Top 5... books I haven’t read yet

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Here's five books that have been published this year, or that I found this year and want to read.

The Seven Sisters by Neil Gaiman (Not published yet)

I love Neverwhere. I think it was my second Neil Gaiman, after Good Omens. So when I heard he's written (or is writing?) a sequel, it got to my TBR list. I haven't read it yet, because it hasn't been published yet! 

The City We Became by N.K.Jemisin

Nora Jemisin is one of my ideals, so this is another book I just had to read :-D I have it, but haven't read it. X-]

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

I love  Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, so when I read about a new book by Susanna Clarke, it got to my TBR list immediately. I have it, but I still haven't even started it! :-D

Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova

I participate in PopSugar Reading Challenge, and one of the prompts is "a book published 2020".
I like her Brooklyn Brujas series, so this one popped up as a potential candidate. I read another book, but this still got to the TBR list, because of Brooklyn Brujas :-D

La Tempête des échos by Christelle Dabos

I have read the three first books, and I love this series, so when I read the 4th comes out this year, it got to my TBR list.

Top 5... new authors

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 My top 5 new authors

Oh... there are so many! But, I have to name five, and here are five authors whose work I read first this year, and whose work I like very much. 

Erin Morgenstern. 

I read Starless Sea and it was... like... the best book ever written, the only book ever written, the only book worth reading, like all the other books in the world are just cheap surrogates because I can't be reading Starless Sea for the rest of my life. It took me quite a long time to start reading again :-D

Fredrik Backman

Anna-Marie McLemore

Aiden Thomas

Andrzej Sapkowski

Honorary mentions:
Karin Erlandsson, Margery Allingham, Roseanne A. Brown, Seanan McGuire, Leena Kellosalo, SM Reine, Noelle Stevenson, Michael La Ronn, Vaseem Khan, Jonathan Howard, L.L.McKinney, Laini Taylor, Claire Luana

The worst reading experience this year:
Amanda McIntyre, C.C.Bergius, Cassandra Clare, Bimisi Tayanita, V.E.Schwab

Top 5... creepy characters

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Creepy characters... this is hard, I usually don't read books with creepy characters...

I think the creepiest character I know is Scorpion from Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke.

Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs was creepy as well.

Grandmother Kennedy from Jane of the Lantern Hill was pretty creepy...

The Man in Black from The Dark Tower.

The Black Riders from Lord of the Ring

Top 5... witches

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There really is only one. Esmerelda Weatherwax by Terry Pratchett. He has a lot of good witches. 

So does Eva Ibbotson and Diana Wynne Jones. Let's say Millie Chant for Diana and Heckie for Eva. If you like witches, do read all their books, they are delightful.

Flaxa Mildväder from The Glassblower's Children by Maria Gripe

Morwen from Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles

Sunny Nwazue by Nnedi Okorafor (Akata Witch)

Extra mention to Circe from Odysseus (and her name is pronounced Keer-keh, not Sersei) Because of this I'm scared to read Circe.

Top 5... Ghosts

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 My favorite ghost in books is

Humphrey the Horrible by Eva Ibbotson, The Great Ghost Rescue. She has a lot of amazing characters, of whom some are ghosts... so just fill up with her ghosts :-)

Humphrey is lovely. A little boy ghost, kind, loves animals, loves his family, even though he is a bit intimidated by it, because it's the best, mostest, ghastliest ghost family ever, and he himself isn't even scary. But he is the bravest ghost ever.

Ghost of Christmas Present by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, especially as portrayed by Carol Kane in Scrooged :-) (I mean, the Spirit of Christmas... could it get any better? :-D)

Adopta Ghost from Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson - I blame Eva for having given me high expectations when it comes to strong female leads. Adopta is a willful little poltergeist who has temper tantrums, and loves animals.

Uncle Abraham's Ghost bride from Edith Nesbit's gothic tales

Many, many years ago I read a book (or perhaps it was just a collection of ghost stories) about a little boy who was painted fluorescent and who died of phosphorus poisoning, but I don't remember much about that story except that he was another brave little boy ghost. I like brave little boys and girls.

