sábado, 20 de mayo de 2017

SEARCHING SATURDAY (#1): WATER ON THE COVER




"Always be like a water. Float in the times of pain or dance like waves along the wind which touches its surface."


Santosh Kalwar





HYPE OR LIKE FRIDAY (#1): 3 THINGS I LOOK FOR IN A BOOK




"If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you find 'reality' a bit of a disappointment."


Joe Queenan, One for the Books









*Hype or Like Friday is a weekly meme created by Jillian, Larkin from Wonderfilled Reads, and Britt from Geronimo Reads. Check out the Goodreads Group and participate!






  • Action and Adventure




Byzwa-Dher


"She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city."
Roman Payne, The Wanderess


I used to have I lot more patience with slow books, now... Not so much. I need action and a fast paced plot or my interest floats away real quick.

I need twists and turns and lots of action and adventure and explosions and battles and people losing limbs or something like that.

I guess that's why I don't read a lot of realistic contemporary books anymore. People doesn't lose body parts that often in real life. Oh, well.



  • Not Overly Romance-Filled Plot




Deltamike


"They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever." 
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray


I don't know why I don't care about romances in books, I really don't. My favorite movies have a lot of romance in them and I love them, obviously. But it doesn't do a lot for me in books.

It's fine if it isn't s big part of the plot, but when the romance gets bigger than the other parts of the book it annoys the hell out of me.

That happens a lot when I read synopsis of books that look cool as hell but then this happens: "she meets a boy that will change her life..." it's like "Agghh, again? Nope, thank you but nope. I'll pass."



  • Charismatic Characters




SirTiefling


"Charisma is the fragrance of soul."  
Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity


A lot of people think that the characters they read about have to always be totally three-dimensional , some people just want to relate to the characters and their story.

Me? Sure, I want all of that, but the most important thing for me? Charisma. I don't care if they're the hero or the villain, I need to feel like they're rock stars.

Well maybe they don't have to be at that level, but they have to keep me interested and for that I don't have to feel like I know them or they know me, they don't have to be like real people. They just have to be cool, even if it's in a completelly superficial way. I'm simple like that, sorry.


miércoles, 17 de mayo de 2017

TBR NON FICTION




  • Hollywood Stories by Terenci Moix

  • My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun by Emily Dickinson (Poetry)

  • The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy by Jennifer McCartney

  • The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diane Wynne Jones




*jkjlkjlj : tbr
*kjlkjjk : read





TBR GRAPHIC NOVELS




  • A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (A Song of Ice and Fire Graphic Novels, #1) by Daniel Abraham & George R.R. Martin

  • Awakening (Monstress, #1) by Marjorie M. Liu

  • Runaways Complete Collection 01 (Runaways the Complete Collection, #1) by Brian K. Vaughan, ...



*jkjlkjlj : tbr
*kjlkjjk : read





TBR STAND ALONES




  • 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

  • 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad

  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

  • A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

  • A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon

  • About a Boy by Nick Hornby

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous by Alfred Hitchcock, Lucille Fletcher & Carter Dickson

  • Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn

  • Bag of Bone by Stephen King

  • Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

  • Black Lands by Belinda Bauer

  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

  • Buick 8 by Stephen King

  • Candy by Luke Davies

  • Caperucita en Manhattan by Carmen Martín Gaite

  • Cold Fire by Dean Koontz

  • Complete Short Fiction by Oscar Wilde (Short Stories)

  • Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers

  • Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

  • Desperation by Stephen King

  • Disforia by David Jasso

  • Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout

  • Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst

  • Echoes by Laura Tisdall

  • Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

  • Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

  • Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

  • Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley

  • Generation X by Douglas Coupland

  • Genie and Other Weird Tales by Alan Killip (Short Stories)

  • Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

  • Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

  • Hamlet by William Shakespeare

  • Han's Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (Short Stories)

  • Heartless by Marissa Meyer

  • High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

  • How to Talk to a Widower by Jonathan Tropper

  • I Am Charlotte by Tom Wolfe

  • Immortal by Christopher Golden & Nancy Holder

  • Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky

  • Looking for Alaska by John Green

  • Lord of the Flies by William Golding

  • Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis

  • Matilda by Roald Dahl

  • Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

  • Misery by Stephen King

  • Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

  • On the Road by Jack Kerouac

  • One Day by David Nichols

  • Paper Towns by John Green

  • Plan B by Jonathan Tropper

  • Pod by Stephen Wallenfels

  • Psicópata by Carles Quílez 

  • Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwritght & David Leslie Johnson

