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Rating System
What do those stars mean? My rating system explained!
★★★★★ It Was Amazing ★★★★ Really Liked It ★★★ Liked It ★★ It Was OK ★ Did Not Like It
To convert this into letter grades: ★★★★★ A ★★★★ AB ★★★ B ★★ C ★ F
Reviews!
Ever wanted a handy A-Z guide of all my reviews? Well, ask (or even if you didn't ask, you implied it I'm sure) and your wish shall be granted. Viola!
Pink Carnation Dream Casting
Ever wanted all the Pink Carnation Dream Castings in one location? Well viola!
1st - Romola Garai with 36% 2nd - A tie between Alicia Silverstone in Clueless and Gwyneth Paltrow with 26% each 3rd - Kate Beckinsale with 10%
And don't ask me why it doesn't add up to 100%...
Dream Man Winner - Austen Style
1st - Darcy with 44% 2nd - Captain Wentworth with 16% 3rd - A four way tie between Edward Ferrars, Bingley, Knightly and Henry Tilney with 8% 4th - A tie between Mr. Collins and Edmund Bertrum with 1%... naughty someone voting for Mr. Collins.
Well, unless you've somehow found yourself in a cave for the last year or so, I'm sure you know all about the rabid fan following of Twilight. Of course... if you've been in a cave I'm not sure they have Wi-Fi or DSL, so you wouldn't really be reading this then... But suffice it to say, everyone has probably had an encounter with these Twihards... If not, look to your local cinemas today, there will be squealing, fainting and all around swooning, the likes of which The Beatles and Elvis would be jealous of (they also crashed movietickets.com and have made this the best preselling movie of all time). Personally, I enjoyed the first movie enough to be willing to see the second... of course I hated the books. They're absurd, badly and extremely overwritten with florid prose and typos aplenty. But a book that takes a significant investment in time is nothing compared to 90 minutes of fluff you can watch to laugh at. I'm going, I expect to enjoy myself as I climb over the teens who've passed out on the floor from sheer over-excitement. Maybe I should bring some smelling salts? But then again, they would just repeat the swoon... best to leave them unconscious and enjoy the movie in peace. Also for those who have different feelings towards vampires (like Buffy does, if you discount Spike and Angel)... this parody is for you!
Today is just a BBC Miniseries news day. Shortly after I announced that we had an airdate set for Return to Cranford, PBS then followed it up with a DVD release date! On January 19th you could be the proud owner of the next chapter in the village of Cranford. My guess is that they will split the show up onto two consecutive Sunday nights, the 10th and the 17th of January, with the release on the 19th, as they have been known to do in the past. Great news for those who love repeat viewings of classic miniseries, which this is sure to be.
Need more details? Other than the fact it's 180 minutes and will have a 20 minute featurette called "Cranford in Detail." Let's look to the press release for "the official patter":
"Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis and Julia McKenzie return in the Emmy-winning drama based on the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realized in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. Elsewhere, the shadow of the railway still looms, but the line has been halted five miles outside of Cranford - a disaster as far as Captain Brown is concerned.
Meanwhile, as Mr. Buxton returns to town with his son, William, and his niece, Erminia. Miss Matty becomes concerned about another young person - Peggy Bell - who lives in an isolated cottage with her mother and domineering brother. She decides to intervene and engineers an invitation that will bring the four young people together. But when tragedy strikes, she fears she has opened a Pandora's box that Cranford will never recover from."
But not only was there Cranford news today... oh no! We also got Jane Austen Emma news! I recently reviewed (yesterday is recent right?) the new adaptation, indicating that it would be shortly stateside... well the wait to know when is over. I know the wait since yesterday has been unbearable for you! Anyway, the DVD will be out February 9th. Indicating that it will air sometime after Cranford and before the release date, around the 24th (confirmed on their facebook page, and yes, they have a facebook page, kind of shocking) till the 7th, indicating to me that they might be doing some "creative editing" to make it three one hour hour and twenty minute episodes versus four one hour... they do like there "creative editing," having done some heavy handed things in recent memory just to fit it in it's time slot or remove objectionable content... Prime Suspect anyone? Or all Captain Wentworth's scenes in Lyme Regis in the new Persuasion! But that's another rant, not the fun filled, yeah Emma that I'm here to announce. So yeah Emma! Can't wait for the extras either, hopefully that costume special will explain why they made Jodhi May all boxy.
Till the next announcement! I'm sure there can't be anymore today! Can there?
What's that I hear? Could it be really good news for those Cranford devotees out there? Why yes it is. Due to the overwhelming popularity of Cranford, PBS is astonishingly doing something that benefits us viewers. Since when has PBS ever done this? But in a move worthy of a chess master...to appease the masses starting on December 20th Cranford will be repeated till... wait for it... Return to Canford airs on January 10th! Kicking off the new Masterpiece No-Longer-Theater Classics season! Mere days after airing in England we will get the new season, thankfully no longer called Cranford 2. I hate being patient... and luckily for us stateside, PBS is granting us our Christmas wish!
