Where’ve you been hiding all my life???
9 December 2014
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Tags: The Broke and the Bookish, Top 10 new to me authors, Top Ten Tuesday
Over at The Broke and the Bookish this week the Top Ten Tuesday topic for discussion is
Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2014
So, without further ado, here they are:
- Alex Scarrow – Ellie Quin Series- very entertaining sci fi read
- Christopher Moore – Serpent of Venice – omg so good, and so funny
- Anthony Ryan – Blood Song- a huge epic fantasy that was such a fast read.
- Joe Abercrombie – Half a King – my first Abercrombie – won’t be my last!
- Andy Weir – The Martian – if you haven’t heard of The Martian! Well…..
- Jeff Vandermeer – Annihilation – creepy, scary…
- Tom Lloyd – Moon’s Artifice – excellent fantasy
- Angus Watson – Age of Iron – omg so good, when is No.2 out????
- M L Brennan – Generation V – if you start no other UF than this – then you’ll still be happy.
- Jen Williams – The Copper Promise – i can’t even! Ok, I can. This book is awesome. The Copper Cat. That is all.
I confess, I’ve had a good year for new authors. What about you?
All good things to those who wait…
1 December 2014
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Tags: Movies out in 2015, The Broke and the Bookish, Top Ten Tuesday
This week over at the Broke and Bookish the Topic is Top Ten Books Films I’m looking forward to in 2015. Yes, I’ve cheated a little and decided to list some movies I have my beady eye upon! Sorry, I know this is a big cheat but (rules are made for breaking an all that!) and, more to the point, as I’ve just done my Winter reads and anticipated sequels fairly recently it was looking likely that I’d be going over some old ground:
- Cinderella – expected March (a bit girlie but so what!) It’s Cinderella – what’s the worst that can happen? I don’t like it..
- Jurassic World – June 2015 – I have to see it right? I’ve seen all the others and then I can compare and contrast, nit pick, etc.
- Terminator: Genisys – July 2015 – just, I’ll be back!!
- Ant Man – July 2015 – Marvel, nuff said
- Pan – July 2015 – Pan!
- Victor Frankenstein – October 2015 – how many Frankenstein films do we really need. Apparently one more. But, James McAvoy. That is all.
- Crimson Peak – October 2015 – Guilermo del Toro people!
- The Martian – November 2015 – mixed feelings about this one. Will be interesting to see how well they capture the book!
- James Bond – November 2015?? – You simply have to watch Bond. 007! Shaken not stirred!
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens – December 2015 – Another mixed feelings – I still prefer the original films! But, who am I trying to kid – I will watch this! There is no try!
So, books or films – what are you desperate to see released in 2015???
Now is the winter of our content…
25 November 2014
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Tags: 10 Winter reads, The Broke and the Bookish, Top Ten Tuesday
This week’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday over at The Broke and Bookish is:
Top 10 books on my winter TBR:
Well, I have a lot of books that are coming up for reading and reviewing that I’m looking forward to. These are going to be my December/January reads and I’m so looking forward to them all and yes – some of these have already been published for a while but I’ve not read them yet and want to do so:
- The Ice Twins by S K Tremayne which is due out in January 2015
- The Walled City by Ryan Graudin – already out
- The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon – January 15
- The Just City by Jo Walton – January 2015
- The Eterna Files by Leanna Renee Hieber which is described as the X Files meets Harry Dresden – February 2015
- Horns by Joe Hill – already out
- Golden Son by Pierce Brown – January 2015
- Half the World by Joe Abercrombie – Feb 2015
- The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams – Feb 2015
- The Damned by Andrew Pyper – don’t know if this still counts as Winter but I’m going to put it on here – March 2015
What books are you looking forward to for the next few months?
We wants the precious… we wants the precious now!
17 November 2014
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Tags: The Broke and the Bookish, Top 10 sequels, Top Ten Tuesday
This week’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday over at the Broke and Bookish is :
‘Top Ten Sequels I Can’t Wait To Get (my dirty mitts upon)’
This is a post that I’m not going to have any difficulty with at all!! Because I want ALL the books! However, I will restrict this to 10 (or so) because I’m good like that. So, in no particular order or any particular idea of when they’ll arrive on the scene:
- The Liar’s Key by Mark Lawrence – I’m in love with his books!!!
- The Thorn of Emberlain by Scott Lynch – hopefully early ’15 (fingers crossed) (ditto the above)
- Doors of Stone – Patrick Rothfuss – no idea when this is due so if anybody wants to chuck me a frickin bone… (
ditto the above– forget it – I love all the authors on this list!!!) - Patricia Briggs – Mercy Thompson No.9 – not yet titled. Want.
- Clash of Iron by Angus Watson – Age of Iron was so good and not a long wait for No.2 – April ’15!
- No.3 of the Seven Forges by James a Moore
- Sword of the North by Luke Scull
- Whatever delights the lovely one known as Gillian Phillp decides to produce next
- Ditto the above for Lauren Beukes and Sarah Pinborough – see how I fit two in there!!!
- Skybreaker by Brandon Sanderson- did you really think I wouldn’t have the Stormlight Archives on here – go on now!!!
- Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
Yes, I know I have too many but sometimes rules are made for breaking. The end. (Oh, I’ve put a few covers – some of the above don’t have covers yet!)
Apart from all my lovelies, whatcha waiting for????
‘Me…. and….. my ….. shhhaaaaaadow….’
11 November 2014
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Tags: The Broke and the Bookish, Top Ten Secondary Characters, Top Ten Tuesday
The theme this week for Top Ten Tuesday over at the Broke and the Bookish is:
‘Top Ten Characters You Wish Would Get Their OWN Book’
I sort of struggled with this – as I came up with suggestions I realised that some of them had already had their own series developed and so some on this list may still fall into this category although I did remove a couple.
- The Marquis de Carabas out of Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. A very interesting character and one that I would happily read more about.
- Lord Ermenwyr and nursie from Kage Baker’s Anvil of the World. This is a very engaging and entertaining read and Lord Ermenwyr and his (ahem) nurse make it even more so!
- Death from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series – you have to admit that Gaiman writes some very intriguing secondary characters!
- Stefan, the Vampire out of the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
- Sigrud, the Viking out of City of Stairs by Robert J Bennett. Without a doubt Shara stole this story but I definitely feel that Sigrud could carry his own book!
- Syl and Kaladin from Brandon Sanderson’s Way of Kings and Words of Radiance. I love this pair of characters. Love. Them.
- The Copper Cat from The Copper Promise by Jen Williams – what a bloody ace character. Give me more.
- Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings – a definite sidekick but one with his own very enjoyable character.
- Magnus Bane from Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments
- Severus Snape from J K Rowlings HP – you have to love Snape. You do. Really.
Bit of cheating going on above as some of these are two for the price of one! But, rules are made for breaking.
Now it would have been easy to start this list with a couple of favourites – for example, Jean Tannen from Scott Lynch’s Gentlemen Bastards. Now, I love this character, truly, but, first, he’s definitely no sidekick and second, Jean and Locke have pure banter going on – if you put him in his own book you’d lose all that witty repartee (or snark).
So, who would you like to read about??
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