Each Monday leading up to Book Expo America (BEA), we are going to be asking for your thoughts on the event and everything, and everyone, you want us to check out while there!  Kelly, Krystal, and I (Kallie) will be traveling to New York City to meet some of our fave authors, as well as some up-and-coming authors.  This Monday we want to know what AUTHORS you think we should check out!  Here are just a few…
Aimee Carter ~ Goddess Test
Ally Condie ~ Matched
Amanda Havard ~ The Survivors
Andrea Cremer ~ …

This week I finally answer Kelly’s challenge question: which authors, alive or dead, would I like to befriend?  Check out my response below!
 

Krystal and I (Kallie) are headed to Comic Con in San Diego this Wednesday!  We don’t want you to miss any of the fun, so we will be Tweeting, Posting, Pinning, Poking… Yes, you read that right!  We will be tweeting  on Twitter throughout the panels we attend.  We will be posting  pics and first-hand accounts of all our activities on the website and Facebook each night.  There will also be some serious pinning of all our favorites on Pinterest.  And, if your wondering where the POKING comes in, it will be …

Here are my answers to Krystal’s Book Cover Challenge and a challenge of my own! Enjoy!

 
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The 2011 list of YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Teens’ Top Ten nominees has been released, which includes some great YA authors including Andrea Cremer, Suzanne Collins, Cassandra Clare, and Kiersten White.  Congratulations to all the authors nominated!
And the 2011 nominees are:

Bachorz, Pam. Drought. Egmont USA. 2011. (978606840160).
Beam, Cris. I Am J. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2011. (9780316053617).
Beaudoin, Sean. You Killed Wesley Payne. 2011. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. (9780316077422).
Black, Holly and Justine Larbalestier. Zombies vs. Unicorns. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry Books. …

This Saturday I (Krystal) got the chance to attend the Romantic Times Book Lovers Convention in downtown Los Angeles.  Over 300 adult and YA romance novelists were in attendance to meet fans, sign books, and hand out goodies (so, for books lovers, it’s like being a kid in a candy store, if that candy store also includes male cover models.  More on that later).
My sister and I hauled two bags worth of books to the hotel and got in line, waiting for the doors …