Artemis Fowl: Artemis Fowl Book 1 by Eoin Colfer Published by: Miramax Publication Date: April 2001 Format: Paperback, 277 Pages Rating: ★★★ To Buy
Artemis Fowl is in a dire financial situation, his father is missing and his mother has suffered a mental breakdown, while the Fowl fortunes have dwindled making them (gasp) millionaires. But the conniving boy genius has thought of a fool proof plan to get the Fowls firmly ensconced back in the billionaires club. Artemis, along with Butler and Butler's wrestling loving younger sister, Juliet, are going to con the fae. Step one is easily accomplished, getting one of the fae's personal books that has all their cultural and magical knowledge. Step two takes some time, but it doesn't take long for a boy with a mind like Artemis' to crack the book's code using a little bit of imagination with a little Egyptian hieroglyphics and a lot of computer skills. The final step takes even longer, waiting for the right time and place...but eventually they find a fairy low on power and kidnap her to hold for ransom. Because Artemis' end goal is he just wants the Leprechaun's gold...and not that gold of legend, but the LEP squad's ransom fund. Because the fae have not been hiding underground wasting their time living in the past. Oh no! Shalali carrying and pot o'gold toting fairies are a thing of the past. They've got the newest in technology with everything from computers to strap on wings. They are techno fairies in the extreme, with Foaly, their centaur, as their one stop IT squad. The fairy that Artemis happens to capture is none other than Holly of the LEPrecon division of underground police. She's the squad's first female officer and she's got to do her best. So getting captured is not exactly something that will keep her employed for long, especially after that night's incident in Italy with the troll. Luckily her boss, Commander Root holds a soft spot for Holly and he and Foaly make it their goal to get her back safely. The stakes set, the two parties converge on Fowl manner outside Dublin. This is a simple hostage negotiation like any other, only with fairies. Each side tries to one up or out smart the other, but in the end can they both get what they want? Will they work together or back-stab each other? And can Artemis really do what has never been done by any mortal before?
As other reviewers have aptly stated, this is Die Hard with fairies. Take away all the magic and it's a very simple hostage plot. Now add back in the techno savy fairies and you have a book that took me a really long time to get into. My problem was I really like Artemis and his evil machinations, but the fairies just pissed me off. There is so much time spent on the minutiae of the fairies' gadgets that you don't really get to like or know the characters for a long time. Plus for a society that is so technologically advanced they spend way to much time harping on the destruction that the "Mud People," aka humans, wreak on the world. Isn't it all the cars and computers and electronics that cause this destruction...the same things the fairies are using IN ABUNDANCE under the Earth's crust? Hypocritical much? I think unless these are run differently than our gadgets then the fairies are just as much to blame...and please Eoin Colfer, do not take this as an invitation to explain in even more detail pointless fairy techobabble!
I picked this book up in anticipation of the new Hitchhiker's book that Colfer wrote. I was going to a signing of his (you can read all about how that went here), and I wanted to be mildly informed of his other works. Plus I really wanted to see what kind of writer he is and how his style might lend itself to Adams' writing style. I think it might work...I probably will pick up a few more books in this series down the road too, after I read And Another Thing. Because despite almost putting down this book several times, once the hostage standoff started I began to enjoy myself, which I didn't think I would. While the technojargon got to be too much, the characters did become interesting. The fairies kind of went from overly annoying to more just there, but the humans, fascinating! Artemis is so complex. He's such a wounded traumatized genius with parental issues. I kept thinking he was of a Joss Whedon ilk, the likes of Warren Meers or Fray's twin brother. I'm really interested to see how he matures and what kind of evil genius he becomes...extremely evil or Dr. Horrible evil? Plus the "files" indicate that his ways are not quickly mended. Bring on the evil!
Emma
Based on the book by Jane Austen
Release Date: November 30th, 2009 (Region 2), TBD (Region 1)
Starring: Romola Garai, Johnny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Tamsin Greig, Blake Ritson, Christina Cole
Rating: ★★★★ To Buy (UK)
You may remember back in August I had a mini rant about the Andrew Davies Emma Adaptation. This was a very flawed adaptation, but I don't think anyone could have succeeded given only 90 minutes to tell the story and labored with a creepy Mr. Knightly. But lucky for us Austen fans the BBC loves to constantly redo the classics. Therefore we've finally been given an adaptation of Emma which had the time to tell the story! Four glorious episodes, four glorious hours so that they don't relegate Mr. Woodhouse to a chair and only vaguely reference him (which once you cast Michael Gambon, you'd be hard pressed to do!) I think that this adaptation was the best so far, and for all you naysayers out there, it's an adaptation, of course they're allowed to fiddle with it! And you know what? The little bit of fiddling made Emma that little bit more relatable without deviating from the Austen script.
I'm going to ruminate a little here before becoming lazy and just doing a bullet point yeah/nay list. While every adaptation has Emma as her own little queen of the castle, a spoiled brat who always gets her way and views people as her own private dolls, none have really addressed how this came to be. This adaptation tackled more the psychological impacts of great events on the characters. All around the same time, the Bateses lost all their money, the first Mrs. Churchill died and Emma's own mother died. While we learn about this stuff in the book, more as just bare facts, they never really go into the impact. The Bateses, besides losing everything, loose the little girl they love. Frank is sent away from the person who loves him most and Emma and her sister become shut-ins due to their father's paralyzing fear that he might loose them too. These are all profoundly sad incidents that are pushed aside in most adaptations because Emma's a little scheming matchmaker. But the loneliness of these events shape the rest of their lives. Then when Emma, through her own doing, loses Mrs. Weston, the woman who became her mother, she is truly alone. She might be the queen of the castle, but it's a sad castle with a shut-in she loves dearly, but a shut-in none the less. This adaptation brings a little humanity to Emma by showing her as coping bravely with the loneliness of her life by being outgoing and scheming. While Austen purists might say "but that's not the book." Who's to say really? There is nothing done in this adaptation that isn't supported by the text! Emma, despite her youth, never leaves home, never leaves her father, so she has never seen anything but her own little world consisting of Highbury. A lonely existence no matter how little there was to distress or vex her. I can't help but also wonder about how much Jane Austen actually put of herself in Emma. A character Austen was quoted as saying: "no one but myself will much like." Perhaps she, in her close family circle was very much like Emma, all show with an undercurrent of sadness.
