Day 30 Book Photo Challenge Top Favorite Books Read This Year

This year I read some new things and got around to reading some old things finally and this is the stack of books that I own that were my favorite.

• Eye Of The World By Robert Jordan
• Magician by Raymond E. Feist 
• Goliath (Book 3 of the Leviathan series) by Scott Westerfeld
• Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
• The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
• The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities Edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer

Not pictured because i borrowed them from the library are:

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi
• A Hero For WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi

Day 18 Book Photo Challenge: Set in the Past or The Future

As part of my initial foray into the steam punk genre late last year I discovered Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan Trilogy. The series centers around a boy called Alek who is the son of the Franz Ferdinand, who’s assassination causes the first world war and Alek’s run for freedom.

On his journey he meets Deryn Sharp, a girl in disguise as a boy in the British Air Service. This is of course an alternate history in which the British forces have genetically modified and weaponised creatures thanks to the brilliance of Charles Darwin and the Germans and allies are refered to as the Clankers thanks to the steam powered contraptions that walk their cities and country side.

I loved this series and because of it have read more steam punk themed novels and also read all of Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies books.

Unfortunately, at the time of my reading it, my library didn’t have Goliath so I had to buy it which means I will have to get the first two to round out the set. What a shame….having to buy more books but I wouldn’t what this one to get lonely now would I?