December 2012 | Wrap up and Resolutions 2013

In addition to my resolution post, this is my resolutions video alongside my wrap up of all the books I have read in the month of December. 

Books mentioned:

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin

Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld

Hush Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick

Pandemonium - Lauren Oliver

The Boy Who Sneaked In My Bedroom Window - Kirsty Moseley 

Pretties - Scott Westerfeld

Top Ten Tuesday | New to me authors 2012

Top Ten New To Me Authors I Read In 2012

 -- Originally created by The Broke and Bookish

Cassandra Clare

Compelling. Gripping. Love love love the characters in her books (especially the infernal devices series) 

Marissa Meyer

One of the most imaginative authors I have read all year, am so excited (if you hadn't gathered) for more books by her.

Michael Grant

His work with characters was amazing. Such a full cast of characters and you knew so much about them all - not everyone can do that. The gone series is ridiculously gripping so far, brilliant concepts.

Stieg Larsson

I'm not normally into crime fiction but his work is to die for and is everything you would want in a novel of that description.

George R. R. Martin

Epic. Do I need to say any more?

I would put Veronica Roth and Suzanne Collins on the list for Divergent and The Hunger Games respectively but I thought their sequels lacked so much of the first books that I didn't think they deserved a top mention for me. 

A lot of other authors have really impressed me but they haven't blown me away like the ones I have listed above!

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 -- Originally created by MizB

What are you currently reading?

A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

This is going to be a very long read, I think I might start another book inbetween to give myself a break from the 800 page slaughter that is this book. Don't get me wrong, it's amazing but it's a little too much for one go. Loving it so far though.

What did you recently finish reading?

Hunger by Michael Grant

This is the second book in the Gone series and didn't disappoint one iota. Amazing book, just as good as the second and didn't fall into the disappointing second book category one bit - there was a chance it could have been boring and samey but it most definitely wasn't. It progressed the storyline wonderfully and the character development was great. 

What do you think you'll read next

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

This has been on my to be read pile for so long that I think it deserves a grand entrance, I'm looking forward to reading this book as it looks interesting.

Book Buys | November 2012

 I was in one of my local charity shops the other day and I picked up a couple of books which caught my eye. Now in the charity shops near me I'll be lucky to see anything I like because I find the books to be of a certain taste which most certainly isn't mine. But I got "The Good Thief" by Hannah Tinti and "Mister Monday" by Garth Nix on a whim for £1 each, and they sounded just my cup of tea so we'll see what I think of them both.

I've also been wanting the "Song of Ice and Fire" series box set by George R.R. Martin for a while now so I thought, why not, while I have a little bit of extra money to be spending. This is going to take me ages to get through so I'm looking forward to keeping myself busy for at least a year due to the fact that I don't like reading books in a series one after the other.