Things I loved:
Mr Woodhouse's clothing. He looked like Frank Lloyd Wright ready to brave the elements. Totally hilarious.
Johnny Lee Miller. He's a quite, kind of goofy Mr. Knightly. But you really believe he would take care of his estate and property, as well as his people well.
Romola Garai's smile. Just infectious, mischievous and totally Emma!
When Harriett, as a Greek maiden, steals Elton's pencil while trying to maintain her pose. So funny, plus she's so selfconscious while also trying to be unobserved.
Mr. Elton. Blake Ritson was able to out smarm Alan Cumming! That alone is worth the watching of this miniseries.
The actress Christina Cole's (Mrs. Elton's) character was murdered in the TV Show Hex by the actress who plays Jane Fairfax... too, too funny... and yet somehow completely appropriate!
Mr. Woodhouse and Doctor Perry's scene with the cake at the Weston wedding. And to think Doctor Perry took the leftovers home!?!
Box Hill. Never has there been a more awkward outing!
I want the Woodhouse's house. The gardens in back are so pretty and just a little Georgian.
Mrs. E on a donkey! Don't need to say more, it's just that. Mrs. E + Donkey = Hilarity!
Problems:
Christina Cole as Mrs. E. She could have pushed it further, but I think this problem was all in the writing.
Mrs. Weston's clothes. They were very boxy and stiff. I'm not sure if this was due to how she would "fill out" later on or just to show her lower rank.
Mr. John Knightly...funny, yes, slightly mean, most definitely.
Mr. Knightly dances with Harriet. This was just not set up right, like the slight on her was not so obvious and therefore tried to compensate with a few too many significant glances.
Mrs. Bates. One line at the end? What the hell? She was like a piece of furniture, never used but always lugged around. More of a prop piece for her belabored daughter than a character in the show.
People who complain the vernacular was too modern (this being a problem I have with other bloggers and reviewers!) It was the book's dialogue people! Like those people I sat behind in the theater when I went to the Gwyneth version of Emma, "that ending was SOOO Hollywood!" WTF! It's so Austen!
And a final note, it has been confirmed that this is part of the 2010 Masterpiece Classic lineup!
So here I am prattling on yesterday about how excited I am for the new Theodosia book and what should arrive in my mailbox today? That's right! Thanks to felicitous serendipity I have the new Theo book in my hands. (Also felicitous serendipity goes by the name of Houghton Mifflin if you were interested). So many hard decisions now... should I abandon what I'm currently reading and go for Theo or should I wait, finish what I'm reading then do a quick re-read of all the previous Theo books and then crack open the new one... such a hard decision... how ever will I decide... as she reaches for Eyes of Horus...
<br/><a href="http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/the-guild-episode-11-lan-off/y0g5hgdl?fg=sharenoembed" target="_new" title="'The Guild' Episode 11: LAN Off">Video: 'The Guild' Episode 11: LAN Off</a>
Time Lord victorious... but remember pride goes before the fall and the 10th Doctor's song is coming to an end... no matter how much I hope that it wouldn't. In the third of the much touted Doctor Who specials that are bringing the 10th Doctor's time with us to an end we finally get a somewhat relevant special. I have, personally, never been a fan of the Russell T. Davies specials. He seems to be under the delusion of us wanting to see some sort of variation on disaster movies, like The Towering Inferno. Therefore the specials are usually fluff, not very important in the canon, roll out the guest stars (Kylie anyone) add some fire and let's see what happens. Until now. "The Waters of Mars" was oddly good, closer to the dreamed of 5th season instead of cramming all the guest stars possible into David Tennant's few remaining episodes. Of course there is the obligatory guest star with Lindsay Duncan, but I doubt many people are going, "OMG, it's Servilia of the Junii from Rome!" Or likewise, "Lady Bertrum from the worst ever adaptation of Mansfield Park"... except for me of course... But the action, obviously, takes place on Mars. (This episode will air stateside on the 19th of December)
Coming up in the next paragraph, as River Song would say: "Spoilers!"
Lindsay Duncan plays Adelaide, the head of Bowie Base One, the first off planet colonization of humans. The thing is, like Pompeii, what happens on November the 21st, 2059 is a set point in time. The Doctor can't interfere. Of course, he did interfere with Pompeii, and of course it turned out that he had to cause it. But the chain of events is already in motion here. The Doctor must leave. Whatever caused the destruction on Bowie Base on this day must be allowed to happen. Adelaide's death is a fixed point that will shape history. But the Doctor makes a terrifying choice, and choice that could change everything. The Doctor is who he is because he obeys the laws of time, the laws of his people. But he comes to the conclusion that if he is the last, there's no one there to say he's wrong. He decides to save those he can. The horror he faces as he walks away and hears the agonizing death screams of the crew make him snap. Even though he has to walk away, he doesn't. This one act leads him to be above all, to no longer be a monitor of time, but the master of it. Nothing stands in his way... he could save Rose, he could save Donna, he could no longer be alone. Nothing stands in his way except Adelaide. She who realizes the mania that has taken ahold of him. She who realizes that he thinks he's better than everyone. She stops him.
With Adelaide's death the Doctor realizes that he has gone too far. He was on the path to becoming the master. The fear of his impending death has him so scared that he's lashing out at time itself. He knows the inevitable is here. I think this is the best special so far, in that it actually tells an important story. This is a Doctor we've never seen before. He never turns his back. We see the desperation that has gripped the Doctor. He knows he can't stop what's coming, and though he should have left this fixed point on Bowie Base alone, the mania that gripes him seems to indicate that he believes that perhaps, if he can change what should and couldn't be changed, perhaps his future will be different as well. But when the realization hits that it's the end of the line, as he kneels in the snow and pleads to Ood Sigma... I hope his final story is worthy of what a great Doctor he was.
