söndag 29 december 2013

Best of 2013


Bästa Urban Fantasy: Crimson Frost av Jennifer Estep
Bästa Episka Fantasy: Crown of Midnight av Sarah J. Maas
Bästa Paranormal: Pivot Point av Kasie West
Bästa Contemporary: Fangirl av Rainbow Rowell
Bästa Steampunk: Clockwork Princess av Cassandra Clare
Bästa Dystopi: The Program av Suzanne Young
Bästa Sci-Fi: The 5th Wave av Rick Yancey
Bästa Middlegrade: The House of Hades av Rick Riordan
(även om jag personligen tycker att den är mer YA än middlegrade)


Roligaste bok: Unspoken av Sarah Rees Brennan
Sorgligaste bok: The Fault in Our Stars av John Green & Allegiant av Veronica Roth
Största överraskning: Touched av Corrine Jackson
Mest unika bok: The Dream Thieves av Maggie Stiefvater

Bästa omläsning: Delirium av Lauren Oliver
Böcker jag rekommenderade mest under 2013: Touch of Frost av Jennifer Estep,
Pivot Point av Kasie West & Fangirl av Rainbow Rowell 


Bästa cliffhanger: The Mark of Athena av Rick Riordan
Bästa bladvändare: False Memory av Dan Krokos

Bästa författare: Lauren Oliver, Requiem
Nya favoritförfattare: Jennifer Estep, Kasie West & Rainbow Rowell 

  
Bästa serie: Mythos Academy av Jennifer Estep


Bästa serieavslutning: Clockwork Princess av Cassandra Clare
Favoritdebut: Pivot Point av Kasie West
Favorituppföljare (OBS! Endast bok nr 2 i en serie): Untold av Sarah Rees Brennan

  
Bästa kvinnliga karaktär: Annabeth Chase från The Heroes of Olympus
Bästa manliga karaktär: Percy Jackson från The Heroes of Olympus
Favoritförhållande: Sydney & Adrian från Bloodlines
Bästa filmatisering: Catching Fire  

Favoritcitat:

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Leo got up and brushed himself off. "I hate that guy". He offered Jason his arm like they should go skipping together."I`m Dylan. I`m so cool, I want to date myself, but I can`t figure out how! You want to date me instead? You`re so lucky!"
"Leo" Jason said "You`re weird” 
Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

“But death doesn't work like that. It doesn't care if someone loves you, doesn't want you to go. It just takes. It takes and it takes until eventually you have nothing left.” 
Beth Revis, Shades of Earth

"Oh, Rusty, why did you let her in?" Angela said. "We could have just lain down on the floor 
until she went away. We could've had a nice floor nap."
"Have you guys eaten?" Kami asked. "I'm starving."
"Cooking is so much trouble," Rusty said mournfully.
"You could order in," Kami suggested.
"Delivery people are so annoying," Angela responded."

Sarah Rees Brennan, Unspoken

“Over the past week, I’ve accepted that I will never love Julian as much as I loved Alex. But now that idea is overwhelming, like a wall between us. I will never love Julian like I love Alex.”
Lauren Oliver, Requiem

“Tessa craned her head back to look at Will. “You know that feeling,” she said, “when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing tight around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage and you cannot let go or turn the course aside.” His blue eyes were dark with understanding — of course Will would understand — and she hurried on. “I feel now as if the same is happening, only not to characters on a page but to my own beloved friends and companions. I do not want to sit by while tragedy comes for us. I would turn it aside, only I struggle to discover how that might be done.”
Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

"Jag är inte längre rädd för att bli gammal. Jag förstår inte ens hur jag någonsin kan ha sagt 
något så dumt. Så barnsligt. Så anstötligt och arrogant.
   Men framför allt så väldigt, väldigt dumt. Jag vill förtvivlat gärna bli gammal."

Elizabeth Wein, Kodnamn Verity

“The man is moody as hell.”
“I am not moody—”
“Yeah, bro.” Kenji puts his utensils down. “You are moody. It’s always ‘Shut up, Kenji.’ ‘Go to sleep, Kenji.’ ‘No one wants to see you naked, Kenji.’ When I know for a fact that there are thousands of people who would love to see me naked—” 

Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me 

“Ro trails his hands against the wall as he walks. The archivists look at him as he passes. Ro is good at irritating people; he'll find the one thing you don't want him to do, and do it every time. It's one of his many gifts.” 
Margaret Stohl, Icons

6 kommentarer:

  1. SV: Tack för dina tips! :D Är också väldigt sugen på Fangirl, det är en av få contemporary som faktiskt tilltalar mig! Det är skönt att det är en stand alone också ;)

    SvaraRadera
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    1. Åh, Fangirl är super! Jag hoppas du tycker om den. :)

      Radera
  2. Vilken härlig sammanställning! Måste verkligen se till att läsa The Program.

    SvaraRadera
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    1. Tack. :) Ja, den är ganska lik Teri Terrys Slated, men så mycket bättre (tyckte jag iallafall). Hoppas du gillar den. :)

      Radera
  3. Har inte läst en enda av de böcker som du nämner. Galet! :O Har i alla fall många böcker att se fram emot. :)

    SvaraRadera
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    1. Det har du verkligen! Jag hoppas du läser och gillar dem. ;)

      Radera