Showing posts with label top of 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label top of 2014. Show all posts

Friday, December 26, 2014

Top 10 of 2014: Top 10 Books I'm Looking Forward in 2015!!


This year I'm very happy to once again join in the Top 10 of 2014 week hosted by Rachel from Reading YA Rocks, Jamie from Two Chicks On Books, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads and Nancy of Tales of A Ravenous Reader.

For the final day of the Top 10 of 2014 week, we're sharing the top 10 books we're looking forward to in 2015. I'm gonna be making two lists, one for books in a series, sequels & final books since I have quite a few of those coming, and another for standalones and first books in a new series.


 Top 10 Books I'm Looking Forward in 2015 (Sequels of ongoing series) 

This list is still cut short cause there are so so many books I'm looking forward to next year that are next on a series, but I've only added those that have a cover and title revealed so far!
























 I haven't added those that I've already got my hands on an ARC and devoured them, like Polaris by Mindee Arnett, The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski or Golden Son by Pierce Brown.

Neither I have here others that even if I'm dying to get my hands on them either don't have a title, or cover or both, like Throne of Glass #4 by Sarah J Maas, The Raven Cycle #4 by Maggie Stiefvater, The End of Days by Susan Ee, Public Enemies by Ann Aguirre, Gabriel by Nikki Kelly, Ungodly by Kendare Blake, Hidden Huntress by Danielle L Jensen, The Untimely Deaths of Alex Wayfare  by M. G. Buehrlen and Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch!!
 

Top 10 Books I'm Looking Forward in 2015 (Standalones or First in a new series)

These ones are also a small example of some of the books I'm dying to read next year, also only the ones with a cover revealed so far!






















Most of these I already have preorder and I'm dying to get them in the mail already!!

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Top 10 of 2014: Best Book Boyfriends of 2014!!


This year I'm very happy to once again join in the Top 10 of 2014 week hosted by Rachel from Reading YA Rocks, Jamie from Two Chicks On Books, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads and Nancy of Tales of A Ravenous Reader.

Today we're gonna be talking about all those swoon-worthy guys we love! To make it slightly easier to pick and choose the guys must be from book published in 2014 that we've read in 2014!


Best Book Boyfriends of 2014 


 Max from The Shape of My Heart by Ann Aguirre -  Max is a guy that has had a terrible past and has made bad choices but he has also picked himself up and is working hard to be the best man possible, he's sexy, tough but terribly sweet inside!

Ren from Wicked by Jennifer L Armentrout - He's a Fae hunter and a good one, he's witty and flirty and the right kind of adorable and irritable all at the same time. Quite a swoony one with his dimples this one!

Darrow from Red Rising by Pierce Brown -  Another complicated character our Darrow, fighting for the rebellion and trying to become a better man while staying on top of political intrigue and staying true to a lost love.

Rafa from Haze by Paula Weston - A rephaim (angel descendant) that is both irritating and seductive, with some adorable moments and in general another bad boy with gooey center.

Micah from The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes - A punk rocker boy that bakes, what else do you need to know?? He's sweet, focused on being himself and trying to figure out how to deal with his father's death. I do clearly seem to have a type because he's another guy with issues that's got the tough exterior, sweet & soft inside.

Kiaran from The Falconer by Elizabeth May - Another complex guy that is not exactly as he seems. He's one of the Fae but he kills his own kind and trains Aileana to do the same and extract her revenge.

McKale from See Me by Wendy Higgins - Well, this guy is not brooding or a bad boy which is quite welcome change because boy do I seem to have a type! He's sweet and adorable and a lil awkward and a leprechaun!

Zeke from The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa - Zeke is a survivor but one that has not become jaded by a life on the run and that loves Allie even when she cannot love herself, and even in his darkest moments, he comes back because of her.

Arin from The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski - Aaaand back to the tortured guys for me. Arin is a slave that is trying to fight for his people and falls for his owner. He's brooding but kind and can sing and that's one heart-melting thing for me.

Will from A Mad Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller - And for another change, another nice guy! Not only Will is a policeman, and you have to love a guy in a uniform, but he supports Vicky on her art and on her feminist campaigns and a guy that supports feminism is the sexiest of them all!


And now for cheating my own rules and because if I have to choose the one book boyfriend that I actually really got a proper crush on this year... Mr James Alexander Malcom McKenzie Fraser from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon!!!




*fans self *

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Top 10 of 2014: Best Debuts of 2014!!


This year I'm very happy to once again join in the Top 10 of 2014 week hosted by Rachel from Reading YA Rocks, Jamie from Two Chicks On Books, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads and Nancy of Tales of A Ravenous Reader.

Today I'm gonna share my second part of favourite & best books of 2014, as I read quite a good amount of debut books, and so many of them were amazing and became instant favourites!


Best Debuts of 2014

























Whoopsie!! I might have totally jumped the rules and added 2 more to my Top Ten Debuts, but they were all amazing and I could take any of them out!!

I want to add some honorary mentions too!! Some Fine Day by Kat Ross, Strange Sweet Song by Adi Rule, Hexed by Michelle Krys, Of Scars and Stardust by Andrea Hannah and two absolutely adorable MG titles that made me fall in love with Middle Grade books again: Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens and All Four Stars by Tara Dairman!!

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Top 10 of 2014: Best Book Covers of 2014!!


This year I'm very happy to once again join in the Top 10 of 2014 week hosted by Rachel from Reading YA Rocks, Jamie from Two Chicks On Books, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads and Nancy of Tales of A Ravenous Reader.

Today I'm gonna try my best to actually limit myself to just 10 book covers from all the gorgeous books released on 2014 that I've read. Once again it's gonna be very hard work, but I hope to do better than I did yesterday trying to choose my 10 Best Books (I failed miserably at that!).



Best Book Covers of 2014























Monday, December 22, 2014

Top of 2014: Best Books I've Read on 2014!!


This year I'm very happy to once again join in the Top 10 of 2014 week hosted by Rachel from Reading YA Rocks, Jamie from Two Chicks On Books, Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads and Nancy of Tales of A Ravenous Reader.

We're gonna start the week right, with our Top 10 Best Books we've read this year. They don't have to have been published this year, but they must have been read this year.

Since there have been so many books and choosing just 10 is gonna be tough, I decided to list here only those that weren't debuts, and then on Wednesday I'll share my Top 10 Debuts of 2014, so I'll have another 10 awesome books that I loved this year.


 Best Books I've Read in 2014.

This is one very very tough list to make because I've read so many books I've loved! I might have to add some honorable mentions after the Top 10. And I will be listing the books in the order that I read them throughout the year. I've limited myself to books read & published in 2014.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18896874-cress


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17756559-the-winner-s-curse


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20733621-the-forever-song


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19430954-unhinged


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20789538-deliverance
 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20613470-heir-of-fire


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17235026-the-girl-with-all-the-gifts



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518918-mortal-gods



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22978079-blue-lily-lily-blue


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23001855-the-shape-of-my-heart


And now the honorary mentions because damn it, I cannot choose just ten when I've loved so many books this year! Red Rising by Pierce Brown, The Body Electric by Beth Revis, Uninvited by Sophie Jordan, Athenas's Ashes by Jamie Grey, Ruin & Rising by Leigh Bardugo, Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor, Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins, The Rephaim trilogy by Paula Weston, Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers, Sweet Reckoning by Wendy Higgins, Avalon by Mindee Arnett and First World Problems by LeighAnn Kopans.