February Wrap-Up and March TBR

           

1- Oblivion (3/5)
    I read Obsidian almost 3 years ago, and I haven't really continued on with the series even though I wanted to... So when I saw that the ebook for Oblivion, the series from Daemon's point of view, was really cheap, I decided to buy it and see if by reading it, it would maybe get me more excited to read the other ones. To be honest, I don't think it was very well written. I don't really like some of the stuff that happened or how the relationship between Katie and Daemon form, but this is almost like a guilty pleasure type thing. I find it entertaining even though I don't think it is necessarily good. 
       This book was on my February TBR so √
       
2- Code Name Verity (3.5/5)
     I have a review on Code Name Verity that you can check out by clicking here.
        This book was on my February TBR so √

3- Anna and the French Kiss (5/5)
     I wrote a review of this book here!
       This book was on my February TBR so √

4- The Clockwork Scarab (3/5)
     I've never read a steampunk book before so it was quite interesting to read this one. I liked that it had to badass female protagonists! However, I had a lot of problems with it. I didn't see any chemistry between any of the characters, and the plot was kinda all over the place. A lot of things were introduced/mentioned but not really resolved. I'm guessing most of it was to introduce topics that will be bigger on the other books, but that bothered me a bit. I love the cover and the cover under it. I'm not sure if I'll continue one with the series... 

MARCH TBR

Cinderela Pop
   
     This is a book written by a Brazilian author and I'm not sure if it had been published anywhere else. But I'm excited because it is a retelling of Cinderella, and it's part of a series of retellings and I love the other two books. 

Cintia é uma princesa dos dias atuais: antenada, com opiniões próprias, decidida e adora música! 

Essa princesa pop morava com os pais em um castelo enorme de onde via toda a cidade. Todas as noites ela olhava pela janela, onde ficava admirando a vista e sonhando... com um príncipe que ainda não conhecia.

Porém um dia o castelo de Cintia desmoronou e com ele tudo à sua volta. Desiludida, ela deixou de acreditar em romances e teve que reconstruir cada parte de sua vida, sem deixar o mínimo espaço para o amor.

Ela só não contava com um detalhe... Havia mesmo um belo príncipe em sua história. E tudo que ele mais queria era descongelar o coração da nossa gata (nada) borralheira!

The Princess Bride 

      This is my Book Club's pick of the month. To be honest I have never actually seen the movie so this is gonna be interesting. 

What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be...well...a lot less than the man of her dreams?

As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. Morgenstern classic, The Princess Bride. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears.

Now Goldman does Dad one better. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere.

What's it about? Fencing. Fighting. True Love. Strong Hate. Harsh Revenge. A Few Giants. Lots of Bad Men. Lots of Good Men. Five or Six Beautiful Women. Beasties Monstrous and Gentle. Some Swell Escapes and Captures. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex.

In short, it's about everything. 

Wormwood 
  
    This actually was my cousin's book and she gave it to me. To be honest, it is not the type of book I would ever pick up to read if I didn't have it in the first place. It's been sitting on my shelf for more than a year and I just picked its name out of my TBR jar so I guess I read it. 

In 1756 London, Agetta Lamian fears the end of the world is near. She's the housemaid of Dr. Sabian Blake, who recently acquired a legendary book said to unlock the secrets of the universe, and overhears his prediction that a comet called Wormwood is headed toward London.

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January Wrap-Up and February TBR

Happy New Year everyone!! I hope all of you get to read amazing books this year! I plan on reading 50 books in 2017, the same goal I set for myself for last year. The month of January started well, I read the three books that were on my TBR for the month! Here they are:



1- Night 
    
   I don't really want to rate this book since it's a true story and all. I don't feel comfortable doing so.
But I can still say that this was a very well written book. With a good pace and, although really sad, super interesting as well. The ending felt a bit rushed compared to the rest of the story, but I learned a lot about the terrible thing that was the Holocaust, from someone who was in a concentration camp.


2- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - The Original Screenplay (5/5)

      It was absolutely amazing to read the screenplay of this incredible movie. I have never read a full screenplay before, so it was very insightful and really cool to see how the movie came to life from this script. I love the cover and the little illustrations in it. I hope she publishes the screenplays of the next movies in the series as well. 




3- Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor (4/5)
     
   As some of you know, I am not the biggest fan of Magnus Chase. (I have a review of the first book if you wanna check it out) I went to Rick Riordan's book tour for the Hammer of Thor and it was really cool. I definitely liked this one more than the first. I've moved on from my initial shock of comparing it to the Percy Jackson series. I know I shouldn't compare them! But I can't help it! This novel was funny and entertaining through out. Unfortunately it wasn't one of those books where I can't put it down. I have to admit I spent one or two days without even opening it. But overall it was a good read and I recommend it if you are a Riordan fan. 


FEBRUARY TBR

Oblivion
   I read Obsidian almost three years ago (I can't believe it's been that long!) when I got a free ebook copy. I saw this recently for a very cheap price on Kindle, so I bought it. It is Obsidian, but from Daemon's point of view. I have yet to read the next books in the series. Hopefully by reading this one, I will get excited to read the rest.

I knew the moment Katy Swartz moved in next door, there was going to be trouble. Lots of it. 

And trouble’s the last thing I need, since I’m not exactly from around here. My people arrived on Earth from Lux, a planet thirteen billion light years away. Plus, if there’s one thing I know, it’s that humans can’t be trusted. We scare them. We can do things they only dream about, and honestly, we make them look weak as hell. ‘Cuz they are. 

But Kat is getting to me in ways no one else has, and I can't stop myself from wanting her—or wanting to use my powers to protect her. She makes me weak, and I’m the strongest of our kind, tasked with protecting us all. So this one simple girl…she can mean the end for us. Because the Luxen have an even bigger enemy—the Arum, and I need to stay on my game. 

Falling for Katy—a human—won't just place her in danger. It could get us all killed, and that’s one thing I’ll never let happen...

Code Name Verity
    This is my Book club's book of the month and I quite excited to read it. I've been quite interested in reading World War II related books recently, and I've heard a lot of good things about it!


That's what you do to enemy agents. It's what we do to enemy agents. But I look at all the dark and twisted roads ahead and cooperation is the easy way out. Possibly the only way out for a girl caught red-handed doing dirty work like mine - and I will do anything, anything to avoid SS-Hauptsturmführer von Linden interrogating me again.

He has said that I can have as much paper as I need. All I have to do is cough up everything I can remember about the British War Effort. And I'm going to. But the story of how I came to be here starts with my friend Maddie. She is the pilot who flew me into France - an Allied Invasion of Two.

We are a sensational team.

Anna and the French Kiss
    I have been wanting to read this book for so long! I just picked its name out of my TBR jar (yes, I made a jar. I have too many unread books on my shelves, I need a way to finally force myself to read them), and I'm so glad I did so because I've been feeling like reading a romance contemporary for a while now.


Can Anna find love in the City of Light?

Anna is happy in Atlanta. She has a loyal best friend and a crush on her coworker at the movie theater, who is just starting to return her affection. So she's less than thrilled when her father decides to send her to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year.

But despite not speaking a word of French, Anna meets some cool new people, including the handsome Étienne St. Clair, who quickly becomes her best friend. Unfortunately, he's taken —and Anna might be, too. Will a year of romantic near misses end with the French kiss she's waiting for?

Favourite books of 2014

    Hi guys! I haven't posted in such a long time I feel ashamed. I know it's a little late but I want to tell you my favourite books of 2014. So here we go... (It is not in a particular order). These are my favourite books that I HAVE READ this year, they were not all specifically PUBLISHED this year.  

1) The Fault in our Stars                                                                                                            2) Fangirl 

 

3) Clockwork Prince                                                                                            4) Clockwork Princess

5) City of Heavenly Fire                                                                                                         6) Obsidian 

7) If I Stay                                                                                                                 8) Where She Went

9) Vampire Academy                                                                                            10) The Maze Runner 

11) The Princess Diaries                                                                                     12) The Bad Beginning 

What were your favourite books? Comment bellow!

