The One Where I List Things I did at ALA Midwinter

[crowinator]

In arbitrary list form, because I never post and pretending it's a list is somehow helping. Quick recap: I spent this weekend in Dallas, TX, at the American Library Association Midwinter meeting, as a part of the William C. Morris committee to choose the best YA debut novel published in 2011. ETA: I was remiss in not putting the link to the actual

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[checkers65477]

Oh, it sounds like FUN. Last time I went I ended up shipping 2 boxes of books home, which was expensive, but totally worth it.

Congrats on the committee work. That's a huge commitment and you deserve kudos for it.

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Thanks! I've always tried to avoid shipping books from ALA because the lines are so long, but maybe next time, because then I don't have to limit myself. (c:

The committee work was fun and very rewarding. I won't be on one this year, but I'd like to do it again for sure.