Suggestion: ‘International Speculative Fiction’ – Nº1

Remember a few months ago I said I was accompanying the ISF e-zine. So, here’s number 1 (first issue is number zero) hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I’ll leave you my full opinion below. Please feel free to download the e-zine and tell me what you think.

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Opinião: ‘Bird by Bird’ de Anne Lamott

Este é um livro que pode ser lido por vários tipos de pessoas. Não só por aqueles que não conseguem evitar escrever mas, também, por os que apesar de não partilharem o bichinho da escrita partilham a vontade de fazer parte da vida de alguém que o tem. E, também, por todos os outros que se interessam por outras realidades que não a sua, e apreciam reflectir sobre a vida.

Este foi um livro que degustei. Li-o, capítulo a capítulo, um por dia, à beira da piscina, nas pausas para café, nos bocadinhos em que precisava de inspiração… Tirei notas, citações, apontei ideias, rabisquei-o na margem… E eu odeio rabiscar livros! read more

Review: ‘Public Secrets’ by Nora Roberts

This is my Romantic Suspense book choice for October’s RR Challenge (Themes #3).

Public Secrets’ gives us a tour through two decades of Emma McAvoy’s life. First as a young child that suffers at the hands of her birth mother and as the unexpected and unwanted daughter of an arising rock star. Then as the foreign element in a pop music’s band road to success. And later as a young woman and her choices and fears that led her to marriage and a new king of hell. read more

Sugestão: Nora Roberts

Num daqueles desafios literários deste ano cruzei-me com a hipótese de ler ‘Public Secrets’ de Nora Roberts. Apesar de ser uma das escritoras mais prolíficas da actualidade, ainda não tinha lido absolutamente nada dela.

Decidi começar, não por este livro, mas por um outro que me captou a atenção. ‘The Last Boyfriend’ o nº 2 da trilogia Inn BoonsBoro. read more

Review: ‘River Marked’ by Patricia Briggs

River Marked’ is the 6º book of the Mercy Thompson Series. It took me about 10 hours to get through this one, a normal pace for the books of this series. I really enjoyed getting back to Tri-Cities and to Mercy’s prowess to attract danger. Nevertheless there were some things that kept bugging me throughout the book.

OK, it has action. Mercy is herself and she’s a good heroine, Adam, Jesse and his pack are always a treat. But it felt a little bit empty. read more

Reading Romances Challenge: September Status and October Book Choices

September was a slow month. Even though I started some books, I wasn’t quite able to complete my Reading Romances Monthly Quota (2 books/month).

So this is my September reading status: read more