Last weekend I attended my very first Comic Con which also happened to be hosting Bookcon for their very first time. The experience is one that i’ll never forget because of how much fun I had as well as the tips & tricks I picked up along the way. As a book blogger, Bookcon was definitely a motivator in buying my tickets since let’s face it, getting physical ARCS is no easy feat for small time bloggers like myself LOL. My hubby & I purchased the 3 day passes with hopes that all would fall into place as far as sitting for our 2 tiny humans and it did *Whoop Whoop* well on day 3 we didn’t have sitting but hubby gracefully bowed out while I attended with Gretchen @Chicnerdreads who was already set to go for the day.
Day 1 was a bit on the overwhelming side since we didn’t really know what to expect tbh. It was a huge crowd & I’ve never seen so many people come together for one event but i’m glad that it was this one. Everyone for the most part was friendly which is also rare cuz hellO! it’s New York jeje! as expected we spotted tons of Jokers & Harleys, seemed to be the popular costume choice of the year. Most of the entertainment panels I was interested in, took place in the evening which meant that I missed them. I arrived at opening and left each day between 2-4pm therefore I made the showroom floor my main focus with some occasional wanderings into artist alley. Bookcon itself was held in the building across the street from the Javits Center but it mostly was for the author panels. At the end of each panel, each author would be giving away an ARC of their new book. Most ARC giveaways were held in the Javits center on the showroom floor.
Days 2 & 3 were much more successful & is when we scored most of our ARCS. Day 3 (Sunday) being the MOST EPIC because all of the publishing houses were having crazy sales & giveaways since it was the last day of Comic Con. Below is my very 1st Bookcon Haul…
Books I purchased at reduced price:
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Release Date: 10/25/2016
- Urban Fantasy/Horror
The Wrath & The Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
- New paperback edition on sale now (The Rose & The Dagger will follow April 2017)
- YA Fantasy-Fairy Tales
Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig
- October 4th 2016
- YA Mystery/Contemporary/LGBTQ
Replica by Lauren Oliver
- October 4th 2016
- YA Sci-Fi
The Female of The Species by Mindy McGinnis
- September 20th 2016
- YA/Contemporary/Mystery/Thriller
Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi
- August 30th 2016
- Fantasy/Middle Grade
YA ARCS:
The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
- November 1st 2016
- YA/Sci-Fi/Dystopia
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
- November 8th 2016
- YA Fantasy/Re-telling
RoseBlood by A.G. Howard
- January 10th 2017
- YA Fantasy/Re-telling
The Edge Of Everything by Jeff Giles
Gilded Cage (Dark Gifts #1) by Vic James (author signed)
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston THANK YOU GRETCHEN @CHICNERDREADS!!! she gave me her copy cuz she knew how badly I wanted this ARC & missed it 2 days in a row *covers eyes*
- February 14th 2017
- YA Historical Fiction/Fantasy
Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves
- March 28th 2017
- YA Historical Fantasy
The Freemason’s Daughter by Shelley Sackier
- April 11th 2017
- YA Historical Fiction
Non-YA ARCS (hehe)
The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood
- October 6th 2016
- Historical Fiction/Horror/Mystery
Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson
- January 10th 2017
- Thriller/Mystery/Suspense
The Bear And The Nightingale by Katherine Arden (signed by author)
- January 17th 2017
- Historical Fiction/Fantasy
All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
- February 7th 2017
- Sci-Fi Fantasy/Time Travel
Published books obtained through Signings/in booth giveaways
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin (signed by author)
- August 4th 2015
- Sci-Fi Fantasy
Iron Cast by Destiny Soria
- October 11th 2016
- YA Historical Fiction/Fantasy
Vassa In The Night by Sarah Porter (signed by author)
- September 20th 2016
- YA Fantasy/Re-telling
Comics Purchased
Lazarus (Volume 1) Greg Rucka, Michael Lark (Artist), Santiago Arcas (Illustrartor) (gift from hubby)
Black #1 by Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith III (illustrator), Jamal Igle (Illustrator), Robin Riggs (Illustrator), Sarah Stern (Illustrator), Khary Randolph (Illustrator), Dave Sharpe (Illustrator), Sarah Litt (Editor) (signed by Tim Smith)
Bookish Freebies
Penguin Journal, Carve The Mark phone charger (universal), and the Heartless tee given away by Fierce Reads as a cover for the real score LOL (Heartless ARC)
I don’t even know where to start but I am beginning to form some sort of TBR for the rest of the year leading into 2017 🙂
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