Top 5 Sundays

Top 5 Sunday's is hosted by Larissa at Larissa's Bookish Life. Each week there is a poll running for two possible subjects for Top 5, and the one with the most votes is then picked.

This weeks subject: Books YOU want for Christmas!

Normally I know pretty much everything I'm getting for Christmas ahead of time. I'm not too big a fan of surprises and I like getting stuff I really want over random stuff picked for me. Normally, none of this includes books because I buy far, far too many and it would be risky for me to give a list to someone of books I want cause I might end up buying them before hand anyway. This year though is different. My wishlist has exploded this year, my Amazon one standing at 64 titles (this is already out books, my 2011 releases one currently stands at 72) and my Goodreads one is longer. So I gave a long list of books to my parents for a change and I'm hoping that at least a couple of them end up under the tree!! Here are the 5 from that list, in no order, that I want most right now:

When The Stars Go Blue by Caridad Ferrer - Goodreads
Why? Because it sounds really good, I am craving some contemporary YA over paranormal and because while I know you shouldn't judge by a cover, I do love this cover!


Lament by Maggie Stiefvater [Books of Faerie #1] - Goodreads
Why? Because I met Maggie when she was in the UK earlier in the year and she's an awesome person. I didn't like Shiver, but I kind of loved Linger and combined, that really makes me want to check out her faerie books as well.

Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready [WVMP #1] - Goodreads
Why? Because I loved her first YA, Shade, and her short YA which is set in her WVMP world (but unconnected to the adult series, at least for now). I've been wanting to check this series out for a while, but now it's hit the top of my must have list.

Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler [Jane True #1] - Goodreads
Why? I read the start of chapter one in the back of...I forget which book, but I read it earlier this year and really liked it. A couple of my book buddies have read and loved the first couple books, so I'm really curious to find out more.

The Scent of Shadows by Vicki Pettersson [Sign of the Zodiac #1] - Goodreads
Why? It's another first in series I've heard good things about and sounds really interesting as well.

What about you guys? What books are you craving for Christmas?

Top 5 Sundays - Vampires + Shifters

Top 5 Sundays is a weekly meme hosted by Larrisa at Larrisa's Bookish Life. Each week there is a vote for what the next week's topic will be, so head over there and vote!

This week was a draw for favourite vampires and shifters, so I'm picking 5 for each because I don't want to choose! (except, 5 for shifters was too hard...)


Vampires (in order, vamps aren't so hard for me)
5. Zsadist [Black Dagger Brotherhood by J. R. Ward] - He's BDB. 'Tis that simple.
4. Rhage [Black Dagger Brotherhood by J. R. Ward] - See above ;)
3. Angel [Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel] - Buffy should have chosen him ;)
2. Christian Ozera [Vampire Acadmey by Richelle Mead] - because he's hot, a smart ass, brutally honest and well, just awesome.
1. Dimitri Belikov + Rose Hathaway [Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead] - okay, so they're dhampir, not full vampires, but as they're two of my favourite characters ever, I'm saying they count for this one ;)

Shifters (in no order)
Jace (werecat) [Shifters by Rachel Vincent] - he had me from 'hello' ;)
Clayton Danvers + Elena Michaels (werewolves) [The Otherworld by Kelley Armstrong] - my first visit to adult UF was with Bitten, and they are still two of my favourite characters!
Mercy Thompson + Adam Hauptman (coyote shifter + werewolf) [Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs] - I love Mercy and Adam together and on their own, just awesome characters.
William (werewolf) [Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews] - a very broken hero that I adore.
Graves (werewolf) [Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow] - sweet, caring and strong. Please, pretty please, let Dru choose him...
Curran (werelion) [Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews] - okay so he's an arrogant bastard a lot of the time, but totally smexy and awesome as well.

Top 5 Sundays - Sexiest Book Heros

Top 5 Sundays is a fun, fairly new meme started and hosted by Larissa at Larissa's Bookish Life. See the post there for details on how to join in!!

This weeks top Top 5 is: Sexiest Book Heros!

Here are mine, and aside from the top name on the list, they're in no paticular order ;)

Dimitri Belikov [Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead]

Clayton Danvers [Women of the Otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong]

Curran [Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews]

Graves [Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow]

Adam Hauptman [Mercy Thompson series Patricia Briggs]