Also for you Doctor Who freaks out there, anyone else notice that one of the crew was also on a Sarah Jane episode? "Warriors of the Kudlak" anyone? And if you religiously watch Confidential... Russell is SO wearing Steed's coat from The Avengers, and Danny Hargreaves eventually makes an appearance near the end describing the 14ft explosion he rigged. And as a final treat... the trailer for the end...
I try to do way too much at once. If possible I would like to be able to knit while gaming with a side of a book with a BBC miniseries on in the background and a cat in my lap.
So, you might be under the impression that all I do is read. While I would like that to be so, it isn't. In real life I am a graphic designer, illustrator, and fine artist. Don't believe me? I have a whole website with portfolio you can look at!
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Miss Gentle and the Case of the Very Flat Monk - Travis Baldree
The Wednesday Witches Book Club - Sarah Beth Durst
Starter Villain - John Scalzi
The Unknown - Riley Sager
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls #1) - Deborah Harkness
JULY
Something is Killing the Children #49 - James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera
Fall of the House of Slaughter #3 - Tate Brombal and Adriano Turtulici
Half Spent Was the Night (Witches of New York #2) - Ami McKay
Fall of the House of Slaughter #2 - Tate Brombal and Adriano Turtulici
JUNE The Velvet Knife (Truly Devious #6) - Maureen Johnson
MAY The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic #0.2) - Alan Bradley
Numb Were the Beadsman's Fingers (Flavia de Luce #12) - Alan Bradley
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1) - Matt Dinniman
APRIL Margo's Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees - Patrick Horvath
The Lost Daughter of Sparta - Felicia Day and Rowan MacColl
Witch King (The Rising World #1) - Martha Wells
What Happens at Nightfall - Lauren Willig
MARCH The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book #1) - Katerhine Howe
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Melting Point - Cici Williams
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Friday: The Complete Series - Ed Brubaker, Marcos MartÃn, and Muntsa Vicente
The Christmas Cracker Killer -Alexandra Benedict
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The Author Immortal #1 - Frank J. Barbiere and Morgan Beem
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The Littlest Solstice Tree - Lisa Varchol Perron and Ahya Kim
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Louise Brooks: Detective - Rick Geary
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Hello Darkness #9 - Bryce Carlson (Editor)
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When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee #1 - Gus Moreno
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Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tale (Emily Wilde #3) - Heather Fawcett
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The Burial Witch (The Language of Magic #2.5) - Cari Thomas
The Spellshop - Sarah Beth Durst
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Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) - Leigh Bardugo
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde #2) - Heather Fawcett
Tales from Harrow County: Fair Folk #1 - Cullen Bunn
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (Pink Carnation #6) - Lauren Willig
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Star Wars: Darth Vader #12 - Greg Pak
Star Wars: War Of The Bounty Hunters #1 - Charles Soule
The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery #3 - Chris Roberson
Buffy the Vampires Slayer: Tea Time #1 - Mirka Andolfo
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The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery #2 - Chris Roberson
Buffy the Vampires Slayer #25 - Jeremy Lambert
The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery #1 - Chris Roberson Locke and Key/Sandman: Hell and Gone #0 - Joe Hill
Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons #4) - Julia Quinn
Lakewood - Megan Giddings
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation #4) - Lauren Willig
MAY The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons #2) - Julia Quinn
The Duke and I (Bridgertons #1) - Julia Quinn
The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) - Lauren Willig
APRIL Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) - Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) - Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) - Leigh Bardugo
The Lives of Saints - Leigh Bardugo
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic - Leigh Bardugo
Ruin and Rising (The Grisha Trilogy #3) - Leigh Bardugo
MARCH Siege and Storm (The Grisha Trilogy #2) - Leigh Bardugo
Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1) - Leigh Bardugo
Lore - Alexandra Bracken
The House of Whispers - Laura Purcell
The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation #2) - Lauren Willig
FEBRUARY The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation #1) - Lauren Willig
JANUARY Black Magick: The First Book of Shadows - Greg Rucka The Portable Dorothy Parker - Dorothy Parker
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Bernard Pepperlin - Cara Hoffman
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The Dollhouse Family #4 - Mike Carey
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad #2) - Tana French
JANUARY Angel #8 - Bryan Hill Edward
Basketful of Heads #3 - Joe Hill
In the Shadow of Vesuvius (Lady Emily Book 14) - Tasha Alexander
Best Reads 2019
DECEMBER Addams' Apple: The New York Cartoons of Charles Addams - Charles Addams
Tales from Harrow County: Death's Choir #1 - Cullen Bunn
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas - Lillian and Russell Hoban
Stumptown, Vol. 4: The Case of the Cup of Joe - Greg Rucka
The Dollhouse Family - Mike Carey
NOVEMBER Basketful of Heads #1 - Joe Hill
Locke and Key: Dog Days - Joe Hill
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Upon the Midnight Clear (Lady Emily Book 13.5) - Tasha Alexander
OCTOBER Darth Vader, Vol. 4 End of Games - Kieron Gillen
Star Wars, Vol. 3: Rebel Jail - Jason Aaron
Star Wars: Vader Down - Jason Aaron
