en-US Sat, 03 May 2025 19:40:24 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 9568528 Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes 'unstuck in time' after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.

Slaughterhouse-Five is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is also as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch-22, it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it unique poignancy -- and humor.]]> Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 0060799161 Nanu 5 3.67 1969
author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1969
rating: 5
read at: 2020/07/01
date added: 2025/05/03
shelves: 001-clásicos, 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2020
review:
I loved how Ethan Hawke narrated the story. I have all the feels now and I will need time to process them.
]]> 62997032 541 Dmitry Glukhovsky 8445012819 Nanu 4 At one point Degas' voice made jump out of fear, no matter how good the book is, only a good narrator can manage the atmosphere.

Now, the book itself. It gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars because even though I enjoyed the experience I feel like there was something missing. And of course, it was a very creepy read.
I enjoyed the adventure part, with Artyom going around the Metro and finding himself in progressively crazier and crazier situations and meeting some rather interesting characters.
The setting was quite interesting as well. For one, I think this is my first read of a modern russian novel (if not my first russian novel altogether) and it was a bit disorienting to hear Russian names, and see references of Russian history and culture. For another, it's was really hard to imagine people just living in complete darkness, in the metro, pale of skin, going slightly crazy, scared of rats... It all felt super alien to me and contributed to the "creepy" sensation I felt throughout the book.
I still don't understand a few things that happened (not that that is a deterrent for me), but I have a ton of questions. And that ending... I loved it but [spoilers removed] . I most definitely want to know what happens next.]]> 4.06 2002
author: Dmitry Glukhovsky
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/22
date added: 2025/04/22
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 009-post-apocaliptic, 006-distopia, 015-thriller, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 2025
review:
Let me start by saying, the narration was great ⭐⭐⭐⭐�� At one point Degas' voice made jump out of fear, no matter how good the book is, only a good narrator can manage the atmosphere.

Now, the book itself. It gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars because even though I enjoyed the experience I feel like there was something missing. And of course, it was a very creepy read.
I enjoyed the adventure part, with Artyom going around the Metro and finding himself in progressively crazier and crazier situations and meeting some rather interesting characters.
The setting was quite interesting as well. For one, I think this is my first read of a modern russian novel (if not my first russian novel altogether) and it was a bit disorienting to hear Russian names, and see references of Russian history and culture. For another, it's was really hard to imagine people just living in complete darkness, in the metro, pale of skin, going slightly crazy, scared of rats... It all felt super alien to me and contributed to the "creepy" sensation I felt throughout the book.
I still don't understand a few things that happened (not that that is a deterrent for me), but I have a ton of questions. And that ending... I loved it but [spoilers removed] . I most definitely want to know what happens next.
]]> 45154984 Contents:

Robot Visions �� cover and interior artwork by Ralph McQuarrie
Introduction: The Robot Chronicles �� essay by Isaac Asimov
Robot Visions / short story by Isaac Asimov
Too Bad! (1989) / short story by Isaac Asimov
Robbie (1940) / short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow)
Reason [Mike Donovan] (1941) / short story by Isaac Asimov
Liar! [Susan Calvin] (1941) / short story by Isaac Asimov
Runaround [Mike Donovan] (1942) / novelette by Isaac Asimov
Evidence [Susan Calvin] (1946) / novelette by Isaac Asimov
Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin] (1947) / novelette by Isaac Asimov
The Evitable Conflict [Susan Calvin] (1950) / novelette by Isaac Asimov
Feminine Intuition [Susan Calvin] (1969) / novelette by Isaac Asimov
The Bicentennial Man (1976) / novelette by Isaac Asimov
Someday (1956) / short story by Isaac Asimov
Think! (1977) / short story by Isaac Asimov
Segregationist (1967) / short story by Isaac Asimov
Mirror Image [Elijah Bailey/R. Daneel Olivaw] (1972) / short story by Isaac Asimov
Lenny [Susan Calvin] (1958) / short story by Isaac Asimov
Galley Slave [Susan Calvin] (1957) / novelette by Isaac Asimov
Christmas Without Rodney (1988) / short story by Isaac Asimov
Essays by Isaac Asimov: Robots I Have Known (1954); The New Teachers (1976); Whatever You Wish (1977); The Friends We Make (1977); Our Intelligent Tools (1977); The Laws of Robotics (1979); Future Fantastic (1989); The Machine and the Robot (1978); The New Profession (1979); The Robot As Enemy? (1979); Intelligences Together (1979); My Robots (1987); The Laws of Humanics (1987); Cybernetic Organism (1987); The Sense of Humor (1988); Robots in Combination (1988).

The volume features many black-and-white illustrations by Ralph McQuarrie.]]> Isaac Asimov Nanu 0 3.82 1990
author: Isaac Asimov
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1990
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/03/04
shelves: currently-reading, 007-sci-fi, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 2025, 081-lectores-argentinos, 080-reading-groups
review:

]]> 12089922 8 hrs 1 min

HARRY DRESDEN �� WIZARD

Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.

Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things—and most don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Takes a wizard to catch a—well, whatever.

There's just one problem. Business, to put it mildly, stinks. So when the police bring him in to consult on a grisly double murder committed with black magic, Harry's seeing dollar signs. But where there's black magic, there's a black mage behind it. And now that mage knows Harry's name. And that's when things start to get interesting.

Magic. It can get a guy killed.]]> 9 Jim Butcher Nanu 3 It's a great introduction to Dresden's world. We get shown the basics as the story progresses and yet, it leaves enough out to make you want to learn more about the White Council, wizards and other creatures to come back for another book.
The particular mystery concerning this book was great too. Upon rereading I can see all the little clues and foreshadowing and it still holds up great.
Last, but not least, I love Marsters narration. I could listen to him read books all day long and I wouldn't get bored or tired. He really brings Harry to life.]]> 3.78 2000
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2000
rating: 3
read at: 2023/03/27
date added: 2025/01/26
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 000-absolute-favorites, 2019, 066-librivox-audible, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 074-vo-audiolibro, 069-audiobook, 2023
review:
It's my second time listening to this audiobook.
It's a great introduction to Dresden's world. We get shown the basics as the story progresses and yet, it leaves enough out to make you want to learn more about the White Council, wizards and other creatures to come back for another book.
The particular mystery concerning this book was great too. Upon rereading I can see all the little clues and foreshadowing and it still holds up great.
Last, but not least, I love Marsters narration. I could listen to him read books all day long and I wouldn't get bored or tired. He really brings Harry to life.
]]> 338139 272 Tanya Huff 0886773865 Nanu 4 3.80 1989
author: Tanya Huff
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1989
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/02
date added: 2025/01/15
shelves: 002-aventuras, 003-fantasia-urbana, 069-audiobook, 081-lectores-argentinos, 080-reading-groups, 2023
review:

]]> 16103725
The Rockhopper is nearing the end of its current mission cycle, and everyone is desperate for some much-needed R & R, when startling news arrives from Saturn: Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, has inexplicably left its natural orbit and is now heading out of the solar system at high speed. As layers of camouflage fall away, it becomes clear that Janus was never a moon in the first place. It's some kind of machine - and it is now headed toward a fuzzily glimpsed artifact 260 light-years away. The Rockhopper is the only ship anywhere near Janus, and Bella Lind is ordered to shadow it for the few vital days before it falls forever out of reach. In accepting this mission, she sets her ship and her crew on a collision course with destiny - for Janus has more surprises in store, and not all of them are welcome.]]> 20 Alastair Reynolds Nanu 4 3.84 2005
author: Alastair Reynolds
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/12
date added: 2024/12/12
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 008-space-opera, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2024
review:

]]> 59051474
When their latest target steals Bannon's body for his own, Vree saves her brother by dragging his spirit in to share hers. But two assassins in one body is one assassin too many. To save both their lives, they must abandon the only life they've known, risking Imperial ire and possible execution, to regain Bannon's body. It isn't until after they capture Gyhard, the body thief, that they realize they can't force him to do anything while he holds Bannon's body hostage.

But Gyhard is willing to trade Bannon's body for their assistance. All they have to do - while being hunted for desertion and dealing with an unknown power able to Sing the dead out of the grave - is betray the oaths they've lived by and help Gyhard secure the body of an Imperial Prince.]]> Tanya Huff Nanu 4 3.80 1995
author: Tanya Huff
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1995
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/30
date added: 2024/11/30
shelves: 002-aventuras, 004-high-fantasy, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2024
review:

]]> 2141384 322 Liliana Bodoc 9879334906 Nanu 5 3.96 1999
author: Liliana Bodoc
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1999
rating: 5
read at: 2024/04/23
date added: 2024/11/16
shelves: 000-absolute-favorites, 073-vo-papel, 051-castellano, 052-escritores-argentinos, 004-high-fantasy, 2019, 081-lectores-argentinos, 080-reading-groups, 002-aventuras, 2024, 068-storytell
review:

]]> 2141381 379 Liliana Bodoc 9875450693 Nanu 5 4.33 2002
author: Liliana Bodoc
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/14
date added: 2024/11/16
shelves: 000-absolute-favorites, 073-vo-papel, 052-escritores-argentinos, 051-castellano, 004-high-fantasy, 2019, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 069-audiobook, 2024, 068-storytell
review:

]]> 2141382 468 Liliana Bodoc 9875451940 Nanu 5 4.36 2004
author: Liliana Bodoc
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/13
date added: 2024/11/16
shelves: 000-absolute-favorites, 051-castellano, 052-escritores-argentinos, 073-vo-papel, 004-high-fantasy, 2019, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 069-audiobook, 066-librivox-audible, 2024, 068-storytell
review:

]]> 9735488
A partir de un incidente, Santiago Lebrón quedará contaminado, convertido en un anticuario más, y mientras descubre los secretos de esa antigua tradición, conocerá el amor extraño, poderoso y perturbador que produce la sed de sangre. También deberá descubrir las estrategias para sobrevivir en un mundo hostil. Entre ellas, la obligación de acabar con la vida de aquellos que cedan a la sed, para que la tradición pueda continuar en las sombras.

