2013 has been a big year where my world just keeps on growing…. I started this Blog, got back into writing Poetry, continued my Studies in Nursing, Connected with some amazing people across the five oceans (with some I am hoping to meet face to face in 2014)…. plus some significant people from my past, lost a few dear loved ones who’s journey has left this world…, had a few new life’s born into our family, had a few loved ones had major surgery and illness…..and throughout all of this I’ve danced, sung songs (badly so I’ve been informed), laughed, cried, loved, lost and got back up again!

And whilst sitting here on New Years Eve and in the theme of my Blog….below are my Top Reads, Music most listened too, Poetry & Poets found, plus some Fan Fiction, and some Movies I’ve watched n enjoyed throughout 2013!

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My Top 5 Reads of 2013:

1. Gabriel’s Redemption by Sylvain Reynard
2. Forged in Dreams & Magick by Kat Bastion
3. The Sullivan Series by Bella Andre
4. Masters of the Shadowlands Series by Cherise Sinclair
5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Debut Novels + New Authors to watch – (They are all on Amazon):

• The Muse Unlocked by Chris Kuhn
• Out on Business by Lisa Fulham
• Perfect Pleasures by Cameron Lincoln
• TouchStone for Play by Sydney Jamesson
• An Acute Arraction by AJ Walters
• Finding Loves Wings by Zoey Derrick
• Starstruck by Paige Thomas
• Snow, a winters romance by Mark Davis
• Saviour by Lesley Jones
• Cougar Diaries Series by Aoife Brennan
• Restraint by PJ Bayliss

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Stunning Artwork

• Benjamin Prewitt – go check out his Blog – http://benjaminprewitt.com/  This mans art, journey and words are immense treasures!

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Some Exquisite Poetry:

# You can click on their Names to read their entry in a “Poetry Challenge” I ran and/or on their Blog name to view their Blogs…

• B. L. Ronan | Blog – The Sacred Road
• PJ Bayliss | Blog – Twisted Procreator of Poetry, Short Stories & Aspiring Erotic Author
• Darwin Blake | Blog – Almost Famous Author
• Thomas J Snow | Blog – Snowglobeman
• Benjamin Prewitt | Blog – Expressions of my Life – An evolution of Art
• Amanda Carrington | Blog – V0Ella
• Mark Davis | Blog – Erotic Musings of Mark Davis
• Mirabella| Blog – Belong 2 Sir
• Caroline Juliette | Blog – Buttercup’s Bullshit
• Katrina Storey | Blog – Hungry for More
• Kat Fraser | Blog – Inside Kat’s Mind
• Lisa Fulham | Blog – The Freak within
• Sal SW36 | Blog – Raspberry Delights
• Poetic Passions | Blog – Senusal & Erotic Poetry
• Joseph McNamara | Blog – One Persons Kink is Anothers Dream Come True
• Megan Kay | Blog – Linguistic twists dripping from my wanton tongue
• Steve Richards | Blog – Non Angelicus Musings
• Deidre Meyrick | Blog – The Red Velvet Chair
• Cameron Lincoln | Blog – Author
• SA MacNeil | Blog – Wine Whimsey and Words
• Mr Insatiable | Blog – It’s an Insatiable Life
• Kat Bastion | Blog – Talk to the Shoe
• Angel | Blog – Heavenly Haven 1808
• Tammy L Wilkins | Blog – Life of the Live. Love. Laugh. Girl
• Justin Case | Blog – Words by Justin Case
• Michael Birchmore | Blog – PerVerse Poetry

# Also here is a Poem I wrote this year in a “Poetry Challenge” held by V0Ella…

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Music enjoyed:

# Albums:

• Ed Sheeran – +
• Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
• REM – Around the Sun
• The Killers – Age & Day
• Muse – The Resistance
• Powderfinger – Fingerprints & Footprints
• Coldplay – Mylo Xylto
• Yael Naiim – Yael Naiim
• Sia – Best of…
• Crayola Lectern – The Fall and Rise Of…

