Hot Games - Sunday 26 July 2009

Sunday has rolled around again and it is time to look at some of the top online retailers to find out what games are selling well.

Here are the lists:

Take2
1. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare GOTY (PC DVD-ROM)
2. Exclusive: Assassin's Creed (PC DVD-ROM) Director's Cut
3. Prince Of Persia 4 (PS3)
4. Super Hits: Bioshock (PC DVD-ROM) In Stock
5. The Sims 3: Standard Edition (PC/MAC DVD-ROM)
6. Sam & Max - Season 1 (PC)
7. Fallout 3 (Xbox 360)
8. Super Hits: Civilization IV Complete Collection (PC DVD-ROM)
9. Prince Of Persia 4 (Xbox 360)
10. Exclusive: Tom Clancy's: Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (PC DVD-ROM)

Amazon
1. Wii Sports Resort - Nintendo Wii
2. Wii Fit - Nintendo Wii
3. EA Sports Active - Nintendo Wii
4. Dissidia Final Fantasy - PSP
5. Halo 3: ODST - Xbox 360
6. Midnight Club: Los Angeles - Xbox 360
7. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel - Nintendo Wii
8. The Sims 3 - PC
9. Midnight Club: Los Angeles - PS3
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition - Xbox

Kalahari.Net
1. Wii Sports Resort and Motion Plus - Nintendo Wii
2. Far Cry 2 - PS3
3. Ultimate Spiderman (Platinum) - PS2
4. Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses - PS2
5. Fallout 3 - PS3
6. Shrek The Third - PS2
7. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - PC
8. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii) - Nintendo Wii
9. NBA 08 - PS3
10. Unreal Tournament 3 - PC

CNA
1. EA Sports Active Wii - Nintendo Wii
2. FIFA 09 - PS2
3. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - PS2
4. Medal of Honor: 10th Anniversary Edition - PC
5. Prototype - Xbox
6. The Sims 3 - PC
7. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - PS2

Bestsellers - Sunday 26 July 2009

Sunday has rolled around again and it is time to look at some of the top online retailers to find out what books are selling well.

Give me your thoughts on these titles. The Twilight titles continue to dominate but some new names and faces on the lists. The new Dan Brown starting to appear on quite a few of the lists as well.

Here are the lists:

Exclusive Books
1. Spud - Learning to Fly
2. New Moon
3. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
4. Eclipse
5. Breaking Dawn
6. Twilight
7. Die Ponies Galop
8. Spud
9. Stiletto
10. Spud - The Madness Continues

Take2
1. Hidden Currents - Feehan, Christine
2. New Moon - Meyer, Stephenie
3. Twilight - Meyer, Stephenie
4. Eclipse - Meyer, Stephenie
5. Breaking Dawn - Meyer, Stephenie
6. Girl Who Played with Fire - Larsson, Stieg
7. Bengal's Heart - Leigh, Lora
8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Larsson, Stieg
9. Faefever - Moning, Karen Marie
10. Twilight - Meyer, Stephenie

Amazon
1. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
2. Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against - Glenn Beck
3. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
4. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
5. The Shack - William P. Young
6. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto - Mark R. Levin
7. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society… - Mary Ann Shaffer
8. Sookie Stackhouse, Books 1-7 - Charlaine Harris
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) - J.K. Rowling
10. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) - Stephenie Meyer

Kalahari.Net
1. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
2. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
3. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
4. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
5. The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
6. Spud - Learning to Fly - John Van De Ruit
7. Thula-Thula - Annelie Botes
8. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
9. Outliers: The story of success - Malcolm Gladwell
10. Spud - John Van De Ruit

CNA
1. A good woman - Danielle Steel
2. A new earth - Tolle, Eckhart
3. Eat, pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
4. Obama: From Promise to Power - David Mendell
5. Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Lechter, Sharon L Kiyosaki, Robert
6. Scarpetta - Patricia Cornwell
7. The Love Dare - Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick
8. The secret - Byrne, Rhonda
9. The Shack - William P Young
10. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski

Asterix - an institution!

