2016 Summer Reading List | Books
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Neste momento vocês devem estar a pensar que sou provavelmente um hacker a roubar o blog da Veganisa, visto que isto tem estado um pouco parado. Acho que se puserem os óculos de ver ao longe, até conseguem ver aquelas bolas do deserto tipo esta:
De qualquer das formas, juro que estou de volta, e desta vez para ficar! E com boas razões vos trago algumas recomendações de livros para ler neste Verão, seja debaixo da vossa sombrinha na praia, ou no campo, esta é uma junção de alguns livros que encontrei algures por aí e me encantaram de imediato, que nem amor à primeira vista, e decidi partilhar convosco. À medida que os for lendo, vou deixando aqui as minhas reviews, e hopefully, inspirar alguém a lê-los também.
Georgie McCool sabe que o seu casamento está por um fio. Ela ainda ama o marido, Neal, e o marido ainda a ama a ela – mas a química desapareceu.
Dois dias antes de visitarem a família de Neal, Georgie informa-o de que não irá com ele. Ela é argumentista de televisão e o seu emprego exige a sua presença. Sabe que Neal irá ficar chateado mas nunca pensou que ele fizesse as malas e partisse sem ela.
Atormentada pela sua decisão, Georgie pensa que deitou tudo a perder. Até que descobre uma forma de comunicar com a versão mais nova do marido… no passado. Não sendo exatamente uma viagem no tempo, Georgie sente que recebeu uma nova oportunidade de salvar o seu casamento ainda antes de ele começar. Mas será que é isso que ela realmente quer?
Há morte em todo o lado, ao nosso redor.
Nós é que não damos importância.
Até darmos.
A última vez que Lex foi feliz, foi antes. Quando tinha uma família inteira. Um namorado que amava. Amigos que não olhavam para ela como se fosse desmoronar a qualquer momento.
Agora, ela é a rapariga cujo irmão se suicidou. E parece que é isso que ela há-de ser sempre.
À medida que Lex começa a endireitar a sua vida, ela evita lembrar-se do que se passou na noite em que Tyler morreu. Mas há um segredo que ela não contou a ninguém - uma mensagem que Tyler enviou, que pode mudar tudo.
O irmão de Lex morreu. E Lex está prestes a descobrir que um fantasma não precisa de ser real para nos impedir de seguir em frente.
É o início do Verão numa pequena cidade na Irlanda. Emma O'Donovan tem 18 anos, bonita, feliz e confiante. Uma noite, há uma festa onde está toda a gente. Os olhos pousam todos em cima de Emma.
Na manhã seguinte, ela acorda no alpendre da sua casa. Não se lembra o que se passou, nem sabe como foi ali parar. Muito menos sabe o porquê de estar em sofrimento, ao contrário de toda a gente.
Fotografias da festa explicam detalhadamente, o que se passou com Emma naquela noite. Mas às vezes as pessoas não querem acreditar no que está à frente dos seus olhos, especialmente quando a verdade afecta os heróis da cidade...
Esta é a história de Lara Jean, que nunca admitiu publicamente as suas paixões, e em vez disso, escreveu a cada rapaz uma carta com os seus sentimentos, selava-a e escondia-a numa caixa debaixo da cama.
Mas um dia, Lara Jean descobre que a sua caixa de cartas secreta foi enviada para os respetivos destinatários, levando a que todas as suas paixonetas a confrontassem acerca das cartas: o rapaz a quem deu o primeiro beijo, o rapaz do campo de verão, até Josh, o ex-namorado da sua irmã.
À medida que Lara Jean aprende a lidar com os seus amores passados, apercebe-se que talvez esta confusão possa ter um final feliz.
Após 60 anos de casamento e 5 filhas, Lynn "Lovey" White sabe que todos nós, de tempos em tempos, precisamos de usar as nossas pequenas mentiras brancas.
A sua neta, Annabelle, pelo contrário, é o mais honesta possível. Ela sempre fez o correcto - até ter deixado o seu noivo, gestor de fundos financeiros e casar com um músico, três dias após o conhecer. Afinal de contas, os seus avós, que se apaixonaram à primeira vista, partilharam uma vida de felicidade mesmo durante a morte em declínio do seu avô.
Mas quando o mundo de Annabelle começa a desmoronar-se, ela descobre que a sua imagem de família perfeita é só uma ilusão. E Lovey tem de decidir se uma mentira a mais irá ajudar ou destruir os seus entes mais queridos.
Tu vais ser castigada...
Celestine North tem uma vida perfeita. É modelo, adorada pelos seus colegas da escola e professores e namora com o charmoso Art Crevan.
Mas Celestine depara-se com uma situação em que tem de decidir instintivamente. Ela infringe uma regra e depara-se com repercussões que podem mudar a sua vida para sempre.
Pode ser presa, marcada, vista como defeituosa.
Andie tinha tudo planeado.
Quando és a filha de um político, e praticamente te auto-educaste, aprendes que tudo pode ser planeado ou contornado, ou ambos. Especialmente o teu futuro.
Estágio importante? Check.
Amigos maravilhosos? Check.