Stumptown, Vol. 1: The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo (But Left Her Mini) - Greg Rucka
The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust Book 2) - Philip Pullman
Lyra's Oxford - Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials Book 3) - Philip Pullman The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials Book 2) - Philip Pullman
SEPTEMBER The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Book 1) - Philip Pullman
La Bell Sauvage (The Book of Dust Book 1) - Philip Pullman
Harley Merlin and the Secret Cover (Harley Merlin Book 1) - Bella Forrest
Uzumaki - Junji Ito
Hilda and the Mountain King (Hilda Book 6) - Luke Pearson
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Book #7) - J.K. Rowling
Sleepless, Vol. 2 - Sarah Vaughn
Sleepless, Vol. 1 - Sarah Vaughn
The Woods, Vol. 7: The Black City - James Tynion IV
AUGUST Angel #4 - Bryan Edward Hill Angel #3 - Bryan Edward Hill
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter Book #6) - J.K. Rowling
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 4: The Catastrophe Con - Kieron Gillen
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 3: Remastered - Kieron Gillen
The Woods, Vol. 4: Movie Night - James Tynion IV
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter Book #5) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter Book #4) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Book #3) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Book #2) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Book #1) - J.K. Rowling
JULY Stiletto (The Checquy Files Book 2) - Daniel O'Malley Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 1: Aphra - Kieron Gillen
Amphigorey Again - Edward Gorey
The New Deadwardians - Dan Abnett
The Escapists - Brian K. Vaughan
Elephant House: of, the Home of Edward Gorey - Kevin McDermott
The Rook (The Checquy Files Book 1) - Daniel O'Malley
JUNE The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line - Rob Thomas
The Iron Tonic - Edward Gorey
Amphigorey Also - Edward Gorey
Amphigorey Too - Edward Gorey
Amphigorey - Edward Gorey
The Glass Ocean - Lauren Willig, Karen White, and Beatriz Williams
MAY The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie
Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson Book 11) - Patricia Briggs
APRIL The High Street - Alice Melvin
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #4 - Jordie Bellaire Giant Days #49 - John Allison
The Dark Days Deceit - Alison Goodman
The Dark Days Pact - Alison Goodman
Lusus Naturae - Alison Goodman
The Dark Days Club - Alison Goodman
The True Queen - Zen Cho
MARCH Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #3 - Jordie Bellaire
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike #4) - Robert Galbraith
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #2 - Jordie Bellaire
FEBRUARY Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1 - Jordie Bellaire
Dark Triumph - Robin LaFevers
Grave Mercy - Robin LaFevers
JANUARY Locke and Key - Joe Hill
The Summer Country - Lauren Willig
Miss Mink: Life Lessons for a Cat Countess - Janet Hill The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang
Firefly #1-2 - Greg Pak
Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince #1-3 - V.E. Schwab
Best Reads 2018
DECEMBER The Decemberist by George Mann
The Consuming Fire (The Interdependecy Book #2) - John Scalzi
Kill or be Killed, Vol. 4 - Ed Brubaker
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependecy Book #1) - John Scalzi
NOVEMBER Uneasy Lies the Crown (Lady Emily Book #13) - Tasha Alexander
Amid the Winter's Snow (Lady Emily Book #12.5) - Tasha Alexander
Death in St. Petersburg (Lady Emily Book #12) - Tasha Alexander
A Terrible Beauty (Lady Emily Book #11) - Tasha Alexander
That Silent Night (Lady Emily Book #10.5) - Tasha Alexander
The Adventuress (Lady Emily Book #10) - Tasha Alexander
Star of the East (Lady Emily Book #9.5) - Tasha Alexander
The Counterfeit Heiress (Lady Emily Book #9) - Tasha Alexander
OCTOBER Behind the Shattered Glass (Lady Emily Book #8) - Tasha Alexander
Death in the Floating City (Lady Emily Book #7) - Tasha Alexander
A Crimson Warning (Lady Emily Book #6) - Tasha Alexander
Dangerous to Know (Lady Emily Book #5) - Tasha Alexander
SEPTEMBER Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I and II - John Tiffany
The Hogwarts Library - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Book #7) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter Book #6) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter Book #5) - J.K. Rowling
AUGUST Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter Book #4) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Book #3) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Book #2) - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Book #1) - J.K. Rowling
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay - J.K. Rowling
Tears of Pearl (Lady Emily Book #4) - Tasha Alexander
JULY Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3) - Robert Galbraith
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: Future Shock, Part 3 - Joss Whedon
Monstress #18 - Marjorie Liu
The Bridal Strain: Emily and Colin's Wedding (Lady Emily Book #3.5) - Tasha Alexander
A Fatal Waltz (Lady Emily Book #3) - Tasha Alexander
The Secret Life of Mrs. London - Rebecca Rosenberg
JUNE Locke and Key: Small World - Joe Hill
Harrow Country #32 - Cullen Bunn
Locke and Key Vol. 6: Alpha and Omega - Joe Hill
The Grave's a Find and Private Place (Flavia De Luce #9) - Alan Bradley
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning, Part 1 - Joss Whedon
Monstress #17 - Marjorie Liu
Giants Days #39 - John Allison
Locke and Key Vol. 5: Clockworks - Joe Hill
Locke and Key Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows - Joe Hill
Locke and Key Vol. 2: Head Games - Joe Hill
MAY And Poisoned Season (Lady Emily Book #2) - Tasha Alexander
Locke and Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft - Joe Hill
Hilda and the Stone Forest (Hilda Book 5) - Luke Pearson
Hilda and the Black Hound (Hilda Book 4) - Luke Pearson
Hilda and the Bird Parade (Hilda Book 3) - Luke Pearson
Hilda and the Midnight Giant (Hilda Book 2) - Luke Pearson
Hildafolk (Hilda Book 1) - Luke Pearson
And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily Book #1) - Tasha Alexander
Monstress #16 - Marjorie Liu
