The BCF Book Awards 2013

[Talisman]

It's warmer than most people think Julie - when I was there in October the temperature went down to a little above freezing point, but I have been there in the summer months and had temperatures well into the 70's. Most of the people of course live around the coast, as the interior is little more than barren desert (and the odd delicious hot spring), so there is not that much vegetation, but of course in the larger towns and villages people have gardens like in any other country.   

 

I do though recommend that ghost story - I am hoping to be able to visit the abandoned settlement where the book is set next summer, as it's a part of the country I haven't explored as yet. It may be a little difficult though to understand for those who are not familiar with the country, so it is good in a way that it is not yet available in the US, as that gives you time to read about the country a bit more.       

Edited December 22, 2013 by Talisman

[julie]

Thanks June

It sounds like a really pretty place . That'll be neat to see the are where the ghost book takes place. I have it on my list for when it comes out , on Kindle in March .

I'll try to do some reading up a bit more on the country before then . 

[lauraloves]

Now that I've finished my last book of the year I can finally answer this!

 

Your favourite read of the year? - Stolen Child by Laura Elliott. I haven't been so hooked by a book for a long time!
Your favourite author of the year? - Ian Fleming. I read the first James Bond book and really liked his writing style.
Your most read author of the year? - Mary Norton. I read the complete Borrowers Series this year.
Your favourite book cover of the year? Chocolat - Joanne Harris. I really loved how the cover reflected the story perfectly.
The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, the one you read least of)? Dangerous Liaisons - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. I really couldn't get into this book at all.
The book that most disappointed you? In The Company of Ghosts - Stephen A. Hunt. This had the promise to be really good, but unfortunate it wasn't!
The funniest book of the year? Confessions of a GP - Dr Benjamin Daniels. Although it was serious in places it was very funny too!
Your favourite literary character this year? Didn't really have one this year.
Your favourite children's book this year? The Borrowers - Mary Norton as this was the only children's book I read!
Your favourite classic of the year? Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte. I hadn't read this until this year and loved it. Wish I hadn't left it so long!
Your favourite non-fiction book this year? - The Witness Wore Red - Rebecca Musser. Such a harrowing story but it needed to be told.
TYour favourite biography this year? The Witness Wore Red - Rebecca Musser.
Your favourite collection of short stories this year? - Didn't read any this year.
Your favourite poetry collection this year?Didn't read any this year.
Your favourite illustrated book of the year? Didn't read any this year.
Your favourite publisher of the year? Harper Collins
Your favourite audiobook of the year? Didn't listen to any this year.
Your favourite re-read of the year?Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J. K. Rowling. I love the Harry Potter books!

 

[chesilbeach]

I've also just finished my last book of the year, so here's my list, excluding the poetry and biography questions, as I haven't read any of those, and I've added a YA award as well as the children's one, just because I can 

 

Your favourite read of the year? Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie

Your favourite author of the year? John Marsden

Your most read author of the year? M. C. Beaton (again!)

Your favourite book cover of the year? The Misunderstanding by Irène Némirovsky

The book you abandoned (if there was more than one, the one you read least of)? Under The Skin by Michel Faber

The book that most disappointed you? The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

The funniest book of the year? Fibber in the Heat by Miles Jupp

Your favourite literary character this year? Daisy Dalrymple

Your favourite children's book this year? Wilma Tenderfoot and the Case of the Rascal's Revenge by Emma Kennedy

Your favourite YA book this year? If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

Your favourite classic of the year? Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Your favourite non-fiction book this year? Sightlines by Kathleen Jamie

Your favourite collection of short stories this year? Diving Belles by Lucy Wood

Your favourite publisher of the year? Faber

Your favourite audiobook of the year? Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen; read by Lindsay Duncan

Your favourite re-read of the year? Mapp and Lucia by E. F. Benson

[Athena]

Your favourite read of the year? - Stolen Child by Laura Elliott. I haven't been so hooked by a book for a long time!

x

I'm glad you loved this one as much as I did!

 

P.S. Harry Potter's great. I'm going to re-read books 4-7 in 2014 (after re-reading 1-3 the past few months).

[frankie]

Your favourite read of the year? Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Your favourite author of the year? Astrid Lindgren
Your most read author of the year? Astrid Lindgren
Your favourite book cover of the year? Howards End Is on the Landing by Susan Hill

 

The book that most disappointed you? The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale
The funniest book of the year? Bridget Jones - Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding
Your favourite literary character this year? Karlsson
Your favourite children's book this year? The Karlsson series by Astrid Lindgren
Your favourite classic of the year? Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Your favourite non-fiction book this year? Yes Man by Danny Wallace
Your favourite biography this year? Ugly by Constance Briscoe
Your favourite collection of short stories this year? The Rendezvous and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
Your favourite illustrated book of the year? Karlsson books
Your favourite re-read of the year? Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

[pontalba]

 

frankie wrote: The book that most disappointed you? The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale

 

 

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, Sari.  I can understand it though.  It was a bit flat in the reading, but the detailing was excellent, I thought.

[lauraloves]

x

I'm glad you loved this one as much as I did!

 

P.S. Harry Potter's great. I'm going to re-read books 4-7 in 2014 (after re-reading 1-3 the past few months).

 

I loved it so much! I've just given my copy to my mum to read so hopefully she will love it too The HP series are my favourite books of all time hehe glad your a fan too