Pickies 2011 - Part I

Welcome to Pickies 2011 with the favorites of 2011!!

BOOKS - MANGA - GRAPHIC NOVELS 

*5/4 stars rating of books already reviewed*

You can view ALL(+lower than 4 stars) of our 2011 reads here

cover	title	author	avg rating	rating
	BLEACH Vol. 52	TITE, KUBO	4.75
	Bleach Volume 51	Kubo, Tite	4.37
	BLEACH―ブリーチ― 50	Kubo, Tite	4.35
	BLEACH―ブリーチ― 49	Kubo, Tite	4.31
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 12	Shiina, Karuho	4.27
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 13	Shiina, Karuho	4.33
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 11	Shiina, Karuho	4.26
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Volume 9	Shiina, Karuho	4.32
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 10	Shiina, Karuho	4.32
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Volume 7	Shiina, Karuho	4.37
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Volume 4	Shiina, Karuho	4.34
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Volume 8	Shiina, Karuho	4.33
	Kimi ni Todoke, Volume 6	Shiina, Karuho	4.31
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Volume 5	Shiina, Karuho	4.31
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Volume 3	Shiina, Karuho	4.30
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Volume 2	Shiina, Karuho	4.31
	Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Volume 1	Shiina, Karuho	4.18
	Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1)	Blake, Kendare *	4.13
	Εισαγωγή στην επικοινωνία ανθρώπου-υπολογιστή	Νικόλαος, Αβούρης	5.00
	The Egyptian (Dominic Grey, #2)	Green, Layton	4.25
	The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June	Benway, Robin	3.78
	The Survivors	Havard, Amanda *	3.83
	Geist (Book of the Order, #1)	Ballantine, Philippa *	3.81
	The Art of Alice: Madness Returns	Berg, R.J.	4.37
	Avatar The Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures	Konietzko, Bryan	4.14
	Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2)	Hawkins, Rachel *	4.29
	The Emerald Atlas (The Books of Beginning #1)	Stephens, John	3.84
	The Wizard Heir (The Heir Chronicles, #2)	Chima, Cinda Williams *	4.16
	The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)	Rothfuss, Patrick *	4.53
	Defiance (Strange Angels, #4)	Crow, Lili St.	4.27
	The Demon King (Seven Realms, #1)	Chima, Cinda Williams *	4.30
	Sleeping Beauty: Vampire Slayer (Twisted Tales, #2)	McGowan, Maureen *	3.64
	Betrayals (Strange Angels, #2)	Crow, Lili St.	4.13
	Strange Angels (Strange Angels, #1)	Crow, Lili St.	3.87
	Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)	Hawkins, Rachel *	4.06
	Curse of the Bane (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles, #2)	Delaney, Joseph	4.10
	Immortal War (Vampirates, #6)	Somper, Justin	4.44
	Bloodlines	Mead, Richelle *	4.26
	Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy #6)	Mead, Richelle *	4.52
	Eona: The Last Dragoneye (Eon, #2)	Goodman, Alison *	4.17
	Farsighted (Farsighted, #1)	Chand, Emlyn *	4.18
	Battle for Cascadia (Gaia Wars, #2)	Bennett, Kenneth G. *	4.73
	The Gaia Wars (Gaia Wars, #1)	Bennett, Kenneth G. *	4.44
	The Deliverer (The Marenon Chronicles)	Morrow, Jason D.	4.67
	The Realmsic Conquest	Jackson, A. Demethius	3.57
	Two Moons of Sera (No. 1)	Tyler, Pavarti K *	4.27
	Spectyr (Book of the Order, #2)	Ballantine, Philippa *	4.03
	Seers	Frost, Heather *	3.82
	The Summoner (Dominic Grey, #1)	Green, Layton	4.02
	Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1)	Sapkowski, Andrzej	4.19
	Μια ζωή δυο ζωές	Themelis, Nikos	2.89
	Wayward (The Witch Wars Saga #1)	Girardi, Ashley *	3.51
	The Book of Lost Souls (Ivy MacTavish #1)	Muto, Michelle *	3.98
	Inheritance (Inheritance, #4)	Paolini, Christopher	4.10
	A Tale of Two Castles	Levine, Gail Carson	3.51
	The Dragon Heir (The Heir Chronicles, #3)	Chima, Cinda Williams *	4.11
	A Spy in the House (The Agency, #1)	Lee, Y.S.	3.84
	The Blood Moon of Winter	Conant, Courtney *	4.03
	The Stepsister Scheme (Princess, #1)	Hines, Jim C. *	3.73
	The Siege of Macindaw (Ranger's Apprentice, #6)	Flanagan, John	4.26
	The Schopenhauer Cure: A Novel	Yalom, Irvin D.	3.90
	Ember and Ash	Freeman, Pamela	3.43
	Soul Stalker (Timeless #2)	Kreitzer, Laura *	4.32
	The Warrior Heir (The Heir Chronicles, #1)	Chima, Cinda Williams *	4.01
	Beloved of the Fallen	Kline, Savannah	3.56
	Waterfall (River of Time, #1)	Bergren, Lisa Tawn *	4.23
	Jane Austen: A Life Revealed	Reef, Catherine	3.32
	Encrypted	Buroker, Lindsay *	4.17
	The Emperor's Edge (Emperor's Edge #1)	Buroker, Lindsay *	4.11
	The Sorcerer in the North (Ranger's Apprentice, #5)	Flanagan, John	4.19
	Cinderella: Ninja Warrior (Twisted Tales, #1)	McGowan, Maureen *	3.65
	Virals (Virals #1)	Reichs, Kathy	3.86
	Out for Blood (Drake Chronicles, #3)	Harvey, Alyxandra *	4.30
	Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)	Landy, Derek	4.18
	Magician: Apprentice, Volume 1	Feist, Raymond E.	4.34
	Jealousy (Strange Angels, #3)	Crow, Lili St.	4.24
	Stardust	Gaiman, Neil *	3.96
	Legacy (Legacy, #1)	Kluver, Cayla *	3.72
	Steel	Vaughn, Carrie *	3.36
	Angelfire (Angelfire, #1)	Moulton, Courtney Allison *	3.97
	Late-night News (Kostas Jaritos, #1) (Kostas Jaritos, #1)	Markaris, Petros	3.44

