Livros, Livros e mais Livros

Sendo a número 30, a Mailbox desta semana tinha mesmo de ser espectacular! Ora vejam (palavras para quê)! The Secret Circle, vol. 01 - L.J. Smith The Secret Circle, vol. 02 - L.J. Smith The Rift Walker - Clay Griffith & Susan Griffith Drink, Slay, Love - Sarah Beth Durst The Girl of Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson Possess - Gretchen McNeil Daughter of Smoke and Bones - Laini Taylor E vocês o que receberam na vossa Caixa de Correio ( What did you get in your mailbox this week? )? " In my Mailbox " is hosted by The Story Siren .

Bem... esta nova rubrica (se é que se pode chamar a isto rubrica) foi descaradamente 'gamada' à Jen do Cuidado com o Dálmata . É que no outro dia estava a ler as Mini-Opiniões dela e pensei que até seria engraçado fazer o mesmo, ou seja, dar apenas algumas impressões gerais sobre os alguns dos livros que leio. Isto porque alguns dos livros que leio são muito "blah" ('tão a ver?) e não sei bem o que escrever sobre eles a não ser que foram... erm... leituras mais ou menos agradáveis. Daí ter decidido aproveitar a ideia da Jen. Depois digam-me o que acham. Opiniões in english e português . :D Once Dead, Twice Shy Author : Kim Harrison Publisher : HarperCollins (2009) Pages : 232 Mini Review : The beginning of the book is seriously bad and I am a bit peeved that I paid the same for this 200-page short story as I'd have paid for a full hardcover novel. It seemed to me like the author could have started the story with Madison's death and i...

A 1001 Mundos vai editar em Outubro duas obras de que gostei bastante: Goddess of the Sea ( Deusa do Mar ) de PC Cast e Blood Magic ( Magia de Sangue ) - leiam a minha opinião em inglês - de Tessa Gratton. Achei que era digno de menção. A obra de PC Cast é o primeiro livro de uma série sobre mulheres comuns que, devido às mais variadas circunstâncias ganham os poderes de deusas antigas. São, claro, Romances Paranormais. Blood Magic conta a história de uma jovem que descobre que é uma bruxa. O universo construído por Tessa Gratton é fascinante neste livro. E pronto, aqui ficam sugestões para os amantes de Romance Paranormal e/ou Lit Juvenil Sobrenatural.

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake Publisher : Tor Teen (2011) Format :  Hardcover | 316 pages Genre(s) : Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, Horror Description (Goodreads): " Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay. When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn't expect anything outside of the ordinary: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he's never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder...

The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross Publisher : Harlequin Teen (2011) Format :  Hardcover | 473 pages Genre(s) : Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, Steampunk, Historical Fiction Description (Goodreads): " In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one except the "thing" inside her. When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch... Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she's special, says she's one of them. The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits. Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret. Griffin's investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by aut...

Aparentemente na semana passada não recebi mesmo nenhumas encomendas, pelo que recebi tudo esta semana, eheh. Por isso tenho alguns livros para mostrar, um deles uma surpresa ( thanks very much CAT ! You rock! :D)!   Working Stiff - Rachel Caine ( 'brigada again CAT! ) The Fox Inheritance - Mary E. Pearson Skyship Academy - Nick James The Predicteds - Christine Seifert Anna Dressed in Blood - Kendare Blake  Glow - Amy Kathleen Ryan Ashes - Ilsa J. Bick E vocês o que receberam na vossa Caixa de Correio ( What did you get in your mailbox this week? )? " In my Mailbox " is hosted by The Story Siren .

Bem... não é Segunda-Feira e já passaram não sei quantas semanas desde o último " Esperando por... " mas ontem encontrei a imagem da capa do novo livro de uma série de que gosto imenso e claro, não podia deixar de assinalar o 'acontecimento'. Quero mesmo ler este quarto livro da série e estou muito contente por a autora ter decidido escrever mais do que os três livros programados! :) Sacrificial Magic (Downside Ghosts, #4) - Stacia Kane Editora :  HarperVoyager Data de Publicação : Março de 2012 Páginas : N/A Idioma : Inglês Descrição (Goodreads): " When Chess Putnam is ordered by an infamous crime boss—who also happens to be her drug dealer—to use her powers as a witch to solve a grisly murder involving dark magic, she knows she must rise to the challenge. Adding to the intensity: Chess’s boyfriend, Terrible, doesn’t trust her, and Lex, the son of a rival crime lord, is trying to reignite the sparks between him and Chess. Plus there’s the little mat...

Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo de   J.K. Rowling Editora : Editorial Presença (2000) Formato : Capa Mole | 590 páginas Géneros : Lit. Juvenil, Fantasia, Fantasia Urbana Descrição  (GR): " Harry Potter nem quer acreditar na sua sorte! Afinal não vai ter de aturar os Dursleys até ao início do seu quarto ano em Hogwarts. Graças à taça Mundial de Quidditch vai passar os últimos quinze dias de férias na companhia dos Weasleys e do seu amigo Ron. Mas a verdade é que nem tudo vai correr pelo melhor para o nosso herói. Quando Harry começa a sentir a sua cicatriz a doer terrivelmente, sabe que Lord Voldemort está de novo a rondá-lo e a ganhar poder. A marca da morte, que apareceu no céu, não pode significar outra coisa...Entretanto, este é um ano muito especial para Hogwarts, pois é lá que se irá realizar o célebre Torneio dos Três Feiticeiros, no qual Harry vai desempenhar um papel decisivo e que quase lhe irá custar a vida!! Pela segunda vez, Potter vê-se frent...