Rapazes? Check (desde que não nos falemos por mais de 3 semanas)
Mas isso foi antes do escândalo. Antes de teres de estar na mesma casa que o seu pai. Antes de passear uma quantidade ridícula de cães. Antes de Clark e aqueles poucos meses que podem mudar a sua vida.
Porque aí é que está a questão - se tudo for planeado, nunca podes encontrar o inesperado.
E qual é a piada nisso?
You're probably thinking that some hacker might have stolen my blog, because this space is almost dead. If you put your glasses on, you can almost see desert balls like these:
You're probably thinking that some hacker might have stolen my blog, because this space is almost dead. If you put your glasses on, you can almost see desert balls like these:
Anyways, I swear I'm back, for good! And I bring good reasons of some books you should read this summer, wether it be by the pool, or in the countryside, this pack of books that I found somewhere and that I have to admit were love at first sight so I decided to share it with you. As I read it, I will share here my reviews, and some excerpts of the book that touched me in a special way, and hopefully, inspire someone to read it too.
Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble; it has been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems beside the point now.
Maybe that was always beside the point.
Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn't expect him to pack up the kids and go home without her.
When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything.
That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts...
Is that what she’s supposed to do?
Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?
Maybe that was always beside the point.
Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn't expect him to pack up the kids and go home without her.
When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything.
That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts...
Is that what she’s supposed to do?
Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?
There's death all around us.
We just don't pay attention.
Until we do.
The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn't look at her like she might break down at any moment.
Now she's just the girl whose brother killed himself. And it feels like that's all she'll ever be.
As Lex starts to put her life back together, she tries to block out what happened the night Tyler died. But there's a secret she hasn't told anyone-a text Tyler sent, that could have changed everything.
Lex's brother is gone. But Lex is about to discover that a ghost doesn't have to be real to keep you from moving on.
From New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand, The Last Time We Say Goodbye is a gorgeous and heart-wrenching story of love, loss, and letting go.
We just don't pay attention.
Until we do.
The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn't look at her like she might break down at any moment.
Now she's just the girl whose brother killed himself. And it feels like that's all she'll ever be.
As Lex starts to put her life back together, she tries to block out what happened the night Tyler died. But there's a secret she hasn't told anyone-a text Tyler sent, that could have changed everything.
Lex's brother is gone. But Lex is about to discover that a ghost doesn't have to be real to keep you from moving on.
From New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand, The Last Time We Say Goodbye is a gorgeous and heart-wrenching story of love, loss, and letting go.
It's the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O'Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there's a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma.
The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what happened, she doesn't know how she got there. She doesn't know why she's in pain. But everyone else does.
Photographs taken at the party show, in explicit detail, what happened to Emma that night. But sometimes people don't want to believe what is right in front of them, especially when the truth concerns the town's heroes...
The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what happened, she doesn't know how she got there. She doesn't know why she's in pain. But everyone else does.
Photographs taken at the party show, in explicit detail, what happened to Emma that night. But sometimes people don't want to believe what is right in front of them, especially when the truth concerns the town's heroes...
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed.
But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.
After sixty years of marriage and five daughters, Lynn “Lovey” White knows that all of us, from time to time, need to use our little white lies.
Her granddaughter, Annabelle, on the other hand, is as truthful as they come. She always does the right thing—that is, until she dumps her hedge fund manager fiancé and marries a musician she has known for three days. After all, her grandparents, who fell in love at first sight, have shared a lifetime of happiness, even through her grandfather’s declining health.
But when Annabelle’s world starts to collapse around her, she discovers that nothing about her picture-perfect family is as it seems. And Lovey has to decide whether one more lie will make or break the ones she loves . . .
Her granddaughter, Annabelle, on the other hand, is as truthful as they come. She always does the right thing—that is, until she dumps her hedge fund manager fiancé and marries a musician she has known for three days. After all, her grandparents, who fell in love at first sight, have shared a lifetime of happiness, even through her grandfather’s declining health.
But when Annabelle’s world starts to collapse around her, she discovers that nothing about her picture-perfect family is as it seems. And Lovey has to decide whether one more lie will make or break the ones she loves . . .
You will be punished…
Celestine North lives a perfect life. She’s a model daughter and sister, she’s well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she’s dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan.
But then Celestine encounters a situation where she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found flawed.
In her breathtaking young adult debut, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society where perfection is paramount and flaws lead to punishment. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything.
Andie had it all planned out. When you are a politician’s daughter who’s pretty much raised yourself, you learn everything can be planned or spun, or both. Especially your future. Important internship? Check. Amazing friends? Check. Guys? Check (as long as we’re talking no more than three weeks).
But that was before the scandal. Before having to be in the same house with her dad. Before walking an insane number of dogs. That was before Clark and those few months that might change her whole life. Because here’s the thing—if everything’s planned out, you can never find the unexpected. And where’s the fun in that?
But that was before the scandal. Before having to be in the same house with her dad. Before walking an insane number of dogs. That was before Clark and those few months that might change her whole life. Because here’s the thing—if everything’s planned out, you can never find the unexpected. And where’s the fun in that?
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