Bookcon 2019 Day 2
Yay! The last day of Bookcon 2019 was also packed with many amazing things, and I can’t wait to tell you all about it.
I had made a full schedule before going to Bookcon (for both days), and I must say that most of it went according to plan! But, for the second day I had planned two panels in the morning. We knew that there were in-booth signings for both Holly Black & Cassandra Clare in the morning – but remembering how it went with the Leigh Bardugo one, we wanted to sit that one out and have a more relaxing morning.
BUT, we did want to look at the mess it supposedly was. We went to look, and… nothing, it was just a neat, straight line. And I noticed that they were still passing out post-it’s with numbers on it for both Holly & Cassandra. So, we wanted to give it a chance and maybe we’d get one – maybe not. I was looking forward to the panels, but I was like ‘I’m in New York now, and I would much rather meet more authors than go to a panel.’ Especially coming from the Netherlands, it’s just really special to meet these authors in person.
Holly Black
And so it happened. I met Holly Black first, which was super cool, because I love The Cruel Prince & The Wicked King! When people ask me to recommend a book to them, I almost always say “The Cruel Prince by Holly Black!!”, the world building is just so amazing – something I aspire to whilst writing my own books.
We didn’t get wristbands for the in-booth signings, but we got notebooks that they autographed. This notebook has a quote on it from The Wicked King and it’s gorgeous.
Cassandra Clare
Also known as Cassie Clare. Cassie is somewhat of a legend in my opinion. I feel like everyone who’s into Young Adult, has read at least ONE of her books. I’ve read all of the books in the Shadowhunter-series (except for the last one, Queen of Air & Darkness), and I love them! It was so cool to meet her, even more so because I really hadn’t expected to get another chance to meet her during Bookcon!
I also won a sampler/sneak peek of her new book. Which was signed as well – YAY!!
Marie Lu
Marie Lu was one of the most important authors to meet during Bookcon, for me. She has played a MAJOR part in my reading journey, and she’s one of the authors that started my love for it. I hold the Legend trilogy very close to my heart, and so I can’t wait to read the new – and last book in this series, Rebel. She was also super kind and I absolutely loved meeting her!
I was mentioned in a couple of Instagram stories of the authors. You can see them on my own instagram page, here.
Marissa Meyer
I read Cinder and Scarlet a really long time ago… It was when I didn’t yet bought my books, but went to the library to loan them. I loved them from the get go, and the rest of the series gets even better! And now, her second series Renegades is so freaking amazing as well. We even got a sampler for the third book in the renegades series, Supernova! I can’t wait to read it!!
Victoria Aveyard
Victoria Aveyard was the very last author I met at Bookcon, and she was incredibly kind. I feel like I say that about every author, but she really was. She was already signing for a long time when I got around (I came straight from Marissa’s signing), but she took a moment with every single one of us. She’s amazing from the inside and out (I mean, look at her??).
More Books
I also got Zenith from the Strand, because I couldn’t make it to Sasha’s book signing in time. And I bought the Barnes & Noble exclusive of Finale by Stephanie Garber. We don’t have a B&N in Europe, so yeah.
I also got Furyborn, because I heard a LOT of amazing things about it. And lastly, I got Catwomen by Sarah, because somehow I didn’t have that one yet? Hahaha.
ALSO. At the Bloomsbury booth they had a lot of leftovers from the Throne of Glass series – and we could grab them. For FREE?! I felt like a 10-year-old then, and it was amazing.
That concludes my Bookcon 2019 trip. I loved it and I can honestly say that theses days were a couple of the best days of my life!
Lots of Love,
Britt
Read all about day 1 here!
