Last weekend I went to YALC with my best friend, and I bought far, far too many books. I had an absolutely wonderful time, however, and I have no regrets as I’m so excited to read all of the ones that I picked up. I managed to meet a load of my favourite authors, pick up new releases I was am excited about, and just all in all have a great time.

Books I took with me and got signed:

I took a fair few with me for signings, and I actually managed to get most of them signed! There were a couple I didn’t, but I did well overall I think.

• Goodbye, Perfect – Sara Barnard
• Clean – Juno Dawson
• Big Bones – Laura Dockrill
• In Your Light – Annalie Grainger
• Half Bad, Half Wild, Half Lost, and The Smoke Thieves – Sally Green
• White Rabbit Red Wolf – Tom Pollock
• The Exact Opposite of Okay – Laura Steven
• The Summer of Us – Cecelia Vinesse
• In Paris With You – Clementine Beauvais
• Floored – Various Authors
• It Only Happens in the Movies – Holly Bourne
• Starfish – Akemi Dawn Bowman
• Skylarks – Karen Gregory
• Editing Emma – Chloe Seager
• A Sky Painted Gold – Laura Wood

Books that I purchased there and got signed:

• The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting – Holly Bourne
• Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? – Holly Bourne
• Only Love Can Break Your Heart – Katherine Webber

Other books I purchased there:

• Moon Chosen – P.C. Cast
• The Love That Split the World – Emily Henry
• The Sacred Lives of Minnow Bly – Stephanie Oakes
• Edgewater – Courtney Sheinmel
• Bookish Boyfriends – Tiffany Schmidt
• Gabriel and the Swallows – Esther Dalseno
• Final Draft – Riley Redgate
• Sweet Black Waves – Kristina Pérez
• Valley Girls – Sarah Nicole Lemon
• A Taxonomy of Love – Rachael Allen
• Hello Me, It’s You – Various authors
• Hope is Our Only Wing – Rutendo Tavengerwei
• The Price Guide to the Occult – Leslye Walton
• All Those Beautiful Strangers – Elizabeth Klehfoth
• Grace and Fury – Tracy Banghart

ARCs I picked up:

• Devoted – Jennifer Mathieu
• The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik – David Arnold
• The History of Jane Doe – Michael Belanger
• Lives You Never Told Me – Jennifer Donaldson
• Sadie – Courtney Summers

I was doing so well with restricting myself on the Friday and Saturday, but I definitely went overboard (what a surprise) on the Sunday. Sunday afternoon means amazing offers that are too good to pass up, and I bought five in the few minutes in between my best friend leaving and me having to go too. Oops.

I had such a great time though, and I have no regrets (my shoulders disagree but hey ho). I’m utterly exhausted now, as it’s a very intense weekend and we were constantly on the go, but it was so, so worth it.