Happy Monday everyone! Today I’m bringing you my event recap of the #BigBookBrunch blogger event by Hashtag Reads, Simon and Schuster and I had the best time. It was my first blogger event on 2019 and I was so excited to go. It was also the first the blogger event that Simon and Schuster have hosted as well. I hope they do many many more. One week from the event and I’m still buzzing. So today I thought I would share some of the highlights of the event.
Lovely publicists Eve and Olivia, presented some of the key YA titles coming out this year including Five Feet Apart, I have this book and I can’t wait to read it and then they shared the trailer…. this honestly choked me. I tried hard to not let it show but oh god. I then try to talk to one of my junior librarians who has read it and said, “Is it a sad ending?”, “You’ll have to find out, Miss.” I have raised those junior librarians too well. Ha.
Followed by SLAYER by Kierstin White, can’t wait to sink into this book, so bad. Then Eve, introduced our first guest Laura Bates, author of YA debut, The Burning.
Some other YA highlights from S&S were: The Cold in her Bones losely based on mytholgy and medusa, a brand new series from Cassandra Clare – The Red Scrolls of Magic. Romance novel about finding an author from author, Jenn Bennett – Serious Moonlight, new novel from Sarah Carroll, The Words that Fly between Us – finding strength to face your fears and finally a new novel from T.E. Carter, All We Could Have Been. I Stop Somewhere was one of my favourite books of 2018. It’s a harrowing story but one that needs to be heard. Her second book has a bit more of an uplifting tone to it. I have a proof and I can’t wait.
It sounds like such a great event. I’ve still got Jinxed on my TBR after buying a copy at YALC last year. I’ll have to get around to it before Unleashed publishes!
I have Slayer and I can’t wait to dive in as well! I fell in love with White’s Elizabeth Frankenstein and was so excited to read more from her. It sounds like a great blend between Buffy and Kate Daniels and I’m here for it <3
I won Jinxed a few months ago in a giveaway but haven't had the chance to try it yet, which is great because now I don't have to wait for the sequel hahaha
So glad to hear you had fun at the event 🙂 It sounds so cool!
It sounds like such fun so jealous!
[…] Hi Everyone, It’s offically spring time today! – I’m writing this on the 31st, I’m very prompt with my post to start off April which is great! I just read over my previous wrap-up post and my blogging plans went right out of the window this month. It’s end of term craziness which I’m sure a lot of you are familiar with, so I’ve just been exhausted at the end of the day. March is on the busiest month’s for a librarian with World Book Day, although everyday is WBD for us. I did go to a book event at the beginning of the month with Simon and Schuster books which was amazing. See my recap here. […]
This sounds like an incredible event!