Castle books Introduction by Wilbur S. Scott So in my try to incorporate on my readings more classics I bought the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe because I have always enjoyed reading his work. But it isn't as nice as I had imagined becuase well the lovely Poe uses a complex language and the font  of the book is super small. I managed to read only: The Unparalleled Adventure of one Hans Pfall The balloon hoax Mesmeric Revelation Ms. Found in a bottle A descent into the Maelstorm Von Kempelen and his discovery The gold bug The facts in the case of M. Valdemar The 1002 tale of Scheherazade The Murders in the Rue Morgue The mystery of Marie Roget The fall of the house of Usher The purloined letter The tell-tale heart The Black cat So yeah I did not get through many yet. I really like most of them except maybe the 9th but oh well over all it was pretty good but I really think I'll take my time and come back to it the next couple of months and finish the

Books read in February Physical books: 7 Digital versions: 5 Audiobooks: 4 Unfinished 1 Rereads : 1 Coleccionista de Flechas  Cristian Perfumo Start February 1 Finish February 2 Rereads: The Isle of the Lost Melissa de la Cruz 311 pages Start February 1 Finish February 5 If I Stay Gayle Foreman 201 pages digital version Start and Finish February 5 Where She Went Gayle Foreman 246 pages Start and Finish February 5 Witch's Daughter Paula Brackston 387 pages Start February 6 Finish February 12 A Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Dr. Oliver Sacks 201 pages Start February 6 Finish February 13 Complete Tales and Poems EDGAR ALLAN POE Castle books 842 pages Start February 7 Finish  The Magician and the Maid and other stories  Christie Yant 32 pages Start and Finish February 12 The Anatomical Shape of a Heart Jenn Bennet 304 pages Start February 13 Finish February 14 The Princes Saves Herself in

by Robert Louis Stevenson  Genre: Classic First published in January 1882 Book description:  From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the nevel creates scenes and characters that have firetd the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of both action and atmosphere, the story centers upon the conflict between good and evil - but in this case a particularly engaging form of evil. It is the villainy of that most ambiguous rogue Long John Silver that sets the tempo of this tale of treachery, greed, and daring. Yes believe it or not this is the very forst time I read the book. I have heard so much about it, seen plenty of references and other stories based on it but never had I read the original story. And I use "read" very loosesly here.  I had been in a reading slum especially with Audio books and just gooffing

by Paula Brackston  368 pages Genre : Historical Fiction Fantasy  Date fist published: January 2013 Book description: In her small early nineteenth century Welsh town, there is no one quite like Morgana, who has not spoken since she was a young girl. Her silence is a mystery, as well as her magic. Concerned for her safety, her mother is anxious to see her married, and Cai Jenkins, a widower from the far hills, seems the best choice. After her wedding, Morgana is heartbroken at leaving her mother, and wary of this man, whom she does not know, and who will take her away to begin a new life. But she soon falls in love with Cai's farm and the wild mountains that surround it. Cai works to understand the beautiful, half-tamed creature he has chosen for a bride, and slowly, he begins to win Morgana's affections. It's not long, however, before her strangeness begins to be remarked upon in her new village. A dark force is at work there--a person who will stop at nothing to

Jack London Audiobook Date first published: 1903 Genre: Classics Book description: Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley, where he spends his days eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. But one day a treacherous act of betrayal leads to his kidnap, and he is forced into a life of toil and danger. Dragged away to be a sledge dog in the harsh and freezing cold Yukon, Buck must fight for his survivial. Can he rise above his enemies and become the master of his realm once again? It is a very intriguing story. You just get connected to it regardless if you love animals or simply have a reasonable tolerance towards dogs. It is a very captivating story. The narrators do a great job. Especially because it's like you're experiencing it from the dog's P.O.V nad it makes the story even more meaningful; the way they see the connections, the firendship loyalty, but also the cruelty and disregard people generally give the animals. Imposible not to enjoy it! It is a

by Lisa Maxwell  500 pages Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy Book Description: In modern-day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows, hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives. Esta is a talented thief, and she’s been raised to steal magical artifacts from the sinister Order that created the Brink. With her innate ability to manipulate time, Esta can pilfer from the past, collecting these artifacts before the Order even realizes she’s there. And all of Esta’s training has been for one final job: traveling back to 1902 to steal an ancient book containing the secrets of the Order—and the Brink—before the Magician can destroy it and doom the Mageus to a hopeless future. But Old New York is a dangerous world ruled by ruthless gangs and secret societies, a

by Greenville Kleiser Audiobook  Book description: This serves as a handbook of pertinent expressions, stricking similes and terms for embellishing speech and literature.  Genre:  I picked this book up obviously to try ti enrich my vocabulary. I had no idea of what it was about. It is esscentially a list of words that can be used in conjunction in order to better describe. I will never really use them in conversations but it gives you a nice few examples. I picked it up mainly because it helps with pronounciation. In that aspect it was a great book. It is obviously slow moving in the aspect that I was trying to say the words correctly and it gets annoying at times. My best advice is to take it slow and do a few minutes per day, reading along and trying to pronounce correctly which is the greatest benefit of this audiook.  I gave it a 3 out of 5 stars because I really liked the audiobook and it was great help but to tell the truth I just felt like it was taking extremely lon