August Wrap Up & September TBR

   I read more books that I expected for this month of August! On my last TBR I said that I intended to read 6 books. And I did! I'm really glad that I did, it's not all the same books that I intended to read on my TBR but I'm fine with that. 

   The books that I read in August are:

 1- The Last Letter from your Lover (2.5/5) (I read it in Portuguese, A Última Carta de Amor) 

   

   I gave it 3 stars on Goodreads but I feel like giving it 2.5 stars. Check out my review here.

   This was on my August TBR so √

  2- Obsidian (5/5)

    This book is so freaking good! Oh my God! It's probably one of my favourites! Daemon Black gives me the feels! I wasn't bored or annoyed for a second! I loved it! And I'm so excited to read the next one!

   This was on my August TBR so √

  3- The Giver (3/5)

   If you think that my 3 stars for The Giver is not fair check out my review here to know why I gave it 3 stars. 

   This was on my August TBR so √

  4- If I Stay (5/5)

   I loved this book so much! That's why I gave it 5 stars! Check out my review here to know my thought on If I Stay. 

   This was on my August TBR so √

  5- Where She Went (4/5) 

   I gave it 5 stars on Goodreads but thinking about it now I think it's a 4 stars kind of book. Loved it. Don't have a review on it but I recommend if you have read If I Stay.

 6- Vampire Academy (4.5)

   I really liked this book just like I liked the movie. :) It's very good  and I'm very excited to read the next one!

   I don't usually read that many books in a month and I'm surprised and happy because I read that many books! I'm probably gonna read only two or three books this month because of school :(

  Now my TBR!

 Jane and the Damned

 I only bought this book because it was $2.00 and I liked the cover (and it's about vampires!). But I don't know if I want to read it! Apparently it is a series, I'm not sure. I started reading it yesterday and let's see how it goes...

Aspiring writer Jane Austen knows that respectable young ladies like herself are supposed to shun the Damned—the beautiful, fashionable, exquisitely seductive vampires who are all the rage in Georgian England in 1797. So when an innocent (she believes) flirtation results in her being turned—by an absolute cad of a bloodsucker—she acquiesces to her family’s wishes and departs for Bath to take the waters, the only known cure.

But what she encounters there is completely unexpected: perilous jealousies and further betrayals, a new friendship and a possible love. Yet all that must be put aside when the warring French invade unsuspecting Bath—and the streets run red with good English blood. Suddenly only the staunchly British Damned can defend the nation they love . . . with Jane Austen leading the charge at the battle’s forefront.

The Maze Runner 

   It was on my August TBR but I didn't read it. I wanna read the book before the movie!

"If you ain't scared, you ain't human." 

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers--boys whose memories are also gone.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It's the only way out--and no one's ever made it through alive.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.

The Assassin's Curse

   I've heard a lot of good things about this book and this cover is gorgeous! And I also heard that this series will stop being published, something about the publisher or something. So I'm gonna buy it and try to read it as soon as possible! 

Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to another pirate clan. But that only prompts the scorned clan to send an assassin after her. When Ananna faces him down one night, armed with magic she doesn't really know how to use, she accidentally activates a curse binding them together. 

To break the spell, Ananna and the assassin must complete three impossible tasks--all while grappling with evil wizards, floating islands, haughty manticores, runaway nobility, strange magic...and the growing romantic tension between them.

  And that's it for my August Wrap Up and for my September TBR! Hope you guys enjoyed and I'll see you next time! Bye!

July Wrap Up and August TBR

     I know I am kind of late for this but this is my July Wrap up! I didn't read many books because I was traveling and I had little time to read. I read:

     

   City of Heavenly Fire (5/5)

   

   > I loved it! This book is just so perfect. Cassandra Clare never lets us down. With her incredible writing she fixed, completed and ended everything beautifully and my heart was racing during this entire reading. Her books always make me feel so happy and CoHF couldn't have surprised and satisfied me more. Thank you Cassie for creating this amazing world and letting us live in it. Such a good ending to an amazing series! I might post a review on it, I haven't had much time recently but maybe in the future.