Pablo De Santis nos vuelve a deslumbrar, esta vez con una notable novela de vampiros ambientada en la Buenos Aires de los años cincuenta.]]> 272 Pablo De Santis 9504923909 Nanu 4 3.69 2011
author: Pablo De Santis
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/30
date added: 2024/10/30
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 052-escritores-argentinos, 051-castellano, 073-vo-papel, 013-ficción-histórica, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2024
review:

]]> 56674085
When an elderly customer at a Swedish big box furniture store—but not that one—slips through a portal to another dimension, it's up to two minimum-wage employees to track her across the multiverse and protect their company's bottom line. Multi-dimensional swashbuckling would be hard enough, but those two unfortunate souls broke up a week ago.

To find the missing granny, Ava and Jules will brave carnivorous furniture, swarms of identical furniture spokespeople, and the deep resentment simmering between them. Can friendship blossom from the ashes of their relationship? In infinite dimensions, all things are possible.]]> 4 Nino Cipri 1705268412 Nanu 3 3.43 2020
author: Nino Cipri
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/26
date added: 2024/10/26
shelves: 002-aventuras, 007-sci-fi, 067-libby, 080-reading-groups, 2024
review:

]]> 27827145 9 Isaac Asimov Nanu 4 3.91 1953
author: Isaac Asimov
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1953
rating: 4
read at: 2021/08/21
date added: 2024/06/11
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2021, 067-libby
review:
This was a satisfying end to the story line started in book 2. I liked it.
]]> 25161501

Dramatised for BBC 4 by: Dominic Power
Music By: Peter Wiegold
Director: Pam Fraser Solomon
Jane Austen: Amanda Root
Catherine: Emily Wachter
Henry: David Harewood
General Tilney: John Shrapnel
Eleanor: Saskia Reeves
Mr Morland: Gerard McDermott
Mrs Morland: Susan Jameson
Mrs Allen: Julia McKenzie
Isabella: Claire Skinner
James: Shiv Grewal
Mr Allen: John Rowe]]> 8 Jane Austen Nanu 3 3.80 1817
author: Jane Austen
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1817
rating: 3
read at: 2021/06/25
date added: 2024/06/11
shelves: 001-clásicos, 012-historical-romance, 061-amazon-classics, 066-librivox-audible, 072-vo-ebook, 080-reading-groups, 2021
review:
Compared to other books, this one is still great. Compared to other Austen books, I feel a bit disappointed.
]]> 22812478 4 Robert Louis Stevenson Nanu 4 3.56 1886
author: Robert Louis Stevenson
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.56
book published: 1886
rating: 4
read at: 2020/10/06
date added: 2024/06/10
shelves: 001-clásicos, 016-horror, 066-librivox-audible, 073-vo-papel, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2020
review:

]]> 6644109 LENGTH -- 1 hr and 48 mins

It was supposed to be a fun day, shopping at the mall with her best friend. Then the panic attack started and Kaylee Cavanaugh finds herself screaming, unable to stop. Her secret fears are exposed, and it's the worst day of her life....Until she wakes up in the psychiatric unit.

She tries to convince everyone she's fine - despite the shadows she sees forming around another patient and the urge to scream that comes burbling up again and again.

Everyone thinks she's crazy. Everyone except Lydia, that is. Another patient with some special abilities....

A digital-only prequel to Rachel Vincent's Soul Screamers series, coming in August.]]> 2 Rachel Vincent Nanu 3 3.57 2009
author: Rachel Vincent
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2009
rating: 3
read at: 2021/01/28
date added: 2024/06/10
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2021
review:

]]> 13008714 Listening 15 hrs and 11 mins

Moon has spent his life hiding what he is �� a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight. An orphan with only vague memories of his own kind, Moon tries to fit in among the tribes of his river valley, with mixed success. Just as Moon is once again discovered and cast out by his adopted tribe, he discovers a shape-shifter like himself...someone who seems to know exactly what he is, who promises that Moon will be welcomed into his community.

What this stranger doesn’t tell Moon is that his presence will tip the balance of power...that his extraordinary lineage is crucial to the colony’s survival...and that his people face extinction at the hands of the dreaded Fell.

Moon must overcome a lifetime of conditioning in order to save and himself...and his newfound kin.]]> 16 Martha Wells Nanu 3 3.89 2011
author: Martha Wells
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2021/01/23
date added: 2024/06/10
shelves: 002-aventuras, 004-high-fantasy, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 066-librivox-audible
review:

]]> 22273441
However, the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand....]]> 26 Steven Erikson Nanu 0 3.57 1999
author: Steven Erikson
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.57
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/06/10
shelves: 004-high-fantasy, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2021, i-will-come-back-to-you
review:

]]> 17563894 But after years of devastation, a handful of courageous men and women embark upon a dangerous crusade to overthrow their conquerors and bring back to the dark world the brilliance of a long-lost Tigana.]]> 23 Guy Gavriel Kay Nanu 5 Two men see a riselka: one of them shall die.
Three men see a riselka: one is blessed, one forks, one shall die.

Second read: I've read this book for the second time this year and I can't shake the need to reread it again soon.
The themes of identity, memory, history, family, loyalty, love and fight for one's sense of self are explored masterfully. It's a bitter sweet book set in a very rich world of which we don't explore nearly enough. There's magic and cultures and religions and peoples of all flavors, it feels epic, but grounded. I don't have the ability to make a very well reasoned argument for how this book is one of the most excellent I have ever read, but I am sure someone else has. 1000/10.

First read: I finished Tigana about 5mins ago and I would have listened to the entire audiobook uninterrumpted if life didn't get in the way.
I haven't read fantasy this good and that I enjoyed this much in a while. It felt incredibly epic, even though it's not a battle of good vs evil, nor to save the world from some threat, just a small place in a small peninsula in a much larger world.
I loved that the story is about memory. Memory, history and identity are at the root of everything.
The characters are great, I couldn't for the life of me, hate Brandin or consider him a villain. I felt for Dianora too. I wish I could have connected to the prince and the singer as much, but I still enjoyed their quest to reclaim their culture.
Sorry about repeating myself]]> 3.94 1990
author: Guy Gavriel Kay
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1990
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/03
date added: 2024/06/10
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 004-high-fantasy, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 000-absolute-favorites, 002-aventuras, 066-librivox-audible, 074-vo-audiolibro, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2023
review:
One man sees a riselka: his life forks there.
Two men see a riselka: one of them shall die.
Three men see a riselka: one is blessed, one forks, one shall die.

Second read: I've read this book for the second time this year and I can't shake the need to reread it again soon.
The themes of identity, memory, history, family, loyalty, love and fight for one's sense of self are explored masterfully. It's a bitter sweet book set in a very rich world of which we don't explore nearly enough. There's magic and cultures and religions and peoples of all flavors, it feels epic, but grounded. I don't have the ability to make a very well reasoned argument for how this book is one of the most excellent I have ever read, but I am sure someone else has. 1000/10.

First read: I finished Tigana about 5mins ago and I would have listened to the entire audiobook uninterrumpted if life didn't get in the way.
I haven't read fantasy this good and that I enjoyed this much in a while. It felt incredibly epic, even though it's not a battle of good vs evil, nor to save the world from some threat, just a small place in a small peninsula in a much larger world.
I loved that the story is about memory. Memory, history and identity are at the root of everything.
The characters are great, I couldn't for the life of me, hate Brandin or consider him a villain. I felt for Dianora too. I wish I could have connected to the prince and the singer as much, but I still enjoyed their quest to reclaim their culture.
Sorry about repeating myself
]]> 17315048
It started with the dust storm that holed his suit and nearly killed him, and that forced his crew to leave him behind, sure he was already dead. Now he's stranded millions of miles from the nearest human being, with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his food would be gone years before a rescue mission could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to get him first.

But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills--and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit--he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. But will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?]]> 11 Andy Weir Nanu 5 4.41 2011
author: Andy Weir
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2020/09/10
date added: 2024/06/10
shelves: 000-absolute-favorites, 069-audiobook, 007-sci-fi, 2019, 080-reading-groups, 2020
review:

]]> 13006459
The entire school's talking about the gorgeous new math teacher, Mr. Beck. Everyone except Kaylee Cavanaugh. After all, Kaylee's no ordinary high-school junior. She's a banshee - she screams when someone dies.

But the next scream might be for Kaylee. Yeah, it's a shock to her, too. So to distract herself, Kaylee's going to save every girl in school. Because that hot new teacher is really an incubus who feeds on the desire of unsuspecting students. The only girls immune to his lure are Kaylee and Sabine, her boyfriend's needy ex-girlfriend. Now the unlikely allies have to get rid of Mr. Beck - before he discovers they aren't quite human, either.

But Kaylee's borrowed lifeline is nearing its end. And those who care about her will do anything to save her life. Anything.

Soul The last thing you hear before you die.]]> 10 Rachel Vincent Nanu 5 4.05 2011
author: Rachel Vincent
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2022/01/22
date added: 2024/06/10
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2022
review:
this is the best book in the series so far and I loved every second of it
]]> 11559200 A Discovery of Witches�� cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes Diana and Matthew on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of Matthew’s old friends, the School of Night. As the search for Ashmole 782 deepens and Diana seeks out a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew’s past tightens around them, and they embark on a very different—and vastly more dangerous—journey.]]> 584 Deborah Harkness 0670023485 Nanu 4 4.04 2012
author: Deborah Harkness
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/24
date added: 2024/05/04
shelves: 010-paranormal-romance, 013-ficción-histórica, 2019, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2021
review:

]]> 156492
But Annice might have made a different choice if she could have foreseen that ten years after she'd transferred her life and loyalties from the Royal Palace to the Bardic Hall, she'd find herself fleeing from the King's Guards. For Annice was twice guilty of treason, first for imperiling the order of succession by becoming pregnant, and second for aiding the father of her unborn child, the Duc of Ohrid, to escape the palace dungeons and the sentence of death hanging over his head.

