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June 5, 2012 · 9:10 am

Armchair BEA! Day 2: Best of 2012

Good morning ladies and gents!

So, it’s day 2 of Armchair BEA – how’s everyone feeling? I know that I spent HOURS online yesterday, mostly visiting and commenting. It’s SO much fun, but I admit I needed a break from the computer last night.

Here’s today’s topic:

Today’s suggested posting topic is “Best of 2012”: 
Share some of your favorite books so far this year, and/or the the books being promoted at BEA that you hope will end up among your favorites for the year!
 

I’ll start with some of my favorite books that I’ve read so far this year (which sadly is only about 30 books total)… I narrowed it down to my top 6.

In Search of the Multiverse

In Search of the Multiverse by John Gribbin (best non-fiction)

The first book I’ve read about the possibility of multiple universes, and the first book that really introduced me to physics and quantum physics, which I’m obsessed with now.

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore (best YA)

The long wait for Bitterblue was well worth it. I loved being back in the Seven Kingdoms.

Hominds by Robert J. Sawyer (best sci-fi)

This is the first book of The Neanderthal Parallax trilogy, which I fell in love with. It’s actually the book that made me really interested in the idea of multiple universes and hence I set out to read more non-fiction about it, leading me to In Search of the Multiverse.

Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey (best paranormal)

The first book of the Sandman Slim series. It’s awesome – Stark is such a bad-ass.

Maus by Art Spiegelman (best graphic novel)

In all fairness this is the only graphic novel / comic I’ve read so far this year, but it was so great I had to put it on here.

The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander (best historical fiction)

This book was SO GOOD and the ending was such a shock. And it makes me want to learn more about the Romonovs.

So, those are my Best of 2012 books! Have you read any of them? If not, you really should.

 

As for books that are going to be at BEA that I’m looking forward to… I only had a little bit of time to browse through the website. These are 3 that caught my eye.

The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics by Leonard Susskind – I need this. So you know, if you’re one of the lucky folks at BEA and you see this or you already grabbed it, I would looooooove a copy.

Seducing Mr. Knightly by Maya Rodale – I read and really loved The Tattooed Duke by this author, and this is part of the same series.

The Lands of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin - Apparently this is a companion book to the A Song of Ice and Fire series, with maps and pictures in it. Sounds very cool.

 

Well, and now I’m desperately wishing I was at BEA collecting a million books to bring home with me. *Sigh* maybe next year…

~Sarah

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September 14, 2011 · 4:09 pm

My Wicked Wishlist

Hey ya’ll! So as you may have noticed lately, I have totally fallen in love with Gregory Maguire’s book Wicked, and I’ve been listening to the musical soundtrack on the constant and MAN do I want to see the play in RL but it’s not coming to my area this year.

Anyways, I have been browsing the internet and there a ton of Wicked-based things that I’m tempted to blow all my over-time money on right away. Instead, I’m trying to restrain myself by just sharing some of the awesome things that I want with you guys :-) So oooo and ahhhh with me, kay?

I love mugs, and I’m itching for a new one. And this Wicked mug would be perrrrfect! Basically though, I want all of the souvenirs, apparel, and jewelry from The OzDust Boutique.

So after looking around at the Wicked official store, I decided to poke around Etsy and one of the first things that came up was this book-purse! I have this pretty B&N copy of the book, and I would LOOOVVVVEEEE to have this purse, at least to use during fall. But it’s $45 which I’m having a hard time telling myself is a reasonable amount to spend on a purse, even such a cool one.

This is a pendant necklace made out a Scrabble tile. My sister Heather actually makes these, so mayyyybe she’ll surprise me with a Wicked one! *hint hint sis*

This is acually more Wizard of Oz themed, but I’ve always loved that movie and I was SO JEALOUS of a girl in middle school who actually had replicas of the ruby slippers. I want the ruby slippers! But I’d settle for this necklace ;-)

This would be SUCH COOL wall art for the spare bedroom that houses all of my books. It doesn’t come with the frame, but that could be easily remedied.

I love magnets! Although I wouldn’t use all of the ones in this bunch – I’ve gotten so used to listening to Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth and it bugs me to see other people playing Elphie & Glinda. I know, I know that’s just how plays are but still.

Anyways, that’s all I have for the moment. But I had so much fun shopping around the internet and making this list, I might make some future wishlist posts… like an Outlander wishlist, or other ones I can think of…. Hmmmmm….

~Sarah

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