La Vida de Ruben Dario Escrita por el Mismo por Ruben Dario Genero: Autobiografias Ya que estaba en esto de leer un clasico de la literatura hispana especificamente de la poesia pues me puse a cuestionar acerca de este autor de Nicaragua del cual realmente no conozco mucho. Como llega a pasa muchas veces, dentro de nuestra misma cultura hay obras de las cuales escuchamos mucho sin embargo no nos adentramos mucho en las obras ni mucho menos en sus autores.  En una simple busqueda en google me encontre no solo el primer libro suyo que lei, el de Simplemete Dario en version de audiolibro GRATIS sino que tambien me encontre el libro autobiografico del autor.  Autobiografia en formato PDF:  https://www.poderjudicial.gob.ni/centenario-dario/pdf/autobiografia.pdf Simplemente Dario audiolibro gratis:  https://player.fm/series/simplemente-daro-by-ruben-daro/los-motivos-del-lobo Bueno respecto al libro autobiografico debo decir que aun cuando no son super fan de las biografias, esta

Simplemente Dario  por Ruben Dario Genero: Poesia  Fecha de publicacion original 1979 Descripcion del libro Esta es una coleccion de poemas de Ruben Dario. Mis pensamientos al respecto Bueno esta coleccion ya es muy atigua pero me vino a la mente leer poesia porque acabo de terminar de leer el libro The Princess Saves Herself in This One y empece a preguntarme realmente en que considero yo personlmente como poesia. Esta recopilacion de las obras de Ruben Dario de hace mas de 3 decadas me hizo recordar lo preciosa que es la poesia y lo que esoty acostumbrada a ver cuando pienso en poesia. Esta obra esta compuesta por: 1. Los Motivos del lobo 2. A Margarita de Bayle 3. Sonata 4. Letanias de Don Quijote 5. Cancion de Otoño en Primavera La primera no fue mi favorita de todos los tiempos pero es una experiencia my bonita en volver a leer estos versos que muchas veces en la infacia nos topamos o quiza no. Lo encontre en audio libro y el narrador hace un muy buen trabajo. Se

The Princess Saves herself in This One  By Amanda Lovelace Genre: Modern Poetry Book description: None, the only thing in the back cover was: So I have very mixed feeling about this. It is a very emotional read that's for sure. It touches very heavy topics, but doesn't divulge in them too much. It takes a lot of courage to make such a personal revelation and give it to the masses. In it, Amanda Lovelace does include some very good pieces, but over all my main flaw it that I don't really know if I could classify this as poetry or no because I fail to see what style she was using. Mainly my problem was that it had a lot of spaces, yet if it didn't maybe the feeling could have been lost, perhaps? Oh well I read this book because it was getting a lot of hype. It isn't as great as people are making it out to be. But it is still a very emotional read. I gave it a 3 out of 5 stars.

The Anatomical Shape of a Heart  By Jenn Bennet Genre: Copntemporaary YA Book description:  Artist Beatrix Adams knows exactly how she's spending the summer before her senior year. Determined to follow in Da Vinci's footsteps, she's ready to tackle the one thing that will give her an advantage in a museum-sponsored scholarship contest: drawing actual cadavers. But when she tries to sneak her way into the hospital's Willed Body program and misses the last metro train home, she meets a boy who turns her summer plans upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive . . . and possibly one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight buses and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who Jack really is-and tries to uncover what he's hiding that leaves him so wounded. But will these secrets come back to haunt him? Or will the skeletons in Beatrix's own family's closet tear them apart? My thoughts on it: Ok I have to say I love Jack and

Title: The man who mistook his wife for a hat Author: Oliver Sacks Genre: Non-Fiction, Psychology Book description (From goodreads): In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; who are stricken with violent tics and grimaces or who shout involuntary obscenities; whose limbs have become alien; who have been dismissed as retarded yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales remain, in Dr. Sacks's splendid and sympathetic

Witch's Daughter By Paula Brackston Genre: Historical Fiction Fantasy Book descrition: An enthralling tale of modern witch Bess Hawksmith, a fiercely independent woman desperate to escape her cursed history who must confront the evil which has haunted her for centuries My name is Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, and my age is three hundred and eighty-four years. If you will listen, I will tell you a tale of witches. A tale of magic and love and loss. A story of how simple ignorance breeds fear, and how deadly that fear can be. Let me tell you what it means to be a witch. In the spring of 1628, the Witchfinder of Wessex finds himself a true Witch. As Bess Hawksmith watches her mother swing from the Hanging Tree she knows that only one man can save her from the same fate: the Warlock Gideon Masters. Secluded at his cottage, Gideon instructs Bess, awakening formidable powers she didn't know she had. She couldn't have foreseen that even now, centuries later, he would be huntin

