The best of the best of the best!!! 2014
15 December 2014
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Tags: Best books for 2014, The Broke and the Bookish, Top Ten Tuesday
Over at The Broke and the Bookish this week the Top Ten Tuesday topic for discussion is
Top Ten Books I Read In 2014
And my list is:
Okay, I’m just teasing. I’m not taking part in this week’s topic – purely because I have this crazy notion that I might still fit in one more excellent read before the clock counts down on New Year’s Eve!!! (Maybe even two – come on let’s be optimists!) Also, I always struggle with this and this year I’ve been very lucky and read a lot of good books which means plenty of tooing and froing and oohing and aahing before I find a list I’m happy with.
What I can say is that on my list there will probably be warriors, cowards, fighting, dragons, slaying, wild and unruly countries, witty repartee or plain grim and downright nasty banter!!
The other thing I will definitely be doing is checking out the other lists – well, I wouldn’t want to miss any possibilities to go on the tbr now would I!!
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????
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