20.08.2011

No sé si es su edad o la mía que hace la diferencia pero lo cierto es que leyendo a Allende hoy no me siento deslumbrada como me paso con La Casa De Los Espiritus. Atrapada, sí, es fácil de leer, entretenida. Pero hace cosas de principiante como hacer que la protagonista, en primera persona, se describa físicamente. O, peor todavía, ( Read more... )

“A Song of Ice and Fire 4: A Feast for Crows” by George R. R. Martin

29.07.2011

Comments (SPOlLERS):

They switched for narrators for this one, bad call, this one isn’t bad, per se (I have listened to podfic, after all) but compared to the other one who had a voice for each character... well, he doesn’t measure up, is all.

I’m quite tired of ( Read more... )

“A Song of Ice and Fire 3: A Storm of Swords” by George R.R. Martin

16.07.2011

Comments (Spoilers like whoa)

This is the book I got to like Jamie Lannister and decided Cersei was a bitch beyond redemption. There’s being a bitch to everybody but your family and being protective and there’s hating your little baby brother and torturing him and never ( Read more... )

First read: 25.06.2011

It’s kind of hard to separate the books when reading them back to back but this is the book I got to like Tyrion Lannister. I was sorry about Renly, mostly for Loras and the gay and the rainbow cloaks (that must be a sign for queerness, come on!). And also because Stannis sucks and it’s boring as dirt. He’s fair and all but ( Read more... )

09.06.2011

AGoT follows a huge cast of characters in a medieval world with a tad more magic that our own, even though the dragons are extinct and the rest of the magical creatures gone to the other side of The Wall. The Wall being a human made construction far north made to protect the Seventh Kingdoms from the wild people and creatures that ( Read more... )

Primera lectura: 23.05.2011

Por alguna razón que desconozco el 80% del argumento de esta novela  viene en la  contraportada, pero es el estilo y no los sucesos los que te mantienen en vilo. No es mi novela preferida ni de lejos pero resulta entretenida y hay un par de frases bien logradas.

CITA:

* ...hasta que la pasión retó al invierno y se quedaron ( Read more... )

"Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi

First read: 03.04.2011

I have had the pdf of this (part 1 & part 2) for a few weeks now but I didn’t realised it would be such a page-turner that I wouldn’t mind reading it on the computer, much less than I would finish it so fast (I think it’s been less than 24 hours!). I haven’t read manga in years and the only other ( Read more... )

27.03.2011

Opinion: Colette’s life is fascinating but I’m not so sure about the writing style. It feels more like a collection of disconnected anecdotes than a coherent narration. I enjoyed it a lot but that made it a bit hard to read for long (the first few days I couldn’t stop and then it got harder to get through). I unfortunately lost the quotes ( Read more... )

"Leviathan" by Scott Westerfeld

First read: 19.03.2011

7.15 hours. It's 1414 and the Archduke has just been murdered, which will soon lead to The Great War. But his heir, Alec, is alive. He can't stay in his own country if he wants to survive, though. Far away, in London, a young girl disguises herself as a boy in hopes of entering the air-force. Of ( Read more... )

First read: 22.02.2010

So to be fair A Matter of Inconvenience by Astolat is inspired on this and it's what made me decide to read it in the first place but "A Civil Contract" doesn't compare favourably to Heyer's other less-known book, "The Corinthian" or to (I gather she would appreciate the comparison) Jane Austen's P&P or any other regency ( Read more... )