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  • The Maze Runner

    The Maze Runner

    Author: James Dashner

    Genres: Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic, Science-Fiction

    Hello, dearies!

    I read The Maze Runner a long time ago, so my memories might be a little too old. I read this one before the movie came out, just to make sure I had all the facts and that in it (the movie) everything was in order. It was accurate enough but many details were missing.

    The Maze Runner book though, I remember I read like thirty percent of it and then stopped even though it is a dystopian book I did not feel like carrying on, but then picked it up after reading other books and saying: I have to finish it, I already started. And by the end of it, James convinced me.

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  • The Fiercest Joy

    The Fiercest Joy

    Author: Shana Abé

    Genres: Fantasy. Drama. Dragons.

    Book 3 in The Sweetest Dark Trilogy. And book 8 in the Drakon world. Probably the numbers will change if Shana decides to write extra books about this story, this wonderful world she has created cannot be described in mundane words, it is too wonderful and so full of magic but I will do my best to convince you.

    If you have read my previous post about these series (The Sweetest Dark) then you might be prepared for what it is coming now. It is all about the magic, and the drakon; it might be short but it will be sincere. Here it is.

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  • The Lunar Chronicles 1: Cinder

    The Lunar Chronicles 1: Cinder

    By Marissa Meyer

    Genres: Fairytale, YA, Romance, Retelling

    Cinder, book 1 in The Lunar Chronicles, a futuristic twist to the classic story of Cinderella.

    This one will be short, since for the first time I do not have much to say. Marissa Meyer knew how to grab all those beloved characters from classic fairy tales that we know and love, and somehow mixed them into a world of more wonder with a few splashes of enough strangeness to keep you guessing. Let us begin.

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  • The Hunger Games Trilogy – Review

    The Hunger Games Trilogy – Review

    Author: Suzanne Collins

    Genres: Dystopia. Drama. Young Adult. Romance (or something like it).

    Books: The Hunger Games. Catching Fire. Mockingjay.

    Well it took me about 5 to 6 years to read them but here I am, and I am done with all of them, I think I broke my own personal record with this one, I read all three books in two weeks give or take. Maybe you are saying that is not fast but between work and life, it is fast.

    I really did not have any intention of reading them anytime soon but for some reason, re-watching The Hunger Games movies made me want to read, I picked them up and started with the first line that I already knew, and then got past it, the weird first-person narrative. And then I couldn’t stop, I knew the whole story but it was an easy read, and it was good to read something as if for the second time; since I really like the movies I didn’t know how I would feel with the books.

    I cannot really say which I like best, so I will leave it at: they are both good.

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  • Outlander Series: (Voyager + Drums of Autumn)

    Outlander Series: (Voyager + Drums of Autumn)

    Author: Diana Gabaldon

    I should probably start off with Voyager, and I will try to look pass the things that I did not enjoy.

    I read it fast and not just because it was the first book of the Outlander series which was completely new to me since Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber I already knew what would happen because of the TV Show, no, this one I read really fast because of the parts where Claire was on her own, those blurred.

    Spoilers ahead if you have not read these 2 books, kindly stop if you have not read.

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  • Lord of Shadows Review

    Lord of Shadows Review

    I will first give you, the unedited review, this is what I felt and thought when I first finished the book. Be wary, it contains so many spoilers you will have to jump to the end of it, where I said it is good and nothing else, if you do not want to know what happens at the end of the book. You have been warned.

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  • Outlander & Dragonfly in Amber “Review”

    Outlander & Dragonfly in Amber “Review”

    Author: Diana Gabaldon

    Series: Outlander

    Books: 1 & 2

    Where to start? I like them enough, but I had already watched the first 2 seasons of the show, and I must say they are pretty similar to the books, I could easily picture Sam Heugham and Caitriona Balfe while reading, although Jamie is much taller in the books.

    Brianna and Roger on the other hand, are nothing like in the books, sorry for the actor and actress who portray them, but they did not work for me, at the moment.

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  • 5 Quotes from Books We Love

    5 Quotes from Books We Love

    Hello, dearies! 📘

    Welcome to a fun-loving fest of quotes, or 5 quotes that I randomly chose from books.

    I was thinking about all the wonderful quotes from books that I love and decided to share a couple (alright, not a couple but 5) with you lads and lasses, simply to make your day and see if we share the same tastes.

    Honestly we may love many quotes from many books, so choosing only 5 is kind of difficult but if you want more, you can always go to my Pinterest or Instagram and find more there, I might not post daily but there are some quotes there that I think you will want to share. Oh! Also my Tumblr.

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  • Seven Years to Sin (Review… sort of)

    Seven Years to Sin (Review… sort of)

    Author: Sylvia Day

    Well, if you are into romance and historical, and as a plus adult fiction than you most definitely will absolutely love what goes down with Lady Jessica and the rather rakish Mr. Alistair Caulfield

    Alright, let me be honest with this one… Sylvia Day has an excellent imagination and the few books I have read of her have been really great, she does has a lot of books under her name and reading them all in less than a month would be viable… if only the to-read list with many amazing authors and promising titles was not as long as it is.

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  • Stardust

    Stardust

     Author: Neil Gaiman 

    Well, this is a first. I didn’t like this book as much as I suspected I would, I loved the movie is one of my favourite movies of all times, I have lost count of the times I’ve watched it, I practically know the dialogues by heart as well as the music and scenery, I love it.

    But we are here, in this virtual space because of the books, books we love, books we share with others, books we share even when we don’t like them that much (even thought I do not tend share the ones I do not love). I wish I could say that I absolutely adored this read but I got to be honest, I have read better, I am not saying that Mr Gaiman is a bad a writer or nothing of the sort because he isn’t and he has incredible imagination, this is about me and the fixation I had with the movie, I suppose.  Although it really is the first time that I read something and did not find it as charming as the film.

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