Coffee and a Book Chick

How thrilled was I to catch BermudaOnion's post about the Southern Independent Bookseller's Alliance (SIBA) being held this weekend in Daytona Beach!  Thankfully, since I live a mere hour and a half away, I was able to attend the events on Saturday, grab over 80 books, and, most importantly, meet up with 4 fantastic bloggers:  BermudaOnion, A Novel Source, Raging Bibliomania, and You've Gotta Read This!  Meeting up with them was wonderful and I got some wonderful insight and advice that I know will help make my blog much more exciting and information -- thanks to you guys!!  And... a special loving thanks to my husband who went with me, took pictures of the event, and carried bag after bag of free and Advanced Reader Copies of books back to our car - they broke the mold when he was made!

From left to right:  BermudaOnion, A Novel Source, Raging Bibliomania, and me.

From left to right in this one:  Me, You've Gotta Read This!, Raging Bibliomania, and BermudaOnion.








It was an absolutely wonderful event and I had a chance to meet some incredible authors and connections from fantastic publishers such as Penguin Publishing, Random House, Macmillan Publishing, Greenleaf Book Group, and on and on -- it was my first time attending an event such as this, and it won't be my last!

So here is my loot, check it out -- 47 books in total!  I have no earthly idea how I'm supposed to do that thing called a day job, and also find time to read and blog in the evening.  But, it's a challenge I'm excited to tackle! 

I'm currently reading Repairing Rainbows right now, and I'm excited to start reading some of the books I picked up yesterday:  Revolution, by Jennifer Donnelly, Across the Universe, by Beth Revis, Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys.  And, I'm also co-hosting On the Ledge Readalong's first readalong with The Historian -- never to late to join and tonight is the first discussion, so swing on by and take a look!

When is the next conference?!

Happy Reading!
Coffee and a Book Chick