Thursday, 30 June 2011
Faves of 2011 (so far) ~ The scenes and the Random
1. best first chapter ~ I just started I Know it’s Over and ~ whoa! ~ what a first chapter. Also loved Before I Fall
2. best climax ~ Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John, very rock and roll 😀
3. best ending ~ The Demon’s Surrender by Sarah Ress Brennan – everyone where they should be,
happy sigh, but no perfect bow HEA <3
4. best plot twist/revelation (no spoilers!) ~ The Queen of Attiolia – Jaw dropped! Not once but twice! Good lord the twisty turns of these books.
5. scariest/most disturbing scene ~ ah I can’t say it’s such a spoiler if you haven’t read the books. But I was shellshocked, shellshocked. The Demon’s Surrender also had some disturbing moment, which made you think about the nature good and evil.
6. steamiest scene (or sweetest/sexiest kiss award) ~ Sweetest kiss ~ Robin and Sophie in What my Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonja Sones. Sexist ~ Piper and Ed in Five Flavors of Dumb.
7. best swoon-worthy moment ~ Sin and Alan – swooning until I’m nothing but a little puddle of swoonyness on the floor.
8. biggest nail-biting moment ~ most of Divergent. Gah people jumping off things is terrifying to me.
9. most hilarious scene ~ The Demon’s Surrender had lots of brilliant one liners. What Alice Forgot has some brilliant scenes and (this is a cheat as it was a re-read) but The Year of Secret Assignments just kills me ~ my ultimate put a smile on your face book.
10. most heart-breaking/tear-jerker moment ~ The Demon’s Surrender “I missed you!” ~ had me in floods. The End of How I Live Now was completely heatbreaking
the random
1. fave first sentence ~ Slight cheat here as it is the last two sentences of the first chapter
2. fave book title ~ What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
3. fave reading experience (ie: created a great reading memory) ~ How I Live Now ~ sofa, chocolate, hot tea, rain pounding the windows up till 1am because I couldn’t stop.
4. book with the best food in it (made me so crazy-envious-hungry) ~ Those rolls in What Happened to Goodbye sound amazing.
5. book with the most sensual weather (made you shiver/sweat) ~ Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
6. most embarrassing book cover (feeling sheepish in public) ~ Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead 🙂
7. can’t believe you waited this long to read the book (!) ~ How I Live Now and The Queen’s
Thief series. if you have not read them, well good grief you are in for a treat!!!
I had so much fun doing these list and my TBR pile has swelled enormously. Thanks to Nomes for hosting and to all of you for commenting (<3 comments) and recommending such great books. I’m looking forward to making a whole list in 2011, when hopefully I’ll have a few more contenders (sorry for the repeats, well not really as I did love those books) 😀
sorry for no photos, blogger won’t upload 🙁
Yay for Five Flavors of Dumb <3
I had so much fun making these lists, even though I had trouble with some of the categories. The lists at the end of the year are going to be crazy!
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OMG the "I missed you" part!!! OMGGGG I swear I was the only one crying but I guess I'm not! 😀
Ahhhh Alan and SIn *swooooooon* ALAN RYVES <333 I need a emoticon for the infinite hearts I want to give that boy.
I love the first sentece to How I live Now as well 😉 great choice!
love your list! and the TDS love 🙂
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I love that steamy scene between Ed and Piper making coffee. Definitely one of the best kissing scenes.
And I really need to read The Demon Surrender series. I have the first book so just need to move it up the stack.
Awesome list 🙂
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youre reading a ck kelly martin (!) i am in love with her <3
and LOL choosing before i fall as best first chapter, haha. it's like, 50 pages long or something LOL
confession: i didn't love the thief :/ i was bored for the first half even though it was well written BUT you are seriously making me want to keep going with the series …
LOVE the moriarty shout-out 🙂
LOVE your fave reading experience. that's the perfect way to spend your time 🙂
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Jess ~ It was great wasn't it 😀
Audrey ~ It totally destroyed me that scene. I have serious TEABS for that series. i just want to talk and talk about it. Alan! Nick! Mae! Jamie! Sin! Seb! I can't bare that it's over.
Nic – Oh me too, I could totally see that. You MUST read The Demon's Lexicon it is an amazing series. I think you ill love it. Plus I want you to do book boyfriends for Alan and Nick, so I can see the amazing photos you come up with 🙂
Nomes ~ I know I picked it up because of your review of a different book of hers. I still can't believe she is a she!
Haha does it? I just remember it completely sucking me in to the story, even though it was all fairly every day stuff – hope I'm remembering 🙂
🙁 about the Thief, but I didn't like it until half way through and then I did, also it made me feel smart because I guessed the twist. I loved the Queen of Attiola though, it's quote slow moving too for the first half, after the kick ass beginning.
I can not stop giggling at TYSA – so funny.
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Yup, I've really got to read The Demon's Surrender. I want to know about that I missed you part!
People jumping off of things would have terrified me too, just like in that movie The Happening. GAH!
My List
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How fun! I'm getting so many good book recommendations from this list!
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What fun lists!!! You know I have trouble writing swoon-worthy scenes, so I'd better get my hands on Five Flavors of Dumb, The Demon's Surrender, and What My Mother Doesn't Know! 🙂 I think I know EXACTLY what scene you're referring to in the Scariest/Most Disturbing Scene…
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