WHAT IS LOADS OF FUN BUT CAUSES SORE FEET, SHOULDERS, BACK, ETC.....

The answer is the ALA Exhibitors displays in Chicago. For a measly $20 I was lucky enough to catch a bus ride with a bunch of library-types from Michigan yesterday. I've listed the great things I brought home. (in addition to the sore body parts, but it was worth it!!)

Here’s a list of the signed books I got.
WINTERGIRLS by Laurie Halse Anderson *Woot*
THE MONSTEROLOGIST: A MEMOIR IN RHYME by Bobbi Katz
BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE by Kate DiCamillo
TRAVELING THE FREEDOM ROAD by Linda Barrett Osborne
INITIATION by Susan Fine
DYER CONSEQUENCES and DROPPED DEAD STITCH by Maggie Sefton
(These two are for my mother who knits in her sleep.)

Here are the ARC’s I was able to score.
TROY HIGH by Shana Norris
NERDS by Michael Buckley
THE ETERNAL KISS: 13 VAMPIRE TALES OF BLOOD AND DESIRE
TOMBSTONE TEA by Joanne Dahme
BLACK IS FOR BEGINNINGS (graphic edition) by Laurie Faria Stolarz
LOVE IS THE HIGHER LAW by David Levithan
(Thanks to a fellow bus rider who read and finished it on the bus ride home.)
ELF REALM: THE HIGH ROAD by Daniel Kirk
LUV YA BUNCHES by Lauren Myracle
LIPSTICK APOLOGY by Jennifer Jabaley
AN OFF YEAR by Claire Zulkey
ALIVE IN THE KILLING FIELDS written with Martha E. Kendall

And finally, a few others that found their way into my shoulder-killing bags.

ZOOBREAK by Gordon Korman
FOOTBALL HERO by Tim Green
STAR WARS: EPIC BATTLES by Simon Beecroft
THE SLUGGERS #1: MAGIC IN THE OUTFIELD by Long & Bildner
(This is to replace the beat-up copy I already own.)
DISTANT WAVES: A NOVEL OF THE TITANIC by Suzanne Weyn
NARUTO: THE TESTS OF A NINJA and NARUTO: THE BOY NINJA
Adapted by Tracey West
DRAGON BALL: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS and DRAGON BALL:
DRAGON BALLS IN DANGER! Adapted by Gerard Jones
ALBERT EINSTEIN: THE MIRACLE MIND by Tabatha Yeats
PARALYZED by Jeff Rud
THUNDERBIRD SPIRIT by Sigmund Brouwer