I'll Be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara
Stack the Cats - Susie Ghahremani
Giant Days # 38 - John Allison
APRIL Mother of Souls (Alpennia Book #3) - Heather Rose Jones
A Gathering of Shadows - V.E. Schwab
Giant Days # 37 - John Allison
MARCH A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo - Jill Twiss
Monstress #14-15 - Marjorie Liu
Harrow Country #29 - Cullen Bunn
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation #1-2 - Simon Spurrier
Murder, Magic, and What We Wore - Kelly Jones
Home Time - Campbell Whyte
Giants Days #36 - John Allison
FEBRUARY The Princess Bride - William Goldman
Monstress #13 - Marjorie Liu
Snotgirl # 9 - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Giant Days #35 - John Allison
JANUARY The Tea Dragon Society - Katie O'Neill
Giant Days #28-33 - John Allison
Lovers' Lane: The Hall-Mills Mystery - Rick Geary
Best Reads 2017
DECEMBER Envious Casca - Georgette Heyer
Giant Days #25 - John Allison
Burn Bright (Alpha and Omega Book 5) - Patricia Brigg
Brian Kesinger's Penned Dragons - Brian Kesinger
Brian Kesinger's Inked Tails - Brian Kesinger
Bandette, Volume 3: The House of the Green Mask - Paul Tobin
Bandette, Volume 2: Stealers Keepers! - Paul Tobin
Bandette, Volume 1: Presto! - Paul Tobin
Herding Cats - Sarah Andersen
NOVEMBER FukuFuku: Kitten Tales 2 - Kanata Konami
The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley
The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick
OCTOBER La Bell Sauvage (The Book of Dust Book 1) - Philip Pullman
Lyra's Oxford - Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials Book 2) - Philip Pullman
Harrow County Volume 6: Hedge Magic - Cullen Bunn
In The Pines - Erik Kriek
SEPTEMBER Once Upon a Time in the North - Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Book 1) - Philip Pullman
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
AUGUST Wylding Hall - Elizabeth Hand
The English Wife - Lauren Willig
JULY We Are In a Book - Mo Willems
Persuasion - Jane Austen
JUNE Emma - Jane Austen
Harrow County Volume 4: Family Tree - Cullen Bunn
The Circle - Dave Eggers
MAY Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
APRIL Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
MARCH Lovers' Lane: The Hall-Mills Mystery - Rick Geary
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic Book 1) - V.E. Schwab
Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson Book 10) - Patricia Briggs
FEBRUARY Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
JANUARY The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Ahab (The Pirates! Book 2) - Gideon Defoe
The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics (The Pirates! Book 5) - Gideon Defoe
Creature Comforts - Charles Addams
Best Reads 2016
DECEMBER Frenchman's Creek - Daphne Du Maurier
Big Mushy Happy Lump - Sarah Andersen
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
The Earthsea Trilogy - Ursula K. Le Guin
Adulthood Is a Myth - Sarah Andersen
NOVEMBER Adventures of Blanche - Rick Geary
Ghosts - Raina Telgemeier
Harrow County Volume 2: Twice Told - Cullen Bunn
OCTOBER Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries - Helen Fielding
A Bride's Story Volume 8 - Kaoru Mori
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
SEPTEMBER Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies - J.K. Rowling
Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire - Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
Seconds - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide - J.K. Rowling
Mata Hari's Last Dance - Michelle Moran
AUGUST Ghost Talkers - Mary Robinette Kowal
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - J.K. Rowling
JULY Star Wars: Bloodline - Claudia Gray
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon (The Pirates! Book 4) - Gideon Defoe
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists (The Pirates! Book 3) - Gideon Defoe
JUNE Fatale, Vol. 5: Curse the Demon - Ed Brubaker
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists & The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab (The Pirates! Books 1 and 2) - Gideon Defoe
The Master of Heathcrest Hall (Mrs. Quent Book 3) - Galen Beckett
MAY The Fade Out, Vol. 2: Act Two - Ed Brubaker
The Fade Out, Vol. 1: Act One - Ed Brubaker
APRIL The House on Durrow Street (Mrs. Quent Book 2) - Galen Beckett
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent (Mrs. Quent Book 1) - Galen Beckett
Matilda - Roald Dahl
MARCH Margaret Dashwood and the Enchanted Atlas (Regency Magic Book 2) - Beth Deitchman
Mary Bennet and the Bloomsbury Coven (Regency Magic Book 1) - Beth Deitchman
Courtship and Curses (Leland Sisters Book 3) - Marissa Doyle
Betraying Season (Leland Sisters Book 2) - Marissa Doyle
Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 12 - Kanata Konami
Fatale, Vol. 2: The Devil's Business - Ed Brubaker
FukuFuku: Kitten Tales - Kanata Konami
Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters Book 1) - Marissa Doyle
FEBRUARY Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho
JANUARY The Lake House - Kate Morton
Best Reads 2015
DECEMBER Nimona - Noelle Stevenson
Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me - Ed Brubaker
NOVEMBER Welcome Home, Bernard Socks - Paul Magrs
Nimona - Noelle Stevenson
The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes - David Pirie
Let's Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson
OCTOBER Basil of Baker Street (Basil of Baker Street Book 1) - Eve Titus
The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Book 1) - Maryrose Wood
SEPTEMBER Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
Buffy Comic Season 10: I Wish - Joss Whedon
Buffy Comic Season 9: The Core - Joss Whedon
Willow: Wonderland - Joss Whedon
Buffy Comic Season 8: No Future for You, Wolves at the Gate, and Time of Your Life - Joss Whedon
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Nail Gaiman I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld Book 38) - Terry Pratchett
AUGUST A Room with a View - E.M. Forster
Angel and Faith Comic Season 10 - Christos Gage
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes Book 1) - Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lure of the Moonflower(Pink Carnation Book 12)- Lauren Willig
The Martian - Andy Weir
Day Shift (Midnight, Texas Book 2) - Charlaine Harris
