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Top 12 in 2012: Rockin’ Book Bitches

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It’s only fair that I post a list of my fav heroines of the year…or in this case I shall call them the Rockin’ Book Bitches of 2012!

I saw a post on one of my blogger friend’s site (K Books) about Book Boyfriends and I of course added of own little list of Book Boyfriends and now I have added my list of favorite book heroines of 2012.

So here you have it, The Lit Bitch’s top 12 in 2012: Rockin’ Book Bitches my list is compiled from all of my 71 books I’ve read in 2012 and they are more or less in order :)

  1. Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina)
  2. Mary Alsworthy (Seduction of the Crimson Rose)
  3. Daenerys Targaryen (A Game of Thrones)
  4. Maggie Hope (Mr Churchill’s Secretary)
  5. Brienne of Tarth (A Feast for Crows)
  6. Alina Starkov (Shadow and Bone)
  7. Beatrice “Tris” Prior (Divergent)
  8. Fire (Fire)
  9. Katsa (Graceling)
  10. Meg Wolfe (The Lady of Secrets)
  11. Kahlan Amnell (Wizard’s First Rule)
  12. Celia Bowen (The Night Circus)
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Top 12 in 2012: Book Boyfriends

by The Lit Bitch5 Comments on Top 12 in 2012: Book Boyfriends

I saw this post on one of my blogger friend’s site and I couldn’t resist the temptation to post my own Book Boyfriends list for the year!

So here you have it, The Lit Bitch’s top 12 in 2012: Book Boyfriends my list is compiled from all of the 71 books I’ve read in 2012 and they are more or less in order:

  1. Count Vronsky (Anna Karenina)
  2. Sebastian Vaughn (The Seduction of the Crimson Rose)
  3. Jon Snow (A Game of Thrones)
  4. Marco Alisdair (The Night Circus)
  5. Four (Divergent)
  6. Henry Weston (The Tutor’s Daughter)
  7. Po (Graceling)
  8. Graham (The Winter Sea)
  9. T.J. Callahan (On the Island)
  10. Travis Maddox (Beautiful Disaster)
  11. Richard Cypher (Stone of Tears)
  12. Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games)
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The Lit Bitch has entered the 2013 Historic Fiction Reading Challenge

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It’s that time of year again, reading challenge time! I can hardly believe it!

Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be posting my entries for various challenges here as I sign up and I will also have a special page/section devoted to my entries which will have lists of books I plan on reading.

As per usual I’ll post my reviews throughout the year and add the buttons on my sidebars.

So here is the first challenge sign up of 2013: the Historic Fiction Reading Challenge hosted by Historical Tapestry. For more details about my entry and goals please see my the Historic Fiction Reading Challenge 2013 page.

If you are interested in signing up or for more details about the challenge it self, please visit the Historic Tapestry blog.

My goal for the year in this challenge: 15 historic fiction books (Medieval level).

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Review: Celebrating Pride and Prejudice: 200 Years of Jane Austen’s Masterpiece by Susannah Fullerton

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Unless you have been living under a rock since your inception….odds are you have probably heard of the world’s most infamous romance novel….Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

It is a universally acknowledged truth that every literary major is in want of Mr Darcy. What is it about P&P that still captivated audiences 200 years after its publication? Susannah Fullerton explores what makes P&P so memorable for readers.

Is it the characters: the dashing Mr Darcy or the unconventional Elizabeth Bennet? Or is it something more mechanical, say the literary style and use of ‘free indirect speech’ (FID) that sparks your interest?

Perhaps you love P&P for an entirely different reason: you are a cover whore and are drawn to all the beautifully reprinted copies and their stunning cover art! Whatever your reason is, P&P is a literary icon that is here to stay!

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Film Review: Les Misérables

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The unfortunate ones. The miserable ones. The poor ones. Les Misérables is the story of the people….the downtrodden and the oppressed all searching for one thing: freedom.

As I have said before, I normally don’t do file reviews on this blog though I am going to make an exception for some of the up and coming books into films due out this year and Les Misérables is one of those exceptions.

Victor Hugo’s master piece came to life on the silver screen this holiday season and I went to see it on its release day. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect as I have not read the novel or seen any of the other film or play variations….I haven’t even heard the Broadway score, so I went into this entirely clueless about what was to come.

If you aren’t familiar with the story, here is a short summary:

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