Books In My Louie Bag

So what is BookCon? Is is an annual fan convention that started in 2014 in NYC. At this event you get to meet people from many different literature company's, authors, celebrities, bookish vendors and book lovers like myself. Also let me not forget the booktubers, bloggers etc.

This was my second year going to BookCon and I did feel like it was a little more organized than last year. I did feel like there where lines for every single thing including the women's bathroom. Let me tell you how I was doing the most intense pee-pee dance ever on that line. HAHAHA

I do want to shout out the people at the publisher booths, I don't know where they get the energy to deal with soooo many people from Wednesday-Friday for BEA then BookCon from Saturday-Sunday.

BEA is the largest annual book trade fair in the United States for more of the business aspect of the publishing world.

At BookCon you can possibly snag some ARC's (Advanced Reader Copy) if you plan your day accordingly and be willing to stand on a line for about hour or more. I will insert a picture below of what I picked up. I was very determined to snag some bookish tote bags this year since I'm starting to have a tote bag obsession. One issue I noticed was the fact I didn't see much people that looked like me. Im a 29 year old african american women and I saw way too many white faces that it sort of made me feel uncomfortable. Don't get me wrong I love my white people and have many white friends. I just wish BookCon/BEA and all the publishers would reach out to us and bring some spotlight to black/african american Book Bloggers, Bookstagramers and Youtubers out there. If you never been to BookCon I really think you should at least experience it once as a Booklover.