    

   Revealed (I read it in portuguese; Revelada) (3.5/5)

   > It is not that bad, I love The House of Night series but the characters were pissing me off so much in this book. Zoey was so annoying, Stark was so annoying (and I usually love Stark like all the time), Aphrodite in my opinion did the wrong thing, I was so sad about Erin and Shaunee... I don't like Aurox even tho I love Heath. This book has so many bad reviews on Goodreads, I can't even... I didn't like it very much, it was annoying and it's basically the same thing since I don't know book 5? This is the 11th book! Is it over yet?

    

    Twisted (In portuguese; Traiçoeiras) (3.5/5)

   

   > Like The House of Night series, the Pretty Little Liars series is getting annoying. The last book (Wanted) was like THE BEST ending to this series! I was completely shocked and I loved that book. And then  I realized that it wasn't the last one... What? Seriously, after everything that the girls went through they couldn't be more stupid in this book. It was ridiculous. Hanna, are you THAT ingenuous? Spencer, don't you KNOW better? Emily, why did you keep your mouth shut? Didn't you learn anything in this past years? Aria, you have to do something! But something SMART please! I was so disappointed! This book was not necessary! At all! There was so much drama about what happened in Jamaica and it was just so obvious. I'll continue to read this series and I hope that the writer had something in mind when she continued writing the books after Wanted. Just saying...

  Have you guys read any of this books? What did you think of them? Comment bellow! 

 Now for my August TBR...

Obsidian 

So, I read this book in the beginning of this month but I'll only talk about it at my August Wrap Up! I wasn't planning on reading this book now but it was free on IBooks, so I got it. I was in a store waiting for my mom and I decided to read it (I'm not a big fan of ebooks) and I couldn't stop! It is so good! I definitely recommend it! 

   Starting over sucks.
   When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.
   And then he opened his mouth.
   Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something... unexpected happens. 
   The hot alien living next door marks me.
   You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades. 
   If I don't kill him first, that is.

The Last Letter from your Lover

My friend gave me the book The Last Letter from your Lover, I am currently reading and I am not liking it very much, I hope it gets better until the end.

When journalist Ellie looks through her newspaper’s archives for a story, she doesn’t think she’ll find anything of interest. Instead she discovers a letter from 1960, written by a man asking his lover to leave her husband – and Ellie is caught up in the intrigue of a past love affair. Despite, or perhaps because of her own romantic entanglements with a married man.                                                                                                        In 1960, Jennifer wakes up in hospital after a car accident. She can’t remember anything – her husband, her friends, who she used to be. And then, when she returns home, she uncovers a hidden letter, and begins to remember the lover she was willing to risk everything for.                                          Ellie and Jennifer’s stories of passion, adultery and loss are wound together in this richly emotive novel – interspersed with real ‘last letters’.

The Giver

I want to read it before I watch the movie! I'm so excited! It looks so good!

Jonas' world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.










If I Stay

I also wanna read it before I watch the movie!

On a day that started like any other,

Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, admiring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. In an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day contemplating the only decision she has left. It is the most important decision she'll ever make.

Simultaneously tragic and hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting, and ultimately uplifting story about memory, music, living, dying, loving.




The Maze Runner

Before the movie...

"If you ain't scared, you ain't human." 

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers--boys whose memories are also gone.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It's the only way out--and no one's ever made it through alive.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.






Love, Rosie

So many book to movie adaptations!!!

Rosie and Alex are destined for one another, and everyone seems to know it but them. Best friends since childhood, their relationship gets closer by the day, until Alex gets the news that his family is leaving Dublin and moving to Boston. At 17, Rosie and Alex have just started to see each other in a more romantic light. Devastated, the two make plans for Rosie to apply to colleges in the U.S. 
She gets into Boston University, Alex gets into Harvard, and everything is falling into place, when on the eve of her departure, Rosie gets news that will change their lives forever: She's pregnant by a boy she'd gone out with while on the rebound from Alex. 
Her dreams for college, Alex, and a glamorous career dashed, Rosie stays in Dublin to become a single mother, while Alex pursues a medical career and a new love in Boston. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel, structured as a series of clever e-mails, letters, notes, and a trail of missed opportunities, Alex and Rosie find out that fate isn't done with them yet.

Lets see if I'll be able to read all of them! I hope so! 

Kisses ;)