Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Books I want to read in 2016!

These are the books I really want to read this year - not necessarily in this order, except for Voyage of the Basilisk, which I'll hopefully start by the end of this week as soon as I finish the Grimm's Fairytales, and it doesn't mean that I think I can read all of them. But that would definitely be nice 

Also, I find it so frustrating that Goodreads doesn't have a re-read feature, UGH!
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A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan (#3 & #4)




Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (#1 to #7) - over the years, I've read these several times in Portuguese, but never in English






The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling




Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith (#1 & #2)




Favole #3: Frozen Light by Victoria Francés




Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier (#1 to #6)





The Stone Dance of the Chameleon by Ricardo Pinto (#1 to #3)




Sunstone #3 by Stjepan Šejić




The New Topping Book by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy




H.P. Lovecraft Collected Stories by Wordsworth Editions & Necronomicon





She Walks In Shadows by several female authors - it's a tribute to Lovecraft while at the same time it rebels by putting strong female characters fighting the horrors Lovecraft showed us.




The Sea of Trolls (#1 to #3) by Nancy Farmer - I read the first volume in Portuguese many years ago, and ever since I never forgot this series and want to know how it ends.




The Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth & The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J.R.R. Tolkien




Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA by Richard C. Lewontin




Molly Moon (#1 to #6) by Georgia Byng - just like the Sea of Trolls, I read the first book many years ago and I liked the story so much, although I didn't have the sequels, that now I want to finish the series.





Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein




Avalon (#1 to #7) by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson




Monday, 11 January 2016

I'm on a reading spree! + Books I've read in 2015

After spending almost 2 years without reading a single book (between 2012 and 2014), I finally managed to snap out of it and started reading the first volume of The Fionavar Tapestry: The Summer Tree. It worked wonderfully to put an end to that reading slump. Since then, I've been on a reading spree, and I don't remember being this excited about reading since I read Harry Potter - and that's saying a lot. So I thought I'd share some of that and inspire you to start reading again/more/keep reading. Because books exist to be loved 

Disclaimer: whenever there are series starting in the middle, in the list below, it's because I had read the previous volumes on or before 2012, except for the Tapestry of Fionavar.

1. A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire #5) by George R.R. Martin




2. Vampire Knight (#10 to #19) by Matsuri Hino




3. The Fionavar Tapestry (#2 to #3) by Guy Gavriel Kay:
- The Wandering Fire (#2)
- The Darkest Road (#3)




4. A Memoir by Lady Trent (#1 to #2) by Marie Brennan :
- A Natural History of Dragons (#1)
- The Tropic of Serpents (#2)




5. Death Note (#1 to #12 + extras) by Tsugumi Oba




6. Cardcaptor Sakura (#1 to #12) by CLAMP




7. Code Name Wa Sailor V! by Naoko Takeuchi (prelude to Sailor Moon)




8. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (#6 to #12 + short stories (#1 to #2) + Parallel Sailor Moon) by Naoko Takeuchi




9. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (#1 to #2) by Don Rosa




10. The Hogwarts Library Collection by J.K. Rowling:
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
- Quidditch Through The Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling




11. Dance in the Vampire Bund (#1 to #14 + Sledge Hammer (#1 to #3) + Scarlet Order (#1 to #2)) by Nozomu Tamaki




12. Pena que Sangra by Daniel dos Santos Cardoso




13. Black Cat (#1 to #20) by Kentaro Yabuki




14. Sunstone (#1 to #3) by Stjepan Šejić




15. The New Bottoming Book by Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy




16. Shingeki no Kyoujin (#1 to #18 + Kuinaki Sentaku (#1 to #2) + Before the Fall (#1 to #5)) by Hajime Isayama




17. The Whisperer in Darkness (H.P. Lovecraft Collected Short Stories series #1) by H.P. Lovecraft:




18. The Open: Man and Animal by Giorgio Agamben




19. Foucault for Beginners by Lydia Alix Fillingham




20. Honeymoon Salad (#0 to #5) by Hikaru Ninomiya




21. Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill




22. Asking For It by Louise O'Neill




23. Prohibited Book (#1 to #3) by Luis Royo




24. Favole (#1 to #2) by Victoria Francés:
- Stone Tears
- Set Me Free




25. Poesia de Florbela Espanca:
- Livro de Mágoa
- Livro de Soror Saudade
- Charneca em Flor
- Sonetos





26. Como Escavar Um Abismo by Fernando Ribeiro




27. The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman




28. Naruto (#1 to #5) by Masashi Kishimoto



I hope you found some of these appealing, if you haven't read them yet. This list contains a mix of different genres, from non-fiction to high fantasy.

What books did you read in 2015? Let me know in the comments!

In case you're interested in knowing more about them, they can all be found on Goodreads, and I can also describe a particular book (spoiler free!) if asked in the comments.