Book's Crumbs

Disclaimer - the book tag idea and the graphics are from Read at Midnight, Pokemon Go belongs to Niantic and Nintendo. 

With all the hype going around PokemonGo, I just couldn't pass this book tag.
You can't go anywhere this days, without seeing people walking around with their phones on hand ready to catch'em all.

If once it was difficult to talk with a friend at the Pub cus of FB feeds, now you have to watch out for Bulbasaur too. Technology will take away any social interactions soon, but while we let that happen here is the book tag:

I don't remember the first book I've read, but I do remember the first book I felt for and made me love reading. It is Harry Potter - The Order of the Phenix. You are probably thinking why the 5th book in the series, because I was an ignorant muggle who thought it wasn't necessary to read the first fourth book since she did watch the movies; how wrong I was! I did make up for it right after finishing the Order of the Phenix, starting the series from the beginning.

J.K Rowling made me a reader, it's thanks to her that I discover my love for readings, picking up from fantasy to classics growing up.

I've been hearing great things about Patrick Rothfuss and The Kingkiller Chronicles, those books weigh a ton. But that's not the first reason I can't bring myself to read it, the biggest worry is that the last book still not out yet and it looks like Patrick Rothfuss is taking his time to finishing it... So what happen is I read the first two books, I love them and I have to wait ten years for the last book! No, I just can't, when this fantomatic book will come out I will start the series.

Forever is a big word, but every book release I'm waiting feels like to much time.
The most anticipated book releases of next year are: Vengeful, sequel to Vicious by V.E Schwab; Crooked Kingdom, 2nd book in the series by Leigh Bardugo; A Conjuring of Light, the finale to the great Victoria Schwab's magical series. I'm also waiting for the play transcription of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, I already preorder it on Depositary and the book release will be  in three days time. Can't wait to get my hands on it!

I had fun doing this book Tag. What about your pokemon-book? Do you share some of mine?

Going from Bicentennial Man to the latest Ex Machina,we had several movies representations regarding artificial intelligence; but talking about books, the cutest maid droid I can think of is Iko from the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (reviews books #1-#2).

Iko is Linh family's domestic robot and Cinder friend. Tahnk to a glitch in the program, most of the time she forgets of being a droid, and not a human, making her quite a character. iko think of herself as a woman, madly in love with shes, jewelry and makeup, even better if they belong to Cinder's stepmother, Adri.

She is a brilliant character and addition to the story! Full of charisma and humor, a robot capable of blushing at compliments and with a weak spot for good-looking men, she is probably Prince Kai's number one fan. I find her one of the most hilarious characters on the series, along with Throne. She is a special robot!  

Here is fan-made pic of her with Cinder:

ITALIANO:

I robot umanoidi sono sempre stati una realtà fantascientifica, ma ciò che l'uomo immagina presto trova posto anche nella realtà.

Se abbiamo sempre sognato o fantasticato di avere un giorno in casa il nostro robot personale: pronto a portarci il telecomando, spegnere la luce, riordinare la massa di vestiti che per decidere l'outfit del giorno si accumula inevitabilmente sulla sedia e soddisfare tutte quelle piccole pigrizie che ci accompagnano, siamo nell'era giusta. E' arrivato R1-your, il robo personale -che come riportato in un articolo della Repubblica- sarà sviluppato a basso costo, al prezzo di una tv di ultima generazione, dando così la possibilità a tutti di avere un droid tutto fare in casa.

Passando da L'Uomo Bicentenario al più recente Ex Machina, di rappresentazioni cinematografiche riguardanti robot intelligenti ne abbiamo avute parecchie; ma parlando di libri il droide domestico più simpatico ha cui possa pensare è Iko dalle Cronache Lunari di Marissa Meyer (recensione libri #1-#2).
Iko è il robot domestico della famiglia Linh e amica di Cinder. Grazie ad un glich nel suo programma, la maggior parte delle volte si dimentica di essere un droide, e non un umano. Ciò nonostante Iko si comporta come una donna, ama alla follia le scarpe, i gioielli e il trucco, meglio ancora se appartengono alla matrigna di Cinder, Adri. Il suo desiderio più grande è quello di possedere finalmente un corpo sinuoso come quello delle droide escort, le quali hanno sembianze umanoidi.
La sua personalità è brillante! Piena di carisma e ironia, un robot in grado di arrossire hai complimenti e con un debole per gli uomini di bel aspetto, è probabilmente la fan numero uno del principe Kai.
La trovo uno dei personaggi più esilaranti della serie insieme al carismatico Throne.

E voi avete un altro robot preferito?

Here is the Book Trailer:

Summer, is one of the perfect seasons to read. The sun is shining, I can finally pick up my books and lying in the grass outside, with a coconut cocktail, sunglasses and a big flowery hat. Well, at least, that's what I picture myself doing every summer, but things never go accordings to plans. 

What I'll probably do is bring my books everywhere I go and between working, blogging and maintaining a healthy sociable life, I'll get my reading done!

When I think of summer I'm thinking about fluffy, romantic contemporary novel, so be aware this post may contain high level of cheesiness.

Here are some recommendations for you and some other books I'm looking forward to read myself this summer.

THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY 

by Jenny Han

This is one of my contemporary favorite series, from the title to the wonderful plot everything screams summer!

