Top Ten Tuesday (87)- My Top Ten 2016 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn't Get To (But TOTALLY plan to)

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Thanks to the lovely ladies at The Broke And The Bookish for creating this weekly meme!

Here's this week's topic.

January 10: Top Ten 2016 Releases I Meant To Read But Didn't Get To (But TOTALLY plan to)

I'll link to their goodreads pages so you can see their books.


1.  THE BLACK KEY by Amy Ewing.

2. FEAR THE DROWNING DEEP by Sarah Glenn Marsh.

3. KINGDOM OF ASH AND BRIARS by Hannah West.

4. THE GILDED CAGE by Lucinda Gray.

5. UNITED by Melissa Landers.

6.  THE DARKEST MAGIC by Morgan Rhodes.

7. THE HAWKWEED PROPHECY by Irena Brignull.

8. FLAWED by Cecelia Ahern.

9. A CRIMINAL MAGIC by Lee Kelly.

10. LOVE, LIES, AND SPIES by Cindy Anstey.

So what about you? What are some 2016 books you didn't get to read but want to? And what books on my list should I read ASAP? And check back next week for my Ten Underrated/Hidden Gem Books I've Read In The Past Year Or So!

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (86)- Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read For The First Time In 2016

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Here's this week's topic.

I picked December 6's topic on accident lol but may as well keep it: Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read For The First Time In 2016

I'll link to their goodreads pages so you can see their books.


1.  Amanda Bouchet. She writes adult high fantasy and it's freaking awesome!

2. Elise Kova. She's an indie author but don't let that stop you. She wrote the Air Awakens series which I binge read in 5 days! She writes a lot like my favorite author Maria V. Snyder. Her fantasy is amazing and she has a new steampunk fantasy that I just read and loved!

3. K.A. Linde. Yes another indie author but her Affiliate series blew me away! It's like The Selection (but better) and with magic!

4. S.J. Kincaid. Yup I'd never read her before The Diabolic and now I must read all her other books!

5. Kerri Maniscalco. She's a debut author but is well deserving to be on this list. Her book Stalking Jack the Ripper was awesome and I usually don't enjoy straight historical books.

6.  Carey Corp & Lorie Langdon. Their Doon series was another I had always wanted to read but hadn't until this year and I'm so happy I did! It was soooo good!

7. Amy Harmon. And another indie but her book The Bird And The Sword is everything I look for in a great high fantasy!

8. C.L. Wilson. She writes adult romantic fantasy and wow it is awesome and smexy! I loved the first book in her Weathermages of Mystral series (book 2 needs to come soon!) and had to buy her Tarien Soul books right after!

9. Lisa Maxwell. Unhooked was the first book by Lisa I read and I loved it! I need to read the rest of her books now!

10. Sarah Fine. Impostor Queen was the first book of Sarah's I read. Sadly I didn't like the sequel/companion novel but Sarah has a ton more books I want to read.

So what about you? Who are some new to you authors you read? And I probably won't be doing top tens lists for the rest of December since we have our Top 10 event at the end of the month and a couple of the topics are similar!! 

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (85)- My Top Ten Sci-Fi Movies

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November 15: Movie Freebie 

I've been in a sci-fi movie mood lately so I'm going to share my top 10 favorite sci-fi movies


1. Armageddon. It doesn't matter how many times I see this one I still bawl my eyes out!

2. The Fifth Element. Ha yeah two Bruce Willis movies make my top 2! But this movie is fantastic!

3. Oblivion. I'm not the hugest Tom Cruise fan but I still love this movie!

4. The Guardians of The Galaxy. Gotta add my Marvel Movies!

5. Stargate. It's an oldie but a goodie!

6.  Back To The Future. Another oldie that I love.

7. Serenity. I am a huge Firefly fan and yeah the movie wasn't as good but it's still good enough that I own it and watch it every time it's on cable.