Now the fugitives' only hope lay in tracking down and bringing to justice the enemy who'd masterminded the Duc's downfall, a dangerous foe who had found a way to tie lies and truths together into a knot even the most powerful of Bardic spells could not unravel...]]> 410 Tanya Huff 0886776287 Nanu 4 3.84 1994
author: Tanya Huff
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1994
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/21
date added: 2024/04/21
shelves: 004-high-fantasy, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2024
review:

]]> 9774199 B004DI7HZ6

A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together.

Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.

Debut novelist Deborah Harkness has crafted a mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense. Diana is a bold heroine who meets her equal in vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont, and gradually warms up to him as their alliance deepens into an intimacy that violates age-old taboos. This smart, sophisticated story harks back to the novels of Anne Rice, but it is as contemporary and sensual as the Twilight series-with an extra serving of historical realism.]]> 594 Deborah Harkness Nanu 4 4.16 2011
author: Deborah Harkness
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/21
date added: 2024/04/20
shelves: 010-paranormal-romance, 2019, 080-reading-groups, 2021
review:

]]> 5805 "Remember, remember the fifth of November..."

A frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedom and identity in a chillingly believable totalitarian world, V for Vendetta stands as one of the highest achievements of the comics medium and a defining work for creators Alan Moore and David Lloyd.

Set in an imagined future England that has given itself over to fascism, this groundbreaking story captures both the suffocating nature of life in an authoritarian police state and the redemptive power of the human spirit which rebels against it. Crafted with sterling clarity and intelligence, V for Vendetta brings an unequaled depth of characterization and verisimilitude to its unflinching account of oppression and resistance.]]> 296 Alan Moore 1401207928 Nanu 3 4.26 1990
author: Alan Moore
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1990
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/25
date added: 2024/03/25
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review:

]]> 30318779 314 Tanya Huff Nanu 3 4.15 1990
author: Tanya Huff
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1990
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/25
date added: 2024/03/25
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review:

]]> 16370325 The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic of contemporary literature. The story of labor-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's forced work camps, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of the most extraordinary literary documents to have emerged from the Soviet Union and confirms Solzhenitsyn's stature as "a literary genius whose talent matches that of Dosotevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy"--Harrison Salisbury

This unexpurgated 1991 translation by H. T. Willetts is the only authorized edition available, and fully captures the power and beauty of the original Russian.]]> Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1449878636 Nanu 3 3.93 1962
author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1962
rating: 3
read at: 2020/11/07
date added: 2024/03/15
shelves: 013-ficción-histórica, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2020
review:

]]> 36321115 In the beginning, there was darkness.
Before he met Callie, before he became the Bargainer, there was Desmond Flynn, the bastard son of a scribe. A boy born to a weak mother, cursed with little magic, and destined to marry a slave.

But fate had something else in mind.

Till darkness dies.
From the barren caves of Arestys to the palace of Somnia to the streets of earth, this is how Desmond Flynn, a fairy who began with nothing, became the Emperor of Evening Stars.]]> 219 Laura Thalassa Nanu 3 4.21 2017
author: Laura Thalassa
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2017
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/11
date added: 2024/03/11
shelves: 010-paranormal-romance, 2020, 065-kindle-unlimited, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 2024, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 003-fantasia-urbana
review:

]]> 45285706
It's been four weeks since the bloody showdown at Black Mesa, and Maggie Hoskie, Diné monster hunter, is trying to make the best of things. Only her latest bounty hunt has gone sideways, she's lost her only friend, Kai Arviso, and she's somehow found herself responsible for a girl with a strange clan power.

Then the Goodacre twins show up at Maggie's door with the news that Kai and the youngest Goodacre, Caleb, have fallen in with a mysterious cult, led by a figure out of Navajo legend called the White Locust. The Goodacres are convinced that Kai's a true believer, but Maggie suspects there's more to Kai's new faith than meets the eye. She vows to track down the White Locust, then rescue Kai and make things right between them.

Her search leads her beyond the Walls of Dinétah and straight into the horrors of the Big Water world outside. With the aid of a motley collection of allies, Maggie must battle body harvesters, newborn casino gods, and, ultimately, the White Locust himself. But the cult leader is nothing like she suspected, and Kai might not need rescuing after all. When the full scope of the White Locust's plans are revealed, Maggie's burgeoning trust in her friends and herself will be pushed to the breaking point, and not everyone will survive.]]> Rebecca Roanhorse Nanu 3 4.06 2019
author: Rebecca Roanhorse
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2024/02/24
date added: 2024/02/24
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 009-post-apocaliptic, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2024
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]]> 62710986
But Mona’s life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona’s city, preying on magic folk, and it appears that Mona is his next target. And in an embattled city suddenly bereft of wizards, the assassin may be the least of Mona’s worries…]]> 8 T. Kingfisher Nanu 5 Loved Mona, that girl is a mood for sure, and I loved Spindle and the gingerbread man, and, oh my, I swear Bob is my hero. I see myself rereading this one.
I haven't found one book I didn't like from this author and this one was another hit, I hope to read more from her soon.]]> 3.97 2020
author: T. Kingfisher
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2024/02/20
date added: 2024/02/20
shelves: 004-high-fantasy, 2021, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 067-libby, 074-vo-audiolibro, 2024, 081-lectores-argentinos, 080-reading-groups
review:
Excellent book. It was very funny and touching and I like how it felt real. Like, the children are children, not weird adults in small bodies and the adults are adults, with their faults and their worries and their virtues.
Loved Mona, that girl is a mood for sure, and I loved Spindle and the gingerbread man, and, oh my, I swear Bob is my hero. I see myself rereading this one.
I haven't found one book I didn't like from this author and this one was another hit, I hope to read more from her soon.
]]> 199405466
Every serial killer needs a friend.
Every game must have a winner.

When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country. But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match?

Butcher & Blackbird is the first book in the Ruinous Love Dark Romance trilogy of interconnected stand-alone dark romantic comedies. This dual POV novel ends on a HEA.

***Butcher & Blackbird is a DARK ROMANCE intended for an adult audience - please see Brynne’s website for a comprehensive list of CWs***

Listening length: 8 hours, 43 minutes]]> Brynne Weaver Nanu 5 4.12 2023
author: Brynne Weaver
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/02/18
date added: 2024/02/18
shelves: 010-paranormal-romance, 015-thriller, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2024
review:

]]> 41433714 0 Tanya Huff 1721355537 Nanu 4 4.00 1993
author: Tanya Huff
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1993
rating: 4
read at: 2024/02/05
date added: 2024/02/05
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2024
review:

]]> 41754478 Listening Length: 8 hours and 58 minutes

While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters.

Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is its last, best hope. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster is much more terrifying than anything she could imagine.

Maggie reluctantly enlists the aid of Kai Arviso, an unconventional medicine man, and together they travel the reservation, unraveling clues from ancient legends, trading favors with tricksters, and battling dark witchcraft in a patchwork world of deteriorating technology.

As Maggie discovers the truth behind the killings, she will have to confront her past if she wants to survive.

Welcome to the Sixth World.]]> 9 Rebecca Roanhorse Nanu 3 3.81 2018
author: Rebecca Roanhorse
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2024/02/01
date added: 2024/02/01
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2024
review:
I hated the narration so it took a lot from the story
]]> 41039684
But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor, or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard?

Armed only with gardening shears and her wits, Bryony must untangle the secrets of the house before she—or the Beast—are swallowed by them.

©2015 Ursula Vernon (P)2015 Tantor]]> T. Kingfisher Nanu 4 3.98 2015
author: T. Kingfisher
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2024/01/30
date added: 2024/01/30
shelves: 004-high-fantasy, 010-paranormal-romance, 069-audiobook, 066-librivox-audible, 2024, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos
review:

]]> 58854579
A TV meteorologist and a sports reporter scheme to reunite their divorced bosses with unforecasted results in this charming romantic comedy from the author of The Ex Talk.

Ari Abrams has always been fascinated by the weather, and she loves almost everything about her job as a TV meteorologist. Her boss, legendary Seattle weatherwoman Torrance Hale, is too distracted by her tempestuous relationship with her ex-husband, the station’s news director, to give Ari the mentorship she wants. Ari, who runs on sunshine and optimism, is at her wits�� end. The only person who seems to understand how she feels is sweet but reserved sports reporter Russell Barringer.

In the aftermath of a disastrous holiday party, Ari and Russell decide to team up to solve their bosses�� relationship issues. Between secret gifts and double dates, they start nudging their bosses back together. But their well-meaning meddling backfires when the real chemistry builds between Ari and Russell.