# Songs:

• The Waifs – London Still
• The Audrey’s – Oh Honey, Don’t change
• The Lumineers – Hey Ho
• Lorde – Royals, Team
• London Grammer – Hey Now, Strong
• Florence + The Machine – Spectrum, Never let me go, You’ve got the love
• Birds of Tokyo – Lanterns & This Fire
• Regina Spektor – On the Radio, Fidelity
• Lisa Mitchell – Edge of my dreams, Clean white love, Oh! Hark!
• Kate Miller-Heike – The last day on earth, Caught in the crowd, Sarah
• Goyte – Somebody that I use to know, Heart’s a Mess
• Birdy – Wings, Skinny Love, People,e help people
• Pomplamoose – If you think you need some lovin, Another Day, Vie En Rose
• Feist – 1234, I feel it all
• Little Birdy – Bodies, Summarise, Hairdo
• Sigur Ros – Hoppipolla
• The Be Good Tanyas – Hello Love, The littlest birds
• Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane, For you, Hold On
• The Civil Wars – Poison & Wine, C’est La Mort, Falling
• Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait, The Cave, Little Lion Man
• Alabama Shakes – Hold On
• Beth Orton – Stolen Car, She cries your name
• Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran – Everything has changed
• Christina Perri – Arms
• Paramore – The only exception, Decode, I Caught Myself
• The Killers – Mr. Brightside, Somebody told me, Runaways
• Muse – Starlight, Madness
• The Fray – Love Don’t Die
• Imagine Dragons – Demons
• John Legend – All of Me

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Movies watched:

• The Hobbit: The desolation of Smaug
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Iron Man III
• Thor: The Dark World
• Elysium
• Flight
• The Call
• Pacific Rim
• Identity Thief
• Heat

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Fan Fiction read:

# Random Cran (Miss Cranberry)

• Exposure| www.fanfiction.net/s/7761233/1/Exposure
• Restless | www.fanfiction.net/s/7012660/1/Restless
• Edward’s Friday: A Restless Outtake | www.fanfiction.net/s/7528215/1/Edward-s-Friday-A-Restless-Outtake

# Morgan Locklear (MOG)

• Bella Voce | www.fanfiction.net/s/5747816/1/Bella-Voce
• Cockeyed Optimist | www.fanfiction.net/s/7050532/1/Cockeyed-Optimist
• Brutte Parole | www.fanfiction.net/s/6613444/1/Brutte-Parole
• Shy | www.fanfiction.net/s/6569706/1/Shy
• Angel Makers | www.fanfiction.net/s/7999264/1/Angel-Makers
• House Rules | www.fanfiction.net/s/8250514/1/House-Rules

# MeilleurCafe (SerendipitousMC)

• Boxing Out | www.fanfiction.net/s/7534919/1/Boxing-Out
• Love Is Always an Option | www.fanfiction.net/s/5270129/1/Love-Is-Always-an-Option
• Noises | www.fanfiction.net/s/7277532/1/Noises
• Magic | www.fanfiction.net/s/6877833/1/Magic
• It Ain’t Over | www.fanfiction.net/s/8918222/1/It-Ain-t-Over

# MG2112 (Avi Footwear Goddess)

• The Singer & The Sorrow | www.fanfiction.net/s/5924138/1/The-Singer-and-The-Sorrow
• An Accidental Text | www.fanfiction.net/s/7130580/1/An-Accidental-Text
• Sanctuary Song A future take for TS&TS | www.fanfiction.net/s/7869520/1/Sanctuary-Song-A-future-take-for-TS-TS

# Sweet Dirty Draco

• Eric P Potrait in Black & White 1: DIDI | www.fanfiction.net/s/8152023/1/Eric-P-Portrait-In-Black-White-1-Didi
• Possession | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7774663/1/POSSESSION
• Hatred, Hope & Angels | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7434171/1/De-odios-esperanzas-y-%C3%A1ngeles
• Tell me that is was a Dream | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8717659/1/DIME-QUE-FUE-UN-SUE%C3%91O

