Best Fantasy Books of 2013 by Goodreads Choice Awards 2013

As of 2013, Goodreads have announced the books who made it to their Choice Awards as accordance to their category and genre. And here are the top ten books that made it to the Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Fantasy Books of 2013 and their sypnoses/summaries.

• The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, too frightening, too dangerous to have happened to anyone, let alone a small boy.

Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie—magical, comforting, wise beyond her years—promised to protect him, no matter what.

• A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time, #14) by Robert Jordan

Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty languages.

When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. But working from notes and partials left by Jordan, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson stepped in to complete the masterwork. With The Gathering Storm (Book 12) and Towers of Midnight (Book 13) behind him, both of which were # 1 New York Times hardcover bestsellers, Sanderson now re-creates the vision that Robert Jordan left behind.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass.

What was, what will be, and what is,

may yet fall under the Shadow.

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

• The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. When her master, the husband who commissioned her, dies at sea on the voyage from Poland, she is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York in 1899. 

Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian desert. Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago, he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. Though he is no longer imprisoned, Ahmad is not entirely free – an unbreakable band of iron binds him to the physical world. 

The Golem and the Jinni is their magical, unforgettable story; unlikely friends whose tenuous attachment challenges their opposing natures – until the night a terrifying incident drives them back into their separate worlds. But a powerful threat will soon bring Chava and Ahmad together again, challenging their existence and forcing them to make a fateful choice.

• The Republic of Thieves (Gentleman Bastard, #3) by Scott Lynch

With what should have been the greatest heist of their career gone spectacularly sour, Locke and his trusted partner, Jean, have barely escaped with their lives. Or at least Jean has. But Locke is slowly succumbing to a deadly poison that no alchemist or physiker can cure. Yet just as the end is near, a mysterious Bondsmage offers Locke an opportunity that will either save him or finish him off once and for all.

Magi political elections are imminent, and the factions are in need of a pawn. If Locke agrees to play the role, sorcery will be used to purge the venom from his body - though the process will be so excruciating he may well wish for death. Locke is opposed, but two factors cause his will to crumble: Jean's imploring - and the Bondsmage's mention of a woman from Locke's past: Sabetha. She is the love of his life, his equal in skill and wit, and now, his greatest rival. 

Locke was smitten with Sabetha from his first glimpse of her as a young fellow orphan and thief-in-training. But after a tumultuous courtship, Sabetha broke away. Now they will reunite in yet another clash of wills. For faced with his one and only match in both love and trickery, Locke must choose whether to fight Sabetha - or to woo her. It is a decision on which both their lives may depend.

Most Unforgettable Lines in the Fault in Our Stars

Well, since I'm sulking up with the whole movie "The Fault in Our Stars" to be shown in June rather than in February to be my Valentine Movie, I couldn't help but to reminisce and remember the whole story as I had read it last year. And believe me, this book has the greatest lines in most of YA romantic books you can find in the mall and here are some of my favorites that I'd like to share with you.

I hope you can find the feelings in them as I have and stir up emotions you never thought words can bring you.

• "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful." - Hazel Grace

• "It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you." - Augustus Waters

• "I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you." - Augustus Waters

• "And then the line was quite but not dead. I almost felt like he was there in my room with me, but in a way it was better, like I was not in my room and he was not in his, but instead we were together in some invisible and tenuous third space that could only be visited on the phone." - Hazel Grace

June is Such a Long Time to Wait for The Fault in Our Stars Movie

"A one sick love story," and a one sick of a long time we all have to wait before The Fault in Our Stars hit the big screen. As expected, the movie which is based on the best-selling book which goes by the same title, had garnered a large fan base on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Showing on June 6, 2014, readers couldn't help not to be excited to watch their favorite characters come to life through Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace Lancaster (which will also portray Beatrice in Divergent) and Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters.

The filming had started last year on August 26 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and finished around October. The writer, John Green (bless you for your creative mind and passion for tragedy) was on set for the whole filming and even made video blogs during production of the film chronicling his artistic journey in watching his creation be brought to life on a movie screen. And just this last month, January 29, 2014, everyone finally had a sneakpeek of the movie through its trailer which gained over 3 million views in less than 24 hours after its release.