Working closely with Russell means allowing him to get to know parts of herself that Ari keeps hidden from everyone. Will he be able to embrace her dark clouds as well as her clear skies?]]> 9 Rachel Lynn Solomon Nanu 3 3.73 2022
author: Rachel Lynn Solomon
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/01/29
date added: 2024/01/29
shelves: 011-contemporary-romance, 2024, 081-lectores-argentinos, 080-reading-groups
review:
More like 2.5. It was okay, but it's not my style
]]> 6400079 208 T.H. White Nanu 3 3.88 1940
author: T.H. White
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1940
rating: 3
read at: 2024/01/17
date added: 2024/01/17
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2024
review:

]]> 688770 291 T.H. White 999740985X Nanu 3 3.80 1940
author: T.H. White
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1940
rating: 3
read at: 2024/01/04
date added: 2024/01/04
shelves: 001-clásicos, 080-reading-groups, 2024
review:

]]> 64908193 1 Tanya Huff Nanu 4 3.67 1989
author: Tanya Huff
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1989
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/31
date added: 2023/12/31
shelves: 004-high-fantasy, 069-audiobook, 066-librivox-audible, 2023, 081-lectores-argentinos, 080-reading-groups
review:

]]> 688764
The original second book in the series was The Witch in the Wood, published in 1939. It has the same general outline as the replacement work, but is substantially longer and most of the text is different.]]> 269 T.H. White 9997409906 Nanu 3 3.37 1939
author: T.H. White
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.37
book published: 1939
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/27
date added: 2023/12/27
shelves: 002-aventuras, 003-fantasia-urbana, 069-audiobook, 2023, 080-reading-groups
review:

]]> 140077 291 Charlaine Harris 0441012183 Nanu 5 4.13 2004
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/26
date added: 2023/12/26
shelves: 010-paranormal-romance, 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 2019, 2020, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 067-libby, 2023
review:

]]> 140082 274 Charlaine Harris Nanu 4 4.03 2003
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/26
date added: 2023/12/26
shelves: 010-paranormal-romance, 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 2019, 2020, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 067-libby, 2023
review:

]]> 110494
The point is: they saved her life. So when one of the bloodsuckers asks for a favor, she obliges - and soon Sookie's in Dallas, using her telepathic skills to search for a missing vampire. She's supposed to interview certain humans involved, but she makes one condition: the vampires must promise to behave and let the humans go unharmed. But that's easier said than done, and all it takes is one delicious blonde and one small mistake for things to turn deadly....]]> 291 Charlaine Harris 1841493007 Nanu 3 3.98 2002
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/26
date added: 2023/12/26
shelves: 010-paranormal-romance, 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 2019, 2020, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 067-libby, 2023
review:

]]> 18683342
Anthony Award-winner Charlaine Harris' New York Times and USA Today best-selling Sookie Stackhouse novels entice countless fans with an irresistible mixture of vampire romance, beguiling mystery, and old-fashioned Southern charm.]]> 10 Charlaine Harris Nanu 4 First, I really like Sookie as a character. She's young, naive, she's a good person and she's tough. She's got a strong moral fiber and I appreciate and respect how she is written to always be true to herself. I like Bill too, he's intriguing, he's dangerous, he's honest and he doesn't give excuses for what he is and what he's done. Yet, he cares for her, you can see how sweet he is, and how well meaning. You can see their relationship is well crafted and how it has its ups and downs and how normal, or as normal as it can be with the supernatural thrown in the mix, [spoilers removed].
Second, the setting of the book is also great. Although the main focus is the romance (duh), Charlaine Harris starts to build a unique world around Sookie. She's a telepath, Bill's a vampire, [spoilers removed] We get a glimpse at how the vampire world works, how different people react to this new creatures roaming around and how small towns go about their day to day lives.
Third, these books are little mysteries and I like how the author writes them. Having read this one more than once, of course I know the twist, and I know how to look for the clues, but it still amazes me how she planted them and how it all comes full circle at the end. What I like the most though is how people react to the crimes. You don't see the police investigation, you don't see the murders being committed, but you see how a small towns reacts, how that affects Sookie and her family and in the end, it all feels very realistic. She isn't an overpowered heroine trying to save the world, she's just a girl fighting for her life and caring for her people and it's a nice change of pace to some other urban fantasy romance books.]]> 3.77 2001
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/26
date added: 2023/12/26
shelves: 000-absolute-favorites, 010-paranormal-romance, 069-audiobook, 014-mystery-crime, 2019, 2020, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 067-libby, 2023
review:
Well... I've oficially read this book four times, so I should probably tell you why I like this one so much.
First, I really like Sookie as a character. She's young, naive, she's a good person and she's tough. She's got a strong moral fiber and I appreciate and respect how she is written to always be true to herself. I like Bill too, he's intriguing, he's dangerous, he's honest and he doesn't give excuses for what he is and what he's done. Yet, he cares for her, you can see how sweet he is, and how well meaning. You can see their relationship is well crafted and how it has its ups and downs and how normal, or as normal as it can be with the supernatural thrown in the mix, [spoilers removed].
Second, the setting of the book is also great. Although the main focus is the romance (duh), Charlaine Harris starts to build a unique world around Sookie. She's a telepath, Bill's a vampire, [spoilers removed] We get a glimpse at how the vampire world works, how different people react to this new creatures roaming around and how small towns go about their day to day lives.
Third, these books are little mysteries and I like how the author writes them. Having read this one more than once, of course I know the twist, and I know how to look for the clues, but it still amazes me how she planted them and how it all comes full circle at the end. What I like the most though is how people react to the crimes. You don't see the police investigation, you don't see the murders being committed, but you see how a small towns reacts, how that affects Sookie and her family and in the end, it all feels very realistic. She isn't an overpowered heroine trying to save the world, she's just a girl fighting for her life and caring for her people and it's a nice change of pace to some other urban fantasy romance books.
]]> 35705552 T.H. White Nanu 4 The story is very well crafted and I loved how Wart learns from animals and plants and people like Robin Wood (nono, of course he isn't Robin Hood).
His little adventures were interesting and funny and I loved how the narrator sang the songs.]]> 3.12 1938
author: T.H. White
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.12
book published: 1938
rating: 4
read at: 2023/12/15
date added: 2023/12/15
shelves: 001-clásicos, 003-fantasia-urbana, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 2023
review:
This one was a lovely book that took me right into my childhood.
The story is very well crafted and I loved how Wart learns from animals and plants and people like Robin Wood (nono, of course he isn't Robin Hood).
His little adventures were interesting and funny and I loved how the narrator sang the songs.
]]> 123847252
In Vita Nostra, Sasha Samokhina, a third-year student at the Institute of Special Technologies, was in the middle of taking the final exam that would transform her into a part of the Great Speech. After defying her teachers�� expectations, Sasha emerges from the exam as Password, a unique and powerful part of speech. Accomplished and ready to embrace her new role, she soon learns her powers threaten the old world, and despite her hard work, Sasha is set to fail.

However, Farit Kozhennikov, Sasha’s dark mentor, finds a way to bring her out of the oblivion and back to the Institute for his own selfish purposes. Subsequently, Sasha must correct her mistakes before she is allowed to graduate and is forced to do what few are asked and even less achieve: to succeed and reverberate—becoming a part of the Great Speech and being one of the special few who dictate reality. If she fails, she faces a fate far worse than death: the choice is hers.

Years have passed around the Institute—and the numerous realities that have spread from Sasha’s first failure—but it is only her fourth year of learning what role she will play in shaping the world. Her teachers despise and fear her, her classmates distrust her, and a growing love—for a young pilot with no affiliation to the school—is fraught because a relationship means leverage, and Farit won’t hesitate to use it against her.

Planes crash all the time. Which means Sasha needs to rewrite the world so that can’t happen...or fail for good.]]> 11 Marina Dyachenko 006322545X Nanu 3 3.72 2021
author: Marina Dyachenko
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/14
date added: 2023/12/14
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2023
review:

]]> 42605388
The definitive English language translation of the internationally best-selling Russian novel - a brilliant dark fantasy combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes us consider human existence in a fresh and provocative way.

Our life is brief....

While on holiday at the beach with her mother, Sasha Samokhina meets the mysterious Farit Kozhennikov under the most peculiar circumstances. The teenage girl is powerless to refuse when this strange and unusual man with a sinister air directs her to perform strange and uncomfortable tasks. He rewards her efforts with a strange golden coin.

As the days progress, Sasha carries out other acts for which she receives more coins from Kozhennikov. As summer ends, her new domineering mentor directs her to move to a remote village and use her gold to enter the Institute of Special Technologies. Though she does not want to go to this unknown town or university, she also feels that somehow it’s the only place she should be. Against her mother’s wishes, Sasha leaves behind all that is familiar and begins her education.

As she quickly discovers, the institute’s ‘special technologies�� are unlike anything she has ever encountered. The books are impossible to read, the lessons maddeningly obscure, and the work refuses memorization. Using terror and coercion to keep the students in line, the school does not punish them for their transgressions and failures; instead, their families pay a terrible price.

Yet despite her fear, Sasha undergoes changes that defy the dictates of matter and time - experiences which are nothing she has ever dreamed of...and suddenly all she could ever want.

A complex blend of adventure, magic, science and philosophy, filtered through a distinct Russian sensibility, this astonishing work - brilliantly translated by Julia Meitov Hersey - is reminiscent of a modern classics such as Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, Max Barry’s Lexicon, and Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale, but will transport them to a place fantastical and new.]]> 18 Marina Dyachenko Nanu 5 3.83 2007
author: Marina Dyachenko
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 2023/12/09
date added: 2023/12/09
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 2023
review:

]]> 201280214
Or so it was thought. For now, after many years of hard-won peace, the human kingdom of Ardhan is under threat from the dread king of Melac. Yet the real danger is the king’s counselor, Kraydak—a wizard who survived the slaughter of his kind and has waited until now to rise to power once again. But the world will not be as easy to vanquish this time.

For the royal family of Ardhan is no longer merely made of men. They have blended their destiny with the immortals who dwell in the Sacred Grove—a place untouched by darkness or death. And it will fall to the youngest of that enchanted bloodline to stand against the coming. Her name is Crystal. And she is the one thing in the world Kraydak fears.]]> Tanya Huff Nanu 3 3.33 1988
author: Tanya Huff
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.33
book published: 1988
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/07
date added: 2023/12/07
shelves: 004-high-fantasy, 069-audiobook, 066-librivox-audible, 081-lectores-argentinos, 080-reading-groups, 2023
review:

]]> 22033504 12 Jorge Luis Borges Nanu 5 4.18 1941
author: Jorge Luis Borges
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1941
rating: 5
read at: 2019/09/11
date added: 2023/12/07
shelves: 000-absolute-favorites, 052-escritores-argentinos, 051-castellano, 040-cuentos, 2019, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 073-vo-papel, 072-vo-ebook
review:

]]> 52490570 «Todavía recuerdo aquel amanecer en que mi padre me llevó por primera vez a visitar el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados.»

