Insanity, thy name is book lover conference
Sunday, April 26, 2009Posted in: Azteclady Speaks
Tags:Romantic Times '09
I was there just a few hours and my ears still ring. Faces and names are swimming through what passes for my brain right now.
And my credit card is crying.
Moral: never let a book worm loose in a room full of authors sitting in front of stacks of their books to sell. Particularly if she has a credit card.
Next: the search for another overlooked hiding spot…
Jessica
April 26
1:10 pm
I loved seeing a picture of you on Twitter! You looked very happy to be among all those books and authors!
AmyC
April 26
1:14 pm
Hey, Azteclady!
So glad you had an insanely fun time. So many people, so many authors, so overwhelming, but in the best of ways!
Oh and you got some great books there too :)!
katiebabs
April 26
1:44 pm
I would have fainted with all those books.
Nice picture, BTW 😀
So excited for RWA!!
Seneca
April 26
3:59 pm
I hated Wicked Burn, but you got some good other ones in that stack 🙂
Lori
April 26
4:06 pm
I was going to say the same as Jessica. Cool seeing the *real* AL. So now you have to read all those books and start reviewing. *phew*
Kayleigh Jamison
April 26
6:15 pm
I’m glad you enjoyed yourself, AL! I was happy I got to meet you and chat for a bit; finally put a face to the name!
Christine
April 26
6:51 pm
Lucky, lucky bookworm!!! Glad you had fun! 😀
Mad
April 26
8:54 pm
I have the perfect hiding spot, AL….send them to me in NC. *g*
Mad
April 26
8:55 pm
Seneca — Heh, WB didn’t work for me either.
KristieJ
April 26
9:30 pm
And……..tapping foot……… which books did you get?
Casee
April 27
2:32 am
Looks like a good haul, AL. Just remind yourself…it’s only once a year. Twice if you go to RWA. LOL
Janet W
April 27
3:07 am
Sounds like you were in Hog Heaven … in a Book Lover way! I max’ed out on everything at RWA so lucky duck you … and lucky us, reviews coming down the pike!
AztecLady
April 27
6:32 pm
Oh man Kristie, lemme see. The books in the picture are:
Dana Marie Bell’s Hunting Love anthology
Dakota Cassidy’s Accidentally Dead
Michele Bardsley’s Fantasyland
Lauren Dane’s Standoff and Relentless
Cynthia Eden’s Immortal Danger
Beth Williamson’s The Education of Madeline
Beth Kery’s Wicked Burn
Kim Lenox’s Night Falls Darkly and So Still the Night
Mary Burton’s Dead Ringer
Gennita Low’s Into Danger and Facing Fear
Deirdre Knight’s Red Fire
Olivia Gates’ The Once and Future Prince
and Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ The Squad: Perfect Cover, for my daughter.
I am still trying to write something coherent about the experience of sharing space with something like two thousand book lovers and the books they love.
The energy in the room was indescribable, and both authors and fellow readers were kind, generous and energetic.
Ms Jamison, I only wish I had remembered to take more pictures–and that my stoopid camera hadn’t eaten half of the ones I did remember to take 🙁
Lauren Dane
April 27
7:20 pm
It was totally the highlight of my Friday to finally meet you and have lunch.
Gennita Low
April 28
4:14 am
It was so cool to finally meet you, Aztec Lady, and to find out those few secrets about you ;-). Thanks for dropping by at my table. When you showed me your badge, I almost leapt over the table, I was so excited!
Monica Kaye
April 30
2:14 am
I am so bummed that I missed meeting you. If I had known you were there, you would have definitely been on my ‘Must Stalk and Meet’ list.
SIGH
Maybe next year!