JULY The Other Daughter - Lauren Willig
The Lure of the Moonflower(Pink Carnation Book 12)- Lauren Willig
Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Pink Carnation Book 11)- Lauren Willig
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia De Luce Book 1) - Alan Bradley
JUNE High Rising - Angela Thirkell
Nine Coaches Waiting - Mary Stewart
Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly - Patricia Briggs
MAY The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (Pink Carnation Book 10) - Lauren Willig
The Other Daughter - Lauren Willig
Congo - Michael Crichton
The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation Book 9) - Lauren Willig
Lost on Mars - Paul Magrs
APRIL Rising Sun - Michael Crichton
Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories Book 5) - Mary Robinette Kowal
How to Be a Woman - Caitlin Moran
Valour and Vanity (Glamourist Histories Book 4) - Mary Robinette Kowal
Without a Summer (Glamourist Histories Book 3) - Mary Robinette Kowal
Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories Book 2) - Mary Robinette Kowal
Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories Book 1) - Mary Robinette Kowal
MARCH The Orchid Affair (Pink Carnation Book 8) - Lauren Willig
The Mischief of the Mistletoe (Pink Carnation Book 7) - Lauren Willig
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (Pink Carnation Book 6) - Lauren Willig
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation Book 4) - Lauren Willig
Courting Magic - Stephanie Burgis
Stolen Magic (Kat, Incorrigible Book 3) - Stephanie Burgis
FEBRUARY Renegade Magic (Kat, Incorrigible Book 2) - Stephanie Burgis
Kat, Incorrigible (Kat, Incorrigible Book 1) - Stephanie Burgis
Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 11 - Kanata Konami
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation Book 3) - Lauren Willig
JANUARY Fairest - Marissa Meyer
The Fortune Hunter - Daisy Goodwin
Cavendon Hall - Barbara Taylor Bradford
Seconds - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Sphere - Michael Crichton
Best Reads 2014
DECEMBER The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable (Discworld Book 27) - Terry Pratchett
The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
The Scapegoat - Daphne Du Maurier
Traveling with Your Octopus - Brian Kesinger
Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier
NOVEMBER Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Ghosts of Manhattan (Ghosts Book 1) - George Mann
Paradox Lost - George Mann
The Executioner's Heart (Newbury and Hobbes Book 4) - George Mann The Immorality Engine (Newbury and Hobbes Book 3) - George Mann The Story of Fester Cat - Paul Magrs
OCTOBER The Osiris Ritual (Newbury and Hobbes Book 2) - George Mann The Affinity Bridge (Newbury and Hobbes Book 1) - George Mann Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation Book 2) - Lauren Willig As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia De Luce Book 7) - Alan Bradley
Burial Rites - Hannah Kent
SEPTEMBER The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation Book 1)- Lauren Willig Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Seconds - Bryan Lee O'Malley
My Crowd - Charles Addams
Top 10 (Volumes 1 and 2) - Alan Moore
Lost at Sea - Bryan Lee O'Malley
AUGUST The Pretenders (Cemetery Girl Trilogy Book 1) - Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden
Fairest in All the Land - Bill Willingham Necromancer (Necromancer Book 0.5) - Lish McBride
White Cat (The Curse Workers Book 1) - Holly Black
Letter from New York: BBC Woman's Hour Broadcasts - Helene Hanff
JULY That Summer - Lauren Willig The Spellman Files (The Spellman Files Book 1) - Lisa Lutz
JUNE Wither (The Chemical Garden Book 1) - Lauren DeStefano Ruin and Rising (The Grisha Book 3) - Leigh Bardugo
Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Pink Carnation Book 11) - Lauren Willig Siege and Storm (Grisha Book 2) - Leigh Bardugo
MAY Shadow and Bone (Grisha Book 1) - Leigh Bardugo
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskell
Middlemarch - George Eliot
APRIL A Perfect Proposal - Katie Fforde
MARCH That Summer - Lauren Willig
Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories Book 5) - Mary Robinette Kowal
The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella
Night Broken (Mercy Thompson Book 8) - Patricia Briggs
Highland Fling - Nancy Mitford
FEBRUARY Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles Book 3) - Marissa Meyer
JANUARY Color: A Natural History of the Palette - Victoria Finlay
The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City Book 9) - Armistead Maupin
Ravenscliffe (Netherwood Book 2) - Jane Sanderson
St. Trinian's: The Entire Appalling Business - Ronald Searle
Best Reads 2013
DECEMBER Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
The Mischief of the Mistletoe (Pink Carnation Book 7) - Lauren Willig
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones Book 3) - Helen Fielding
NOVEMBER From Wildthyme with Love - Paul Magrs
Enter Wildthyme - Paul Magrs The Silent Stars Go By - Dan Abnett
Valor and Vanity (Glamourist Histories Book 4) - Mary Robinette Kowal
OCTOBER Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones Book 2) - Helen Fielding The Iron Wyrn Affair (Bannon and Clare Book 1) - Lilith Saintcrow
Last of the Gaderene - Mark Gatiss
SEPTEMBER The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia De Luce Book 6) - Alan Bradley
Netherwood (Netherwood Book 1) - Jane Sanderson
The American Heiress - Daisy Goodwin
AUGUST Simon's Cat vs. The World - Simon Tofield
Flying too High (Phyrne Fisher Book 2) - Kerry Greenwood
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan - Beatrix Potter
Murder on the Flying Scotsman (Daisy Dalrymple Book 4) - Carola Dunn
JULY Requiem for a Mezzo (Daisy Dalrymple Book 3) - Carola Dunn
Brenda and Effie Forever (Brenda and Effie Book 6) - Paul Magrs
How to Negotiate Everything - Lisa Lutz
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
The Return of Captain John Emmett (Laurence Bartram Book 1) - Elizabeth Speller
JUNE The Shining (The Shining Book 1) - Stpehen King
Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery (Roger Sheringham Book 3) - Anthony Berkeley
The Long War (The Long Earth Book 2) - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
