Top 10 of 2011- Books I’m looking Forward To

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Top 10 Books I’m looking Forward To!  

This was a fun list to compile.  Next year looks very promising…bye bye HD-TV hello HBB (hard back book). 

Series that ROCK MY WORLD with a release in 2012:

(Note:  DON'T READ THIS MESSAGES BELOW THE BOOK PHOTOS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE SERIES)

Lover Reborn (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #10) by J.R. Ward 

March 27th 2012

 

DON'T READ THIS NEXT MESSAGE IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS SERIES:  Don't say I didn't warn you.  Remember the brother that went missing after his pregnant wife was murdered en route to take that chick John Matthew was crushing on home?  Yep, I'm talking about Tohrment!  Well he's back and its time to find him LOVE!!!!

Darker After Midnight (Midnight Breed, #10) by Lara Adrian

January 24th 2012

Sterling Chase is about to get the hook up.  Well its about time.  It broke my heart the way he was always running up behind Elise.  She wouldn't give the poor dude the time of day.  I wonder if his personality will go back to the "Harvard" I once knew and loved.

 

Thirteen (Women of the Otherworld, #13) by Kelley Armstrong

July 5th 2012

I hated the cliffhangers on the last two books.  Adam needs to get over the weirdness and age difference and get with the program.

Spell Bound (Hex Hall, #3) by Rachel Hawkins

March 13th 2012

 No offense Archer, but I want to see some action between Sophie and Cal!

Never to Sleep (Soul Screamers #5.5) by Rachel Vincent & Before I Wake (Soul Screamers #6) by Rachel Vincent

January 1st 2012 & July 2012

I haven't read "If I Die", but this series never disappoints me! 

Because I’ve been following far too long to quit now:

Hey, don’t look at me like that.  I know some of you don’t like the following series, but I’ve read this far and I’m NO QUITTER!

Fallen in Love (Fallen #3.5) by Lauren Kate & Rapture (Fallen, #4) by Lauren Kate

January 24th 2012 & June 12th 2012

Hidden (House of Night, #10)by P.C. Cast

October 6th 2012

This series made me made because I think it could have ended a couple of books ago; but we shall see what the new year brings.

1 NEW TITLE I've got to check out:

Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer

January 3rd 2012

Now who couldn't get excited about a possibly biotic futuristic retelling of Cinderella?

7 Honorable Mentions:

Like you, I have no idea if the following's any good.  But I’ll check it out next year because the cover’s pretty and/or I like the synopsis.  Wishing a publisher’ll let me take these babies for a test drive!

Enchanted Again by Robin D. Owens

January 1st 2012

 

Magic has a price—and for Amber Sarga it's days and years off her life. Each curse she breaks ages her—and the bigger the curse the bigger the cost, and not only to her. That's why she hides away and has vowed not to get involved again… That's why she hates looking in a mirror…

And then an ill-fated stranger arrives. Rafe Davail doesn't believe in curses—not even knowing that in his family every first son dies young. Amber offers guidance but she won't break the curse. Still, as she grows closer to Rafe and discovers the secrets of their pasts, she wonders if for this time, this man, she should risk it all…. 

Life Is But a Dream by Brian James

March 27th 2012

Alec and Sabrina are crazy in love. Problem is: Sabrina’s really crazy.

Sabrina, an artist, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and her parents check her into the Wellness Center. There she meets Alec, who is convinced it's the world that's crazy, not the two of them. They are meant to be together; they are special. But when Alec starts to convince Sabrina that her treatment will wipe out everything that makes her creative, she worries that she'll lose hold of her dreams and herself. Should she listen to her doctor? Her decision may have fatal consequences.

The Selection (The Selection #1) by Kiera Cass

April 24th 2012

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in the palace and compete for the heart of the gorgeous Prince Maxon.

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself- and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.

All That Bleeds (Etherlin, #1) by Kimberly Frost

January 3rd 2012

As the last heiress of the House of North, Alissa knows that striking up a secret friendship with a half-vampire enforcer is dangerous, but Merrick is a temptation she can't resist. But when Alissa is kidnapped, Merrick proves that he will do anything to protect the woman who tempts him with her very existence.

The Seduction of Phaeton Black (Paranormal Investigator, #1) by Jillian Stone

February 28th 2012

In the gaslit streets of Victorian London, phantoms rule the night, demons dance till dawn, and one supernatural detective dares to be seduced by the greatest power of all. . .
He's The Man With The Magic Touch
A master of deduction, seduction and other midnight maneuvers, Phaeton Black is Scotland Yard's secret weapon against things that go bump in the night. His prodigious gifts as a paranormal investigator are as legendary as his skills as a lover, his weakness for wicked women as notorious as his affection for absinthe. But when he's asked to hunt down a fanged femme fatale who drains her victims of blood, he walks right into the arms of the most dangerous woman he's ever known. . .
She's The Devilish Miss Jones
Pressing a knife to his throat--and demanding he make love to her--Miss America Jones uses Phaeton as a willing shield against the gang of pirates chasing her. As deadly as she is, with a derringer tucked in her garter, Miss Jones is not the vampiric killer he's been staking out--but she may be just what Phaeton needs to crack the case. As the daughter of a Cajun witch, she possesses uncanny powers. As a fearless fighter, she can handle anything from Egyptian mummies to Jack the Ripper. But when an ancient evil is unleashed on the world, she could be his only salvation. . .or ultimate sacrifice.

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

June 12th 2012

Generations ago, a genetic experiment gone wrong—the Reduction—decimated humanity, giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.

Eighteen-year-old Luddite Elliot North has always known her place in this caste system. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family’s estate over love. But now the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress and threatening Luddite control; Elliot’s estate is floundering; and she’s forced to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth—an almost unrecognizable Kai. And while Elliott wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she abandoned him.

But Elliot soon discovers her childhood friend carries a secret—-one that could change the society in which they live…or bring it to its knees. And again, she’s faced with a choice: cling to what she’s been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she’s ever loved, even if she has lost him forever.

Inspired by Jane Austen’s PERSUASION, FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.

Destiny's Fire by Trisha Wolfe

January 10th 2012

It’s the year 2040, and sixteen-year-old Dez Harkly is one of the last of her kind—part of a nearly extinct race of shape-shifters descended from guardians to the Egyptian pharaohs. Her home and her secret are threatened when the Council lowers the barrier, allowing the enemy race to enter the Shythe haven.

As the Narcolym airships approach, Dez and her friends rebel against their Council and secretly train for battle. Not only is Dez wary of war and her growing affection for her best friend Jace, but she fears the change her birthday will bring. When Dez’s newfound power rockets out of control, it’s a Narcolym who could change her fate… if she can trust him.

Dez’s guarded world crumbles when she discovers why the Narcos have really come to Haven Falls, and she's forced to choose between the race who raised her and the enemy she's feared her whole life.

Here's my wrap-up for the year!
100 Books Read!
35,568 pages read!
118 posts this year!

My goal for this year was 90 books so next year I'm bringing that up to 110!
So What are you looking forward to in 2012?