8. Star Trek. The 1st from the newer franchise is still my favorite. I do love all the old ones too even the TNG movies :)

9. Resident Evil. Although I love this whole movie franchise the 1st is still my favorite.

10. Equilibrium. Most of you have probably never heard of this one. Think of Lauren Oliver's Delirium but with lots more violence and more futuristic. If you can find this one watch it. I know Netflix just pulled it boo but i's available on iTunes & Amazon for $2.99.

So what about you? What are some of your favorite sci-fi movies? And check back next week for my Thanksgiving freebie!! 

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (84)- Ten Books I've Added To My To-Be-Read List Lately

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Here's this week's topic.

November 8: Ten Books I've Added To My To-Be-Read List Lately 

I'm just going to go in order of the last 10 books I've added to my Goodreads TBR. I have been on an adult romantic fantasy kick lately so some of these are going to be adult books instead of just all YA like normal.


1. The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw 

2. Lord of the Fading Lands (Tairen Soul #1) by C.L. Wilson 


3. Star of the Morning (Nine Kingdoms #1) by Lynn Kurland

4. The Sea King (Weathermages of Mystral #2) by C.L. Wilson

5. Dividing Eden (Dividing Eden #1) by Joelle Charbonneau

6.  Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson 

7. The Broken World (Marked Girl #2) by Lindsey Klingele 

8. Reign of Serpents (Blood of Gods and Royals #3) by Eleanor Herman

9. Heart on Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles #3) by Amanda Bouchet

10. Future Lost (Future Shock #3) by Elizabeth Briggs

So what about you? What are some new books you've added to your TBR? And check back next week for my Movie Freebie!! 

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (83)- My Top Ten Characters I'd Name A Dog or Cat

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Here's this week's topic.

October 18: Ten Characters I'd Name A Child/Dog/Cat/Car/Etc. 

I don't have kids nor will I be having any so these characters names will be for my future furbabies whether they be a dog or a cat. I tend to have more male animals so there will be more male names.


1. Valek or Janco from Maria V. Snyder's Study and Glass books! Valek if the animal is mysterious or aloof so most likely a cat and Janco if the animal is fun loving so most likely a dog.

2. Rhysand (Rys for short) from Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns And Roses series.


3. Magnus from Morgan Rhodes's Falling Kingdom's series.

4. Zo from Jennifer Jenkins Nameless series.

5. Vhalla from Elise Kova's Air Awakens series.

6.  Irial from Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely series.

7. Roar from Veronica Rossi's Under The Never Sky series.

8. Ash from Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey series.

9. Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice. Who would I be without my own Darcy?

10. Lestat from Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series, not gonna lie I've wanted to name a cat Lestst for a long time lol

So what about you? What are your favorite character names? And check back next week for my Top Ten Halloween-ish reads!! 

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (82)- My Top Ten Favorite Villains

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Here's this week's topic.

October 4:  All About The Villains -- I don't think we've done a villains topic since back in November 2010 so let's revisit: top ten favorite/most compelling villains in books, top ten of the most vile villains/bad guys in books, top ten villains I secretly (or not so secretly) love, favorite tv villains, favorite comic book villains, ten "villains" of contemporary lit.

I love a good villain so I decided to do my all time favorite villains they may be from books, movies, or TV shows. I'll link to the goodreads page or IMDB page.


1. The Commander from Maria V. Snyder's Study and Glass books. This is one creepy ass villain and you never know his motives.

2. Sylar from Heroes. He is probably one of my all time favorite TV villains!

3. The Commandant from Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in The Ashes series. This chick is messed up

4. Warner's Father. The Supreme Commander from Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me series. This is one bad dude.

5. Khan from the early Star Trek Movies. I'm talking Ricardo Montalban not Benedict Cumberbatch his Khan was a pussycat compared to Montalban's.

6. Voldemort & Umbridge. From both the Harry Potter books and movies. Voldermort was the true villain of the stories and her was awful but in my opinion Dolores Umbridge was worse.

7. Jack Randall from the Outlander books and TV series. He's just a disguising human being and I hate him.

8. The Fairy Queen Anise from Claire Legrand's Winterspell. She may seem nice and sweet she is one bad, bad person.

9. Neegan from The Walking Dead graphic novels and TV show. Yes we just met him on the show last season, and I know who he kills in the graphic novels. I have my fingers crossed it's not the same for the TV show. I love Jeffrey Dean Morgan too so I'm happy I get to see him play such an iconic villain.