Did you favorite books made our list? ^^

Stay tuned for the Pickies Movies, Games & TV Series!

Blogies 2011

So here they are the Bloggies 2011 (which is actually all the blogs, people and other)..and Pickies will be posted later this week, with the best books,movies,series,games of the year.
The list and idea came out in a really short notice (i thought about it yesterday cause i was too busy), so i didn't have the time to create something bigger and awesomer. So it's mostly a quick list i did :)

And well i just wanted to say THANK YOU, to all of those great people, for making the blog year more special  :) 

My favorite blogs of the year each one for a different reason. Visit and enjoy! *the order is not on based which i prefer more*

Small Review >> For probably the best book reviews on the blogshpere
Books For Company >> For the awesome memes
Liesewies >> For bringing something different on my dashboard with the variety of movies,fashion and Harry Potter.
Loving Books && Read Me, Bookmark Me,Love Me >> For all the new books that introduced to me with their reviews
Ranting Dragon && Drying Ink >> For their great fantasy book reviews
Once Upon A Time >> For the best discussions posts (along with Drying Ink)
Blackplume >> For writing honest and detailed without spoiling and be a fun person.

Favorite Authors not only or for their great books, but also the attention who give to people and make us feel special. *This does not mean i did not enjoy many other authors and their books, but those at the list really made me remember them for 2011*

Michelle Muto >> For the best YA Books i've read this year and how great is talking with her
Sasha Soren >> For her amazing ideas and constant communication with the bloggers
Emlyn Chand >> For the great tours, book and character
Amanda Havard >> For how much she works on her books and some of the best books promotion ideas ever ( music videos? concert series? apps? )
Alison Goodman >> For the best book with dragons i've read this year
Kathy Reichs >> For bringing new "Enyd Blayton"-like stories in my life
Justin Somper >> For providing a great ending at his Vampirates series
Pavarti K. Tyler, Kendare Blake, Y.S.Lee, Jason Morrow, Philippa Balantine >> For suprising me pleasantly with their stories when i did not expect it

And lastly, some amazing book covers that really made my want to read the books *in the list are included only covers from books i've read*

Stay tuned for Pickies 2011!
-xoxo, Yiota

Happy New Year!!!

art by damaciel @ Deviantart

Happy New Year everyone!!! Weeee!!! Anyone else exciting? 2011 was good i believe ( even though we are from Greece which many bad things happen) and was fun too!

Just wanted to say that i hope everyone has a wonderful year for 2012! For us, the book-movie-game lovers there are many exciting things coming out this year, to make us forget the bad so I am like "yay!".

I do hope you had a good and enjoyable year, here at the blog and enjoyed it as much as i did. There we so many things happened and need to mention so i will make a post full them in the week instead of writing some in hurry now :)

I don't know where everyone is right now to ask if they want to say something and i totally forgot because i was working but here some extra words from Johnny who i talk with, right now:

Happy new year with plenty of good times and more books to take us to distant lands. And may my wardrobe be a gate to Narnia or something similar.

I really hope your new dog, find the portal man...i really do!

Have fun everyone!!! See ya all soon! ^^
-xoxo, Yiota

P.S: How awesome is that i found a pic with a dragon? :D

gif (Bleach anime) by roymustangs