Un amanecer de 1945, un muchacho es conducido por su padre a un misterioso lugar oculto en el corazón de la ciudad vieja: el Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Allí, Daniel Sempere encuentra un libro maldito que cambia el rumbo de su vida y le arrastra a un laberinto de intrigas y secretos enterrados en el alma oscura de la ciudad. La Sombra del Viento es un misterio literario ambientado en la Barcelona de la primera mitad del siglo XX, desde los últimos esplendores del Modernismo hasta las tinieblas de la posguerra.

Aunando las técnicas del relato de intriga y suspense, la novela histórica y la comedia de costumbres, La Sombra del Viento es sobre todo una trágica historia de amor cuyo eco se proyecta a través del tiempo. Con gran fuerza narrativa, el autor entrelaza tramas y enigmas a modo de muñecas rusas en un inolvidable relato sobre los secretos del corazón y el embrujo de los libros cuya intriga se mantiene hasta el final.]]> 520 Carlos Ruiz Zafón 8408231308 Nanu 0 4.53 2001
author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2001
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/12/05
shelves: 005-realismo-mágico, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 074-vo-audiolibro, 073-vo-papel, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2022, i-will-come-back-to-you
review:

]]> 28084166 Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, and finds surprising answers to the crucial question of why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years.

Going back to the earliest days of autism research and chronicling the brave and lonely journey of autistic people and their families through the decades, Silberman provides long-sought solutions to the autism puzzle, while mapping out a path for our society toward a more humane world in which people with learning differences and those who love them have access to the resources they need to live happier, healthier, more secure, and more meaningful lives.

Along the way, he reveals the untold story of Hans Asperger, the father of Asperger's syndrome, whose "little professors" were targeted by the darkest social-engineering experiment in human history; exposes the covert campaign by child psychiatrist Leo Kanner to suppress knowledge of the autism spectrum for fifty years; and casts light on the growing movement of "neurodiversity" activists seeking respect, support, technological innovation, accommodations in the workplace and in education, and the right to self-determination for those with cognitive differences.]]> 477 Steve Silberman 1504615840 Nanu 0 4.12 2015
author: Steve Silberman
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2023/12/05
shelves: 030-non-fiction, 069-audiobook, 067-libby, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2023, i-will-come-back-to-you
review:

]]> 41944830
When the biggest mercenary band of all rolls into town, led by the infamous Bloody Rose, Tam jumps at the chance to sign on as their bard. It's adventure she wants - and adventure she gets as the crew embark on a quest that will end in one of two ways: glory or death.

It's time to take a walk on the Wyld side.]]> 18 Nicholas Eames Nanu 4 It was a fun adventure, even if I didn't really care that much about the characters. But right before the end, it truly pulled me in. I laughed and I cried and it's because of that ending that this one gets 4 stars.]]> 4.12 2018
author: Nicholas Eames
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2020/07/25
date added: 2023/12/02
shelves: 002-aventuras, 004-high-fantasy, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2020
review:
IIt took me a very long while to connect with this book, like, most of it. However, in spite of that, I enjoyed it.
It was a fun adventure, even if I didn't really care that much about the characters. But right before the end, it truly pulled me in. I laughed and I cried and it's because of that ending that this one gets 4 stars.
]]> 55380948 Powers of Darkness is an incredible literary discovery: In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Ásmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker’s world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, “Powers of Darkness��), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. Makt Myrkranna was published in Iceland in 1901 but remained undiscovered outside of the country until 1986, when Dracula scholarship was astonished by the discovery of Stoker’s preface to the book. However, no one looked beyond the preface and deeper into Ásmundsson’s story.


In 2014, literary researcher Hans de Roos dove into the full text of Makt Myrkranna, only to discover that Ásmundsson hadn’t merely translated Dracula but had penned an entirely new version of the story, with all new characters and a totally re-worked plot. The resulting narrative is one that is shorter, punchier, more erotic, and perhaps even more suspenseful than Stoker’s Dracula. Incredibly, Makt Myrkranna has never been translated or even read outside of Iceland until now.


Powers of Darkness presents the first ever translation into English of Stoker and Ásmundsson’s Makt Myrkranna. With marginal annotations by de Roos providing readers with fascinating historical, cultural, and literary context; a foreword by Dacre Stoker, Bram Stoker’s great-grandnephew and bestselling author; and an afterword by Dracula scholar John Edgar Browning, Powers of Darkness will amaze and entertain legions of fans of Gothic literature, horror, and vampire fiction.]]> 8 Valdimar Ásmundsson Nanu 5 3.61 1901
author: Valdimar Ásmundsson
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1901
rating: 5
read at: 2020/09/19
date added: 2023/12/02
shelves: 001-clásicos, 003-fantasia-urbana, 016-horror, 066-librivox-audible, 2020, 080-reading-groups
review:

]]> 20613160 142 William Shakespeare Nanu 3 4.09 1598
author: William Shakespeare
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1598
rating: 3
read at: 2021/04/22
date added: 2023/11/28
shelves: 001-clásicos, 017-humor-satira, 020-teatro, 062-amazon-free, 080-reading-groups, 072-vo-ebook, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2021
review:

]]> 44295625 Listening time: 12 hours and 32 minutes.

Winner of Audible’s 2017 Narrator of the Year Award

In an Audible Exclusive production, Golden Globe winner Joanne Froggatt gives a powerhouse performance of Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë’s only published novel. This edition features an exclusive introduction written by Ann Dinsdale, Chief Curator of the Brontë Museum.

The unapologetic intensity with which Emily Brontë wrote this story ensures that it will forever be considered one of the greatest works of English literature. A passionate tale of a chaotic and often violent love, Wuthering Heights transcends your average romance and, with its Gothic undertones, takes the listener on a journey through one man’s lustful hunt for revenge.

Believing he has been spurned by Cathy Earnshaw, the only woman he has ever loved, Heathcliff abandons the wild moors of Wuthering Heights, fervently wishing to reestablish himself as the wealthy gentleman he believes Cathy seeks. Having been successful in his ventures, he later returns to the adoptive family who raised him and hungrily seeks to punish those who once rejected him.

In an exclusive introduction written for this edition by Ann Dinsdale, Chief Curator of the Brontë Museum, discover how critical and public opinion of Wuthering Heights has changed over time.]]> 13 Emily Brontë Nanu 2 Lo hubiera abandonado como una campeona pero justo antes de la mitad se puso bueno y quería ver como pasaba lo que quería que pasara [spoilers removed].
Después de eso, lo seguí de puro terca porque me pareció aburridísimo de vuelta. Hasta que Heathcliff [spoilers removed]. A él (el hijo) lo ame por el desprecio que me causaba.
Después el final, como me hizo lagrimear, vamos a aceptarlo pero me hubiera contentado mucho mas si el final hubiera sido triste. Quería una verdadera tragedia.

Heathcliff me pareció un villano genial, y bastante astuto.
Nellie, me pareció medio pelotuda.
Heathcliff Jr. me pareció un cobarde miserable.
Catherine me pareció una perra, pero le tome cariño y [spoilers removed]
El resto de los personajes no generaron ningún sentimiento que valga la pena expresar.

Creo que simplemente no conecte con el estilo del libro. Por momentos sentía que debería sentirme sofocada, o presionada como los personajes, pero no me generaba mucho o nada de eso. Solo en esos tres momentos que mencioné. Así que, ahora que ya lo leí de grande nuevamente y confirme que no conectamos, voy a ser feliz no volviendo a leerlo.]]> 3.57 1847
author: Emily Brontë
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.57
book published: 1847
rating: 2
read at: 2020/09/20
date added: 2023/11/28
shelves: 061-amazon-classics, 001-clásicos, 071-trad-papel, 012-historical-romance, 066-librivox-audible, 062-amazon-free, 072-vo-ebook, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2020
review:
El libro en si, 2 ��
Lo hubiera abandonado como una campeona pero justo antes de la mitad se puso bueno y quería ver como pasaba lo que quería que pasara [spoilers removed].
Después de eso, lo seguí de puro terca porque me pareció aburridísimo de vuelta. Hasta que Heathcliff [spoilers removed]. A él (el hijo) lo ame por el desprecio que me causaba.
Después el final, como me hizo lagrimear, vamos a aceptarlo pero me hubiera contentado mucho mas si el final hubiera sido triste. Quería una verdadera tragedia.

Heathcliff me pareció un villano genial, y bastante astuto.
Nellie, me pareció medio pelotuda.
Heathcliff Jr. me pareció un cobarde miserable.
Catherine me pareció una perra, pero le tome cariño y [spoilers removed]
El resto de los personajes no generaron ningún sentimiento que valga la pena expresar.

Creo que simplemente no conecte con el estilo del libro. Por momentos sentía que debería sentirme sofocada, o presionada como los personajes, pero no me generaba mucho o nada de eso. Solo en esos tres momentos que mencioné. Así que, ahora que ya lo leí de grande nuevamente y confirme que no conectamos, voy a ser feliz no volviendo a leerlo.
]]> 180290778
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's New York Times bestselling Murderbot Diaries series.

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.

Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.

Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize.

But there’s something wrong with Murderbot; it isn’t running within normal operational parameters. ART’s crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza’s SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they’re going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what’s wrong with itself, and fast!

Yeah, this plan is... not going to work.]]> 0 Martha Wells 1705041027 Nanu 5 4.10 2023
author: Martha Wells
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/25
date added: 2023/11/25
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 074-vo-audiolibro, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2023
review:
I like Murderbot's growth as their own person.
]]> 52308621
It worries about the fragile human crew who've grown to trust it, but only where no one can see.