See it for yourself:

For me, The Fault in Our Stars is indeed the "Romeo & Juliet" of our time, the plot and the feelings it gives are entirely priceless. And though, the story may leave you crying and sulking up, the journey of these two beautiful people as they find love and fight their fears will entirely leave a mark on your heart. It's a masterpiece which Time Magazine called "damn near genius" and described by Booklist as "Green’s best and most ambitious novel to date. In its every aspect, The Fault in Our Stars is a triumph."

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Most-Awaited Book Releases this January 2013 (Part 2)

• Shades of Earth: An Across the Universe Novel by Beth Revis

The new Earth isn't the paradise Amy had been hoping for. There are giant pterodactyl-like birds, purple flowers with mind-numbing toxins, and mysterious, unexplained ruins that hold more secrets than their stone walls first let on. The biggest secret of all? Godspeed's former passengers aren't alone on this planet. And if they're going to stay, they'll have to fight.

Amy and Elder must race to discover who--or what--else is out there if they are to have any hope of saving their struggling colony and building a future together. They will have to look inward to the very core of what makes them human on this, their most harrowing journey yet. Because if the colony collapses? Then everything they have sacrificed--friends, family, life on Earth--will have been for nothing.

• Splintered by A.G. Howard

Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now.

When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.

• The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.

Being a Keeper isn’t just dangerous—it’s a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da’s death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.

• Asunder (Incarnate) by Jodi Meadows

Ana has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana responsible for the darksouls—and the newsouls who may be born in their place.

Many are afraid of Ana's presence, a constant reminder of unstoppable changes. When sylph begin behaving differently toward her and people turn violent, Ana must learn to stand up not only for herself but for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

Ana was told that no souls can't love. But newsouls? More than anything, she wants to live and love as an equal among the citizens of Heart, but even when Sam professes his deepest feelings, it seems impossible to overcome a lifetime of rejection.

• Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

It's been months since Aria learned of her mother's death.

Months since Perry became Blood Lord of the Tides, and months since Aria last saw him.

Now Aria and Perry are about to be reunited. It's a moment they've been longing for with countless expectations. And it's a moment that lives up to all of them. At least, at fi rst. Then it slips away. The Tides don't take kindly to former Dwellers like Aria. And the tribe is swirling out of Perry's control. With the Aether storms worsening every day, the only remaining hope for peace and safety is the Still Blue. But does this haven truly exist?

Threatened by false friends and powerful temptations, Aria and Perry wonder, Can their love survive through the ever night? In this second book in her spellbinding Under the Never Sky trilogy, Veronica Rossi combines fantasy and sci-fi elements to create a captivating adventure—and a love story as perilous as it is unforgettable.

Most-Awaited Book Releases this January 2013

Although January may be off to its end, you might not have checked out the latest and most-awaited young adult fantasy books that was released this month. That's why if you're looking for a new book to read and keep you company, then definitely one of these newly released books will suite your taste.

• Star Cursed: The Cahill Witch Chronicles, Book Two by Jessica Spotswood

With the Brotherhood persecuting witches like never before, a divided Sisterhood desperately needs Cate to come into her Prophesied powers. And after Cate's friend Sachi is arrested for using magic, a war-thirsty Sister offers to help her find answers—if Cate is willing to endanger everyone she loves.

Cate doesn't want to be a weapon, and she doesn't want to involve her friends and Finn in the Sisterhood's schemes. But when Maura and Tess join the Sisterhood, Maura makes it clear that she'll do whatever it takes to lead the witches to victory. Even if it means sacrifices. Even if it means overthrowing Cate. Even if it means all-out war.

• Boundless, Unearthly Book Three by Cynthia Hand

Since discovering the special role she plays among the other angel-bloods, Clara has been determined to protect Tucker Avery from the evil that follows her...even if it means breaking both their hearts. Leaving town seemed like the best option, so she's headed back to California—and so is Christian Prescott, the irresistible boy from the vision that started her on this journey in the first place.

As Clara makes her way in a world that is frighteningly new, she discovers that the fallen angel who attacked her is watching her every move. And he's not the only one... With the battle against the Black Wings looming, Clara knows she must finally fulfill her destiny. But it won't come without sacrifices and betrayal.

