Well, Day 2 was a busy one! We hit the Exhibit floor and scooped up a ton of ARC's (Advance Reviewer Copies). My good friend, Marie Slim from Troy High School, was with me and got schooled in the collection of ARC's. As always, I take an extra suitcase and bring it to the convention center, I check it in at the coat/bag check area so I can deposit all the books in a rolling bag (they do not allow any type of rolling cart/bag inside the exhibit area). I think I got about 20-25 ARC's that look really good.
We had meetings from 1PM- 6PM. Our meetings are jam packed, especially with 174 nominations to discuss. Yep, that's right-- we read all 174 books that are nominated and we discuss each one at Mid-Winter Conference. Our discussion focuses on student input, and we try to keep our personal feelings about a book off the table when considering a nomination.
After the meetings, there's time to relax, hit a reception or two or publisher sponsored dinners. It was fairly quiet for us this year. Annual Conference has a lot more dinners and receptions to attend.
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