It tells itself that they're only a professional obligation, but when they're captured and an old friend from the past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action.

Drastic action it is, then.]]> 13 Martha Wells Nanu 5 4.31 2020
author: Martha Wells
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/24
date added: 2023/11/24
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 074-vo-audiolibro, 2023, 066-librivox-audible
review:

]]> 41221854
Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah - its former owner (protector? friend?) - submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit.

But who's going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue? And what will become of it when it's caught?]]> 4 Martha Wells Nanu 5 4.22 2018
author: Martha Wells
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/23
date added: 2023/11/23
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 064-tor-free, 072-vo-ebook, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 2023, 066-librivox-audible
review:

]]> 40723778 The third thrilling book in the increasingly popular Murderbot Diaries, which began with All Systems Red.

Sci-fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is.

And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good.

Martha Wells' Rogue Protocol is the third in the Murderbot Diaries series, starring a humanlike android who keeps getting sucked back into adventure after adventure, though it just wants to be left alone, away from humanity and small talk.

Listen to Rogue Protocol and find out why Hugo Award winner Ann Leckie wrote, "I love Murderbot!"]]> 4 Martha Wells Nanu 5 4.05 2018
author: Martha Wells
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/23
date added: 2023/11/23
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 064-tor-free, 072-vo-ebook, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 066-librivox-audible, 2023
review:

]]> 39908325 4 Martha Wells Nanu 5 4.06 2018
author: Martha Wells
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/23
date added: 2023/11/23
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 064-tor-free, 072-vo-ebook, 008-space-opera, 066-librivox-audible, 2023
review:

]]> 37433980 Length: 3 hrs and 17 min

A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that blends HBO's Westworld with Iain M. Banks' Culture books.

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety.

But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid �� a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.�� Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is.

But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.]]> 4 Martha Wells Nanu 5 4.01 2017
author: Martha Wells
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/22
date added: 2023/11/22
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 064-tor-free, 072-vo-ebook, 008-space-opera, 066-librivox-audible, 2023
review:

]]> 61353942 Return to Kat Howard’s Alex Award–winning world begun in An Unkindness of Magicians, a secret society of power-hungry magicians in New York City.

After taking down the source of the corruption of the Unseen World, Sydney is left with almost no magical ability. Feeling estranged from herself, she is determined to find a way back to her status as one of the world’s most dangerous magicians. Unfortunately, she needs to do this quickly: the House of Shadows, the hell on earth that shaped her into who she was, the place she sacrificed everything to destroy, is rebuilding itself.

“The House of shadows sits on bones. All of the sacrifices, all of the magicians who died in Shadows, they’re buried beneath the foundations. Bones hold magic.��

The magic of the Unseen World is acting strangely, faltering, bleeding out from the edges. Determined to keep the House of Shadows from returning to power and to defeat the magicians who want nothing more than to have it back, Sydney turns to extremes in a desperate attempt to regain her sacrificed magic. She is forced to decide what she will give up and what she will lose and whether what must be destroyed is not only the House of Shadows, but the Unseen World itself.

World Fantasy Award finalist Kat Howard has written a sequel that asks how you have a happily ever in a world that doesn’t want it, where the cost of that happiness may be too much to bear.]]> 9 Kat Howard 1797154214 Nanu 3 3.65 2023
author: Kat Howard
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/11/20
date added: 2023/11/20
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 069-audiobook, 2023, 081-lectores-argentinos, 080-reading-groups
review:

]]> 35721761 “A remarkable writer.�� —Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of American Gods

An Alex Award Winner

There is a dark secret that is hiding at the heart of New York City and diminishing the city’s magicians�� power in this fantasy thriller by acclaimed author Kat Howard.

In New York City, magic controls everything. But the power of magic is fading. No one knows what is happening, except for Sydney—a new, rare magician with incredible power that has been unmatched in decades, and she may be the only person who is able to stop the darkness that is weakening the magic. But Sydney doesn’t want to help the system, she wants to destroy it.

Sydney comes from the House of Shadows, which controls the magic with the help of sacrifices from magicians.]]> 8 Kat Howard 1508251142 Nanu 5 really enjoyed this book.]]> 3.57 2017
author: Kat Howard
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/14
date added: 2023/11/17
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 015-thriller, 069-audiobook, 2020, 074-vo-audiolibro, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2023
review:
I really, really, really enjoyed this book.
]]> 31188265 36 Leo Tolstoy Nanu 3 meh
Esperaba mucho más drama y una mejor escena cuando [spoilers removed]]]> 3.88 1878
author: Leo Tolstoy
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1878
rating: 3
read at: 2023/11/05
date added: 2023/11/05
shelves: 001-clásicos, 061-amazon-classics, 062-amazon-free, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2022
review:
Quería ser un culebrón y terminó siendo un meh
Esperaba mucho más drama y una mejor escena cuando [spoilers removed]
]]> 195710915
Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan.

Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.

But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.

It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good.

In a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat.]]> 8 John Scalzi Nanu 5 4.16 2023
author: John Scalzi
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/01
date added: 2023/11/01
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 017-humor-satira, 069-audiobook, 2023, 081-lectores-argentinos, 080-reading-groups
review:

]]> 60418575 Listening Length: 10 hours and 24 minutes

A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston.

Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem—after a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It’s as good as dead.

When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won’t give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father.

For ten years, she’s run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can’t bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it.

Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor’s front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he’s just as confused about why he’s there as she is.

Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she’s ever known about love stories.]]> 11 Ashley Poston Nanu 4 it made me cry at work 10/10 3.91 2022
author: Ashley Poston
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/19
date added: 2023/10/19
shelves: 011-contemporary-romance, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2023
review:
it made me cry at work 10/10
]]> 28550331
Renata Ghali believed in Lee Suh-Mi’s vision of a world far beyond Earth, calling to humanity. A planet promising to reveal the truth about our place in the cosmos, untainted by overpopulation, pollution, and war. Ren believed in that vision enough to give up everything to follow Suh-Mi into the unknown.

More than twenty-two years have passed since Ren and the rest of the faithful braved the starry abyss and established a colony at the base of an enigmatic alien structure where Suh-Mi has since resided, alone. All that time, Ren has worked hard as the colony's 3-D printer engineer, creating the tools necessary for human survival in an alien environment, and harboring a devastating secret.

Ren continues to perpetuate the lie forming the foundation of the colony for the good of her fellow colonists, despite the personal cost. Then a stranger appears, far too young to have been part of the first planetfall, a man who bears a remarkable resemblance to Suh-Mi.

The truth Ren has concealed since planetfall can no longer be hidden. And its revelation might tear the colony apart…]]> 10 Emma Newman Nanu 3 3.51 2015
author: Emma Newman
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/05
date added: 2023/09/05
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2023
review:

]]> 16117117
"I myself have dreamed up an intermediate step between Dyson Spheres and planets. build a ring 93 million miles in radius one Earth orbit which would make it 600 million miles long. If we have the mass of Jupiter to work with, and if we make it a million miles wide, we get a thickness of about a thousand meters. The Ringworld would thus be much sturdier than a Dyson sphere.

"There are other advantages. We can spin it for gravity. A rotation on its axis of 770 miles/second would give the Ringworld one gravity outward. We wouldn't even have to roof it over. Put walls a thousand miles high at each rim, aimed at the sun, and very little of the air will leak over the edges." -Larry Niven]]> 11 Larry Niven 1441760415 Nanu 3 3.38 1970
author: Larry Niven
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.38
book published: 1970
rating: 3
read at: 2023/08/30
date added: 2023/08/30
shelves: 002-aventuras, 007-sci-fi, 008-space-opera, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2023
review:

]]> 39006071 Emmy Award-winning actress Tatiana Maslany narrates a brand-new special edition recording of the first audiobook in the worldwide bestselling trilogy from Suzanne Collins!

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to death before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

This special edition audiobook includes a bonus track Q&A with Tatiana Maslany!]]> 11 Suzanne Collins 1338334913 Nanu 4 4.56 2008
author: Suzanne Collins
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/28
date added: 2023/08/28
shelves: 006-distopia, 007-sci-fi, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2023, 081-lectores-argentinos
review:

]]> 23370718 12 Jane Austen Nanu 5 4.34 1813
author: Jane Austen
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1813
rating: 5
read at: 2023/08/24
date added: 2023/08/24
shelves: 071-trad-papel, 001-clásicos, 061-amazon-classics, 000-absolute-favorites, 012-historical-romance, 066-librivox-audible, 2019, 017-humor-satira, 062-amazon-free, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2020, 080-reading-groups, 072-vo-ebook, 074-vo-audiolibro, 069-audiobook, 2021, 2023
review:

]]> 58950106 A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's Fractured Fables series.

Zinnia Gray, professional fairy-tale fixer and lapsed Sleeping Beauty, is over rescuing snoring princesses. Once you’ve rescued a dozen damsels and burned fifty spindles, once you’ve gotten drunk with twenty good fairies and made out with one too many members of the royal family, you start to wish some of these girls would just get a grip and try solving their own narrative issues.

Just when Zinnia’s beginning to think she can't handle one more princess, she glances into a mirror and sees another face looking back at her: the shockingly gorgeous face of evil, asking for her help. Because there’s more than one person trapped in a story they didn’t choose. Snow White's Evil Queen has found out how her story ends, and she's desperate for a better ending. She wants Zinnia to help her before it’s too late for everyone. Will Zinnia accept the Queen's poisonous request and save them both from the hot-iron shoes that wait for them, or will she try another path?]]> 6 Alix E. Harrow 1250856051 Nanu 4 3.84 2022
author: Alix E. Harrow
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/19
date added: 2023/08/19
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2023
review:

]]> 41433712 0 Tanya Huff 1721355510 Nanu 4 3.80 1992
author: Tanya Huff
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/09
date added: 2023/08/09
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2023
review:

]]> 40724863
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city - intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began.
But at what cost? With the advent of peace, man ceases to strive for creative greatness, and a malaise settles over the human race. To those who resist, it becomes evident that the Overlords have an agenda of their own.

