On My Wishlist

On My Wishlist is a great event that was created by Book Chick City. It is now hosted by Sarah over at Workaday Reads! 

It's where you list all of the books that you desperately want but haven't actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. I thought that this was a fantabulous idea so I thought I would join in!

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Title: "The Beautiful and the Cursed"
Author: Page Morgan
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Publisher: Listening Library

From Goodreads: "Fans of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series and Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle trilogy will devour The Beautiful and the Cursed, a wholly original interpretation of gargoyle lore. It was bizarre and inexplicable, but after it happened no one spoke of it and Ingrid Waverly was forced to leave her life in London behind. She had to trade a world full of fancy dresses and society events for Paris with her mother and younger sister, Gabby.

In Paris there are no grand balls or glittering parties, and, disturbingly, the house her twin brother Grayson found for them isn't a house at all. It's an abbey. A creepy, old abbey with a roof lined in stone gargoyles that one could almost mistake for living, breathing creatures.
And Grayson is missing. 

Yet no one seems to be concerned about Grayson's whereabouts save for Luc, a devastatingly handsome servant who has some secrets of his own. 

There's one secret about the city that he can't keep hidden, though. There's a murderer on the loose. And every day Grayson is missing means that there's less of a chance he's alive.

Ingrid is sure her twin isn't dead--she can feel it deep in her soul--but she knows he's in grave danger, and that it's up to her and Gabby to find him before all hope is lost. 

Only the path to him is more than she could ever imagine."

End of 2010 Survey!

Jamie over at The Perpetual Page-Turner created a great little survey for bloggers to fill out regarding their most favourite and least favourite reads of 2010 and I thought that it was great, so here are my answers!

1) Best book of 2010?  Well besides all of the last books of series that I love (ie. “The Last Sacrifice” by Richelle Mead and “Alpha” by Rachel Vincent), “The Body Finder” by Kimberly Derting. This book is beautifully written and the characters are probably some of my most favourite characters ever. I highly recommend this book- I don't think that you could go wrong in reading it.

2) Worst book of 2010?: “Halo” by Alexandra Adornetto or "Sleepless"  by Cyn Balog. I was sucked in by both books beautiful covers, but EGAD! I think that both books had such great potential and neither were able to live up to their potential.

3) Most Disappointing Book of 2010? “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins. This book was cringe-worthy and really made me rethink everything that I had thought about the previous two books.

4) Most surprising (in a good way!) book of 2010? “L.A. Candy” by Lauron Conrad. I jokingly picked this book up and I thought that it was actually quite good! 

5) Book you recommended to people most in 2010? Oh gosh... Well this would be a tie between “The Mortal Instruments” series by Cassie Clare and the “Shifter” series by Rachel Vincent. I seriously make a plug about them (most of the time unintentionally) in almost every single blog post/ review.

6) Best series you discovered in 2010? Oh gosh... This is a tough one. I did enjoy the first two books of "The Hunger Games", but I did discover Kelley Armstrong's series, both "Women of the Otherworld" and "The Darkest Powers" this year and loved both of them, so I think that the title would have to go to either of Kelley's series. 

7) Favoruite new authors you discovered in 2010? Kimberly Derting, Rachel Hawkins, Andrea Cremer, Aprilynne Pike.

8) Most hilarious read of 2010? “The Last Sacrifice” by Richelle Mead. Seriously, I didn’t know that Dimitri was that funny.

9) Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2010? “Men of the Otherworld” by Kelley Armstrong. I typically am not a novella person at all, but I could not put this book down. I loved every moment of it, from seeing cute little feral Clay, to snarky psychopathic teenage Clay.

10) Book you most anticipated in 2010? Either Kelley Armstrong’s “The Reckoning” or “Waking the Witch”.

11) Favorite cover of a book you read in 2010? Well that’s easy, “Nightshade” by Andrea Cremer. I loved it so much that I actually oil painted the cover of it.

12) Most memorable character in 2010? Well, since I obviously cannot pick just one, here is my list (and yes, they are all boys... Bu they [in all of their gorgeousness, caringness, and whatnot] are completely memorable. Jay Heaton. Gale. Graves. Dimitri. Owen. Marc. Tod.

13) Most beautifully written book in 2010? "Linger" by Maggie Stiefvater. I don't think any other author can make me feel so many emotions when reading their works to the extent that Maggie does. By the end of her books I am typically in tears.

14) Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2010? Oh gosh... Another tough question. I would have to say "Jealousy" by Lili St. Crow. I love Dru and the gang so much and what happened in this book? GASP! Never would have expected it at all- especially the Graves stuff. When I read the note about breaking Graves my stomach dropped and I literally felt physically sick- which I don't think has ever happened to me while reading a book before. 

15) Book you can't believe you waited UNTIL 2010 to finally read? Well probably "The Hunger Games" series, since didn't the first book come out in 2008 or something? People had been raving about this series/ in love with it for years before I finally decided to give it a go.