  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

  • Room by Emma Donoghue

  • Say Her Name by James Dawson

  • Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

  • Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

  • Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by April Genevieve Tucholke, ... (Short Stories)

  • Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

  • Ten by Gretchen McNeil

  • The Black Cat and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe (Short Stories)

  • The Book of Fours by Nancy Holder

  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

  • The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu

  • The Cabin in the Woods by Tim Lebbon

  • The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

  • The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith

  • The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

  • The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

  • The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

  • The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

  • The Ghost of Graylock by Dan Poblocki

  • The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland

  • The House of Thunder by Dean Koontz

  • The Ice Twins by S.K.Tremayne

  • The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  • The Martian by Andy Weir

  • The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories by Tim Burton (Poetry)

  • The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

  • The Picture of Dorian Grey and Other Writings by Oscar Wilde

  • The Princess Bride by William Goldman

  • The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy

  • The Room in the Tower by E.F. Benson (Short Stories)

  • The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp

  • The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

  • The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

  • The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

  • They All Fall Down by Roxanne St. Claire

  • Torn by Cat Clarke

  • Two Past Midnight by Stephen King (Short Stories)

  • Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

  • We Weren Liars by E. Lockhart

  • Winning by Lara Deloza

  • Wonder by R.J. Palacio

  • Zoe + the Demon Slayer by Neel Kay



*jkjlkjlj : tbr
*kjlkjjk : read





TBR SERIES




  • A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas
  • A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

  • A Reaper of Stone (A Reaper of Stone, #1) by Mark Gelineau & Joe King
  • Broken Banners (A Reaper of Stone, #2) by Mark Gelineau & Joe King

  • A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin
  • A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin
  • A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) by George R.R. Martin
  • A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4) by George R.R. Martin
  • A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) by George R.R. Martin

  • A tres metros sobre el cielo (A tres metros sobre el cielo, #1) by Federico Moccia

  • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, #1) by Seth Grahame-Smith

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1) by Lewis Carroll 
  • Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2) by Lewis Carroll 

  • Alien (Alien, #1) by Alan Dean Foster 
  • Aliens (Alien, #2) by Alan Dean Foster
  • Alien³ (Alien, #3) by Alan Dean Foster

  • Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, #1) by Kendare Blake
  • Girl of Nightmares (Anna, #2) by Kendare Blake

  • Asylum (Asylum, #1) by Madeleine Roux

  • Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) by Helen Fielding

  • The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket #1) by Roald Dahl

  • Los elegidos (Crónicas de Sombras, #1) by Lucía González Lavado

  • Cruel Beauty (Cruel Beauty Universe, #1) by Rosamund Hodge

  • Dangerous Women 1 (Dangerous Women, #1) by George R.R. Martin

  • Delirium (Delirium, #1) by Lauren Oliver
  • Pandemonium (Delirium, #2) by Lauren Oliver
  • Delirium Stories: Hana, Annabel, and Raven (Delirium, #0.5, #1.5, #2.5) by Lauren Oliver
  • Requiem (Delirium, #3) by Lauren Oliver

  • Four: A Divergent Story Collection (Divergent, #0.1 - 0.4) by Veronica Roth
  • Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth
  • Insurgent (Divergent, #2) by Veronica Roth
  • The World of Divergent: The Path to Allegiant (Divergent, #2.5) by Veronica Roth
  • Allegiant (Divergent, #3) by Veronica Roth

  • Dreamsongs, Volume I (Dreamsongs, #1) by George R.R. Martin

  • Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card

  • Scream of the Evil Genie (Give Yourself Goosebumps, #13) by R.L. Stine
  • Attack of the Beastly Baby-Sitter (Give Yourself Goosebumps, #18) by R.L. Stine
  • Return to the Carnival of Horrors (Give Yourself Goosebumps, #22) by R.L. Stine

  • Gone (Gone, #1) by Michael Grant
  • Hunger (Gone, #2) by Michael Grant
  • Lies (Gone, #3) by Michael Grant
  • Plague (Gone, #4) by Michael Grant
  • Fear (Gone, #5) by Michael Grant
  • Light (Gone, #6) by Michael Grant

