Quote of the Week #15

“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”

 

Maurice Sendak

Reading Challenge Update #5

As you may already know, this year I've decided to take part in two reading challenges: the A-Z challenge and another one where I would try to read most (if not all) of the books that are currently sitting on my bookshelves. So here is my update for the month of May:

• A-Z challenge: I've only managed to read one book for this challenge and that was Blodd Red Road by Moira Young - which I haven't reviewed here but I'll try to put up a review until the end of this week.I still think I've been negleting this challenge and I just hope that from now on I'll be able to read more of the books from my list.

• Books on my bookshelves challenge: I've also read only one book for this challenge and that was A Woman of Thirty by Honoré Balzac. It's an interesting analysis about society, marriges and the women's part in them in the XIX century, but the way it was written wasn't that appealing (at least to me). (this challenge was created by deliberatereader.com).

 

Read in May

These are the books I read during the month of May

A book from a Portuguese writer - Célia Correia Loureiro - called Our Mother's Funeral. It was really good and I was actually quite surprised by it.

Portuguese cover of Blood Red Road by Moira Young

 Portuguese cover of The Hedge Knight II - Sworn Sword by George R R Martin

#Friday Reads (6)

I'm back!!!

This last week was a little rough and I had absolutely no time to post here. This week I'll try catch up and post at least a review for one of the last books I read.

As for this week's Friday Reads, the book I'm currently reading is The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I've heard great things about this author - especially because of Shades of Grey - so when I saw the Eyre Affair on a bookstore I just had to get (also it was an great deal since I only paid 3 euros for it).

This is its synopsis (from Goodreads)

There is another 1985, where London's criminal gangs have moved into the lucrative literary market, and Thursday Next is on the trail of the new crime wave's Mr Big.

Acheron Hades has been kidnapping characters from works of fiction and holding them to ransom. Jane Eyre is gone. Missing.

Thursday sets out to find a way into the book to repair the damage. But solving crimes against literature isn't easy when you also have to find time to halt the Crimean War, persuade the man you love to marry you, and figure out who really wrote Shakespeare's plays.

Perhaps today just isn't going to be Thursday's day. Join her on a truly breathtaking adventure, and find out for yourself. Fiction will never be the same again...

I'm already 92 pages in and so far I'm really enjoying the story and the whole concept. Once I finish it I'll put up a review for it.

Have a great weekend ;)

 

Break

I just wanted to let you know that this week I won't be able to post here because I have one last exam and some final papers to turn in since this is my last week of college. I promise that next week I'll post a review for Blood Red Road and be more regular with my posting

Hope you guys have a great week ;)

#Friday Reads (6)

I wasn't sure I would have a lot of time to read this weekend so I've chosen a small book that had been sitting on my bookshelf for years which is A Woman of Thirty by Honoré de Balzac.

I believe I got this book almost ten years ago but I've never felt very much inclined to read it but, since this year I'm trying to shrink my pile of unread books, I thought this would be the perfect time to pick it up. It is basically a commentary of women's role in marriage. 

I'm already 50 pages in an so far I don't think it's that impressive but, I'll addmitt, it's written in a beautiful way.

 

Quote of the Week #14

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”

Philip Pullman