Title: Where She Went Author: Gayle Forman 264 pages even in digital version it does look like a short book Genre: YA contemporary Book Description: It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and open their hearts to the future - and each other. So I don't think I'm going to like this bok very much, why? Well see the book description, yeah the  bold, italics and underlined part? Simple as that. So this book is told from Adam's perspective. It is refreshing and guess I will give it a go. The relatively short amount of pages makes me believe I

Title: If I Stay Author: Gayle Forman 201 pages according to Goodreads I actualy read it on a digital version but oh well.It is much shorter than I exepected it to be. Genre: YA Contemporary Book Description: Choices. Seventeen-year-old Mia is faced with some tough ones: Stay true to her first love—music—even if it means losing her boyfriend and leaving her family and friends behind? Then one February morning Mia goes for a drive with her family, and in an instant, everything changes. Suddenly, all the choices are gone, except one. And it's the only one that matters. So the main character is Mia, the book is told from her perspective. We see it in a divided time of sorts. We see her life before and her typical high school drama of: 1. The boy actually likes me 2. The insecurities. We're too differet. He's the too popular he can't like me. 3. What will happen when I leave for collage? Will our relationship survive? To the atypical situation of her life at the

Title: Isle of the Lost Author: Melissa de la Cruz 336 pages Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Book description:  Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon to the Isle of the Lost-a dark and dreary place protected by a force field that makes it impossible for them to leave. Stripped of their magical powers, the villains now live in total isolation, forgotten by the world. Mal learns from her mother, Maleficent, that the key to true darkness, the Dragon's Eye, is located inside her scepter in the forbidden fortress on the far side of the island. The eye is cursed, and whoever retrieves it will be knocked into a deep sleep for a thousand years. But Mal has a plan to capture it. She'll just need a little help from her "friends." In their quest for the Dragon's Eye, these four kids begin to realize that just because you come from an evil family tree, being good ain't so bad. This is the introduction of the villains kids. W

Titulo: Coleccionista de Flechas Autor: Cristian Perfumo Genero:  Descripción del Libro: La calma de un pueblo patagónico se rompe cuando uno de sus vecinos aparece muerto y torturado en su sofá. Para Laura Badía, experta en criminología, este es el caso de su vida. Además de la brutalidad del homicidio, de la casa de la víctima faltan trece puntas de flecha talladas hace miles de años por el pueblo tehuelche. La colección, de la que todos hablan pero casi nadie ha visto, contiene la respuesta a uno de los misterios arqueológicos más importantes de nuestra época. Su valor científico es incalculable. Su precio en el mercado negro, también. Ayudada por un arqueólogo, Laura se verá arrastrada en una peligrosa búsqueda que la llevará del famoso glaciar Perito Moreno a los rincones más remotos y menos visitados de la Patagonia.  Es un libro muy ligero e interesante, es una lectura rápida pero te da una historia de la vida en un pueblo pequeño, esa particularidad le da un toque muy es

Ok I completely failed  Ok maybe not exactly I managed to accomplish 6 out of 7 reading challenges of the Winter Bibliathon and with it my reading month became quiet a success.  I only missed one challenge .... I had planned on reading some of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories maybe but didn't manage to get around to them, not exactly for lack of time but I invested my time elsewhere which became a huge problem. Anyhow I will pick up Allan Poe soon enough. 

Challenge 1: Read the group book Other world. So I went ahead and bought a book even after I said I wasn't going to buy anything. Title: Otherworld Authors: Jason Segel and Kristen Miller Date Published: October 2017 Genre: YA, Science Fiction Book Description:  The company says Otherworld is amazing—like nothing you’ve ever seen before. They say it’s addictive—that you’ll want to stay forever. They promise Otherworld will make all your dreams come true. Simon thought Otherworld was a game. Turns out he knew nothing. Otherworld is the next phase of reality. It’s everything you’ve ever wanted. And it’s about to change humanity forever. Welcome to the Otherworld. No one could have seen it coming. Well what did I think about it? I liked it, I mean for some reason it took a while for me to get intot he story but it was really good if I do say so myself. It wasn't as good as I had imagined, I mean I did have really high expectations for it and it wasn't as grand as

Challenge 4: Read a bok about mental illness. I was debating about several book but in the end I picked a book about depression and suicide that I really didn't know too much about. I usually do one of two things: 1. Thoroughly research a book I'm about to read. By that I mean I read the book description, look it up in good reads.com,  see the average rating and take a look at the reviews.  2. Buy or start reading a book on digital version without even glancing at the description. This time I read the title My heart and other black holes and then I was like it sounds like it talks about depression or some other emotional issues. Yes it fits my criteria. So I ícked it based on the title.... so yeah I do judge the book by the cover or titles alone many times XD Title: My Heart and other Black Holes Author: Jasmine Warga Date published: May 2016 Genre: YA, Contemporary, Mental Illness Book Description:  Sixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting