Sunday, July 29, 2012

The #spbkchat literary pet peeves list

Talking about our literary pet peeves was enlightening and fun. :-)

Next week: Historical fantasy.

On to the list:




Titles:
Twilight
50 Shades of Grey
Jane Eyre
Dawson's Creek (TV series)
Chaos Walking (series)
Crime and Punishment
To Kill a Mockingbird
Jellicoe
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
She's All That (movie)
Untie My Heart
Immortals (series)
For My Lady's Heart
Sookie Stackhouse (series)
My Sister's Keeper
Handle With Care

Authors:
Patrick Ness
Judith Ivory
Kresley Cole
Jodi Picoult
Melina Marchetta

Links:
http://momentumbooks.com.au/blog/books-for-boys-would-your-protagonist-kill-a-dog/

Saturday, July 21, 2012

The #spbkchat general chat list

Last week, we enjoyed a lively general chat.

Next week, we're chatting about our literary pet peeves.


On to the list:





Titles:
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Easy
A Discovery of Witches
Shadow of Night
Angel's Game
Shadow of the Wind
Creepy Hollow (series)
Overseas
Outlander (series)
Mariana
Shadowy Horses
The Rose Garden
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Winter Sea
Revenge (TV series)
Frankenstein
All That I Am
Offspring (TV series)
Puberty Blues
Tully
The Girl in Times Square
Red Leaves
The Bronze Horseman
War for the Oaks
Freedom and Necessity
Once Upon a Time (TV series)
The Gone-Away World
The Avengers (movie)
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Carrie
Ruby Blues
The Queen's Fool
The Blue Door
Unbroken
The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
The Red Necklace
Dead Is (series)

Authors:
Connie Willis
Tamara Webber
Barbara Erskine
Rachel Morgan
Kim Harrison
Beatriz Williams
Susanna Kearsley
Maria Semple
Paullina Simons
Emma Bull
Nick Harkaway
Stephen King
Philippa Gregory
Jessica Rudd
Alexander Masters
Lise Kristensen
Laura Hillenbrand
Sally Gardner
Marlene Perez

Links:
http://catherine-haines.com/so-this-is-a-thing/

Saturday, July 14, 2012

The #spbkchat France chat list

Vive la France, and all related literary subjects :-)

Next week, it's a general chat.

On to the list:

Titles:
Josephine B (series)
A Very Long Engagement
Suite Francaise
Charlotte Grey
Revolution
Birdsong
Pure
French Lessons
Holy Fools
Midnight in Paris (movie)
Ramses
Sarah's Key
Asterix (series)
Babar (series)
Lucky Luke (series)
The Vampire Diaries (TV series)
The Little Prince
The King of Cats
Les Miserables
Antigone
French Children Don't Throw Food
A Moveable Feast
Checkmate
Queen's Play
Pawn in Frankincense
The Spymaster's Lady
French Women Don't Get Fat
Game of Kings
Dangerous Liaisons
These Old Shades
Phryne Fisher (series)
Immovable Feast
Anna and the French Kiss
Lunch in Paris
Jane Eyre
Angelique
Papillon
L'Etranger
La Peste
Paris in Love
Fire in the Blood
Perfume
Madeline (series)
The Map and the Territory
My Life in France

Authors:
Sandra Gulland
Irene Nemirovsky
Sebastien Japrisot
Brian Moore
William Boyd
Andrew Miller
Jennifer Donnelly
Ellen Sussman
Christian de Jacq
Catherine Delors
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Rene Guillot
Jean de Brunoff
Victor Hugo
Dorothy Dunnett
Jean Anouilh
Ernest Hemingway
Lauren Willig
Jo Bourne
Martin du Gard
Choderlos De Laclos
Georgette Heyer
Kerry Greenwood
John Baxter
Elizabeth Bard
Jean Rhys
Sergeanne Gordon
Alexander Dumas
Camus
Eloisa James
Patrick Suskind
Flaubert
Zola
Collette
Julia Child

Links:
http://bookbath.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Paris%20in%20July%202012

Friday, July 6, 2012

The #spbkchat best books of the year so far list

This week the chat was all about our best reads of the year, so far, now that we're about halfway through.


Semaine prochaine, nous allons en France, le 14 juillet est jour de la Bastille (Next week, we're going to France, July 14 is Bastille Day). 


On to the list!






Titles:
Geist 
Spectre
Fifty Shades of Gray
Bring Up the Bodies
Moloka'i
 Mathew Swift (series)
Phoenix Rising
Soup for One
Monsters
The Aunties Three
True Blood (TV Series)
King Jack and the Dragon
A Bear and a Tree
My Name is Elizabeth
Your Skirt's too Short: Sex, Power, Choice
Whipping Girl
The Almighty Johnson (TV series)
Ragnarok
Runemark
Runelight
The Arrival
Dead Reckoning
Lilli-Pilli the Frog Princess
The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate
All They Need
About That Night
Real Men Will
The City & The City
Embassytown
Kraken
Railsea
Un Lun Dun
Quintana
Froi
A Lady Awakened
Innocent till Proven Otherwise
The Weight of Water
Finnikin
To Kill a Mockingbird
Jack Holmes and his Friend
Yellowcake
Hot Island Nights
The Night Circus
Her Best Worst Mistake
Shards of Honour (series)
Scottish Prisoner
A Good American
Liesl and Po
84 Charing Cross Road
Olivia and Jai
Shalimar
Lords of the White Castle
Jasper Jones
Lord John and the Private Matter
Burning Lies
Attatchments
Outlander (series)
Locke & Key
Sandman (series)
Batwoman: Hydrology
Sea Hearts
Ready Player One
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
Cinder
The Folk Keeper
Rebecca
Frenchman's Creek
The Girl with the Steel-capped Boots
Thief of Shadows
Me Before You
The Legacy
Untie My Heart
Maiden Lane (series)
The Winter Sea
A Week to be Wicked
Legacy
Grave Mercy
The Prague Cemetery
Touch of Power
Pushing the Limits
Something Like Normal
The First Rule of Ten
Easy
Pure
Something Like Normal
The Age of Miracles
Winter be my Shield
Seraphina
Bitter Greens

Authors:
Phillipa Jane Ballantine
Hilary Mantel
Alan Brennert
Kate Griffin
Tee Morris
Ethan Long
Andrew Daddo
Nick Bland
Peter Bentley
Stephen Michael King
Annika Dunklee
Emily Maguire
Julie Serrano
J Harris
A S Byatt
Joanne Harris
Charlaine Harris
Vashti Farrer
Joy Cowley
Sarah Mayberry
Julie James
Victoria Dahl
China Mieville
Cecilia Grant
Sarah Crossan
Margot Lanagan
Edmund White
Melina Marchetta
Ruthie Knox
Erin Morgenstern
Lois McMaster Bujold
Alex George
Lauren Oliver
Helen Hanff
Rebecca Ryman
Elizabeth Chadwick
Craig Silvey
Helene Young
Marissa Meyer
Franny Billingsley
Daphne du Maurier
Rainbow Rowell
Loretta Hill
Elizabeth Hoyt
Katherine Webb
Judith Ivory
Jojo Moyes
Susan Kay
R L Lafevers
Maria V Snyder
Gay Hendricks & Tinker Lindsay
Katie McGarry
Tammarra Webber
Julianna Baggott
Trish Doller
Karen Thompson Walker
Kate Forsyth

Links:
http://www.sirenpublishing.com/