Top 5 Wednesday I

I'm really excited to start on this prompt. Check out the goodreads group: T5W and all the other wonderful people blogging or vlogging along as well. Only came up with four for this first one, though...

March 5th - Top 5 Friendships

4.

Burton & Swinburne

Polar opposites, and terribly amusing at that. I just love Swinburne's eccentric nature and the friendship the young writer and the aged explorer share.

3.

Ethan & Link

I just loved these guys. I think I read more for Link than for any love interests in these books.

2.

Gansey, Ronan, Adam, & Noah

Though there are ups and downs, of differing sorts, I just love the bromance between these guys.

1.

Harry, Ron, & Hermione

Hands down, my favorite book friendship in all of existence. Period.

Top Ten Tuesday IV

Ooh, this week is a good one! There are soooo many popular authors that I've never even checked out their reading. I'm sticking with just YA *mostly* since the list is so long to begin with. :P

March 4: Top Ten Popular Authors I've Never Read 

10.

James Dashner 

9.

Sarah Dessen

8.

Orson Scott Card 

7.

Marie Lu 

6.

Lauren Oliver

5.

Terry Pratchett 

4.

Kresley Cole

3.

Neil Shusterman

2.

John Green

1.
Cassandra Clare 

Currently Reading: Manga III

And here's the manga...

Currently Reading:

Crimson Shell

Hetalia: 3

Plan to Read:

Bleach: 57

Hetalia: 1

Hetalia: 2

Naruto: 63

Tegami Bachi: 13

Vampire Knight: 17

Plan to Finish/Restart:

Alice in the Country of Clover: The Cheshire Cat Waltz: 7

Gate 7: 1

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Pandemonium

Pandora Hearts: 15

Currently Reading III

So here's what I'm reading now and what I hope to read this month. I tried to make it as realistic this time as possible.... I've just got so much going on, I haven't really had much time for reading lately. =/ I don't usually do the end of the month Wrap-Up, either, especially since I don't usually get to much to begin with....but maybe this month will be different. Two more weeks until Break! xD

Currently Reading:

N/A

Plan to Read:

The Dream Thieves

Defy

Plan to Finish/Restart:

Hearts at Stake

The Iron King

Behemoth

Showcase Sunday / The Sunday Post / Stacking the Shelves VIII

So here's this past week's haul...

Borrowed:

Defy by Sara B. Larson

This is my first pick for the DAC this year. I'm a bit behind, but at least it finally came in...

Maid Sama! Volume 1

I adored this anime immensely! The manga's a bit older than what I usually read, but I'm hopeful all the same...

Flashback Friday VII

I only managed to finish three books this week, but kudos *to myself* for trying. ;P

Manga:

12. Black Butler (Volume 15)

13. Black Butler (Volume 16)

Novels:

3. If Cats Could Talk: The Meaning of Meow

TAG: Bookish Academy Awards

Hey!

This idea was originally devised by BOOKadoodles on Youtube. For more info, check out her vid, Original Tag: Bookish Academy Awards! :)

I was tagged by the lovely Brittany @ This is the Story of My (Reading) Life. Check her out! :)

Basically, BOOKadoodles just broke it down into these 15 categories, but in relation to books. I tried my best to keep it 2013 related (but some of it is 2012), without repeating any nominations (epic fail). It did prove to be a bit difficult, especially since I didn't read very much last year and I didn't see all the book-to-movie adaptions that I wanted to...yet. ;P

But here it goes...

Best Actor/Best Male Protagonist

Damned

Howl's Moving Castle

Best Actress/Best Female Protagonist

Cinder

Best Cinematography/Best Plot Twist

The Raven Boys

Best Costume Design/Best Book Cover

The Raven Boys

The Night Circus

Best Supporting Actor/Best Male Sidekick

The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack

Best Supporting Actress/Best Female Sidekick

N/A

Best Original Screenplay/Most Unique World or Plot

So Silver Bright

Best Adapted Screenplay/Best Book-to-Movie Adaptation

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best Animated Feature/Book that Would Work Well in Animated Form

Fortunately, the Milk

Wonderstruck

Best Director/Writer You Discovered

Maggie Stiefvater

Neil Gaiman

Best Visual Effects/Best Action in a Books

Divergent

Leviathan

Best Musical Score/Music in Book-to-Movie Adaptation

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best Short Film/Best Novella or Short Book

It's a Book

Best Picture/Best Stand-Alone

The Man in the Picture

Best Documentary/Best Historical or Non-Fiction

GEORGE-isms: The 110 Rules George Washington Lived By

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar

Top Ten Tuesday III

Well, this is just awesome, really, since I missed so many of these prompts so far this year, some of which I really wanted to do. So, here it goes...

February 25: Top Ten Tuesday REWIND! 

(Pick from previous topics that you want to do again or may have missed)

So I picked...

January 28: Top Ten Worlds I'd Never Want To Live In 

OR 

Top Ten Characters I'd NEVER Want To Trade Places With

11-13. I mean, it's not the freaking zombie apocalypse, but...I'd rather not.

9-10. Nope. Nope, nope, nope.

8. I'd probably die of dehydration before anything else...

7. I'd rather not die of the plague, if you don't mind...

5-6. I'm not a true fan of the Inheritance Cycle, (only read the first two books) but this is one world I'd rather not dwell in.

4. I've only read the first, but I know that, definitely, not a wishful vacation spot.

1-3. Much as I'm not a fan of this series, this has to the be top one. I mean, seriously... No one wants to live in these books. No one.