Once Upon a Read-a-Thon - Wednesday, July 11th

Pages: 228

Hours: 4 hours and 40 minutes

Books: Pure, Jennifer L. Armentrout - completed

Challenge: Anticipating hosted by Christy @ The Reader Bee

What is your most anticipated book for 2012?
(It can be an upcoming release, or one that's already been released.)

This one is easy:

I just ache to read this book! Laini Taylor really captivated me with her story, and I can't wait to read what's in store for Karou and Akiva.

Also, this one:

I really am anticipating the end of Riley and Beck's story. I loved this series and am glad Jana Oliver got to write a fourth book in the series. I expect it to be so exciting and emotional, and I am looking forward to it.

Challenge: Matching FIctional Best Friends hosted by Alli @ Magnet4 Books's Reviews

Match the 5 sets of Fictional Best Friends below.

Cassel
Emerson
Hermione
Jessica
Sam
Clary
Harry
Hope
Lily
Simon

Done! That was fun, though it required some hard thinking and some research to check whether some of my guesses were right.

Picture Puzzle #19

O Picture Puzzle é um jogo de imagens, que funciona como um meme e é postado todas as semanas à quarta-feira. Aproveito para vos convidar a juntar à diversão, tanto a tentar adivinhar como a fazer um post com puzzles da vossa autoria. Deixem as vossas hipóteses nos comentários.

Como funciona?

• Escolher um livro;
• Arranjar imagens que representem as palavras do título (geralmente uma imagem por palavra, ignorando partículas como ‘o/a’, ‘os/as’, ‘de’, ‘por’, ‘em’, etc.);
• Fazer um post e convidar o pessoal a tentar adivinhar de que livro se trata;
• Podem ser fornecidas pistas se estiver a ser muito difícil de acertar no título, mas usá-las ou não fica inteiramente ao critério do autor do puzzle;
• Notem que as imagens não têm de representar as palavras do título no sentido literal.

E estamos de volta depois do curto intervalo... ufa, a quarta-feira passada foi de loucos - quando cheguei a casa já não tive tempo ou paciência para conjugar um post do PP. Peço desculpa pela interrupção.

Puzzle #1

Pista: título adulto em português.

Puzzle #2

Pista: título YA em português.

Divirtam-se!

Once Upon a Read-a-Thon - Tuesday, June 10th

Pages: 64

Hours: 1 hour and 20 minutes

Books: Pure, Jennifer L. Armentrout

Challenge: Bookish Fight hosted by Rebecca @ Kindle Fever

As the story teller, I now want you to tell me which two characters are fighting and WHY! If you want to, you’re also more than welcome to guess the outcome. ;) It doesn’t have to be anything too detailed; we’re here to have fun!

Right now I'm really rooting to pit Alexandra "Alex" Andros from the Covenant books by Jennifer L. Armentrout against Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway from the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead. They both are so kickass and stubborn the fight would be explosive! They are fighting because their stories are a bit similar, at least in the beginning, and they want to be unique, awesome girls by their own right. I don't dare guess the outcome, since they really are so strong and fantastic that it would be a close call!

Challenge: Foreign Authors hosted by Courtney @ Stiletto Storytime

Below in the comments simply share a foreign author whose work you adore. I personally am from the United States but we may have readers from all over so just make sure the author you share is from a country other than your own. Tell us why you like them. Are there any books by them in particular that you would recommend? How did you come across their work? The whole point is to share and allow us all to discover a new author that we might otherwise never have been exposed to... to literally open up a whole new world of books for one another.

I am going to choose Sarah Alderson. She is British, but currently lives in Bali, and is the author of Hunting Lila. I read this book for a challenge - I didn't expect to like it so much, and that really caught me off guard! Hunting Lila is about a girl, Lila, who finds out she has superpowers, and freaks out - so she runs to the only people she trusts - her brother Jack, and his best friend, Alex. Except they are part of secret team who tries to hunt people with powers, like Lila - and to complicate matters more, she has a huge crush on Alex since forever! The book is a mix of X-Men with car chases and road trips, and with a touch of romance. There were so many things that I liked about it that I was convinced Sarah Alderson is a auto-buy author for me. With just one book! She writes her books with a good sense of humor, she does action very well, but she is also capable of breaking your heart with the romance. Definitely an author to follow!

Before I Wake Mini-Reading Challenge

I signed up for the Soul Screamers Reading Challenge last January, hoping that I would get to read the whole series, and completed it quite sucessfully, reading five full books, three novellas and two short stories. So I couldn't resist joining the Before I Wake mini-reading challenge, since I am dying to read this book. If I Die was a great book with a killer ending and Before I Wake is due to become another awesome book in this series.

The Before I Wake mini-reading challenge is hosted by the fantastically enthusiastic Rachel @ Fiktshun. The sign-up post is here, and the challenge runs from June 26th to August 1st.

Once Upon a Read-a-Thon - Monday, July 9th

So, here are my updates for the day.

Pages: 192 + 37 = 229

Hours: 2 hours

Books: Homem-Aranha - Integral Frank Miller - completed
Pure, Jennifer L. Armentrout

Challenge: 4 Questions hosted by Loretta @ Between The Pages

Sitting this one out. It's US only and I've only read one of the four books covered by the questions, so...

Challenge: Covers hosted by Bailey @ Stiletto Storytime

Question 1: What is your favorite cover that has been revealed this summer and why? Post a link or picture of the cover if you want.

Question 2: Do you rely on the cover to help you choose whether you want to read a book or not?

Question 1 - Well, I really love the US cover for Days of Blood and Starlight:

I've been slowly dying all year because I can't yet read this book. I loved the first one, Laini Taylor is a great writer, and the story was magnificent.

Question 2 - I don't exactly rely on the cover to help me choose books, but the way the cover is designed is a great way to ler me know what kind of genre the book is, and whether I might like to read it. So the cover is a great way to grab my attention, but ultimately what makes me decide for this book instead of that one would be the description and the book's reviews.