  • Welcome to Dead House (Goosebumps, #1) by R.L. Stine
  • Say Cheese and Die! (Goosebumps, #4) by R.L. Stine
  • Let's Get Invisible! (Goosebumps, #6) by R.L. Stine
  • The Girl Who Cried Monster (Goosebumps, #8) by R.L. Stine
  • Piano Lessons Can Be Murder (Goosebumps, #13) by R.L. Stine
  • You Can't Scare Me! (Goosebumps, #15) by R.L. Stine
  • One Day at Horrorland (Goosebumps, #16)  by R.L. Stine
  • Why I'm Afraid of Bees (Goosebumps, #17) by R.L. Stine
  • Monster Blood II (Goosebumps, #18) by R.L. Stine
  • Ghost Beach (Goosebumps, #22) by R.L. Stine
  • A Night in Terror Tower (Goosebumps, #27) by R.L. Stine
  • How I Got My Shrunken Head (Goosebumps, #39) by R.L. Stine
  • Say Cheese and Die-Again! (Goosebumps, #44) by R.L. Stine
  • Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns (Goosebumps, #48) by R.L. Stine
  • The Blob That Ate Everyone (Goosebumps, #55) by R.L. Stine

  • Invasion of the Body Squeezers Part 1 (Goosebumps Series 2000, #4) by R.L. Stine
  • I Am Your Evil Twin (Goosebumps Series 2000, #6) by R.L. Stine

  • Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) by Thomas Harris
  • The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) by Thomas Harris
  • Hannibal (Hannibal Lecter, #3) by Thomas Harris

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling

  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) by Agatha Christie
  • Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) by Agatha Christie
  • The Patriotic Murders (Hercule Poirot, #22) by Agatha Christie
  • Hickory Dickory Dock (Hercule Poirot, #30) by Agatha Christie
  • The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #34) by Agatha Christie

  • Discount Armageddon (InCryptid, #1) by Seanan McGuire

  • Patient Zero (Joe Ledger, #1) by Jonathan Maberry

  • Jumper: Griffin's Story (Jumper, #0.5) by Steven Gould

  • Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1) by Michael Crichton
  • The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2) by Michael Crichton

  • La hija de los sueños (La hija de los sueños, #1) by Sandra Andrés Belenguer
  • El despertar del mal (La hija de los sueños, #2) by Sandra Andrés Belenguer

  • Lock In (Lock In, #1) by John Scalzi

  • Logan's Run (Logan, #1) by William F. Nolan

  • The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1) by Michelle Hodkin
  • The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #2) by Michelle Hodkin
  • The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #3) by Michelle Hodkin

  • A Murder Is Announced (Miss Marple, #5) by Agatha Christie

  • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1) by Ransom Riggs
  • Hollow City (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #2) by Ransom Riggs
  • Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #3) by Ransom Riggs

  • The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson
  • The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2) by Brandon Sanderson
  • The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3) by Brandon Sanderson

  • Monument 14 (Monument 14, #1) by Emmy Laybourne
  • Sky on Fire (Monument 14, #2) by Emmy Laybourne
  • Savage Drift (Monument 14, #3) by Emmy Laybourne

  • Pandora (New Tales of the Vampires, #1) by Anne Rice

  • Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) by Malorie Blackman

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz #1) by L. Frank Baum

  • Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1) by Susan Ee
  • World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2) by Susan Ee
  • End of Days (Penryn & the End of Days, #3) by Susan Ee

  • The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan
  • The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) by Rick Riordan
  • The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3) by Rick Riordan
  • The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4) by Rick Riordan
  • The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5) by Rick Riordan

  • The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (Pine Cove, #3) by Christopher Moore

  • Pretty Little Liars (Pretty Little Liars, #1) by Sara Shepard
  • Flawless (Pretty Little Liars, #2) by Sara Shepard
  • Perfect (Pretty Little Liars, #3) by Sara Shepard
  • Unbelievable (Pretty Little Liars, #4) by Sara Shepard

  • Rebel Belle (Rebel Belle, #1) by Rachel Hawkins
  • Miss Mayhem (Rebel Belle, #2) by Rachel Hawkins
  • Lady Renegades (Rebel Belle, #3) by Rachel Hawkins

