Desafios Literários 2014: Autores de A a Z

Este é o último desafio literário a que vou aderir em 2014. Já no ano passado tinha feito este desafio mas, infelizmente, não consegui cumpri-lo e por isso resolvi tentar novamente este ano. 

A ideia consiste em associar a cada letra do alfabeto um autor com nome (no meu caso, apelido) que comece por essa letra e escolher uma das suas obras para ler. A minha lista para este ano é a seguinte:

A- Asher, Jay - Thirteen Reasons Why
B- Brown, Dan - Inferno
C- Crile, George - Charlie Wilson's War
D- Dumas, Alexandre - Os Três Mosqueteiros
E- Eugenides, Jeffrey - As Virgens Suicidas
F- Flaubert, Gustave - Madame Bovary
G- Grossman, Lev - Os Mágicos
H- Hosseini, Khaled - The Kite Runner
I- Ishiguro, Kazuo - Never Let me Go
J- Junji Ito - Uzumaki
K- Keplinger, Kody - The DUFF
L- Larsson, Stieg - A Rapariga que Sonhava com uma Lata de Gasolina e um Fósforo
M- Márquez, Gabriel García - El Amor en Los Tiempos del Colera
N- Ness, Patrick - Knife of Never Letting Go

O - Ohba, Tsugumi - Death Note (6 últimos volumes)
P- Puzo, Mario - O Padrinho
Q- Queiroz, Eça de - A Capital
R- Revis, Beth - Across the Universe
S- Shusterman, Neil - Unwind
T- Tolkien, J. R. R. - A Irmandade do Anel
U-
V- Vásquez, Juan Gabriel - El Ruido de las Cosas al Caer
W- Wolfe, Tom - A Fogueira das Vaidades
X-
Y-

Z  -Záfon, Carlos Ruiz - Marina

Desta vez tentei incluir mais livros que já tinha nas minhas estantes e não tantos da minha wishlist. No total, são 23, dos quais já li 2: Marina de Carlos Ruiz Zafón e completei a saga Death Note de Tsugumi Ohba. Ainda me faltam encontrar três autores, mas isso será algo que ao longo do ano tentarei resolver.

Aceitam-se sugestões de autores para preencher as letras que me faltam :)

Até ao próximo post e boas leituras :)

Desafios Literários 2014: Mount TBR

Outro dos desafios que quero experimentar este ano é o Mount TBR Reading Challenge do blog My Reader's Block. O objetivo é levar-nos a ler os livros que já se encontram nas nossas estantes há algum tempo, mas que, até ao momento, ainda não tivemos oportunidade/tempo/vontade para ler.  A criadora do desafio decidiu torná-lo ainda mais interessante e criou os seguintes níveis:

Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Vancouver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR piles/s
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s
El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s

Apesar de em 2013 ter participado num desafio semelhante, optei pelo Mount TBR por ter a divisão em níveis, o que, em minha opinião, sempre lhe dá uma outra graça e (verdade seja dita) obriga-me a estabelecer um objetivo mais tangível. 

Esta é a lista de livros que se encontram nas minhas estantes que ainda não foram lidos:

• O Primo Basílio, Eça de Queiroz
• A Capital, Eça de Queiroz
• O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra, Eça de Queiroz
• A Ilustre Casa de Ramires, Eça de Queiroz
• O Crime do Padre Amaro, Eça de Queiroz
• Alvez & Cia, O Mandarim, O Conde de Abranhos, Eça de Queiroz
• A Relíquia, Eça de Queiroz
• Os Três Mosqueteiros, Alexandre Dumas
• A Fogueira das Vaidades, Tom Wolfe
• O Padrinho, Mario Puzo
• O Fiél Jardineiro, John Le Carré
• Uma Família Inglesa, Julio Dinis
• Trópico de Capricórnio, Henry Miller
• Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
• Charlie Wilson's War, George Crile
• O Paraíso das Damas de Émile Zola
• Crime e Castigo de Fiódor Dostoievski
• Os Mágicos de Lev Grossman
• El Juego del Ángel de Carlos Ruiz Zafón
• El Prisionero del Cielo de carlos Ruiz Záfon
• El Ruido de las Cosas al Caer de Juan Gabrial Vásquz
• Perdida num Bom Livro de Jasper Fforde
• El Amor en los Tiempos del Colera de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• La Ciudad Ausente de Ricardo Piglia
• A Rapariga que Sonhava com uma Lata de Gasolina e um Fósforo de Stieg Larsson
• A Rainha do Palácio das Correntes de Ar de Stieg Larsson

No total são 26 livros e por isso o meu objetivo vai ser atingir o nível Mount Blanc (ler 24 livros). Pode ser um objetivo algo ambicioso mas espero, muito sinceramente, conseguir alcançá-lo. Penso que o meu principal desafio será acabar de ler as obras de Eça de Queiroz por serem muitos livros do mesmo autor, mas tentarei dividi-los de forma a não ficar estaganada no meu progresso.

