Top 10 Books books i'm looking forward in 2012

Last day for this event and we project ourselves in the futur, which books i'm looking forward next year. There are several and even some that i've read the first one to start with  so i hope i won't be  disappointed  but hey we can hope.

I've decided not to post a cover for these one because, they don' necessary exist already and  it would be more easy.

1: Endlessly by Kiersten White, hardback ( last book of the paranormalcy serie)
2: Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost
3: Biting Cold by Chloe Neill
4: Pure from Jennifer Armentrout ( such a great cover)
5:Psi Changeling tome 3 from Nalini Singh, french edition  by Milady
6:Minuit tome 6 from Lara Adrian, milady french edition
7: Succubus tome 5, french edition by Milady
8: andrea's books ( no title yet) spin off of Kate daniels serie.
9: Oracles' moon, Elders race serie tome 4 by Thea Harrison
10:Deity by Jennifer Armentrout


To be honest my top priority were at first Kate Daniels 6 and the New Mercy Thompson books but both were reschelduled to be published in 2013 so i have to be very very patient.

All the best and in advance Happy New year

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.

Top 10 Book Boyfriends in 2011

Hello,
       third day of Top 10 of 2011 and it's consacred to the book Boyfriend, based on books read in 2011.Who do i wish could be mine.
Not so easy to decide but it's not as difficult as it could be.

1: Bones from the Night Huntress Serie from Jeaniene Frost. Really so loyal, honest and perseverant..if your forguet all the past mistress he is perfect.

2: Adam: From Mercy Thompson Serie from Patricia Briggs. Also very perseverant and funny; i admire the fact that he tried to let Mercy be independant when she wish to be and how kind he is waiting for her.

3: Curran from Kate Daniels Serie by ilona Andrews.  It was hard to decide at wich place to put it... he is loyal, funny but also he can be very oppressive, i guess what works in his favor was that he still decided to trust her when leraning who was her father and perseverance counts a lot for me.

4: Dragos from the Elders race serie by Thea Harrison. Possesive witha good sense of humor he decide to be himself for the one he love. So cute and the way he can be so gentle when needed and fierce with his ennemies. A good alpha

5: Lucas Hunter from Psi changeling serie by Nalini Singh. Loyal to his pack but still he doesn't give up his soulmate and even help her when she forbids him to do it .  Wonderful

6: Lucan Thorne from the Midnight serie by Lara Adrian he is loyal and protective but not oppressive so yes i like him.

7: Dante from the Guardians of Eternity by Alexandra Ivy. He is ready to stay a slave to protect his loved one and he is demonstrative. Perfect.

8: Dante ( another one^^) from  the Midnight serie by lara Adrian. Also fiercely protective, he keep his promise and can be so kind when it's needed.

9:Vlad from the Night Huntress Serie by Jeaniene Frost. I mean he is still loyal to his late wife, can be funny and protective, he is quite good for me.

10: Jim from the Kate Daniels Serie by Ilona Andrews.  Only place 10 because he is loyal yes but so protective that he doesn't express his love at all. And i need a boyfriend who show me and tell me that he loves me.


So if analyse this list: more vampire than shapeshifters ( i guess i've read more books about vampire this year^^;;) the common aspect of them is their loyalty , protectiveness and perseverance. Where is my soulmate now....

Do we have someone in common on our list? Who and why did you choose him ( them)?


all the best

Online Booksellers :Bookdepository.com vs bookdepository.uk vs amazon

Hello to all,
Bonsoir à tous,

     Today i wanted to speak a bit about online booksellers and make a small comparaison between the two known in Europe: amazon and Book depository. Perhaps it will help you when you organize a international giveaway/contest or when you have to choose from where receive yours books/prizes.

Aujourd'hui je souhaitais vous parler un peu de commerce de livres en ligne et faire une petite comparaison entre les deux plus connus en Europe: amazon et Book depository. Peut-être cela vous aidera t-il lorsque vous organisez un concours/giveaway international or lorsque que vous devez choisir d'où vous recevrez un prix ou vos livres.

First: Amazon.
Like you problably know it, there are several amazon(.com.uk .fr etc) but as long as you registered on one you are registered on the others. That can be an advantage. However the rules and conditions aren't the same on each of these websites. For example: the gift card/gift code, they existe on each website but are valid only on the website it come from. A gift card on amazon.com are valid only on amazon.com not on amzone.ca or anything.
A specificity about amazon gift cards also is that the French one have an expiration date. So if you don't use it before 1year it's lost, the same if you don't use it completly the sum you still have will stay valid on your account only for the rest of the year. Amazon.com doesn't have this expiration date, on their website they say that it always valid.

