In My Mailbox {68}: Teen Book Con Edition

Me & Elizabeth Eulberg - love her!

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the Houston Teen Book Con which was full of fabulous YA authors!  I got to listen to several different panels with several different authors, telling their stories about writing.  This was my second year to attend, and just like last year, the day was full of awesome!

Below are some books I had already owned, but took to be signed - and then a few I bought while I was there because I really enjoyed what the authors had to say about their books.

New books purchased at the Con:

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys - signed

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews - signed

Already owned books signed:

Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian

The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg

Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater

Linger (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #2) by Maggie Stiefvater

Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #3) by Maggie Stiefvater

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

What's in YOUR mailbox this week?

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren

Texas Loves Book Events!

I am insanely excited about the upcoming book events happening right here in my very own hometown!!  Texas doesn't mess around when it comes to hosting outstanding bookish events.  We're a pretty big state, so there's lots of room for plenty of book action here.  Fortunately, there are a few events happening in my neighborhood (well within the city limits).  I am beyond blessed by living in a place that supports not only local, but national authors as well.

Here are a list of really cool events happening this month (I am hoping to attend most of these, but unfortunately I can not visit them all.) Please let me know in the comments if you will be at any of these, too!  I love meeting other bookish friends :)

* Saturday, April 14th: Teen Book Con - 9a.m.- 4 p.m. at Alief Taylor High School

• Spend the day meeting your favorite YA authors: Orson Scott Card, Alexandra Adornetto, Jesse Andrews, Holly Black, Megan Crewe, Gina Damico, Lauren DeStefano, Elizabeth Eulberg, Trinity Faegan, Michael Grant, Lea Hernandez, Dusty Higgins, Tara Hudson, Van Jensen, D.J. MacHale, Lisa McMann, Robin Mellom, Marissa Meyer, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Marlene Perez, Nick Pitarra, Inara Scott, Ruta Sepetys, Jessica Spotswood, Maggie Stiefvater, Siobhan Vivian, & Michelle Zink.

* Wednesday, April 17th - Friday, April 20th: TXLA - Annual Conference at George R. Brown Convention Center

• I plan to attend on Thursday, April 19th - to see a full list of the events happening that week as well as the authors who will be in attendance, click here.

* Friday, April 20th: Veronica Roth - 7p.m. at Blue Willow Bookshop

* Wednesday, April 25th: Tahereh Mafi & Veronica Rossi - 7p.m. at Blue Willow Bookshop

If you know of some other book events happening in TX this month, feel free to let us know in the comments!  These are just events happening in the Houston area.

TeenBookCon 2011

Do you realize how excited I am for this book event that happens to be right here in my hometown of Houston, Texas?!  Extremely excited is putting it mildly.  If you are in or around the area on April 9, 2011 you should definitely check it out.  The YA author line-up is insane!  I know myself & quite a few other book bloggers plan to attend.  If you are going to be there, please let me know.  I can't wait to meet some of these authors & connect with more local bookish peeps.

Author Line-Up for TeenBookCon

Deb Caletti - The Six Rules of Maybe, The Secret Life of Prince Charming, Queen of Everything, The Nature of Jade, Wild Roses, Honey Baby Sweetheart, The Fortunes of Indigo Skye and Stay

Brent Crawford - Carter Finally Gets It and Carter's Big Break

Gail Giles - Dark Song, What Happened to Cass McBride?, Right Behind You, Playing in Traffic, Dead Girls Don't Write Letters, Shattering Glass, and Breath of a Dragon

Rachel Hawkins - Hex Hall and Demonglass

Ellen Hopkins - Crank, Burned, Impulse, Glass, Identical, Tricks, Fallout and Perfect

Stacey Kade - The Ghost and the Goth and Queen of the Dead

Lindsey Leavitt - Princess for Hire, and the upcoming books The Royal Treatment and Sean Griswold's Head

Saundra Mitchell - Shadowed Summer and Vespertine

Lauren Myracle - Peace Love and Baby Ducks, Bliss, Ttyl, Ttfn, l8r g8r, bff, Joyride, Kissing Kate, Rhymes with Witches, Eleven, Twelve, The Fashion Disaster that Changed My Life, How to be Bad, Thirteen, Winnie's Journal, Luv Ya Bunches, Thirteen Plus One, and Speechless and Ten

Blake Nelson - Paranoid Park, The New Rules of High School, Destroy All Cars, They Came from Below, Prom Anonymous, Gender Blender, Rock Star Superstar, User, Exile, Girl and Recovery Road

R.A. Nelson - Throat, Days of Little Texas, Breathe My Name and Teach Me

Stephanie Perkins - Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door

Joy Preble - Dreaming Anastasia and Haunted

Elizabeth Scott - Bloom, Perfect You, Stealing Heaven, Living Dead Girl, Something Maybe, Love You Hate You Miss You, Miracle, The Unwritten Rule, Grace, Between Here and Forever and As I Wake

Kristen Tracy - Lost It, A Field Guide for Heartbreakers, Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus, Crimes of the Sarahs, Sharks and Boys and The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter

Brian Yansky - My Road Trip to the Pretty Girl Capital of the World, Wonders of the World, and Alien Invasion and Other Inconveniences

For more information regarding the TeenBookCon, please visit their website here.