Sunday 31 January 2016

Mírame y Dispara (Alessandra Neymar)

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Mírame y Dispara is, again, a book that has only been published in Spanish (sorry!); but, as always, if you are not so confident with your Spanish, you can use the bog's translating function that you'll find on the right sidebar to read the following review :) 

Mírame y Dispara was written by Alessandra Neymar, and won the first edition of the award for YA, romantic literature Premio Ellas Juvenil Romántica in 2012. It is the first of the series Bajo el Cielo Púrpura de Roma, one of the series of my 2016 Finishing the Series Challenge, which I posted about a couple of weeks back. As I am planning on reading the rest of the books of the series, I thought I would re-read the first one for the third time to have the story fresh in my head and not miss out on any little detail! So, without further adieu, let's see what it has to offer... (intro Google Translate ;D)

"Kathia Carusso, una joven adolescente de la alta aristocracia italiana, regresa a Roma tras pasar muchos años en un internado. Allí se reencuentra con Cristianno Gabbana, un conocido de la familia con quien nunca ha tenido muy buena relación. Cristianno es terriblemente atractivo, impulsivo, y no parece tener más preocupaciones que las peleas con otras bandas y el flirteo con chicas de piernas largas. Al empezar el curso, Kathia y Cristianno verán que comparten no solo la misma clase sino también el mismo grupo de amigos. Lo que empezará como odio irá desembocando en una tensión cada vez más fuerte... Y, cuando finalmente ambos se atrevan a aceptar sus verdaderos sentimientos, deberán sortear obstáculos que nunca habrían imaginado...(Goodreads)

Sunday 24 January 2016

2016 Audiobook Challenge

As you might have read in a previous post, I first listened to an audiobook last year. My first ever audiobook was for the book Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher. I found it to be an extremely pleasant experience, you I've decided to give it a go and I've gone for the 2016 Audiobook Challenge, hosted by The Book Nympho and Hot Listens

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As I am pretty new at this, I've not been too harsh on myself and I've chosen the easiest level to begin with - the Newbie (I'll give it a try) level, which means that I have to listen to between 1 and 5 audiobooks between January 1st 2016 and December 31st 2016. I've set my goal on 4 audiobooks. Let's see how it goes!

Happy Reading!

wonderful literature.


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Sunday 17 January 2016

Heima es hogar en islandés (Laila Soler)



Hello everyone! So this review will be in Spanish, as this book by Laila Soler has only been published in this language. Regardless, you can use the blog's translating widget that you will find on the right sidebar to have a look at it in case the novel ever gets translated into English or maybe just to satisfy your curiosity :)

Heima es Hogar en Islandés es una novela young adult de ficción y fantasía inspirada en un viaje a Islandia que la propia autora realizó con su familia. 


"¿Puede estar tu hogar a miles de kilómetros de casa?Ver la vida en blanco y negro no es divertido.Laura padece una extraña enfermedad que le impide apreciar los colores, pero si últimamente su vida es gris no es solo porque sufre acromatopsia. Acaba de romper con su novio y sus padres no dejan de pelearse tras el divorcio. Por eso, decide alejarse de todo y toma el primer avión que sale del aeropuerto.El destino la lleva hasta Reikiavik, Islandia. Allí conoce al simpático Orri, quien le propone emprender un viaje para recorrer el país con él y su no tan simpático amigo Guðjon. Quizá no sea una idea sensata, pero no es que Islandia ofrezca muchas opciones a una chica que se ha escapado de casa.Lo que Laura nunca podría sospechar es que los dos islandeses esconden un secreto imposible de creer, incluso para alguien como ella, y que ese viaje la cambiará para siempre." (Goodreads)

Sunday 10 January 2016

Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher


Thirteen Reasons Why is a Young Adult, fiction novel which tells us the story about a guy, Clay Jensen, who randomly receives a box with his name on it in which he finds seven double-sided tapes recorded by his deceased friend Hannah Baker, explaining the 13 reasons why she decided to commit suicide. Only those people who made the list will ever listen to the tapes, which leaves us with one single question - what did Clay do to be in the list?

I found this book absolutely refreshing. The story is just so original and creative, and the flow of the story is very good. This is the first book I ever decided to listen to on audiobook, and I think I made such a good choice! I wasn't really sure about listening to something you are meant to read, but if you ever think about trying it out, this book definitely is the right one to do so because the story is mainly the tapes of Hannah Baker explaining her story, so I literally felt as if I was listening to the tapes. Moreover this audiobook has two different voices - a male one for the part narrated by Clay and a female one for Hannah Baker's tapes, which I think is a brilliant idea. The audiobook definitely got a 5/5 from me. If you ever have the chance, please try it out. 

Saturday 2 January 2016

2016 Finishing the Series Challenge

Hello everyone!

I have found this challenge hosted by Bea from Bea's Book Nook, and I think it's a wonderful idea! I have been thinking lately about all the series I have left unfinished over the years for one reason or another which I should definitely go back to, and then suddenly... Boom! The perfect challenge for my purpose! :D  2016 Finishing the Series Challenge is precisely all about finishing the series which you have not finished yet, but you'd like to; and so I think this is a great opportunity to join the blog's first challenge!



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I have chosen to do Level 3, which means that I have to finish between 3 and 6 series by the end of 2016. The following are the series I have chosen to finish, which I will make a post of whenever I do:

  • Mara Dyer Trilogy by Michelle Hodkin: 2 books to finish - The Evolution of Mara Dyer, The Retribution of Mara Dyer
  • The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss: 1 book to finish - The Wise Man's Fear (the third part hasn't been assigned a release date yet, but if it comes out soon enough, it will be part of the challenge too)
  • The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare: 3 books to finish - City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, City of Heavenly Fire
  • Saga Bajo el Cielo Púrpura de Roma by Alessandra Neymar: 3 books to finish - Traición, Colapso, Desafío
  • The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer: 3 books to finish - Scarlet, Cress, Winter
  • Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Series by Ransom Riggs: 2 books to finish - Hollow City, Library of Souls

Wish me luck!