park
Losing It by Cora Carmack
Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender
Once We Were by Kat Zhang
Parasite by Mira Grant
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
Reason to Breathe (Breathing, #1) by Rebecca Donovan
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
Relic by Heather Terrell
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
Second Verse by Jennifer Walkup
Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine
Skin by Donna Jo Napoli
Something Strange & Deadly by Susan Dennard
Survival Lessons by Alice Hoffman
Taken (Give & Take, #1) by Kelli Maine
Taken by Erin Bowman
Tangled by Emma Chase
Teardrop (Teardrop, #1) by Lauren Kate
The Apartment: A Novel by Greg Baxter
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa
The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde
The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Way to a Duke's Heart by Caroline Linden
The Witch of Little Italy by Suzanne Palmieri (Hayes)
The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable
The Wonder Bread Summer by Jessica Anya Blau
This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales
Three Sisters by Susan Mallery
Tumble & Fall by Alexandra Coutts
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Unbreakable (Legion #1) by Kami Garcia
Under the Empyrean Sky (Heartland Trilogy, #1) by Chuck Wendig
Wait for You by J. Lynn (Armentrout)
Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1) by Simone Elkeles

A BIG thank you to Harper Collins, Harlequin, Penguin, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster and ALL the great publishers who exhibited for all the great books!!

Post-BEA Post 3: Giveaway!

Post-BEA Post 3: Giveaway!

We know a lot of you couldn’t make it to BEA this year so we thought, “Hey, why not bring a little of BEA to YOU?!” Granted, this is only one book that we’re giving away but don’t fret, there will be a couple more in the future! We also just hosted one on our Instagram account so if you’re not following us on there yet then what are ya waiting for silly?!

{Note: Please note that any BEA-related giveaways that we offer were NOT part of any galley drops or signings. Giveaways offered were freely provided by the publisher with their knowledge and consent.}

Up for grabs:

Title: Dare You To [Pushing the Limits #2]
Author: Katie McGarry
Genre: New Adult
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Published: May 29, 2013
Type: Hardcover
Length: 462 pages

Ryan lowers his lips to my ear. "Dance with me, Beth."
"No." I whisper the reply. I hate him and I hate myself for wanting him to touch me again....
"I dare you..."

If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk's home life, they'd send her mother to jail and seventeen-year-old Beth who knows where. So she protects her mom at all costs. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces Beth to choose between her mom's freedom and her own happiness. That's how Beth finds herself living with an aunt who doesn't want her and going to a school that doesn't understand her. At all. Except for the one guy who shouldn't get her, but does....

Ryan Stone is the town golden boy, a popular baseball star jock-with secrets he can't tell anyone. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn't be less interested in him.

But what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams-and his life-for the girl he loves, and the girl who won't let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all....

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Post-BEA Post 2: Events/Parties

Post 2: "The Events/Parties"

Since this was our first year at BEA, we felt especially fortunate to be invited to some kick-ass events!

Wednesday Night:
We attended the Harper Collins Blogger Celebration where we got to mingle with authors, bloggers and the publishing professionals that make everything possible.

The Book Soulmates Trio looking pretty fab ♥

Isalys & Vanessa the super sweet Danny from Bewitched Bookworms

 [Photo Cred: Danny from BWB]

Isalys with her blogger sister-from-another-mister, Amber from Me, My Shelf & I
This girl is probably the #1 reason that we finally attended BEA ;) Thanks for not giving us a choice, chick! lol

[Photo Cred: Amber from MMSAI]

And Isalys, again - lol, with the adorable Rita from Not Another Romance Blog

We had an amazing time, complete with a few "Holy shit! That's Eloisa James right there!" and "OMG, Wally Lamb is hanging out with us" moments, lol.

Thursday Night:
Vanessa & Isalys attended the Penguin Party.  Unfortunately, we don't have any pictures since we didn't really know anyone there and it'd be weird to take pictures of people we don't know, lol

After the party, we hit up Times Square! 
Sadly, Jen wasn't able to join us that night because some personal stuff came up that she had to deal with so we gave her some space while she made her phone calls.