10. Rose Red the haunted house in Stephen King's Rose Red Mini-series.(yes I'm talking about a house but it's no ordinary house). Trust me if you haven't seen this find a way to watch it! It's perfect for Halloween!

So what about you? Who are your favorite villains ? And check back next week for my Top Ten books I've read because friends recommended them to me!! 

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (81)- Top Ten Books on My Fall TBR List

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Here's this week's topic.

September 27: Books On My Fall TBR List

I'll post the book covers and link to their goodreads. So just click on the cover to be taken to the goodreads page.

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So what about you? What are some fall 2016 books you've read or are looking forward to ? And check back next week for my Top Ten ALL TIME Favorite Villains!!! 

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (80)- My Top Ten New Fall 2016 TV Shows I'm Looking Forward to!

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Here's this week's topic.

September 6:  In honor of Fall Tv, do a tv-themed topic! Top ten favorite tv shows of all time, ten new shows coming out this Fall that are on my radar, tv shows I wish never got cancelled, tv shows I would recommend to book characters, books I wish would be tv shows, ten favorite shows from the late 90's or early 2000's, ten tv shows for every fantasy lover, etc.

Not going to lie these TV top tens are some of my favorites to do since I love TV shows as much as I love books! I'm going to post some of the new fall 2017 TV shows that I am excited for!

I'll post the trailers from YouTube and times when they will air.

1.  TIMELESS, Monday, October 3 10 PM on NBC

2.  THIS IS US, Tuesday, September 20 10 PM on NBC

3. DESIGNATED SURVIVOR, Wednesday, September 21 10 PM on ABC



4. PITCH, Thursday, September 22, 9 PM on FOX



5. VAN HELSING, Friday, September 23, 10 PM on SYFY



6. WESTWORLD, Sunday, October 2, 9 PM on HBO



7. FREQUENCY, Wednesday, October 5, 9 PM on The CW

 

8. PURE GENIUS, Thursday, October 27, 10 PM on CBS



9. INCORPORATED, Wednesday, November 30, no time slot yet on Syfy



10. NOTORIOUS, Thursday, September 22, at 9PM on ABC



So what about you? What are some fall 2016 books you've read or are looking forward to ? And check back next week for my Top Ten ALL TIME Favorite Books Of X Genre!!! Of course you know I will be doing fantasy books :) 

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (79)- Top Ten Favorite Books Coming out this Fall 2016

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Here's this week's topic.

August 30: Back To School Freebie -- anything "back to school" related like 10 favorite books I read in school, books I think should be required reading, Required Reading For All Fantasy Fans, required reading for every college freshman, Books to Pair With Classics or Books To Complement A History Lesson, books that would be on my classroom shelf if I were a teacher

I'm not a teacher and I don't think schools should dictate what kids read (ugh I hated required reading and would have read more if I would have been able to read what I wanted) so I'm just going to post a list of my Top Ten Favorite Books Coming out this Fall 2016!

I'll post the covers and link to goodreads.

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So what about you? What are some fall 2016 books you've read or are looking forward to ? And check back next week for a favorite topic of mine! Fall TV Shows I'm looking forward to!!! 

Hugs,

Jaime

Top Ten Tuesday (78)- Ten Books I've Had ON MY TBR Since Before I Started Blogging That I Still Haven't Read

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Here's this week's topic.

August 23: Ten Books That Have Been on Your Shelf (Or TBR) From Before You Started Blogging That You STILL Haven't Read Yet

Before I started blogging I read a lot more PNR & UF so there will probably be a bunch of adult books on this list. I was going to take a pic of the books but I think they may be boxed up. So here's my list.

I'll post the covers and link to goodreads.

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So what about you? What are some books that are still on you TBR since before you started blogging? And check back next week for my Top Ten back to school freebie! 

Hugs,

Jaime