Top Ten Tuesday #108 - Books I Really Love But I Haven't Talked About Enough...

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the fabulous girls cover at The Broke & The Bookish. This week's topic is -

Ten Books I Really Love But Feel Like I Haven't Talked About Enough...

There's a lot of books I love but don't talk about. I've got so many amazing books that I could review but I have this problem. The more I love something the harder I find it to write a review without just saying 'I loved it, you should buy it...' Here's some of my favorite books that I intend to reread and write a review of, sometime this year, maybe. I don't think there will be any surprises on this list if you're a regular reader!

Top Ten Tuesday #97 - Auto-Buy Authors

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the wonderful gals cover at The Broke & The Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Of Your Auto-Buy Authors

I managed to stick to ten authors this week as my list turned out to be quite selective, I'm absolutely certain that there are no surprises for any regular Bookish visitors. I'm sure my list of auto-buy authors used to be huge, if I saw they had a book coming out I ordered it. I have obviously learnt how to restrain myself though!

What authors are on your list?

Top Ten Tuesday #95 - Fairy Tales & Retellings I Have Read

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the wonderful gals cover at The Broke & The Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Twenty-ish Fairy Tales And Retellings

Once upon a time there was a book nerd called Fi who was slightly crazy obsessed with fairy tales. When the topic came up as a Top Ten Tuesday idea it was obvious to all in the kingdom that she would never be able to post a list of ten(!). And so the epic list of fairy tales was born with twenty-something titles, from Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Goose Girl, Bluebeard through to Hansel & Gretel, Tam Lin, The Brave Little Tailor and many more. After reading the list everyone lived happily ever after!

Daughter of the Forest | Heart's Blood | Wildwood Dancing

Poison | Beauty | Charm

A Curse Dark As Gold | Thorn | Uprooted

The Fairest of Them All | Ophelia & The Marvelous Boy | The Real Boy

Egg & Spoon | Jack of Kinrowan | Jasmyn

Bitter Greens | The Bloody Chamber | Enchanted

Fire & Hemlock | Sweetly | Valiant

Carabas | Deerskin | A Long Long Sleep

Top Ten Tuesday #88 - Authors I REALLY Want To Meet!

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the fabulous gals cover at The Broke & The Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Nine Authors I REALLY Want To Meet

I've been extremely lucky in my career as a bookseller to meet lots of amazing authors - Terry Pratchett, Patrick Rothfuss, Joe Hill, Raymond E Feist, Jasper Fforde, Sarah Pinborough, Rainbow Rowell, Sarah J Maas, Jo Walton... I've also been lucky enough to go to some amazing events so this list probably isn't anywhere near as long as it could have been! There are also people I've met that I wouldn't have gone out of my way to do so. Bill Clinton anyone? Noel Edmonds? Here are the authors that I would do just about anything to meet, and I mean anything - except maybe get on a plane! Frances Hardinge shouldn't really be on this list as I saw her at YALC last year but thanks to being on the verge of fainting thanks to the insane heat I had to leave before the end of the panel she was on so missed out on the signing. This year? There will be nothing in my way, nothing...

Charles de Lint

Frances Hardinge

Freda Warrington

Juliet Marillier

Kate Forsyth

Margaret Atwood

Stephen King

Susan Cooper

Phil Rickman

May I Suggest Giveaway Hop!

Welcome to the May I Suggest Giveaway hosted Val at Stuck In Books! This giveaway is so you lucky folks can choose a book that I've suggested :) There are authors I'm always talking about on here do I've decided to offer you the chance to win a title by any of the following authors -

Kate Forsyth | Frances Hardinge | Juliet Marillier

All you have to do is leave a comment suggesting an author I could try and a way of contacting you if you're the lucky winner!

Check out all the other blogs taking part over on Stuck In Books

Top Ten Tuesday #87 - Top Ten ALL TIME Favorite Authors!

