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Hello!
My favourite time of the year is coming:
The Summer! The time to relax from a stressful year at University, enjoy the
sun and the beach, swim, eat Ice Cream, drink Slurpees… If you've visited this
blog previously, you know that I adore reading, however, during the major part
of the year I am very busy with University, and to be honest, I read a lot of
Law books, so I prefer to not mix my Faculty readings with the other ones.
Unfortunately, this only allows me to read my non-academic books when I'm on
vacation, but for now, I prefer things to be that way.
With this said, my second year at
University it's coming to end (one month and I am finally free!), and I cannot
wait to have time to read new books and continue the series that I have already
previously start. I was doing a pause in my studies and I start to wonder what
do I want to read this Summer, and here is my conclusion:
The Girl on the Train, by Paula
Hawkins
I've
already read Into the Water, by the same author, since of the two books this
was the one I was more curious about. I really liked Hawkins way of writing, so
I look forward to reading the famous book The
Girl on the Train.
The Girl on the Train portraits
the story of Rachel, an ordinary girl that catches the same commuter train
every morning. Every day, she watches the same houses, the same people... she
especially likes to observe the house of a precise couple. Rachel even thinks
of imaginary names and lives for them. However, the happy life that she always
thought that they lived, it's not like that. Namely, she sees something wrong
that leaves her disturbed. As a consequence, Rachel speaks to the police. From
here, she becomes an integral part of a dizzying succession of events,
affecting the lives of all involved.
In my
opinion, the plot seems very interesting, and I am very curious about Rachel
backstory and about what did she saw that left her so disturbed.
Glass Sword, by
Victoria Aveyard
Glass Sword is the
sequel of Red Queen, a series initiated by Victoria Aveyard. Of course, I have
already read the first book and I absolutely loved it. The end left me very
interested in the next events.
Glass Sword continues
to follow the story of our protagonist Mare Barrow. In fact, she possesses a
unique power in a society that divides people in the ones that are ordinary,
having Red blood, and the powerful ones that have Silver blood and have special
powers (for instance, the ability to control fire or water). Mare and her
family are Red: plebeians, humble, destined to serve a Silver elite whose
supernatural powers make them almost Gods. However, Mare discovers that she has
the Silver ability: the power to control the lightning bolts. As a consequence,
she has turned into a weapon that the Royal Court tries to control. In a series
of events, Mare is declared a traitor of the Crown, and she is cruelly betrayed
by her special friend, Prince Maven. Pursued by him, she comes to find that she
is not the only one of her kind. Now, her goal is to form an army against the
oppressive nobility, and take revenge on Maven.
One of the
things that I want to know is how Mare's next encounter with Maven will be,
taking into account that he turned out to be a traitor and a malicious person.
I think that he still loves her, actually... In addition, I question how will
Mare's and Cal (Maven's older brother, the heir to the throne) relationship
develop, since he was also betrayed by his little brother, was declared a
traitor, and run away with her. He likes Mare as well. A love triangle that I
look forward to seeing how it will develop.
A Song of Ice and Fire, by
George R. R. Martin
As you may
know, I am a fan of the series Game of
Thrones. I enjoy watching the TV Show so much that I decided that I wanted
to read the famous books that inspired such an amazing show. Last Summer I was
only able to read A Game of Thrones, the first book. Nevertheless, this Summer
I intend to continue my reading. I already have the next two books in my shelve
at home waiting for me!
If you
don't know, A Song of Ice and Fire
portraits the story of the seven kingdoms of Westeros, in which some families
fight to be on the Iron Throne, and others fight for their independence. We
follow the journey of the House Stark, Lannister, Baratheon, Greyjoy,
Targaryen, Tyrell and others. The writing captivates the reader from the
beginning until the very last word, it's amazing. It has everything: romance,
adventure, drama, fantasy... It's indeed a true masterpiece.
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertalli
Jesika
recently read and did the review of this book here in Aliferous (click here if you are interested in reading). When we
talked about the book I got instantly curious about Simon story.
The main
character, Simon, is sixteen years old, and he hides the fact that he is gay
from everyone. Additionally, with the pseudonym Jacques, he emails someone
called Blue, and with time his feelings for Blue become deeper making him want
to know the real identity of the person his emailing to. But when an email
falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the
spotlight.
Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda seems to be a book that touches delicate subjects that need to be more
talked in our Society.
The Crown, by Kiera Cass
The Selection is one of
my favourite books series. I adored the first three books, namely The Selection, The Elite and The One.
The romance of America and Maxon is simply everything! Unfortunately, The Heir did not live up to my
expectations. In my perspective, Kiera should have stopped the series in the
third book. Well, she didn't do that, instead, she decided to continue the
series in the perspective of America and Maxon eldest daughter, Princess
Eadlyn.
The Crown follows Eadlyn, the first princess of Illéa
to hold her own Selection, twenty years after the one in which her parents,
Maxon and America, fell in love. She didn't want to be a part of a selection
and she still isn’t sure that she’ll find the fairytale that her parents found,
but as always, life does not happen as we expect.
The thing
is, I did not like Eadlyn's attitude in The
Heir at all, she is always complaining and sometimes I don't think she
values how fortunate she is to live in her position, nor the efforts that both
of her parents made to make the Society more egalitarian and just.
I am going
to read the final book - The Crown -
because I hate to leave things unfinished, and with a minimum hope that I will
like more this one. Sadly, I doubt it, yet I will give it a chance.
In
conclusion, these books are the priorities on my list for this Summer. That
doesn't mean that I won't read anything else. In fact, if time (and money)
allows, I would like to read other works of literature. As the quote says:
“A great book should leave you with many
experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while
reading.”
― William Styron
― William Styron
What are the books that you want to read this Summer?
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own any of these images and I am not trying to infringe copyright.
I hope you have a lovely week!
Mariana
Nunes
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2 comments
They look interesting! I like your blog, would you like to follow each other?:)
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I am glad that you liked the books. Thank you, and of course!
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