Para efeitos da contagem, apenas serão válidos os livros adquiridos antes de 1 de Janeiro de 2014.

Até ao próximo post e boas leituras :)

Desafios Literários 2014: Desafio 5x5

Verdade seja dita, estou a ficar fã dos desafios literários. Participei pela primeira vez em alguns em 2013 e este ano resolvi repetir a experiência, continuando alguns dos desafios a que já tinha aderido no ano passado, mas também participando em novos.

Uma das minhas descobertas deste ano é o Desafio 5x5 criado pela Denise do blog Quando Se Abre Um Livro. As regras do desafio são muito simples: escolher cinco categorias e ler cinco livros que se enquadrem em cada uma delas. Com base nos livros e autores que gostaria de descobrir este ano, criei as seguintes categorias:

5 clássicos

• Os Três Mosqueteiros de Alexandre Dumas
• O Paraíso das Damas de Émile Zola
• Madame Bovary de Gustave Flaubert
• Trópico de Capricórnio de Henri Miller
• Crime e Castigo de Fiódor Dostoievski

5 sequelas (indico as séries a que pertencem)

• Legend de Marie Lu
• Death Note de Tsugumi Ohba
• Millenium de Stieg Larsson
• Hex Hall de Rachel Hawkins
• A Song of Ice and Fire de George R. R. Martin

5 autores portugueses (lista incompleta)

• Miguel Sousa Tavares
• José Rodrigues dos Santos

5 novos autores

• Lev Grossman
• Juan Gabriel Vásquez
• Patrick Ness
• Neil Shusterman
• Neil Gaiman

5 graphic novels/mangas

• V for Vendetta de Alan Moore
• Maus de Art Spiegelman
• Locke and Key de Joe Hill
• Uzumaki de Junji Ito
• Persepolis de Marjane Satrapi

Muito sinceramente, gostei da ideia. Espero conseguir ler todos os livros que escolhi, não só porque quero cumprir o desafio, mas também porque existem muitos livros e autores nestas categorias que não conheço e que despertam a minha curiosidade.

Durante o mês de Janeiro falarei dos restantes desafios literários a que irei aderir este ano.

Até ao próximo post e boas leituras :)

Balanço Desafios Literários de 2013

Durante o ano de 2013 decidi aderir a 2 desafios literários de maior envergadura (também cheguei a participar em mini desafios no Goodreads, mas esses eram mais simples e rápidos). Infelizmente não consegui cumpri-los, mas penso que, mesmo assim, ainda consegui fazer alguns avanços nas minhas leituras.

Desafio foi o autores de A a Z

Para este desafio, o objetivo era criar uma lista de vários autores de acordo com as letras do alfabeto. A cada letra, corresponderia um autor e um livro. 

A minha lista inicial era esta e daí apenas consegui ler os seguintes livros:

• A Great and Terrible Beauty de Libba Bray (Review aqui)
• City of Bones de Cassandra Clare (Review aqui)
• LA Confidential de James Ellroy
• Os Homens que Odeiam as Mulheres de Stieg Larsson (Review aqui)
• 1Q84, volume III, de Haruki Murakami (Review aqui)
• 1984 de George Orwell (Review aqui)
• Anna and the French Kiss de Stephanie Perkins (Review aqui)
• Contos de Eça de Queiroz - não constava na versão original da lista
• La Saga de Los Longevos de Eva García Sáenz - não constava na lista inicial (Review aqui)
• The Hobbit de J.R.R. Tolkien (Review aqui)
• Insurgent de Veronica Roth (Review aqui)
• Uglies de Scott Westerfeld (Review aqui)
• Blood Red Road de Moira Young (Review aqui)
• A Rapariga que Roubava Livros de Markus Zusak (Review aqui)

Apesar de não ter conseguido ler todos os livros que tinha na minha lista, penso que mesmo assim não consegui um mau resultado. Dos 25 livros que constavam na minha lista, li 14, tendo assim conseguido ler mais de metade dos títulos enumerados.

