All the quick picks nominations and previous lists are posted online.
We spent the day talking about our nominations, and popped over to the exhibits during lunch break to see what's new. If you haven't been to an ALA convention exhibit hall, it is amazing! Most of the vendors give away free stuff, like advance reader copies of books, pens, candy, buttons, post its, etc. In these tough budget times, you can load up on anything (but beware of the cost of shipping home! Greedy librarians may find they end up paying $100 for overweight bags, or FedEx / UPS shipping). We look at all the new books coming out and see if any would be good for Quick Picks. We mostly look for very appealing covers. How to be a Zombie looks promising!
It turns out that the author (Serena Valentino) is a friend of my good friend and former library technician, Tommy Kovac. A similar title called how to be a Vampire was on Quick Picks last year, so we're requesting this one.
Spend so much time in exhibits that there was no time for lunch. Ended up eating PB ritz crackers and Twix minis. Finished our discussion early, so we freshened up and headed over to Busboys and Poets
(which has two locations in DC BTW, so when you give the cab driver the wrong address, you wonder where all your CSLA friends are?)To attend the VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)magazine with my friend Susan Hawk, who is on the VOYA board. There were lots of very friendly faces there including Dr. Loertscher, Patty Campbell, and Joni Bodart. My friend Susan introduced me to the editor of VOYA, so I could possibly review for them.
For those of you not in the library world, these people are ROCK STARS!
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