  • Cruel Crown (Red Queen, #0.1-#0.2) by Victoria Aveyard
  • Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) by Victoria Aveyard
  • Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2) by Victoria Aveyard
  • King's Cage (Red Queen, #3) by Victoria Aveyard

  • Cuando estuvimos muertos (Retrum #1) by Francesc Miralles

  • The Complete Robot (Robot, #0.3) by Isaac Asimov

  • The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6) by Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
  • Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) by Leigh Bardugo

  • The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) by Rick Yancey
  • The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave, #2) by Rick Yancey
  • The Last Star (The 5th Wave, #3) by Rick Yancey

  • And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga, #1) by Kiersten White

  • The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1) by Lauren Weisberger

  • The Devouring (The Devouring, #1) by Simon Holt 
  • Soulstice (The Devouring, #2) by Simon Holt 
  • Fearscape (The Devouring, #3) by Simon Holt

  • Shadow and Bone (The Grisha, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
  • Siege and Storm (The Grisha, #2) by Leigh Bardugo
  • Ruin and Rising (The Grisha, #3) by Leigh Bardugo

  • The Host (The Host, #1) by Stephenie Meyer

  • The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
  • Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins
  • Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins

  • Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
  • Gemina (The Illuminae Files, #2) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

  • The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss

  • Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer
  • Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer
  • Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer
  • Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5) by Marissa Meyer
  • Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4) by Marissa Meyer
  • Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles, #4.5) by Marissa Meyer

  • City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) by Cassandra Clare
  • City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) by Cassandra Clare
  • City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3) by Cassandra Clare
  • City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, #4) by Cassandra Clare
  • City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5) by Cassandra Clare
  • City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) by Cassandra Clare

  • The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) by Nicholas Sparks

  • The Shadow Club (Shadow Club, #1) by Neal Shusterman

  • The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1) by Guillermo del Toro

  • Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice
  • The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2) by Anne Rice
  • The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3) by Anne Rice
  • The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles, #4) by Anne Rice

  • Rise of the Governor (The Walking Dead #1) by Robert Kirkman

  • Goblins (The X-Files, #1) by Charles L. Grant
  • Whirlwind (The X-Files, #2) by Charles L. Grant
  • Ground Zero (The X-Files, #3) by Kevin J. Anderson
  • Antibodies (The X-Files, #5) by Kevin J. Anderson
  • Fight the Future (The X-Files, #7) by Elizabeth Hand

  • Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1)by Sarah J. Maas
  • Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) by Sarah J. Maas
  • Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3) by Sarah J. Maas
  • Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas
  • Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5) by Sarah J. Maas

  • By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence, #4) by Agatha Christie

  • Top Ten Horror Stories (Top Ten) by Michael Cox
  • Top Ten Fairy Stories (Top Ten) by Michael Coleman

  • Twilight (Twilight, #1) by Stephenie Meyer
  • New Moon (Twilight, #2) by Stephenie Meyer
  • Eclipse (Twilight, #3) by Stephenie Meyer
  • The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (Twilight, #3.5) by Stephenie Meyer
  • Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4) by Stephenie Meyer

  • The Burning (Unseen Trilogy, #1) by Jeffrey J. Mariotte
  • Door to Alternity (Unseen Trilogy, #2) by Jeffrey J. Mariotte
  • Long Way Home (Unseen Trilogy, #3) by Jeffrey J. Mariotte

  • Unwind (Unwind, #1) by Neal Shusterman
  • UnWholly (Unwind, #2) by Neal Shusterman
  • UnSouled (Unwind, #3) by Neal Shusterman
  • UnDivided (Unwind, #4) by Neal Shusterman
  • UnBound (Unwind, #5) by Neal Shusterman

  • Wondrous Strange (Wondrous Strange, #1) by Lesley Livingston
  • Darklight (Wondrous Strange, #2) by Lesley Livingston
  • Tempestuous (Wondrous Strange, #3) by Lesley Livingston

  • Allison Hewitt Is Trapped (Zombie, #1) by Madeleine Roux



*jkjlkjlj : tbr
*kjlkjjk : read





lunes, 15 de mayo de 2017

sábado, 13 de mayo de 2017

BEST COVERS OF THE MONTH: APRIL 2017 (Part II)




"Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it." 


Markus Zusak





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