♪ These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you ♫

We walked around Times Square a bit which was definitely interesting! Very invigorating, energized, bright, and full of the weird-ass people!  We were cracking up because Vanessa totally got eye-f*cked by The Predator, lmao!  Good times!

Then we paid big bucks to take a death-defying bike ride around the block to Junior's, lol.  No complaints though because we had a GREAT time :D

Friday Night:
We went to Central Park to join the Blogger Picnic organized by:

Alexa - alexalovesbooks.com - @alexalovesbooks
Andrea - theoverstuffedbookcase.com - @OverstuffedBook
Jen - jenryland.blogspot.com - @JenRyland
Katelyn - talesofbooksandbands.com - @KatelynTorrey

Central Park is just so pretty!!

With native New Yorker Alexa from Alexa Loves Books
Thanks for all the NYC tips :)

With Anna from Anna Reads and Jaime from The Perpetual Page Turner

We could not {heart} these girls more! 

We arrived at the picnic a little late because, well, we're Cuban (LOL!) but still had a really nice time.  Hopefully the Blogger Picnic will become a BEA tradition in years to come!

And back to Times Square because, why not?

You can't say this isn't the coolest picture!

Saturday:

After two hours at the post office (for serious!) and a quick trip back to BEA, we ran into Katelyn from Kate's Tales of Bands & Books and ended up lunching and spending the afternoon with her. 

Guys, this girl is seriously cute and hysterically funny!  I can't remember the last time we laughed so hard!  At one point, Vanessa literally had tears running down her face at one of Kate's crazy stories!

Thanks to EVERYONE for putting together such awesome events and welcoming us with open arms and huggles!  

Post-BEA Post 1: The Expo

 As you all know, after four long years of sitting, waiting and wishing, we were finally able to attend Book Expo America in New York City. We want to share all our experiences with you so we’ve put together a series of posts, nothing too fancy, where we will tell you all about the adventures of the Book Soulmates Trio in NYC :)

Day 1: “The Expo”

BEA is a madhouse, yo!

Publishers, authors and bloggers galore! We arrived in NYC on Wednesday, but the first official day of the convention was on Thursday, May 30th and since we were a bunch of newbs, we were basically the blind leading the blind. Since we had no prior experience, we wandered around trying to figure out how the heck galley drops work, and where do you get books signed, and wait where’s the Harlequin booth again, etc!

It was a veritable sea of people! Luckily, everyone was very well behaved, at least compared to some of the horror stories we've heard from previous years. We heard that someone actually bit another person during a galley drop in a previous year.  Seriously?!  That's nucking futs!

By the end of day 1, we were camping out in front of the Macmillan booth to give our book-toting shoulders and achy feet a rest while we figure out a game plan.

Day 2 went far more smoothly! 
We met up with one our favorite local bloggers, Ana from Owl Always Be Reading who gave us a few tips on publisher giveaways and author signings.  She got to spend most of the day with us and we had a great time!

Here we are chilling in line while we waited in line for the Kat Zhang signing.  It gave us a chance to sort some of the new books we had gotten and mingle with other bloggers also waiting in line.  We had a lovely conversation with Amanda from Born Bookish, who isn't photographed but is just adorable :)

We also got to meet some AMAZING authors who took the time to sign lots & lots of books!

 It was a very productive but very tiring day!

Particularly after it took us nearly walking six or eight or a 100 blocks and an HOUR to get a cab back to our hotel in the sweltering heat...because of course it would be 95° the week we're there!  

BEA was a total success and we had a GREAT time!!

That about covers it for our Post-BEA Post 1: The Expo.  Stayed tuned for lots more :)

Cover Art: Vulture by Rhiannon Paille

VULTURE (The Ferryman + The Flame #3)
Author: Rhiannon Paille

Release Date: June 18, 2013 by Forever
ISBN:  1489568727

Cover Design: Regina Wamba of Mae I Design

 How far would you go to betray everything you've ever known?

Kaliel didn't think second chances came with this much turmoil. Exiled from her home, surrounded by strangers and in love with a boy she barely recognizes, she can't take it. She has her best friend, a new mentor, and a chance to win the war against the Valtanyana, but it's all wrong. Desperate to salvage some semblance of her former life, she makes a deal that shatters everything.