As civilization approaches the crossroads, will the Overlords spell the end for humankind...or the beginning?

BONUS AUDIO: Includes an exclusive introduction by Hugo Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer, who explains why this novel, written in the 1950s, is still relevant today.

©2001 Arthur C. Clarke (P)2008 Audible, Inc.]]> Arthur C. Clarke Nanu 4 Clarke explores humanity and its possible evolution guided or not in a lot of his writing, this one in particular presents a sad perspective on evolving.]]> 3.81 1953
author: Arthur C. Clarke
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1953
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/06
date added: 2023/08/06
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 2023, 081-lectores-argentinos, 080-reading-groups
review:
I wish it explored everything more, but it's short and to the point and great as it is.
Clarke explores humanity and its possible evolution guided or not in a lot of his writing, this one in particular presents a sad perspective on evolving.
]]> 21409803 Narrated by: Simon Vance
Unabridged]]> 8 Oscar Wilde 1483089452 Nanu 5 3.79 1890
author: Oscar Wilde
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1890
rating: 5
read at: 2023/07/27
date added: 2023/07/27
shelves: 001-clásicos, 016-horror, 003-fantasia-urbana, 061-amazon-classics, 000-absolute-favorites, 005-realismo-mágico, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 071-trad-papel, 2023, 081-lectores-argentinos
review:

]]> 31445852 16 Hugh Howey 1448178231 Nanu 3 3.88 2012
author: Hugh Howey
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2023/07/02
date added: 2023/07/02
shelves: 006-distopia, 007-sci-fi, 009-post-apocaliptic, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2023
review:

]]> 6966349 416 Nick Hornby 1101140542 Nanu 4 3.66 2009
author: Nick Hornby
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2023/06/21
date added: 2023/06/21
shelves: 011-contemporary-romance, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 2023
review:

]]> 53257805 THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET SERIOUS FOR HARRY DRESDEN, CHICAGO'S ONLY PROFESSIONAL WIZARD, in the next entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files.

Harry has faced terrible odds before. He has a long history of fighting enemies above his weight class. The Red Court of vampires. The fallen angels of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. The Outsiders.

But this time it's different. A being more powerful and dangerous on an order of magnitude beyond what the world has seen in a millennium is coming. And she's bringing an army. The Last Titan has declared war on the city of Chicago, and has come to subjugate humanity, obliterating any who stand in her way.

Harry's mission is simple but impossible: Save the city by killing a Titan. And the attempt will change Harry's life, Chicago, and the mortal world forever.]]> 17 Jim Butcher Nanu 5 4.22 2020
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/29
date added: 2023/05/29
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review:

]]> 51550355 13 Jim Butcher Nanu 4 4.04 2020
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/28
date added: 2023/05/28
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 2023
review:

]]> 25065673
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day. As Winter Knight to the Queen of Air and Darkness, Harry never knows what the scheming Mab might want him to do. Usually, it's something awful. This time, it's worse than that. Mab's involved Harry in a smash-and-grab heist run by one of his most despised enemies, to recover the literal Holy Grail from the vaults of the greatest treasure horde in the world - which belongs to the one and only Hades, Lord of the Underworld. Dresden's always been tricky, but he's going to have to up his backstabbing game to survive this mess - assuming his own allies don't end up killing him before his enemies get the chance ...]]> 15 Jim Butcher 0698175964 Nanu 5 4.48 2014
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/26
date added: 2023/05/26
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 2023
review:

]]> 16174311 HARRY DRESDEN LIVES!!!

After being murdered by a mystery assailant, navigating his way through the realm between life and death, and being brought back to the mortal world, Harry realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad - because he is no longer Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard. He is now Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness.

After Harry had no choice but to swear his fealty, Mab wasn’t about to let something as petty as death steal away the prize she had sought for so long. And now, her word is his command, no matter what she wants him to do, no matter where she wants him to go, and no matter who she wants him to kill. Guess which one Mab wants first?

Of course, it won’t be an ordinary, everyday assassination. Mab wants her newest minion to pull off the impossible: kill an immortal. No problem there, right? And to make matters worse, there exists a growing threat to an unfathomable source of magic that could land Harry in the sort of trouble that will make death look like a holiday.

Beset by enemies new and old, Harry must gather his friends and allies, prevent the annihilation of countless innocents, and find a way out of his eternal subservience before his newfound powers claim the only thing he has left to call his own�� his soul.

18 hrs. 47 min.]]> 19 Jim Butcher Nanu 5 4.37 2012
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/25
date added: 2023/05/25
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 2023
review:
Every book gets better and deeper into the lore adn this one is no exception. I have so many questions and my mind is so blown right now. Wow
]]> 25500840
Trapped between life and death, he learns that his friends are in serious trouble. Only by finding his murderer can he save his friends and move on - a feat that would be a lot easier if he had a body and access to his powers. Worse still are the malevolent shadows that roam Chicago, controlled by a dark entity that wants Harry to suffer even in death.

Now the late Harry Dresden will have to pull off the ultimate trick without using any magic - or face an eternity as just another lost soul....

17 hrs. 36 min.]]> 18 Jim Butcher Nanu 5 4.28 2011
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/23
date added: 2023/05/23
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 067-libby, 069-audiobook
review:

]]> 7989708
Now Arianna Ortega, Duchess of the Red Court, has discovered a secret Susan has long kept, and she plans to use it-against Harry. To prevail this time, he may have no choice but to embrace the raging fury of his own untapped dark power. Because Harry's not fighting to save the world...

He's fighting to save his child.
From the Publisher (Roc)

Length 15 hours 28 minutes]]> 16 Jim Butcher Nanu 5 Yet, in the midst of an epic fight he goes and builds a little more.
I truly wonder where Harry will go next.]]> 4.54 2010
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.54
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/21
date added: 2023/05/21
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 2023
review:
Jim Butcher knows how to world build, he also knows how to build tension. He's been slowly introducing a wider and wider world with each case and this book is one where many threads intersect and we get many jaw dropping moments.
Yet, in the midst of an epic fight he goes and builds a little more.
I truly wonder where Harry will go next.
]]> 7698424 15 Jim Butcher 1101052988 Nanu 5 4.30 2009
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/21
date added: 2023/05/21
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 067-libby, 066-librivox-audible, 2023
review:

]]> 12414384
Someone is targeting the members of the city’s supernatural underclass—those who don’t possess enough power to become full-fledged wizards. Some have vanished. Others appear to be victims of suicide. But now the culprit has left a calling card at one of the crime scenes—a message for Harry Dresden.

Harry sets out to find the apparent serial killer, but his investigation turns up evidence pointing to the one suspect he cannot possibly believe his half-brother, Thomas. To clear his brother’s name, Harry rushes into a supernatural power struggle that renders him outnumbered, outclassed, and dangerously susceptible to temptation.

And Harry knows that if he screws this one up, people will die—and one of them will be his brother...]]> 14 Jim Butcher Nanu 4 4.28 2007
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/19
date added: 2023/05/19
shelves: 069-audiobook, 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 2019, 080-reading-groups, 066-librivox-audible, 074-vo-audiolibro, 2021, 2023
review:
The world keeps getting more and more dangerous. What started as a sort of silly urban fantasy detective noir books has steadily been getting more deep. I like it.
]]> 12205549
And if that wasn't enough, another problem arrives in the form of the tattooed and pierced daughter of an old friend, all grown-up and already in trouble. Her boyfriend was the only one in a room where an old man was attacked, but in spite of this, he insists he didn't do it. What looks like a supernatural assault straight out of a horror film turns out to be...well, something quite close to that, as Harry discovers that malevolent entities that feed on fear are loose in Chicago. All in a day's work for a wizard, his faithful dog, and a talking skull named Bob...]]> 16 Jim Butcher Nanu 5 4.32 2006
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/17
date added: 2023/05/18
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 2019, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 2023, 066-librivox-audible, 074-vo-audiolibro
review:

]]> 7989712
Harry Dresden knows full well that such creatures exist. Paranormal investigations are his stock-in-trade, and Chicago is his beat as he tries to bring law and order to a world that exists on the edges of imagination. Luckily Harry's not alone in this struggle. And though most inhabitants of the Windy City don't believe in magic, there's a department that's been set up within the Chicago PD to deal with "strange" cases: the Special Investigations department.

Karrin Murphy is the head of SI and a good friend of Harry's. So when a deadly vampire threatens to destroy Murphy's reputation unless Harry helps her, he has no choice. The vampire wants the Word of Kemmler and all the power that comes with it - but first Harry has to determine what the Word of Kemmler is. Now Harry is in a race against time - and six necromancers - to find the Word before Chicago experiences a Halloween night to wake the dead.

Length 15 hours 14 minutes]]> 15 Jim Butcher Nanu 4 4.33 2005
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/17
date added: 2023/05/17
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 2019, 080-reading-groups, 2021, 2023
review:

]]> 7989720 HARRY DRESDEN �� WIZARD
Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment.

For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey-poo for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there's something more troubling than usual about his newest case. The film's producer believes he's the target of a sinister entropy curse-but it's the women around him who are dying, in increasingly spectacular ways.

