Waiting on Wednesday #10

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine , which allows us to show off the books we cannot wait to get our hands on :). I've been slacking in my participation of this meme but now that Christmas is coming I'm giving myself some blogging time. Again, I'm picking from ones that are already out but I've yet to buy. This weeks choice is:

Harry Potter Page to Screen: The Complete Filmmaking Journey - Bob McCabe



"Harry Potter: Page to Screen" opens the doors to Hogwarts castle and the wizarding world of Harry Potter to reveal the complete behind-the-scenes secrets, techniques, and over-the-top artistry that brought J.K. Rowling's acclaimed novels to cinematic life. Developed in collaboration with the creative team behind the celebrated movie series, this deluxe, 500-plus page compendium features exclusive stories from the cast and crew, hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and concept illustrations sourced from the closed film sets, and rare memorabilia. As the definitive look at the magic that made cinematic history, "Page to Screen" is the ultimate collectible, perfect for Muggles everywhere.

I just need this for my Harry Potter collection, it seems even more vital now that I've decided that I'm going to do my dissertation on it. Any excuse :P. 

xxx

End of 2012

So the end of 2012 is coming and I'm happy to say that I've found so many new and amazing authors to add to my favourite list! With only 20 days left of this year (providing we don't have the whole end of the world we're all going to die again) I'm pondering what books to read as my final few to finish off my Goodreads challenge of 60 books :). Once I've finished J R Ward's Rapture and Melissa Anelli's Harry: A History I will have two books left! This post is me asking you guys for advice as to which books you'd recommend out of my list to read to end 2012 :).

                       

I have many a paperback sitting on my shelf just waiting to be read, as you can see :) so I'd really appreciate the help! 

What have you guys loved reading this year?

xxx

Top Ten Tuesdays #2

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted over at the wonderful blog; Broke and Bookish. This weeks Top Ten Tuesday is: 

Top Ten Books I Wouldn't Mind Santa Bringing Me :)

So here are mine in no particular order

1. Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor

2. Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

3. Assassins Creed: Renaissance - Oliver Bowden

4. Dualed - Elsie Chapman

5. Cinder - Marissa Meyer

6. Naked in Death - J. D. Robb

7. Breath - Sarah Crossan

8. Damage - Josephine Hart

9. Touch of Power - Maria V. Snyder

10. Insurgent - Veronica Roth

Let's hope Santa is kind to me this year ;) haha

xxx

I'm back! A little book update :)

I'm fully aware of how much I've epically SUCKED at keeping up with my blog and my course but that doesn't meant I haven't been book collecting and reading! :) My course books have finally finished and I am able to sink my teeth into some of the lovely books that are currently sat on my shelf.
Since I last blogged I've bought and received many books which I shall show you in a moment. I've also celebrated my 22nd birthday (oh gawd :() and been to the British National Archery Championships where my better half shot for Wales! It was an amazing experience, especially seeing all the big guns shooting. Incredible. 

On to my books :). I'm currently in the university library so I'm gonna sadly have to show you online pictures rather than the photographs that I've taken.

Bought

      

Received

   

Currently reading The Dark Heroine and loving it! :D

xxx

Feature & Follow #11

So here's Fridays meme: Feature and Follow hosted over at Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The aim of the blog is to gain new followers! :)

How to participate:

Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers -- but you have to know -- the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

What sets this Hop apart from others, is the Feature. Each week they will showcase a Featured Blogger, from all different genres and areas. Just remember it is required, if you participate, to follow the Features and you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) as a courtesy.

                         Featured Blogs: Bookworm8921 & Reach for the Books

Q: Books are turned into movies all the time! Turn it around. What movie would make a great book?

Ohh, so many choices! I think from the films I've seen recently it would have to be Total Recall. It was an amazing film and if it was a book, it'd be right up my street! 

xxx

Showcase Sunday #17

It's Sunday again so we all know that it's time for Showcase Sunday. It's a lovely weekly meme hosted by Vicki over at Books, Biscuits and Tea, and it allows us to show off all the lovely buys this week. Fairly quiet on the book front again this week, this masters better pay off I'm telling you! :)

Books

  

I bought a little bit of background reading for Harry Potter. It hasn't had an awful lot of literary criticism written about it yet and it would be nice to be able to do it for my dissertation :).

Net Galley

   

Kindle

 

What have you guys nabbed this week? :)

xxx

Shocking: Obama apparently won due to the 'slut vote'

A short blog just to publish these two articles which have shocked and disgusted me! A man under the name of B-Skillet (a member of Christian Men's Defence Network)has written a blog post titled; "What the Right Doesn't Get About Elections". He argues that Barack Obama won the election purely due to 'Slut Vote' aka the single, liberated women voting. The links within my post are a summary by the Independent Newspaper and the other a blog post fighting back against the claims of 'B-Skillet'. I can't actually link to his blog unfortunately as it is private (I wonder why!?) but these I can give you:

The Independent Summary

Response blog - includes quotes from B-Skillet

Please let me know your thoughts, I am appalled! 

xxx