WP_Query for Celia

gistfile1.php

<?php 

$args = array (
        'post_type' => 'books', 
        'showposts' => 3,   // change this to how many books you want to show, set to -1 to display all that meet these criteria
        'tax_query' => array( 
        'taxonomy' => 'genre',
        'field' => 'slug',
        'terms' => 'allbooks') //category slug
);

$query = new WP_Query($args); ?>

<ul>

<?php while( $query->have_posts() ): $query->the_post(); ?>

<li>if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'ftimg', true) ) { ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><img src="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'ftimg', true) ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?> by Celia Kyle Paranormal Romance Author"
title="<?php the_title(); ?> by Celia Kyle Paranormal Romance Author" /></a> <?php } //close if statement
?> </li>

<?php endwhile; wp_reset_postdata();?>

</ul>