{Top 10 of 2012} Books I'm Looking Forward To In 2013

Today is the last day of the Top 10 of 2012 event, and I think that the topic is an absolutely perfect end to the event. There are so many great-sounding books coming out next year, that it was of course difficult to choose only 10, but somehow I managed. Here are the books I can't wait to start reading:

*Click the pictures to read the Goodreads' synopsis*

And also the 2nd book in Susan Ee's series Penryn & The End of Days!!! It doesn't have a cover yet so it's my "honorable mention." Actually, there are a TON of other books I'm looking forward to, but I'm only giving you these ten for now.

So, are any of these on your list? Leave the link to your list in the comments and I'll go check 'em out. My TBR list is always hungry for more! (In my spare time I like to endlessly read book descriptions on Goodreads. Does anyone else do this or am I too far gone?)

{Top 10 of 2012} Best Book Boyfriends of 2012

*Squee!* I am so excited for this topic! I must admit, I do read an awful lot of books which feature romances, even if the romances are only in the background or part of the sub-plot. And let me tell ya, a lot of the guys in those books are so swoon-worthy, I'm glad I can reminisce while compiling a list of the year's favorites. Sorry, but there's just no way I can make this list base purely on books released in 2012. It would feel as though too many were missing. So, here are my top picks for the best book boyfriends from books read in 2012:

  1.  Mark Darcy (Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding)
        Especially because I still picture him as Colin Firth in my head...
  2.  Augustus Waters (The Fault In Our Stars by John Green)
      Because he is made of complete awesomeness.
  3.  Sebastian Lamarliere (Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton)
      A nice guy, a great friend....and he has cool powers.
  4.  Raffe (Angelfall by Susan Ee)
        The McSteamy of the Angelic race.
  5.  Étienne St. Clair (Anna & the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins)
      Half Brit, half French, complete yum! And I love his name!
  6.  Travis Buchanan (The First Days by Rhiannon Frater)
      A total sweetheart, and the boy-next-door type of man.
  7.  Prince Kai (Cinder by Marissa Meyer)
      Just read his description and tell me you're not into him.... I dare ya.
  8.  Atticus Finch (To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee)
      So what if he's years older than me...age ain't nothin' but a number.
  9.  Noah Hutchins (Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry)
      He may look like a bad boy, but he's one of the good ones!
10. Jace Wayland (City of Bones by Cassandra Clare)
      I may not care for this book series, but I still like him.

I hope this list isn't too pedophilic, as 6 of those guys are teenagers, but hey, what can I say? I'm sure many of you are guilty of this, too! Plus, in my mind I picture them as being a few years older, as high school boys now-a-days seem too young and immature for me. Probably because they are. (I'm 23!)

So, what about you guys? Any book boyfriends (or girlfriends) for 2012?

{Top 10 of 2012} Best Villains of 2012

So today's top 10 topic was blogger's choice, and I decided to go a different route than my usual and list the best villains of 2012. I'm using the term villain rather broadly here, and rather than only limiting the term 'villain' to a specific person, I'm including groups as well. All of the following were added to the list because I particularly despised them:

Best Villains of 2012:

(in no particular order)

1. The Zombies from the As The World Dies trilogy by Rhiannon Frater - these things really freaked me out, and are what made this series so frightfully fun to read. Especially how quickly a person could change after getting bitten.
2. The Department of Homeland Security from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - so normally the DHS are supposed to be the good guys, but Doctorow really made me wonder if the threat of terrorists could really end up making our government suspicious of its own citizens like what happened in this novel. Very scary indeed.
3. The Angels from Angelfall by Susan Ee - holy crap, I was not expecting the angels in this novel to be such a**holes. They pretty much enslaved the human race, but what was completely sickening was their mad experiments....
4. Justice from Hero by Perry Moore - Justice's character was very similar to the character of Superman, as both were the last surviving members of their planets, and their powers were also pretty much the same. The major difference? Justice was batshit crazy. Think about how scary it would be if Superman were to use his many powers for evil. Yeah.
5. Athena from the Gods & Monsters series by Kelly Keaton - and speaking of batshit crazy, the Athena portrayed in this series is just the worst combination of angry and unstable. I mean, she even killed Zeus and took over his temple! What a b****!
6. Queen Levana from Cinder by Marissa Meyer - she's an evil psychopath who is trying to hunt and kill the true heir to the Lunar throne in order to maintain control. Plus, she uses some sort of glamour to make those around her fall under her influence easier, and she wants to marry Cinder's Prince Kai!
7. The majority of The Vampires from That Which Bites by Celis T. Rono - because they turned humans into herded cattle, and scared any scattered survivors into permanent hiding.
8. The Bandits from Fighting to Survive by Rhiannon Frater - they were jerks who went around stealing things, and raping both women and men during a zombie apocalypse. I think they even raped female zombies that they had tied up. WTF?! Total pigs, the lot of 'em.
9. The Citizens from Citizen by Natasha House - okay, so this wasn't one of the greatest things that I've read this year, but I have to admit that the Citizens were pretty villainous; I mean, they were an alien race who took over the world and enslaved the humans, killing most of them to extinction in the process. They'll make the list.
10. The Other Mother from Coraline by Neil Gaiman - I'm reading this right now, and, I must say, Coraline's other mother really gives me the heebie-jeebies.

{Top 10 of 2012} Best Book Covers of 2012

This year was yet another great year for book covers, and it was pretty hard narrowing down my favorites. Sadly, today's topic is only for book covers that were released in 2012, not just from books you've read in 2012, so there are a few great covers that won't make this list. But at any rate, that just narrows down my choices and makes it easier for me to pick my fave 10. And here they are:

Best Book Covers of 2012:

(click cover to visit Goodreads pages)

And yes, I know that Singing The Dogstar Blues was originally published in 1998, but it was re-released in 2012 with the cover pictured above, so I'm gonna let it count, as technically that cover is a 2012 release. So there.

Ahhhh.....I think I'm having cover lust right now....

Merry Christmas!!!

{Top 10 of 2012} Best Books I've Read In 2012

So, I noticed on Booktastic Reviews that there's a 5 day event going on called Top 10 of 2012, in which you compile Top 10 lists based on books you've read over the year. Being the list addict that I am, I immediately thought I'd hop on board! If you're interested in participating, this event is being hosted by A Life Bound By Books, Confessions of a Bookaholic, Fiktshun, Two Chicks on Books, and Magical Urban Fantasy Reads. Wow, that was a mouth full! 

Now, for the first topic of the week -

Best Books I've Read In 2012:

*in no particular order*

(click on the covers to go to their Goodreads pages) 

 

Honorable Mentions: 

Such A Pretty Face by Cathy Lamb

That Which Bites by Celis T. Rono

How about you guys - have you made a list of your top reads in 2012? If so, let me know and I'll go check them out! Maybe I'll find some books to add to my 2013 TBR list...