Harry's even more frustrated because he only got involved with this bizarre mystery as a favor to Thomas, his flirtatious, self-absorbed vampire acquaintance of dubious integrity. Thomas has a personal stake in the case Harry can't quite figure out, until his investigation leads him straight to Thomas's oversexed vampire family. Harry is about to discover that Thomas's family tree has been hiding a shocking secret: a revelation that will change Harry's life forever.
From the back cover of ISBN 0451459873 / 9780451459879

Length 13 hours 11 minutes]]> 13 Jim Butcher Nanu 4 4.12 2004
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/16
date added: 2023/05/16
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 2019, 080-reading-groups, 2021
review:
This one gets four stars only because the plot twist really got to me, but this book's case was meh at best.
]]> 58139760 Unknown Nanu 3 3.00 1000
author: Unknown
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1000
rating: 3
read at: 2023/05/13
date added: 2023/05/15
shelves: 001-clásicos, 002-aventuras, 003-fantasia-urbana, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2023
review:

]]> 12089719 11 Jim Butcher Nanu 5 4.19 2003
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/15
date added: 2023/05/15
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 2019, 066-librivox-audible, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 074-vo-audiolibro, 2023
review:
Every book gets better and better.
]]> 63829096
Performed by Icelandic poet, playwright, professional storyteller and performer Svanur Thorkelsson, Audible’s production gives listeners the opportunity to experience how it might have felt to hear bards recite sections of the 3000-line poem from memory in Anglo Saxon dining halls. Audible’s Beowulf recaptures the heroic style and vast scale of what can be considered ‘England’s first native audiobook��.

Considered one of the most important pieces of English literature, Beowulf has gripped audiences for over 1,000 years. It has been hugely influential on English and world literature �� in particular Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones �� and has continued to be explored and reinterpreted through adaptations across mediums including novels, film, TV, opera, graphic novels and more.]]> Unknown Nanu 4 4.00 1000
author: Unknown
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1000
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/16
date added: 2023/05/15
shelves: 001-clásicos, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 2023, 080-reading-groups
review:

]]> 12083392
The Winter Queen of Faerie manipulates him into accepting a case to solve a murder and stop a war between the courts of Summer and Winter that could have literally earth shattering consequences. His own soul is up for grabs. Dresden must dig deep to discover that at time a willingness to accept a little help from your friends, be they a cub pack of werewolves, old loves in sheep's clothing, or a battalion of pizza loving dewdrop fairies, is a very good thing.]]> 11 Jim Butcher Nanu 5 The world building was excellent, and it was interesting to finally meet the white council and the various other characters that hadn't made an appearance so far.

Upon reread, I must say, it holds up so well! It's still an awesome, fun ride and knowing the answer to the mystery doesn't detract from it at all.]]> 4.06 2002
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/15
date added: 2023/05/15
shelves: 069-audiobook, 014-mystery-crime, 003-fantasia-urbana, 2019, 2020, 080-reading-groups, 002-aventuras, 2023
review:
This one is my favorite so far. It kept me on the edge of my sit the whole time.
The world building was excellent, and it was interesting to finally meet the white council and the various other characters that hadn't made an appearance so far.

Upon reread, I must say, it holds up so well! It's still an awesome, fun ride and knowing the answer to the mystery doesn't detract from it at all.
]]> 21466037
Something is stirring up angry apparitions all over town. Something that can break all the laws of supernatural physics. Something that doesn't like Harry. His closest friends are being targeted. The net is closing in. Harry must find a solution soon or find this is one Nightmare from which he will never waken.]]> 12 Jim Butcher Nanu 4 3.88 2001
author: Jim Butcher
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/04
date added: 2023/05/04
shelves: 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 003-fantasia-urbana, 2019, 080-reading-groups, 2020, 2023
review:
This book made my travels a thousand times better. I cried and shouted silently while people slept on the road. I looked like a crazy person thanks to this rollercoaster of a story. I can't wait to look like a crazy person with the next one.
]]> 702007 13 Michael Crichton 0754054012 Nanu 3 3.66 1990
author: Michael Crichton
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.66
book published: 1990
rating: 3
read at: 2023/04/20
date added: 2023/04/20
shelves: 002-aventuras, 007-sci-fi, 069-audiobook, 2023, 080-reading-groups
review:

]]> 40056980 Set in a rich, high-fantasy world inspired by ancient Rome, Sabaa Tahir's AN EMBER IN THE ASHES told the story of Laia, a slave fighting for her family, and Elias, a young soldier fighting for his freedom.

Now, in A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT, Elias and Laia are running for their lives.

After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.

Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars' survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom.

But dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. The pair must fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking of all, Helene—Elias’s former friend and the Empire’s newest Blood Shrike.

Bound to Marcus's will, Helene faces a torturous mission of her own—one that might destroy her: find the traitor Elias Veturius and the Scholar slave who helped him escape...and kill them both.]]> 15 Sabaa Tahir Nanu 4 4.01 2016
author: Sabaa Tahir
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/19
date added: 2023/04/19
shelves: 002-aventuras, 004-high-fantasy, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2023
review:

]]> 46133009 Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Memory makes reality.

That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.

That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It's why she's dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.

As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face to face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds, but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it.

But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?

At once a relentless pageturner and an intricate science-fiction puzzlebox about time, identity, and memory, Recursion is a thriller as only Blake Crouch could imagine it—and his most ambitious, mind-boggling, irresistible work to date.]]> 11 Blake Crouch 1984886894 Nanu 5 4.01 2019
author: Blake Crouch
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2023/04/18
date added: 2023/04/18
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2023
review:

]]> 55342799 7 Susanna Clarke 1526622416 Nanu 2 4.01 2020
author: Susanna Clarke
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2020
rating: 2
read at: 2023/04/15
date added: 2023/04/15
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 069-audiobook, 2023, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos
review:

]]> 37656431 Alternative cover edition for ISBN-13: 9781595148049.

Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free.
��
Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.
��
It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.
��
But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.
��
There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

From the Hardcover edition.]]> 15 Sabaa Tahir 1101890789 Nanu 4 4.02 2015
author: Sabaa Tahir
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/12
date added: 2023/04/12
shelves: 004-high-fantasy, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 081-lectores-argentinos, 2023
review:

]]> 34614106 Real heroes never die. But they do get grouchy in middle age.

The beloved King Ik is dead, and there was barely time to check his pulse before the royal throne was supporting the suspiciously shapely backside of an impostor pretending to be Ik’s beautiful long-lost daughter. With the land’s heroic hunks busy drooling all over themselves, there’s only one man left who can save the kingdom of Jenair. His name is Dungar Loloth, a rural blacksmith turned innkeeper, a surly hermit and an all-around nobody oozing toward middle age, compensating for a lack of height, looks, charm, and tact with guts and an attitude.

Normally politics are the least of his concerns, but after everyone in the neighboring kingdom of Farrawee comes down with a severe case of being dead, Dungar learns that the masquerading princess not only is behind the carnage but also has similar plans for his own hometown. Together with the only person senseless enough to tag along, an eccentric and arguably insane hobo named Jimminy, he journeys out into the world he’s so pointedly tried to avoid as the only hope of defeating the most powerful person in it. That is, if he can survive the pirates, cultists, radical Amazonians, and assorted other dangers lying in wait along the way.

Logan J. Hunder’s hilarious debut blows up the fantasy genre with its wry juxtaposition of the fantastic and the mundane, proving that the best and brightest heroes aren’t always the best for the job.
]]> 11 Logan J. Hunder Nanu 4 3.12 2015
author: Logan J. Hunder
name: Nanu
average rating: 3.12
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/09
date added: 2023/04/09
shelves: 002-aventuras, 004-high-fantasy, 017-humor-satira, 066-librivox-audible, 069-audiobook, 080-reading-groups, 2023
review:

]]> 22751752
Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever, and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

A quarter of a century later, in a world shaped by what’s now known as "Haden’s syndrome", rookie FBI agent Chris Shane is paired with veteran agent Leslie Vann. The two of them are assigned what appears to be a Haden-related murder at the Watergate Hotel, with a suspect who is an "integrator" - someone who can let the locked in borrow their bodies for a time. If the Integrator was carrying a Haden client, then naming the suspect for the murder becomes that much more complicated.

But "complicated" doesn’t begin to describe it. As Shane and Vann began to unravel the threads of the murder, it becomes clear that the real mystery - and the real crime - is bigger than anyone could have imagined.]]> 10 John Scalzi Nanu 4 4.00 2014
author: John Scalzi
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2014
rating: 4
read at: 2023/03/11
date added: 2023/04/01
shelves: 007-sci-fi, 014-mystery-crime, 069-audiobook, 2023, 080-reading-groups
review:
Me puedo acostumbrar a los policiales asi
]]> 17157434
Deciding she has nothing more to lose, Sophie makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above her town, Market Chipping. But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the souls of young girls��

There Sophie meets Michael, Howl’s apprentice, and Calcifer the fire demon, with whom she agrees a pact. Her entanglements with Calcifer, Howl and Michael and her quest to break her curse come alive with Diana Wynne Jones’s unique combination of magic, humour and imagination.]]> 320 Diana Wynne Jones Nanu 5 4.23 1986
author: Diana Wynne Jones
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1986
rating: 5
read at: 2023/02/08
date added: 2023/04/01
shelves: 080-reading-groups, 2019, 002-aventuras, 004-high-fantasy, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 2023
review:
Honestly, this book is amazing. It's so charming. I loved the witty way it was written.
]]> 75577457 Welcome to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go.

If you ever lost a sock, you’ll find it here.
If you ever wondered about favorite toy from childhood... it’s probably sitting on a shelf in the back.
And the headphones that you swore that this time you’d keep safe? You guessed it��.

Antoinette has lost her father. Metaphorically. He’s not in the shop, and she’ll never see him again. But when Antsy finds herself lost (literally, this time), she finds that however many doors open for her, leaving the Shop for good might not be as simple as it sounds.

And stepping through those doors exacts a price.

Lost in the Moment and Found tells us that childhood and innocence, once lost, can never be found.]]> Seanan McGuire Nanu 3 4.25 2023
author: Seanan McGuire
name: Nanu
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/03/30
date added: 2023/03/30
shelves: 003-fantasia-urbana, 067-libby, 069-audiobook, 2023, 080-reading-groups
review:

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