The Fifth Ghost... Uh... I'm sure there are ghosts I love, but of course I cannot remember one of them right now! I just remember ghosts I don't like :-D I mean, Penelope Lively's The Ghost of Thomas Kempe was an amazing book and a ghost story I recommend, but I hate Thomas Kempe :-D

So, let's say The Queen of the Black Coast

Top 5... Orange And Black Books

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So, this week's prompt is "orange and black books". 

These five are picked from my favorite books with orange and black covers

These five are picked from my collection of covers I find beautiful

Top 5... fave characters U–Z

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So... my favorite characters from U to Z - this is not going to go well :-D

U - Una Spenser from Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
V -Virginia Revel from The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie, Vasilisa Petrovna from the Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden
W - William of Baskerville from The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
X -
Y - Yvaine from Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Ygritte from Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R.Martin, Yagharek from Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
Z - Zhaneel from Mage Wars series by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon, Ziri from Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

I'm sure there are others, but I'll be adding them as I remember them :-)

Top 5... fave characters P–T

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So... my favorite characters from P to T

P - Pippi Longstockings by Astrid Lindgren, Lord Peter Wimsey by Dorothy L. Sayers, Polly from Old-fashioned Girl by Louisa M. Alcott, Phileas Fogg from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Q -
R - Dame Ragnelle from Arthur's Saga, Roxelane from Roxelane by Johannes Tralow
S - Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sorensen "Sorry" Carlisle from The Changeover by Margaret Mahy, Shuri by Nnedi Okorafor, Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkien, Snusmumrik (Snuffkin) from the Moomin books by Tove Jansson, Saphira the dragon from Eragon by Christopher Paolini
T - Tané from The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, Temeraire from Temeraire by Naomi Novik, Tom from Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce

I'm sure there are others, but I'll be adding them as I remember them :-)

Come back in a week to see my favorite character from U to Z :-)

Top 5... fave characters K–O

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So... my favorite characters from K to O

K -Kate from The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, Kiki the parrot by Enid Blyton
L - Lemony Snicket in All the Wrong Questions by Lemony Snicket, Lyra Bellacqua from The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (but only from that book), Louhi from Kalevala
M - Mary Poppins by P.L.Travers, The Marquis de Carabas from Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, Mara from The Empire Trilogy by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurt, Morozko from the Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arde, Momo by Michael End, Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe
N -Nynaeve from Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, Nimue from Arthur, Nayimathun from Priory of the Orange Tree
O - Oswald Hendryks Cornelius by Roald Dahl, Oswald Bastable by Edith Nesbit, Oberon the dog by Kevin Hearne

I'm sure there are others, but I'll be adding them as I remember them :-)

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Top 5... fave characters F-J

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So... my favorite characters from F to J

F - Faramir from Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkien, Flora Poste from Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, Fuchur (Falcor) from The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
G - Gandalf and Galadriel from Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkien
H - Havelock Vetinari, the Lord Patrician from Terry Pratchett's Discworld
I - Iorek Byrnison
J - Jadis from Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis, Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

I'm sure there are others, but I'll be adding them as I remember them :-)

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Top 5… fave characters A-E

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So... my favorite characters from A to E

A - Ayesha from She by H. Rider Haggard, Alice, basically in any reincarnation :-D Athos, Count de la Fère, from the Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas, Agatha Heterodyne by Phil Foglio,
Archibald from The Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Arsène Lupin by Maurice Leblanc
B - Bran Davies from The Grey King by Susan Cooper,Bathsheba from Bathsheba by Torgny Lindgren, Baba-Yaga from Down the Magical River by Eduard Uspensky
C - Connie Blair from Connie Blair mysteries by Betsy Allen, Ciaran, Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett, Christopher Chant from Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci series, Charlotte from Charlotte's Web by E.B.White,Cassiopeia Incorrigible Lumley from The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood
D - Diarmuid in Fionavar's Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay, Dan from Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott, R. Daneel Olivaw from Robot series by Isaac Asimov, Dickon from Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
E - Esmeralda Weatherwax from Discworld by Terry Pratchett, Eowyn from Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.Tolkien, Emily by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Edmond Dantes from The Count of Montecristo by Alexander Dumas, Ead from The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

I'm sure there are others, but I'll be adding them as I remember them :-)

Come back in a week to see my favorite character from F to J :-)