Vem um pouco atrasada, mas aqui está mais uma edição da " Mailbox ". Esta semana o carteiro decidiu que não havia nada para entregar, mas mesmo assim ainda consegui adquirir alguns livros durante a minha curta visita a Paris (vou a Paris e o que faço? Vou à sucursal da WHSmith comprar 'lembranças', claro! :P). Foi maravilhoso entrar numa loja e ver em exposição livros do meu género favorito. Bem, aqui ficam então as aquisições da semana.   Numbers: The Chaos - Rachel Ward One Salt Sea - Seanan McGuire The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han Sisters Red - Jackson Pearce E vocês o que receberam na vossa Caixa de Correio ( What did you get in your mailbox this week? )? " In my Mailbox " is hosted by The Story Siren .

Dead Rules by Randy Russell Publisher : Harper Teen (2011) Format :  Hardcover | 384 pages Genre(s) : Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Description (Goodreads): " Till death Jana Webster and Michael Haynes were in love. They were destined to be together forever. Do But Jana's destiny was fatally flawed. And now she's in Dead School, where Mars Dreamcote lurks in the back of the classroom, with his beguiling blue eyes, mysterious smile, and irresistibly warm touch. Us Michael and Jana were incomplete without each other. There was no room for Mars in Jana's life—or death—story. Jana was sure Michael would rush to her side soon. Part But things aren't going according to Jana's plan. So Jana decides to do whatever it takes to make her dreams come true—no matter what rules she has to break. " WARNING : contains minor SPOILERS . And... here's yet another book that turned out to be a bit different from what I was expecting (I really s...

The Greyfriar by Clay Griffith , Susan Griffith Publisher : Pyr (2010) Format :  Paperback | 301 pages Genre(s) : Urban Fantasy, Steampunk, Science-Fiction Description (Goodreads): " Vampire predators run wild in this exciting steampunk adventure, the first in an alternate history trilogy that is already attracting attention. In 1870, monsters rise up and conquer the northern lands, As great cities are swallowed up by carnage and disease, landowners and other elite flee south to escape their blood-thirsty wrath. One hundred fifty years later, the great divide still exists; fangs on one side of the border, worried defenders on the other. This fragile equilibrium is threatened, then crumbles after a single young princess becomes almost hopelessly lost in the hostile territory. At first, she has only one defender: a mysterious Greyfriar who roams freely in dangerous vampire regions. " WARNING : Contains SPOILERS ! I was torn on how to rate this book; s...

Fury by Elizabeth Miles Publisher : Simon Pulse (2011) Format :  Hardcover | 370 pages Genre(s) : Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Description (GR): " Sometimes sorry isn't enough.... It’s winter break in Ascension, Maine. The snow is falling and everything looks pristine and peaceful. But not all is as it seems... Between cozy traditions and parties with her friends, Emily loves the holidays. And this year’s even better--the guy she’s been into for months is finally noticing her. But Em knows if she starts things with him, there’s no turning back. Because his girlfriend is Em’s best friend. On the other side of town, Chase is having problems of his own. The stress of his home life is starting to take its toll, and his social life is unraveling. But that’s nothing compared to what’s really haunting him. Chase has done something cruel...something the perfect guy he pretends to be would never do. And it’s only a matter of time before he’s exposed. In...

The Maze Runner by James Dashner Publisher : Chicken House (2010) Format :  Paperback | 371 pages Genre(s) : Science-Fiction, Young Adult Description (Goodreads): " When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade - a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there - or what's happened to the world outside. All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything - even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horror that patrols its corridors, to find out. " WARNING : Contains some SPOILERS ! This book is another one that many bloggers like and highly recommend. Also, the cover says anyone who liked " The Hunger Games " would like " The Maze Runner "... and while I didn't exactly l...

The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab Publisher : Hyperion (2011) Format :  Hardcover | 288 pages Genre(s) : Fantasy, Young Adult Description (Goodreads): " The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. And there are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger—a boy who seems to fade like smoke—appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true. The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion. Still, he insists on helping Lexi search for them. Something tells her she can trust him. As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi’s need to know—about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that s...

Mais uma sexta-feira, mais uma " Mailbox "! Esta semana recebi mais uns livritos novos pelo correio incluindo o " Bloodlines " da Richelle Mead (Academia de Vampiros), mais um livro do Simon R. Green (gosto bastante da série de Fantasia Urbana deste autor) e o primeiro de uma nova série de steampunk (yay!). Phoenix Rising - Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris  The Good, the Bad and the Uncanny - Simon R. Green  Armed and Magical - Lisa Shearin  Spectyr - Phillippa Ballantine  Bloodlines - Richelle Mead  An Abundance of Katherines - John Green E vocês o que receberam na vossa Caixa de Correio ( What did you get in your mailbox this week? )? " In my Mailbox " is hosted by The Story Siren .

Setembro será um mês particularmente bom para os amantes da ficção científica e da fantasia em todas as suas formas; várias editoras vão lançar livros dentro do género. Destaco as ofertas da Saída de Emergência e a obra " A Passagem " de Justin Cronin (que irá ser publicada pela Editorial Presença). Título : " A Dança dos Dragões "   Autor :  George R. R. Martin Editora : Saída de Emergência N.º de Páginas : 571 Lançamento : 9 de Setembro 2011 Descrição (SdE): " O Norte jaz devastado e num completo vazio de poder. A Patrulha da Noite, abalada pelas perdas sofridas para lá da Muralha e com uma grande falta de homens, está nas mãos de Jon Snow, que tenta afirmar-se no comando tomando decisões difíceis respeitantes ao autoritário Rei Stannis, aos selvagens e aos próprios homens que comanda. Para lá da Muralha, a viagem de Bran prossegue. Mas outras viagens convergem para a Baía dos Escravos, onde as cidades dos esclavagistas sangram e Daenerys Targar...