top 10 of 2011 day 4: Characters

The topic of today must be based on Characters so after several attempts, i've decided to choose as my topic: my top 10 of shapeshifters that i would like to have as a friend ( or boyfriend for somes males. )

1° Adam from the Mercy Thompson serie by Patricia Briggs.
So loyal, he protect his pack well and in the same time he can stand some non members on his territory.Intelligent , he doesn't give up on what he wished even if it takes time. And he has a great sense of humor. A perfect alpha ( an a wolf to make it even better)

2° Dragos from the elder races serie by Thea Harrison. A dragon, that's not sommon and he managed to get under his wing and reign several kind of shapeshifters, not so easy. Very intelligent he is also very possessive but he can be  selfness when it's needed .

3° Curran from Kate daniels serie by ilona Andrews. Perseverant, humor , great fighter, old power, fair ruler a lot of quality even if he is very possessive too he tries to bend his rules a bit to let a small place for independence as long as he can surpervise^^;;

4° Pia from the Elder races serie by thea Harrison. What a great friend, loyal, honest and with the gift of healing i like this kind of unicorn.

5° Mahon from the Kate daniels serie by Ilona Andrews. I can hate his decision sometimes i must admit that he is a perfect exemple of shapeshifters, loyal,  fierce fighter and very protective. i much prefer to have this bear on my side than as an opponent.

6° Lucan from Psy changeling serie by Nalini Singh. A big big cat ^^;; with all his qualities and defaults: curiosity, playfulness etc. He is very loyal and has the respect from his pack...perhaps a bit too much of cuddling with packmembers (what?! i can be possessive too^^;;)

7° Elena from the women of otherworlds by Kelley Armstrong. She is very independant and always there for her friend. But, where she is Clayton is there too and i'm not so sure he is so happy to share^^;;

8° Jim from the Kate Daniels serie by Ilona Andrews. Again a "cat "^^;; i like them even if i prefer the wolves. I mean is should be a great friend but he is so paranoïac and independant that i won't be easy  even he is very loyal and protective. He should speak his mind a bit more

9° Dali from kate Daniels serie by Ilona Andrews. A white tiger so great even more she like langages and history how cool it's that . I would love to have her as my friend and she doesn't like blood so i won't risk an injury too easily ^^;;

10° Dereck from the Kate Daniels serie by Ilona Andrews. A wolf yes but he lost points by not following orders ( direct orders!!) from his alpha. Anyway he is loyal and protective so he is on this top.


Believe me it wasn't easy for me to decide which topic to do for today's post but after seeing the majority of vampire in my top boyfriend i decided to honor a bit the shapeshifters too.
Perhaps we have something in common.

all the best and see you tomorrow for the last day of this  great even.

Top10 of 2011

hello,

            i've decided to participate in the event called Top 10 of 2011, organized and hosted by  Jessica from Confessions of a Bookaholic and Lisa from A Life Bound By Books , Jaime & Patricia from Two Chicks on Books and Rachel from Fiktshun .

During one week, each day will have a post about our top 10 of books, or covers or characters. Each day, a special topic.

Today we start with the Top 10 of Books read in 2011- any book so not just the one published in 2011. For me it's a bit special because it will be a mix of   books in French and in English ( because sometimes i discover an author thank to the translation in a French editor house)

Here we Go:
First place goes to:

 Psi Changeling "l'esclave des sens" by Nalini singh
Editor: Milady, Publication 2011. I was so happy to discover this book. A great time really ( can't wait to read the next one)

Second:

Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison Berkley publishing, 2011. Captivating, sad the second book wasn't as good.

Third place: Chloe Neill with Vampire of Chicago tome 1, Editor Milady, 2011. I wanted to the next one quickly. ( Milday published a lot of paranormal romance, bit lit this year)

Four:Alexandra Ivy and Les Gardiens de l'éternité, tome 1 Dante- editor Milady , 2011

Five: On the Prowl by karen MacInerney- ballantine book, 2009. Discovered by chance it was really a good read.

Six: Karen chance serie Cassandra Palmer - ( tome3) Editor Milady pulished in 2011
To be honest perhaps it's higher in the list.. i had a lot of difficulties to choose which book and such so it's only number 6 it would be better in a list of  favorite serie however.

Seven: Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs- Ace books, 2011. Great great book but only number seven because i much prefered the first one.

Eight: Jeaniene Frost the night huntress serie book 4- french editor Milady , 2011
I've discovered this serie late ^^;; now i'm impatient to read the next one ( in english on my TBR)

Nine: Succubus blues- Milady published in 2011. I was hesitant at first but i don't regret to have given it a try

Ten: Kate Daniels serie by Ilona Andrews tome 3 french editor Milady ( 2010) second publication 2011) lovely


Now making this list wasn't easy at all...some could be higher in the list but since i've read them  at the beginning of the year i didn't thought of them first. Also sometimes i've got a problem becaus ei love the serie but the level of books isn't regular. So i've decided to add my Top 5 of Serie discovered in 2011 or still on going in 2011. ( the one i don't want to miss^^;;)

1: Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs, i was disappointed by the last book published but i really love this serie as a whole ( and the next will be as good as the first one)
2: Night huntress serie by Jeaniene Frost
3:Kate Daniels by Ilona Andrews ( exaequo with Night huntress serie in fact)
4: Cassandra Palmer by Karen Chance
5: Midnight serie by lara Adrian
6:Chicago vampire by Chloe Neill ( exaequo with Th midnight serie)

For these six serie, i've got the book, in French and in English ^^ because i really love them. I've read the last book published or at least it's on my TBR pile. ( exception for the midnight serie, but i'm planning to get the english books too)

Next is Succubus serie, Psi changeling, Jaz Parks, Dark Swan, Guardian of Eternity etc ( not necessary in order because i don't have read all the book yet, sometime just the first one ( or2) so i can't say if the serie is good or my favorite in his globality.


And a great new...Ilona Andrews is offering a novella : Magic Gifts on her blog. Download free for only 2weeks so if you love the Kate Daniels serie, hurry and enjoy it.