BEA 2013 Recap

For the second year in a row, Catching Books was able to attend New York City's BEA event in early June.  I was only able to go for one day, but I had an amazing time and definitely want to try to go for the entire event next year.  I received some great books, spoke with some wonderful people, and was able to meet as well as get books signed by plenty of amazing authors!  Here are just some of the many awesome books that I was fortunate enough to get a copy of at BEA:

All The Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry

Indelible (The Twixt #1) by Dawn Metcalf

Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott

Ink (Paper Gods #1) by Amanda Sun

Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales by Melissa Marr, Tim Pratt, Neil Gaiman, Carrie Ryan, Gene Wolfe, Kelley Armstrong, Rick Yancey, Kami Garcia, Charles Vess, Holly Black, Garth Nix, Margaret Stohl, Saladin Ahmed
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co. # 1) by Jonathan Stroud
Reality Boy by A.S. King
Independent Study (The Testing # 2) by Joelle Charbonneau

Little Red Lies by Julie Johnston

The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden # 2) by Julie Kagawa

Dare You To (Pushing the Limits # 2) by Katie McGarry

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

Parasite (Parasitology # 1) by Mira Grant

Blowback (Vanessa Pierson # 1) by Valerie Plame

The Hit (Will Robie # 2) by David Baldacci

Thanks so much to all of the wonderful publishers and authors that I met at BEA! I want to thank you all so much for giving me copies of these awesome books for review :)

It's hard to pick any favorites out of these books, plus I even have a few other adult novels that I also received but was not able to get pictures of.  However, I waited in a super long line to get a copy of Holly Black's The Coldest Girl in Coldtown (I was number 187 in a line with only 200 books), so I ended up reading that as soon as I got home and loved loved loved it (a review will be coming soon!).  Other than that, Indelible has an amazing cover, Heartbeat looks like a great contemporary read, Rags & Bones has short stories by a few authors that I love, Dare to You has received nothing but outstanding reviews, and The Hit is written by David Baldacci, an author who has never disappointed me!

Needless to say, I am beyond exciting to start digging into my BEA books!!

What do you think of what I got?? What did you get this week??  Leave me a link in the comments and let me know if you went to BEA!!

Stacking The Shelves and Weekly (BEA!!) Recap (7)

Hi everyone!! I hope you all are having a great week and Happy Saturday/Sunday everyone!! Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews, and is a great way for fellow bloggers to share the books that they have received over the week.

Here's a recap of what I have reviewed this week:

 The Last Princess by Galaxy Craze

Dark Companion by Marta Acosta

So the highlight of this week was going to BEA!! It was my first time going and it really was a great experience. I went on Thursday for the day and I had the BEST time! I met so many nice people and saw some really interesting books. Next year I will definately try to go for the whole week..

Anyways..here's all the awesome swag that I got on Thursday! I decided to take pictures of what I got instead of doing goodreads images..

Venom by Fiona Paul

The Diviners by Libba Bray

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Origin by Jessica Khoury

Skinny by Donna Cooner

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Summer and Bird by Katherine Catmull

The Innocents by Lili Peloquin

Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr

Magisterium by Jeff Hirsch

The Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison

Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Beta by Rachel Cohn

Thanks so much to all of the wonderful publishers and authors that I met on Thursday at BEA! I want to thank you all for giving me copies of these awesome books for review :)

So I have to say..that I am SO excited to read The Diviners by Libba Bray and Venom by Fiona Paul..I can't wait to start all of these books!!

Be on the lookout for my epic one year blogoversary giveaway coming soon!

What do you think of what I got?? What did you get this week??  Leave me a link in the comments and let me know if you went to BEA!!