Desafio do blog The Deliberate Reader

A autora deste blog tinha um problema semelhante ao meu. Uma estante com vários livros comprados já há algum tempo mas que ainda estavam por ler. O objetivo deste desafio era bastante simples: tentar ler o máximo de livros dessa lista. Na minha incluí todos os livros que tinha adquirido até ao final de 2012 e que ainda se encontravam por ler.

A minha lista era esta e estes são os livros que consegui ler foram os seguintes:

• 1984 de George Orwell
• 1Q84, volume III, de Haruki Murakami
• O Nome do Vento de Patrick Rothfuss (Review aqui)
• El Palacio de la Medianoche de Carlos Ruiz Záfon (Review aqui)
• The Hobbit de J.R.R. Tolkien
• Contos de Eça de Queiroz
• A Tragédia da Rua das Flores de Eça de Queiroz (Review aqui)
• A Mulher de 30 Anos de Honoré Balzac
• LA Confidential de James Ellroy
• O Paciente Inglês de Michael Ondaatje
• Entrevista com um Vampiro de Anne Rice (Review aqui)
• Antes Morrer que Matar de James Hadley Chase
• Entre Dois Amores de Mary Westmacott (Review aqui)
• Sons and Lover de D. H. Lawrence (Review aqui)
• La Méchanique du Coeur de Mathias Malzieu (Review aqui)
• Os Homens que Odeiam as Mulheres de Stieg Larsson

Mais uma vez, não consegui ler todos os livros da minha lista mas fiquei satisfeita por ter lido alguns dos livros que já há bastante estavam nas minhas estantes. Dos 31 que constavam na minha lista, li 16.

No geral, apesar de não ter conseguido completar nenhum dos desafios, gostei da experiência e este ano quero voltar a participar em alguns. Ao longo deste mês escolherei aqueles em que irei participar em 2014.

Até ao próximo post e boas leituras :)

Reading Challenge Update #7

I know it's been a while since I've done one of these and so I thought it was finally time to let you guys know how I was completing my challenges.

Here's how I've been doing so far:

* A to Z Challenge: I've read three books from my list and they were City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld and La Saga de Los Longevos by Eva García Sáenz. I made a small change on my initial list, because this last book wasn't in it but I decided to include it because it was so different from what I had read and also because it meant I had to buy one less book to complete my goal. You can check my complete list here.

* Books on my bookshelves challenge: unfortunately I haven't read any of the book from my list. I hope to read at least one book for this challenge this month ... (This challenge was created by deliberatereader.com)

Reading Challenge Update #6

I'ts been a while since I've done one of these but the truth is during the month of June I didn't read any of the books from my challenges so I thought there was no point in doing a post about that.

Here's what I've been doing as far as the challenges go

• A-Z challenge: I've read 3 books from this challenge and they were Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins (review here), The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak (review here) and A Great and terrible Beauty by Libba Bray( review here). So far I've read 10 of the 25 books I pledged to read

• Books on my bookshelves challenge: I've read only two books for this challenge and they were The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (I'll try to post my review during this week) and The English Patient by Michael Onndaatje. (this challenge was created by deliberatereader.com).

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).

 

Reading Challenge Update #4

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 April:

• A-Z challenge: I've only managed to read one book for this challenge and that was Insurgent by Veronica Roth - I've already posted the review for this book. It wasn't great month but at least I read one book. I would really like to read at least two in May because I fell like I'm neglecting this challenge ...

• Books on my bookshelves challenge: This one was a little better because I read 2 books from my list and they were Tragedy in the Street of the Flowers by Eça de Queiroz and Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice - I've also posted a review for this one. I managed to meet my quota of two books per month and I'm glad that I've been able to shrink that list so much in just 4 months. I would really really really like to read all of the books from that list this year ... one can dream! (this challenge was created by deliberatereader.com).

Reading Challenge Update #3

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 February:

• A-Z Challenge - I've managed to read 2 books from my list (check out the list here) and they were 1984 by George Orwell (review here) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (I'll try to post a review for this book within the next few days)

• Books from my bookshelves challenge -  This month I read 3 books that had been sitting on my bookshelves for a while and they were 1984by George Orwell, Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Once again, I managed to surpassed my quota for this month I'm actually happy with the books I read this month for my challenge because I really enjoyed them. This challenge was created by Sheila from http://deliberatereader.com

Reading Challenge Update #2

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 February:

• A-Z Challenge - I've managed to read 3 books from my list (check out the list here) and they were The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien (review here), 1Q84 book 3 by Haruki Murakami and L A Confidential by James Ellroy (which, technically, I've finished today).