Pour commencer: Amazon:

Comme vous le savez probablement déjà, il y a plusieurs sites Amazon ( .com , .Uk, .ca, .fr etc) mais une fois que vous vous êtes enregistré sur l'un d'eux vous avez un compte pour tous. Ca peut être un avantage.Cependant, les règles et conditions ne sont pas identiques sur tous ces sites. Par example: une carte cadeau ou un code cadeau n'est valable que sur le site d'où il vient. Ainsi une carte cadeau amazon.com ne sera valable que sur amazon.com et pas sur amazon.ca ou un autre.

Une spécificité à propos de ces cartes cadeau d'amazon est également que la version française à une durée de validité limitée à un an. Si vous ne l'employez pas avant un an elle est perdue, de même si vous ne la dépensez pas complètement le reste de la somme ne sera valable sur votre compte que pour le restant de l'année de validité. Amazon. com n'a pas cette limitation et il est bien précisé sur leur site que les cartes et codes restent toujours valides.

The inconvenient of amazon is the shipping fee for international. If your book come from amazon.com you have a minimum of 8dollars of shipping fee so if you only won a gift card of 10 dollars you can't have a book of more than 2dollars. Not funny at all.

L'inconvénient d'Amazon est l'importance des frais d'envoi pour l'international. Si votre livre provient d'amazon.com vous avez actuellement un minimum de 8dollars de frais par livre donc si vous avez gagnez une carte ou un code de 10dollars vous ne pouvez choisir en fait que un livre d'une valeur de moins de 2dollars.Pas vraiment marrant.

Next: Book Depository
Book Depository is the other important online booksellers for english books ( UK or US) and in really there are two websites: book depository.com and book depository.co.uk However, like with amazon, when you are registered on one  you are registered on both so no problem there.
The biggest advantage of Book Depository is that there are no shipping fee for a large number of countries. So if you book is 3,78 dollars you pay 3,78 dollars that's all. The choice is vast and the prices are attractives and easily seen in different currency ( euro/ dollars US, dollars CAN etc). You also have very easy to check if your order is still precessing or already sent.

Ensuite: Book Depository:

Il s'agit de l'autre important commerce en ligne de livres en anglais ( publications US ou UK) et pour être précis il y a deux sites:book depository.com et book depository.co.uk. cependant, comme pore amazon, une fois que vous êtes enregistré sur l'un vous avez un compte sur l'autre donc pas de soucis sur ce point.

Le plus grand avantage de Book Depository est l'absence de frais d'envoi pour une large série de destinations. Donc si votre livre coûte 3,78 dollars vous payer 3,78 dollars et pas un cent de plus. Le choix est vaste et les prix attractifs et facilement visible dans d'autres monnaies ( prix en euro/dollars US, dollars canadiens etc). Vous pouvez aussi facilement savoir si votre commande est en traitement ou déjà envoyée. 



The inconvenient is that there are no gifts cards yet so if you use that in a contest you have to order or pre-order the book for the winner . He can't do it himself.
Another could be that they specialize in english publications from USA or UK, there also have some books in spanish and German but really few.

L'inconvénient est qu'il n'existe pas encore de cartes cadeau pour Book Depository donc si vous utilisez cette option pour un concours vous devrez commander ou précommander le livre pour le gagnant. Il ne peut pas le faire lui-même. Un autre pourrait être qu'il se sépacialise dans les livres en anglais  qu'ils soient publiés aux USA ou au Royaume- Unis; il y a aussi quelques titres en espagnol et en allemands mais vraiment peu et pour le moment aucun en français.

 

Tips: When you have to choose a book from book depository check both their websites because the price can vary and when you have a limitation like a book less than 10 dollars it could help to check because it could be on one and not on the other.

Conseil: Quand vous devez choisir un livre sur Book Depository, vérifiez leur deux sites car le prix peut varier et lorsque vous avez une limitation par exemple un livre de moins de 10 dollars ça pourrait aider de vérifier car il pourrait très bien l'être sur un site et pas sur l'autre.

Personaly i've only used Book Depository and i'm very happy with it even i've decided sometimes to divide my order between the 2 websites to get the better prices.
And you which one do you prefer and Why?

Personnellement je n'ai encore utilisé que Book Depository et j'en suis très satisfaite même s'il m'est arrivé de diviser une commande entre les deux sites pour obtenir les meilleurs prix.

Et vous lequel préférez-vous et pourquoi?