# Gothic Temptress (Blantant Oddities)

• Scintilla | www.fanfiction.net/s/6753988/1/Scintilla
• The Lacrimosa & Honied Pomegranate Seeds | www.fanfiction.net/s/8677437/1/The-Lacrimosa-and-Pomeranate-Seeds
• Forget Me Knots | www.fanfiction.net/s/7640045/1/Forget-Me-Knots
• Ctrl Alt Del | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8799260/1/Ctrl-Alt-Del
• Voyeur | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6943903/1/Voyeur
• Bereit | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6493852/1/Bereit

# Raum (Raum Tweet)

• An Italian Winter | www.fanfiction.net/s/7541183/1/An-Italian-Winter
• De Immortalitate | www.fanfiction.net/s/711625/1/De-Immortalitate
• Love Path | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6778910/1/Love-Path
• Snare | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8955111/1/Snare

# Anais Mark

• Metaphysics | www.fanfiction.net/s/5728755/1/Metaphysics
• Renovating | www.fanfiction.net/s/7095293/1/Renovating
• No Good Deed | www.fanfiction.net/s/7046279/1/No-Good-Deed
• Analog | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6706457/1/Analog

# Writing Babe

• Release | www.fanfiction.net/s/6313679/1/Release
• The Werewolves of London | www.fanfiction.net/s/7124306/1/The-Werewolves-of-London

# Mostly a Lurker

• Tears Like Rain | www.fanfiction.net/s/7659790/1/Tears-Like-Rain
• Trust, Love, and Sex | www.fanficiton.net/s/6472656/1/Trust-Love-and-Sex
• My Brother’s Wife | www.fanfiction.net/s/63383443/1/My-Brother/s/Wife
• Barks, Wags, Hugs & Love | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7086915/1/Barks-Wags-Hugs-and-Love
• I Burn for You Gladly | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6492484/1/I-Burn-for-You-Gladly

# Cosmogirl7481

• Retail Therapy | www.fanfiction.net/s/5361420/1/Retail-Theraphy
• What Speaks in Darkness | www.fanfiction.net/s/6252131/1/What-Speaks-in/Darkness
• Conversations over Coffee | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6743346/1/Conversations-Over-Coffee
• 1025 | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7494812/1/1025
• Edward in the Afternoon | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7251244/1/Edward-in-the-Afternoon
• Dear Veronia | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8183892/1/Dear-Veronic

# Sydney Alice

• Such Great Heights | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5654368/1/Such-Great-Heights

# Silly Bella

• Peonies | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3261005/1/Peonies

# Just Duckie

• Fuzzy Logic | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7711492/1/Fuzzy-Logic
• Red Knight | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6362158/1/Red-Knight

# Anna Lund

• Alive Again |  http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7835453/1/Alive-Again

# Deb24601

• 1929 | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5636885/1/1929

# Jaxon22

• A pound of Flesh | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5926016/1/A-Pound-of-Flesh

# The Fic Chick

• The Banana Hammock | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8438979/1/The-Purple-Banana-Hammock
• Departures | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8625604/1/Departures

# TKegl

• Beyond Time | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5755522/1/Beyond-Time
• Do Over | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6579540/1/Do-Over
• A Swirl of Circles & Stars | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7642002/1/A-Swirl-of-Circles-and-Stars

# Vancouver Canuck Girl

• The Real Life of E. A. Masen | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8057318/1/The-Real-Life-of-E-A-Masen
• Atrophy | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8799453/1/Atrophy
• We were meant to be Scene  | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8604763/1/We-Were-Meant-To-Be-Scene
• Seven Year Itch |

# Ms Kathy

• The Discovery of Bella Swan | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4716738/1/The-Discovery-of-Bella-Swan

# Sunflower Queen

• Dawn of Day | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5208611/1/Dawn-of-Day

# Afonz

• The Hardest Part | http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7702408/1/The-Hardest-Part

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