• Books from my bookshelves challenge -  This month I read 4 books that had been sitting on my bookshelves for a while and they were The Hobbit, 1Q84 book 3, LA Confidential and Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott (review here). I'm really happy that I surpassed my quota this month, even though I didn't enjoy all of the books that I've read. This challenge was created by Sheila from http://deliberatereader.com

Reading Challenge Update #1

For this year I've decided to take part in two reading challenges - the A to Z challenge and another one where I would try to read as many of the books that are currently sitting on my bookshelves.

• A to Z challenge - So far I haven't read any of the books from my list but this month I'll probably start reading some of them.

• Books from my bookshelves challenge - This month I read two of the books that had been sitting on my bookshelves for a while; I read La Mécanique du Coeur (review here) and El Palacio de la Medianoche (review here). I was really happy with these two books and also with the fact that I met my quota for this month - 2 books from my list (you can check the list here). This challenge was created by Sheila from http://deliberatereader.com

Reading Challenge #2

I've decided to take up on another challenge - the A to Z challenge. Basically I compiled a list of 26 books according to the author surname (there were some exceptions) and I plan on reading them during this year. I only own 8 of them, so I'll be doing some book buying as the year progresses. Here's my list (I still haven't found a book for "X"):

A- Asher, Jay - Thirteen Reasons Why
B- Bray, Libba - A Great and Terrible Beauty
C- Clare, Cassandra - City of Bones
D- Dumas, Alexandre - The Three Musketeers
E- Ellroy, James - LA Confidential
F- Flaubert, Gustave - Madame Bovary
G- Grant, Michael - Gone
H- Haddon, Mark - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
I- Ishiguro, Kazuo - Never Let Me Go
J- John Green - Looking for Alaska
K- Keplinger, Kody - The DUFF
L- Larsson, Stieg - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
M- Murakami, Haruki - 1Q84 vol. III
N- Ness, Patrick - Knife of Never Letting Go
O- Orwell, George - 1984
P- Perkins, Stephanie - Anna and the French Kiss
Q- Queiroz, Eça - O Primo Basílio
R- Revis, Beth - Across the Universe
S- Stookett, Kathryn - The Help
T- Tolkien, J R R - The Hobbit
U- Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose
V- Veronica Roth - Insurgent
W- Westerfeld, Scott - Uglies
X-
Y- Young, Moira - Blood Red Road
Z- Zuzak, Markus - The Book Thief

I'll try to review as many of these books as possible.

Reading Challange # 1

I've never done a reading challenge before but I thought that 2013 would be a great year to start doing something different and to set some goals.

I've realized that I have a lot of books sitting on my bookshelves waiting for me to pick them up and so I've decided (to try) to read most of them this year. The purpose of this challenge is to knock down the pile of books that I've been accumulating over the years and that I haven't read until now; I won't be considering the books that I buy during 2013 because I know that I'll read them as soon as a get them.
So far I have 31 books that I haven't read and what I'll be trying to do is read, at least, two of them per month (24 by the end of the year).

This is the list of books that are currently on my bookshelves that I haven't read:

• 1984, George Orwell
• 1Q84 (third volume), Haruki Murakami
• The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
• El Palacio de la Medianoche, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• The Hobbit, J R R Tolkien
• O Primo Basílio, Eça de Queiroz
• A Capital, Eça de Queiroz
• Contos, Eça de Queiroz
• O Mistério da Estrada de Sintra, Eça de Queiroz
• A Ilustre Casa de Ramires, Eça de Queiroz
• O Crime do Padre Amaro, Eça de Queiroz
• Alvez & Cia, O Mandarim, O Conde de Abranhos, Eça de Queiroz
• A Tragédia da Rua das Flores, Eça de Queiroz
• A Relíquia, Eça de Queiroz
• A Woman of Thirty, Honoré Balzac
• The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas
• The Bonfire of Vanities, Tom Wolfe
• LA Confidential, James Ellroy
• The Godfather, Mario Puzo
• The Constant Gardener, John Le Carré
• The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje
• Uma Família Inglesa, Julio Dinis
• Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
• Antes Morrer que Matar, James Hadley Chase
• Tropic of Capricorn, Henry Miller
• Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
• Giant's Bread, Mary Westmacott
• Sons and Lovers, D H Lawrence
• Charlie Wilson's War, George Crile
• La Méchanique du Coeur,  Mathias Malzieu
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson

I apologize for the portuguese names but so far I haven't found a translation.

Each month I'll post my progress and I'll try to review as many of this books as possible.

I got the idea for this challenge at The Deliberate reader: http://deliberatereader.com/