I have blogged about it before but it always intrigues me how often the Asterix books appear on the Best Seller lists that we pull up from the online retailers.

He is an absolute institution and his stories never seem to get old and cross every single generation of kids.

I don't think that there are too many book characters who could be considered as influential as Asterix and Obelix and I reckon 50 years from now they will still be going strong.

So for that reason I thought I would highlight the following from Fanatics and Exclusive Books:

Celebrate Asterix’s 50th Anniversary with Exclusive Books this July!

Almost every single Asterix story features reference to Obelix falling into the Getafix’s cauldron of magic potion when he was about six years old. This was the event through which he derived his phenomenal physical strength.

Do you ever wonder how it happened? Read the full story in the new Asterix book (How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion).

SPECIAL OFFER TO FANATICS MEMBERS
Earn 300 Fanatics Bonus Points when you buy the new Asterix title How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion when he was a Little Boy

OR

Earn 200 Fanatics Bonus Points AND save over R98 when you buy the new Asterix value pack which includes the new book plus one of the older titles.

About the Authors

Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977. Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 Asterix made his first appearance on page 20 of Pilote. Asterix the Gaul, their first album, was published in 1961 and there have now been 33 Asterix albums.

So get to your nearest Exclusive Books store today and purchase or order your copy of How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion.

Kwame Dawes - "She's Gone"

This didn't sound like my kettle of fish but I have heard a couple of very positive reviews on this book so I thought I would highlight it here and maybe give a bit of diversity to our reviews.

The synopsis reads:

A prominent Jamaican reggae singer falls in love with an African American woman while on tour in South Carolina. The two struggle to forge a relationship across a cultural and psychological divide in a story that spans from Jamaica to South Carolina to New York City.

There is a good review of the book here for those who believe it might be an interesting read.

Author: Kwame Dawes

Title: She's Gone

ISBN-13: 978-1-933354-18-7

You can order the book from online retailer Loot for R128

If you have read the book then drop me a comment below and let me know your thoughts on it.

Have your say in the Sunday Times Literary awards

The Sunday Times Literary Awards have become recognised for their challenging judging standards. Of 33 titles originally selected for the fiction prize and 43 selected for the Alan Paton Award for non-fiction this year, two panels of judges have shortlisted just five titles in each category.

Now you can have your say by selecting one title in each category that you think should be the winner (see below for details of the finalists). We’re giving away five signed sets of all ten shortlisted titles plus 10 annual subscriptions to the Sunday Times to 15 lucky Fanatics members. Plus two members will win double tickets to the Awards gala evening in Johannesburg on 1st August.

Pick up a copy of the entry form at any Exclusive Books store – complete and hand it to a bookseller. But please don’t delay! The literary awards take place on Saturday 1st August and our competition has to close on 24th July to allow time to advise the lucky winners.

The Alan Paton Award has become established as one of the most coveted prizes for non-fiction writing in South Africa, rewarding careful research, honesty, understanding and sheer hard work. This year’s finalists are Street Blues by Andrew Brown; Choice Not Fate – The Life & Times of Trevor Manuel by Pippa Green; In a Different Time by Peter Harris; A Simple Freedom by Ahmed Kathrada with Tim Couzens; and Three-Letter Plague by Jonny Steinberg.

The Sunday Times fiction prize recognises writers who create highly original and exciting novels that make really compelling reading. The five titles that have made it through to the final selection are Whiplash by Tracey Farren; The Impostor by Damon Galgut; Bodies Politic by Michiel Heyns; The Rowing Lesson by Anne Landsman; and The Lost Colours of the Chameleon by Mandla Langa.

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Book sale special from Exclusive Books

We’re spicing up our delicious Winter Sale with double points on all sale book purchases at Exclusive Books. But only for Fanatics members and for just three days – this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 - 12 July.

Our massive WINTER SALE is now on at all branches of Exclusive Books (except in the duty free malls at OR Tambo and Cape Town International airports) and you’ll still find some incredible bargains with savings of up to 75% off normal cover prices.

Get off to the right start! Remember to bring your Fanatics card, and then you can look forward to receiving an even bigger rewards voucher with your next Fanatics statement!

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