Top Ten Tuesday

19Abr11

Bem, eu vi isto a semana passada e não resisti em participar, ainda por cima a edição desta semana era à escolha do freguês, e desta lista, os meus olhinhos brilharam ao ver o Most Dislikable Characters *gargalhada malévola* porque há tantas, tantas personagens por essa literatura fora por quem não tenho a mínima simpatia, [...]

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Etiquetas:so much fun

Ondine: The Summer of Shambles

30Out10

Author: Ebony McKenna Publisher: Egmont Books (2010) Pages: 336 Synopsis: One girl. One boy. One spell to be broken. Ondine de Groot is a normal fifteen-year-old who lives with her family in the European country of Brugel. She has a pet ferret called Shambles. But Shambles is no ordinary ferret…He’s Hamish McPhee, a boy cursed [...]

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Etiquetas:english review, fairy tale retold, so much fun, young adult

A Kingdom of Dreams

03Ago10

Author: Judith McNaught Publisher: Pocket Books (2010) Pages: 438 Synopsis: Abducted from her convent school, headstrong Scottish beauty Jennifer Merrick does not easily surrender to Royce Westmoreland, Duke of Claymore. Known as “The Wolf”, his very name strikes terror in the hearts of his enemies. But proud Jennifer will have nothing to do with the [...]

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Etiquetas:english review, romance histórico, so much fun, ultimate reviewers challenge

Goose Chase

28Jun10

Autor: Patrice Kindl Editora: Puffin (2002) Páginas: 216 Idioma: Inglês Sinopse: Her name is Alexandria Aurora Fortunato, and she is as lovely as the dawn. But that is only one of her problems. There’s also the matter of those three magical gifts of treasure bestowed on her by a mysterious old woman. And King Claudio [...]

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Etiquetas:fairy tale retold, fantasia, so much fun

The Hollow Kingdom

18Abr10

Autor: Clare B. Dunkle Editora: Henry Holt (2006) Páginas: 240 Idioma: Inglês Sinopse: Hallow Hill has a strange and tragic history. For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from the estate, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have come to live at Hallow Hill. Brought up in a civilized age, [...]

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Etiquetas:fantasia, so much fun

O Mapa do Tempo

07Mar10

Autor: Félix J. Palma Título original: El mapa del tiempo Editora: Planeta (2010) Páginas: 550 Sinopse: Se pudesse viajar no tempo… Que época escolheria? Londres, 1896. Inúmeros inventos convencem o Homem de que a ciência é capaz de conseguir o impossível, como o demonstra o aparecimento da empresa Viagens Temporais Murray, que abre as suas [...]

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Etiquetas:fantasia, romance histórico, so much fun, time-travel