Isabel Spellman's Guide to Etiquette: What is Wrong with You People - Isabel Spellman with Lisa Lutz
The Red House Mystery - A.A. Milne
Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephlapod - Brian Kesinger
MAY The Mystery of The Fool and The Vanisher - David Ellwand
The White Cottage Mystery - Margery Allingham
Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse Book 13) - Charlaine Harris
The Murder on the Links - Agatha Christie
APRIL A Spear of Summer Grass - Deanna Raybourn
The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (Pink Carnation Book 10) - Lauren Willig
The Last Word (The Spellmans Book 6) - Lisa Lutz
MARCH The Flame Trees of Thika - Elspeth Huxley
The Secret Keeper - Kate Morton
Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson Book 7) - Patricia Briggs
Wigs on the Green - Nancy Mitford
FEBRUARY Death in Kenya - MM Kaye
Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking - Jessica Mitford
Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford
The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford
Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin Book 2) - Robin (R.L. LaFevers)
JANUARY Fables Volume 18: Cubs in Toyland - Bill Willingham
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin Book 1) - Robin (R.L.) LaFevers
The Ashford Affair - Lauren Willig
Best Reads 2012
DECEMBER Peter and Max: A Fables Novel - Bill Willingham
Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone Book 1) - Laini Talor
Silent in the Sanctuary (Lady Julia Book 2) - Deanna Raybourn
NOVEMBER The Dangerous Alphabet - Neil Gaiman
Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia De Luce Book 5) - Alan Bradley
OCTOBER The Ninnies - Paul Magrs
The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery - Justin Richards
SEPTEMBER The Affinity Bridge (Newbury and Hobbes Book 1) - George Mann The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
AUGUST Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell
Hell's Belles (Brenda and Effie Book 4) - Paul Magrs
JULY Conjugal Rites (Brenda and Effie Book 3) - Paul Magrs
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall - Bill Willingham
The Long Earth - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
JUNE Phoenix Rising (Ministry of Peculiar Occurances 1) - Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris
MAY Princess Academy (Princess Academy 1) - Shannon Hale
Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity Book 2) - Nancy Atherton
Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse Book 12) - Charlaine Harris
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirl Gently Book 1) - Douglas Adams
APRIL Glamour in Glass (Shades of Milk and Honey Book 2) - Mary Robinette Kowal
MARCH Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Sparkling Cyanide - Agatha Christie
A Feast of Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 4) - George R R Martin
Soulless: The Manga Vol. 1 - Gail Carriger
Fair Game (Alpha and Omega Book 3) - Patricia Briggs
The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You - Neil Gaiman
FEBRUARY A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 3) - George R R Martin
Timeless (Parasol Protectorate Book #5) - Gail Carriger
Bunny & Buscuits: A Very Dorrington Valentine's Day - Lauren Willig
JANUARY And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily Book #1) - Tasha Alexander
Shades of Milk and Honey (Shades of Milk and Honey Book 1) - Mary Robinette Kowal
Sweet Revenge (A Lady Arianna Regency Msyerty Book #1) - Andrea Penrose
Cinder (Lunar Chronicles Book #1) - Marissa Meyer
Something Borrowed (Brenda and Effie Book #2) - Paul Magrs
Best Reads 2011
DECEMBER
Never the Bride (Bredna and Effie Book #1) - Paul Magrs
Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin Book #1) - Robin LaFevers
NOVEMBER
You Might as Well Die (Algonquin Round Table Mystery #2) - J.J. Murphy
Trail of the Spellmans (Spellmans #5) - Lisa Lutz
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz - L. Frank Baum
It Ends with Revelations - Dodie Smith
OCTOBER
The Charles Addams Mother Goose - Charles Addams
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Never Learn Anything From History - Kate Beaton
The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation Book 9) - Lauren Willig
SEPTEMBER
Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick
A Charmed Death (A Bewitching Mystery Book 2) - Madelyn Alt
My Sister's Song - Gail Carriger
AUGUST
Q's Legacy - Helene Hanff
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia De Luce Mystery 4) - Alan Bradley
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Fire and Ice Book 2) - George R R Martin
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Fire and Ice Book 1) - George R R Martin
JULY
Away in a Manger: A Very Turnip Wedding Night - Lauren Willig
The Truth (Discworld Book 25) - Terry Pratchett
JUNE
The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle Book 2) - Patrick Rothfuss
Heartless (The Parasol Protectorate Book 4) - Gail Carriger
Well, unless you've somehow found yourself in a cave for the last year or so, I'm sure you know all about the rabid fan following of Twilight. Of course... if you've been in a cave I'm not sure they have Wi-Fi or DSL, so you wouldn't really be reading this then... But suffice it to say, everyone has probably had an encounter with these Twihards... If not, look to your local cinemas today, there will be squealing, fainting and all around swooning, the likes of which The Beatles and Elvis would be jealous of (they also crashed movietickets.com and have made this the best preselling movie of all time). Personally, I enjoyed the first movie enough to be willing to see the second... of course I hated the books. They're absurd, badly and extremely overwritten with florid prose and typos aplenty. But a book that takes a significant investment in time is nothing compared to 90 minutes of fluff you can watch to laugh at. I'm going, I expect to enjoy myself as I climb over the teens who've passed out on the floor from sheer over-excitement. Maybe I should bring some smelling salts? But then again, they would just repeat the swoon... best to leave them unconscious and enjoy the movie in peace. Also for those who have different feelings towards vampires (like Buffy does, if you discount Spike and Angel)... this parody is for you!
