The Best of BookExpo

Ninety-eight pounds of books is a lot of books to bring home from a conference, to sort through after a conference. It took a month for me to pick out my favorites from that huge pile of books. In the meantime, I actually managed to read a few of those I hauled home, including The Radium Girls (don't miss this one.) Here, then, are the books I hope to read soon:

The Best Cookbooks from BookExpo:

Cooking with Nonna: Celebrate Food and Family with Over 100 Classic Recipes from Italian Grandmothers

The South's Best Butts: Pitmaster Secrets for Southern Barbecue Perfection

What Can I Bring? Southern Food for Any Occasion Life Serves Up

The Best Children's Picture Books from BookExpo:

Bizzy Mizz Lizzie by David Shannon

Mary McScary by R. L. Stine, illustrated by Marc Brown

Miguel and the Grand Harmony by Matt de la Pena

The Best Middle School Books from BookExpo:

Kid Authors: True Tales of Childhood from Famous Authors

Little Bigfoot, Big City by Jennifer Weiner

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson

The Frog Princess Returns by E. D. Baker

The Dragon With a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis

The Best YA Books from BookExpo:

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Best Adult Fiction from BookExpo:

Sing, Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward

The Sunshine Sisters by Jane Green

The Windfall by Diksha Basu

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Best Adult Nonfiction from BookExpo:

It's All Relative by A. J. Jacobs

The Blue Zones of Happiness by Dan Buettner

The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin

Ageless Soul by Thomas Moore

Things That Join the Sea and the Sky: Field Notes on Living by Mark Nepo

Pretty cool, right?

Well, another cool thing about BookExpo is that the books continue to pour in even after BookExpo is over. Here are three more that came in this week:

Quirk Books sent Library of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, along with a #STAYPECULIAR book bag and pin and a poster from the upcoming movie.

From New Vessel Press came A Very French Christmas, and from Simon and Schuster came Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids.

I think I need to get busy reading!

What are you reading today?

What is the Sunday Salon? Imagine some university library's vast reading room. It's filled with people--students and faculty and strangers who've wandered in. They're seated at great oaken desks, books piled all around them,and they're all feverishly reading and jotting notes in their leather-bound journals as they go. Later they'll mill around the open dictionaries and compare their thoughts on the afternoon's literary intake....That's what happens at the Sunday Salon, except it's all virtual. Every Sunday the bloggers participating in that week's Salon get together--at their separate desks, in their own particular time zones--and read. And blog about their reading. And comment on one another's blogs. Think of it as an informal, weekly, mini read-a-thon, an excuse to put aside one's earthly responsibilities and fall into a good book. Click here to join the Salon.

The Sunday Post is a meme hosted by Kimba at Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It's a chance to share news and recap the past week.

Mailbox Monday was created by Marcia at The Printed Page. We share books that we found in our mailboxes last week. 

 It is now being hosted here.

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which you can share the books you've acquired.

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from! I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is now being hosted at The Book Date.