• Everbound: An Everneath Novel by Brodi Ashton

Nikki Beckett could only watch as her boyfriend, Jack, sacrificed himself to save her, taking her place in the Tunnels of the Everneath for eternity—a debt that should've been hers. Now she is living a borrowed life, and she doesn't know what to do with the guilt. And every night, Jack appears in her dreams, lost and confused and wasting away. No matter how she tries to reach for his hand, she can never find it.

Desperate for answers, Nikki turns to Cole, the immortal bad boy who wants to make her his queen—and the one person least likely to help. But his heart has been touched by everything about Nikki, and he agrees to help in the only way he can: by taking her to the Everneath himself.

• Prodigy: A Legend Novel by Marie Lu

June and Day arrive in Vegas just as the unthinkable happens: the Elector Primo dies, and his son Anden takes his place. With the Republic edging closer to chaos, the two join a group of Patriot rebels eager to help Day rescue his brother and offer passage to the Colonies. They have only one request—June and Day must assassinate the new Elector.

It’s their chance to change the nation, to give voice to a people silenced for too long. But as June realizes this Elector is nothing like his father, she’s haunted by the choice ahead. What if Anden is a new beginning? What if revolution must be more than loss and vengeance, anger and blood—what if the Patriots are wrong?

• Doomed by Tracy Deebs

Pandora's just your average teen-glued to her cell phone and laptop, surfing Facebook and e-mailing with her friends-until the day her long-lost father sends her a link to a mysterious site featuring twelve photos of her as a child. Unable to contain her curiosity, Pandora enters the site, where she is prompted to play her favorite virtual-reality game, Zero Day. This unleashes a global computer virus that plunges the whole world into panic: suddenly, there is no Internet. No cell phones. No utilities, traffic lights, hospitals, law enforcement. Pandora teams up with handsome stepbrothers Eli and Theo to enter the virtual world of Zero Day. Simultaneously, she continues to follow the photographs from her childhood in an attempt to beat the game and track down her father-her one key to saving the world as we know it.

Narnia 4 Possibly Still Be in Limbo for 2013

It's more than 2 years since the last Narnia film adaption (The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader) was released in the big screen. And since then was never followed by the adaption of its supposed next sequel, The Silver Chair, after it performed below expectations in the United States although it did well in the international box office. Many fans have accepted that the Voyage of the Dawn Treader may finally be the last Narnia film under Walden's Production.

However, there were plenty of news in the industry that Douglas Greham, Narnia film's co-producer and C.S. Lewis stepson was planning to start the production of the next installment in another three or four years time which he confirmed in May 2012. Greham announced that he would like to make The Silver Chair next as an independent film, while Michael Flaherty, President of Walden's Production want to do The Magician's Nephew instead, thus putting everything in limbo.

In December 6, 2012 though Michael Flaherty talks about the future of the Narnia movies in an interview for the December issue of World Magazine:

So, with revenue going down and production costs remaining high, so what’s next for the Narnia movie series? 

There are multiple opinions on all this and a lot of different players: The C.S. Lewis estate, the studio, our company—and we’re not all of one mind. I would love to find a way where the economics work, acknowledging the decline. I’d like to do The Magician’s Nephew. Other people want to do The Silver Chair, and there’s disagreement about the economics and the overall vision of where the franchise should go next. My hope is that we may all become of one mind, but unless something providential happens there, I’m focusing on a number of other stories.

So, at this moment, no deal? 

Nope.

- Copyright © 2013 God's World Publications. All rights reserved.

Sources: World Magazine | NarniaWeb

Best Film Adaptation of 2012 (Part 2)

Here's the second part of the Best Film Adaption of 2012 which includes their producer's movie descriptions and official trailer:

• Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Each member of the ensemble appears in multiple roles as the stories move through time. - © Warner Bros.

• The Lucky One

U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault (Efron) returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive--a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth (Schilling) and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm. - © Warner Bros

• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov reinvent the time-honored genre and present the terrifying creatures of the night as they were meant to be experienced -- as fierce, visceral, intense and blood thristy. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter brings to the screen the secret life of our nation's favorite president...as history's greatest hunter of the undead. - © AbeLincolnVampireHunter.com

Best Film Adaptation of 2012

Every book lover always yearns to see their favorite characters come to life. Who wouldn't want to see them in action, straight out of the big screen? Of course, no one! So most of us couldn't help but to feel gratified at the producers who had brought as these best film adaptations this 2012. See if your film adaptation had made it to the list:

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey had brought us the perfect film to year the end right. Directed by acclaimed director Peter Jackson, who also brought life to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first installment of the The Hobbit book who was divided into three parts and will be followed by two other installment: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and There and Back Again (2014).  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was the prequel of The Lord of the Rings which starts off with Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins' uncle, who was picked by the wizard Gandalf to accompany thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield to the Lonely Mountain to reclaim their lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. This installment also introduced how Bilbo gain possession of the One Ring from Gollum's hand... the simple gold ring that will change the fate of all Middle-Earth.

• Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2

The final conclusion of The Twilight Saga had finally reached the big screen and was true to their promise to left a satisfying end to The Twilight series. In this astonishing conclusion, Bella who finally awoken to the life of vampires must do everything in her power to protect her vampire family, the Olympian Coven, upon the threats of the powerful old coven Volturi. With her vampire husband, Edward Cullen and her werewolf bestfriend, Jacob Black, they will find a way to save her hybrid daughter Renesmee, who will either be annihilated upon being suspected as a newborn child--a false allegation that will put their entire fates in danger. Together with Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Emmet, Alice and Jasper, they will sought alliance with old vampire friends to side with them in proving the Volturi that Renesmee was not a newborn child but half-human, half-vampire child that Bella sacrificed her human life for.

• Life of Pi

The most inspiring and dramatic film 2012 has to offer, Life of Pi was originally adapted from Yann Martel's novel. Directed by legendary Ang Lee who brought fame to the acclaimed action movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain, the Life of Pi talks about a young man by the name of Piscine Patel played by Suraj Sharma, who survived a disaster at sea and hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery alone with the company of a Bengal Tiger by the name of Parker. Perhaps the most unforgetable thing in this movie is how Pi rediscovered his life and gave more importance to it after spending 227 days alone with a ferocious tiger in a boat. There he will learn to live and face his fear as he tried to fight for his survival and learn to care for tiger's life as well.

Penguin USA Invites You to Join Them Celebrating Stories With Their Holiday Sale

Penguin USA, one of the largest English-language trade book publishers in the world, is inviting everyone to join them in celebrating stories this holiday by offering 20% off your purchase with free shopping until January 7, 2013. All you have to do is to use coupon code HOLIDAY12 at their checkout page to enjoy the discount.

Get some of Penguin's Young Readers Best-selling Books at 20% lower than their original price, including:

• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green | Price (Hardcover): $17.99 / (Paperback): $ 9.99

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.

• Reached by Ally Condie | Price (Hardcover): $ 17.99 / (Paperback): $ 9.99

Cassia’s journey began with an error, a momentary glitch in the otherwise perfect façade of the Society. After crossing canyons to break free, she waits, silk and paper smuggled against her skin, ready for the final chapter.

The wait is over.

One young woman has raged against those who threaten to keep away what matters most—family, love, choice. Her quiet revolution is about to explode into full-scale rebellion.

With exquisite prose, the emotionally gripping conclusion to the international–bestselling Matched trilogy returns Cassia, Ky, and Xander to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long, the power to choose.

Barnes & Noble Best eBooks Year-End Sale

Barnes & Noble, your premier destination for books, magazines, toys & games, music, DVD and Blu-ray, has something up in their sleeves to offer eBook readers and NOOK owners this holidays. Being the Internet's Largest Bookstore, Barnes & Noble is giving every NOOK eBook lovers up to 75% off the best eBooks of the year.

Sounds to good to be true? Well, it is true and this promo lasts until January 07, 2013. So what are you waiting for? If you happen to own a NOOK and would want to enjoy the holidays lounging in your sofa bed, tucked in a warm comforter with a mug of hot chocolate with melted marshmallows near hand, while reading eBooks then grab all best eBooks this year to keep you company.

So what are some books they have to offer? Here are few of the best-selling YA novels (Top Matches) you can choose from thousands:

• Beastly by Alex Flinn | NOOK eBook - $ 1.99

I am a beast.

A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.

You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.

Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly... beastly.

• Delirium: The Special Edition by Lauren Oliver | NOOK eBook - $ 2.99

Ninety-five days, and then I’ll be safe.

I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with. It’s hard to be patient. It’s hard not to be afraid while I’m still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness.

The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don’t.