Belly loves summer, she love being at her beach house with Susannah and more than anyone with Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her first summer at the beach house - they have been her brother figures, her best friends, her first crushes, and everything in between. But one summer everything changes and their relationships are never gonna be the same again.

You could think that this is gonna be the typical love triangle story, but is much much more, it's about friendship, family and love of course. The story is beautifully portrait and the writing is flawless. Jenny Han is really a master in the romance genre. 

You will read one book after the other!

TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE

by Jenny Han

Jenny Han again, I know, but what can I do I just love her. Her books are perfect for summer!

The story revolves around Lara Jean, who never told to any of her crutches how she felt, but instead wrote each of them a letter, sealed it, and hid it in a box. Those letters were her closure. But one day the box disappear and the letters have been somehow mailed. Her quiet life is going to make a sudden turn.

This book is part of a duology (2# Ps. I still Love You) and I loved this series even more. It's the emblem of cuteness!
The story is relatable and all the characters feel real. The family portrait that come out of this book is one of the best I ever read.

You are gonna eat up this two books.




ME BEFORE YOU & AFTER YOU
by Jojo Moyes


The movie came out this summer and if you haven't already watched it, you must read this book!

Lou Clark might have an extravagant sense of fashion but her life is pretty ordinary. She knows her hometown like her pockets, since she haven't been anywhere else, she knows she likes working in the local tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend.
What lou doesn't know is that she is about to lose her job and what coming with that is something that she could have never imagine.

Will Traynor had been having an exciting and on the edge life, until an accident takes everything away.

Their path will cross and something will start to change.


When I started this book I thought I was going to have a fun delightful read. How wrong I was! This book made me cry, and sob, and weep so much I think they should forbid it from frail human being like me. Not even Dobby death made me cry so much. After finishing this book I was in a comatose state. The character and their emotions, feels so damn real! The writing is spectacular! It a must you should read it for the sake of human feelings.


As my summer read I'll be reading his sequel - After You - I sure that even if it's impossible for it to be on the same standard as the first book, it's going to be a good read.

GONE GIRL
by Gillian Flynn

Here is a bestelling that I've been putting under my pile of books for a while. This summer I'm going to pick up this internationally acclaimed book, so I will be finally able to watch the movie.

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, It is Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are been wrapped and reservations are been made when Nick's clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn't doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about slope and shape of his wife's head, but passages from Amy's dairy reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media, the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he's definitely bitter - but is he really a killer?

The plot intrigues me, I love reading about, lies, speculations and human monstrosity in general. I'm looking forward to it.

WILD 
by Cheryl Strayed


Summer is also about traveling and wonder, and what best to representing that than this memoir of  real adventure.
This is also one of those bestelling I did put aside and let dust and mold grow over them. I do feel pretty guilty about them, so it's time to do some clean up.

At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. with no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from Mojave Desert through California and Oregon To Washington State - and she would do it alone.

It look like a great adventure to read about, and since I won't be living any this summer I hope I can make her mine.


This are my summer choices, I will include them in all the other book I will be reading.
What about you do you have some other must read for this season? Or some must read that has no season?
Well, I wish you all a happy summer time!

What a strange read to evalue it's this one. I've been having mixed feelings about this book from the start to the end.

It present itself like a fairy-tale retelling, based on stories like Beauty and the Beast and the greek myth of Hades and Persephone all mixed-up with indian legends. All of this point of origin were put together nicely, but having no knowledge on India's folk stories I was quite confused time to time. Something that I didn't register while reading The Wrath and the Dawn, a fab retelling of a Thousand Nights.

The book opens with Maya, one of  Bharata Raja's daughter. She has been cursed with a Horoscope that promise a marriage of death and destruction, making her an outcast in the court. Content to follow more scholarly pursuit, her world will be turn upside down when her father arranged a political marriage to peace the outside rebellions. She will soon find herself in Akaran, a land in between worlds, married to the Raja Amar - and in his mysterious palace there are many doors that must not be open and many voices not to follow.

The story is full of magic, filled with twists and turns, caused mostly by Maya's stupid decisions. As a character she could have more development, she was quite dumb, not a strong engaging female leader.

The love interest starts from the first encounter. The same moment Amar stands in the room for the first time with Maya, you can sense that "love is in the air". But taking the reincarnation, predestiny and soul-mates stuff, I can give in in believing in love at first sight. 

Amar lucks any characters, his positions as the Raja and the blindness love for Maya defines him.

The only role that could get my whole attentions and I did find interesting is Kamela, a talking horse. She is hilarious.

All of this lucks are mystified by the vibrant, elegant language, Roshani Chokshi use. She is clearly a skilled writer and her poetic vibe did combine wonderfully with the magic atmosphere of India's folk stories. 

There are a lot of pro and cons to this story, so I will go with a  political 3/5 STARS.

Here a well done fan-made book trailer.

June wow, what a month of reading is been. I've read so many good books and some amazing one.

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I started this month looking into the universe, with The Martian, by Andy Weir. It's a book that has been on my TBR for a long time, but I never could bring myself to read it. When while I was shopping, at the end of May, I saw a really cheap copy and since it's a bestseller, it was time for me to discover what the hype was all about.

I didn't think I was gonna enjoy a science-fiction book but how wrong I was.

It was amazing reading about Mark Watney, the most hilarious and full of resource fiction-astronaut on earth. I would recommend this book to any reader, it's a MUST!

Drum roll please..... and the winner is : Six of Crowns - Leigh Bardugo

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