#BFBuzz Recap! Trivia, books, samplers, and now a INT giveaway!

Dear all:
I was fortunate enough to get to go to Friday night's Trivia event at my local Barnes and Nobles for the #BFBuzz YA weekend. It was a lot of fun, but I admit I was a little embarrassed at being the only adult there with 7 very smart teens. They totally kicked my butt in Trivia! The greatest thing though was that they all loved YA as much as I did (or more!) and they knew these books inside and out. It was an absolute joy to see such smart, young women that loved reading so much. I feel like YA fiction has blossomed over the last 5 or more years, and it's great because this is the genre I wish had been around as I was growing up, and now these girls have it. One day I'll be able to introduce YA lit to my little girl!

There were a ton of really great sweepstakes, and actually the odds were kind of high of winning since the event wasn't as well promoted as it could have been, and a lot of the sweepstakes were hidden like Easter eggs online, which was fine by me :-) But I don't think that will be the case in the future since this was a huge success! 

 There were other sweepstakes where you had to pose in certain areas and the post the picture online, either on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. I was relieved there weren't other social media giveaways because I can barely figure out those three.

Lastly, I did a really bad cosplay job where I dressed as Lara Jean from Jenny Han's wonderful To All the Boys I've Loved Before and doing a selfie with the book was harder than I thought! Hubbie and kid were in the next door grocery store actually doing real chores while I was modeling. Ha! 

I also met the great staff there. I had never realized they were so awesome, and so supportive of readers and bloggers, so the best thing was making that connection. They let me take extra swag and materials for giveaways to give to you guys! Unfortunately, there were no ARCs, but some really great samplers, a few are shown below! The sampler/swag packs in this giveaway may or may not have these items below, it just depends what I have left.

I also was able to score a copy of Stalking Jack the Ripper by the amazing Kerri Maniscalco through the publisher, and have already read and really enjoyed it, so it's time to pass it on to another blogger (US only).

I will have one of the swag packs for only INT readers as they will definitely not have had access to this great event. My other big plug is to support my local Barnes and Nobles as they did a wonderful job setting up this weekend for lovers of YA! I hope they do it again next year!
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