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the fabulous gals cover at The Broke & The Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Twelve Fifteen ALL TIME Favorite Authors

When I saw that the all-time favorite authors were this week's topic I snorted! Because who's going to be able to stick to ten? Well, me it would seem... Actually, not me! Have added another three authors before even getting started. And I know I'm going to kick myself when I see other people's lists and think of a hundred more I could have added. Anyway, here's fifteen of my favorite authors... Oh, and this list doesn't include people like Jasper Fforde, Alan Garner, Tolkien, L M Montgomery, Dickens, Hardy, Austen, and Bronte. It also doesn't include Patrick Rothfuss, Marcus Sedgwick, Diana Wynne Jones or George R R Martin because I think they are far too obvious (to me anyway) to be mentioned. And I can still think of at least another ten authors on top of those I would consider all-time favorites.

Freda Warrington

First Book Read - Dark Cathedral

Favorite Book - Court of the Midnight King

Catherynne Valente

First Book Read - Palimpsest

Favorite Book - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making

Angela Carter 

First Book Read - The Magic Toyshop

Favorite Book - The Bloody Chamber & Other Stories

Frances Hardinge

First Book Read - Fly By Night

Favorite Book - Cuckoo Song

Charles de Lint 

First Book Read - Moonheart

Favorite Book - The Little Country

 Phil Rickman

First Book Read - Crybbe

Favorite Book - The Cure of Souls

Jo Walton 

First Book Read - The King's Peace

Favorite Book - Among Others

Juliet Marillier

First Book Read - Daughter of the Forest

Favorite Book - Daughter of the Forest

Neil Gaiman 

First Book Read - Neverwhere

Favorite Book - The Graveyard Book

Kate Forsyth

First Book Read - The Witches of Eileanan

Favorite Book - Bitter Greens

Stephen King 

First Book Read - 'Salem's Lot

Favorite Book - IT

Terry Pratchett

First Book Read - The Color of Magic

Favorite Book - Wyrd Sisters

Susanna Kearsley

First Book Read - Season of Storms

Favorite Book - The Winter Sea aka Sophia's Secret

Sarah Pinborough

First Book Read - A Matter of Blood

Favorite Book - Poison

Susan Cooper

First Book Read - Over Sea Under Stone

Favorite Book - The Dark Is Rising

Top Ten Tuesday #83 - Books You Would Classify As ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOKS

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the fabulous gals cover at The Broke & The Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Books You Would Classify As ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOKS (from the past 3 years!?)

Seriously? Who are you trying to kid? Ten books from the last three years? Or even five years? I can think of fifty from the last year... And what to include? Re-reads? All the books in a series or just one? I really don't know what this list will feature but I suspect I will cheat and completely forget how to count to ten.

Top Ten Tuesday #62 - Books I'd Give To Readers Who Have Never Read Retellings

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely people at The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Books I'd Give To Readers Who Have Never Read...

I chose retellings this week because a lot of people tend to assume that there seem to be only fairy tale retellings. That's not true, there are lots of others! this a mix of both fairy tale and not, there's Alice, Dorothy, Tinkerbell and more.

Kill Me Softly

For Darkness Shows the Stars

Daughter of the Forest

Dorothy Must Die

Bitter Greens

Florence & Giles

The Looking Glass Wars

Tiger Lily

Wildwood Dancing

Scarlet

Top Ten Tuesday #61 - Authors I Own Most Books From!

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely people at The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is -

Top Ten Authors I Own The Most Books From

This was difficult! It seems that I have rather a lot of authors whose books I own in large quantities as I have a habit of buying entire back catalogues once I've decided I like an author. It has also made me realize just how many books by my favorite authors I'm missing, I'm resisting the urge to go crazy and buy them all!

This is my top ten, I could have easily made it a top twenty...

Terry Pratchett 45

Charles de Lint 43

Stephen King 42

Diana Wynne Jones 31

Rachel Caine 25

Freda Warrington 20

Neil Gaiman 18

Juliet Marillier 17

George R R Martin 12

Kate Forsyth 11

Bonus Authors

Jo Walton 11

Phil Rickman aka Will Kingdom aka Thom Madley 18

Charlaine Harris 16

Ursula K Le Guin 14

Catherynne M Valente 14