Other books of this week
As usual I built a huge TBR including books from diverse media Audio, digital and physical books. Sometimes when I'm out and about I get the feeling I should start reading and I do not have my physical book or is not a convenient format to listen to it so I pick random books to occupy my time such as what happened this week. While at work I had to resort to other books and I did not pick any form my initial TBR because I simply did not remember them XD
One of the random picks was:
The deal of a lifetime by Fredrick Backman a short story I had no idea what was about but I had heard the author somewhere so I decided to pick it up.
Book description (from Good Reads): A father and a son are seeing each other for the first time in years. The father has a story to share before it’s too late. He tells his son about a courageous little girl lying in a hospital bed a few miles away. She’s a smart kid—smart enough to know that she won’t beat cancer by drawing with crayons all day, but it seems to make the adults happy, so she keeps doing it.
As he talks about this plucky little girl, the father also reveals more about himself: his triumphs in business, his failures as a parent, his past regrets, his hopes for the future.
Now, on a cold winter’s night, the father has been given an unexpected chance to do something remarkable that could change the destiny of a little girl he hardly knows. But before he can make the deal of a lifetime, he must find out what his own life has actually been worth, and only his son can reveal that answer.
It's hard to describe the story is very short but it feels so impactful that it is hard to believe its shortness. It is a very engaging story since the first few lines it captures your attention, it might confuse you initially but you already are hooked. The main character initially you feel meh about, he is not very kind nor a loving father figure but then you start to know him and he grows on you.
It is an amazing story so much worth the time.
Another random pick was Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier. This is a fantasy/Historical fiction story. It is part of the Precious Stone Trilogy.
It was originally published in January 2009 so it has been around for a while. The translation was made by Anthea Bell, it was originally published in German.
Book description (from Good Reads): Sixteen-year-old Gwen lives with her extended - and rather eccentric - family in an exclusive London neighborhood. In spite of her ancestors' peculiar history, she's had a relatively normal life so far. The time-traveling gene that runs like a secret thread through the female half of the family is supposed to have skipped over Gwen, so she hasn't been introduced to "the mysteries," and can spend her time hanging out with her best friend, Lesley. It comes as an unwelcome surprise when she starts taking sudden, uncontrolled leaps into the past.
She's totally unprepared for time travel, not to mention all that comes with it: fancy clothes, archaic manners, a mysterious secret society, and Gideon, her time-traveling counterpart. He's obnoxious, a know-it-all, and possibly the best-looking guy she's seen in any century.
It has a very interesting beginning it seems just so normal the way Gwen is describing always being around her cousin Charlotte waiting for her to get the adventures and the amazing things her abilities entail. She is so heavily ignored and compared to her cousin whom so far has not done anything other than being born on a very specific day, therefore, she is showered with all kinds of responsibilities and attention. You do get annoyed with the whole family being so discriminative, I mean they are all family yet the whole discussion of powers and such is kept like such a secret and no information is given to anyone else even from the family. So unfair really.
Gwen is a very typical 15 year old, annoying, she thinks she knows better than others what she's capable of... Yet when she is faced with her family's big secret trust upon her she suddenly is not so sure. She is confused and does not know who to trust or what to do, she is unprepared for everything that is going on around her and yet she throws herself right in the middle fiercely. She is recklessly brave. Definitely makes you care about her.
This is a good introductory book, it gives very little explanations to the abilities and overall politics of the society of time travelers but it does a fine job of picking your interest. It is a very character driven story and the magic-abilities are not overly explained so b aware of that as you go in.
One of the random picks was:
Book description (from Good Reads): A father and a son are seeing each other for the first time in years. The father has a story to share before it’s too late. He tells his son about a courageous little girl lying in a hospital bed a few miles away. She’s a smart kid—smart enough to know that she won’t beat cancer by drawing with crayons all day, but it seems to make the adults happy, so she keeps doing it.
As he talks about this plucky little girl, the father also reveals more about himself: his triumphs in business, his failures as a parent, his past regrets, his hopes for the future.
Now, on a cold winter’s night, the father has been given an unexpected chance to do something remarkable that could change the destiny of a little girl he hardly knows. But before he can make the deal of a lifetime, he must find out what his own life has actually been worth, and only his son can reveal that answer.
It's hard to describe the story is very short but it feels so impactful that it is hard to believe its shortness. It is a very engaging story since the first few lines it captures your attention, it might confuse you initially but you already are hooked. The main character initially you feel meh about, he is not very kind nor a loving father figure but then you start to know him and he grows on you.
It is an amazing story so much worth the time.
Another random pick was Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier. This is a fantasy/Historical fiction story. It is part of the Precious Stone Trilogy.
Book description (from Good Reads): Sixteen-year-old Gwen lives with her extended - and rather eccentric - family in an exclusive London neighborhood. In spite of her ancestors' peculiar history, she's had a relatively normal life so far. The time-traveling gene that runs like a secret thread through the female half of the family is supposed to have skipped over Gwen, so she hasn't been introduced to "the mysteries," and can spend her time hanging out with her best friend, Lesley. It comes as an unwelcome surprise when she starts taking sudden, uncontrolled leaps into the past.
She's totally unprepared for time travel, not to mention all that comes with it: fancy clothes, archaic manners, a mysterious secret society, and Gideon, her time-traveling counterpart. He's obnoxious, a know-it-all, and possibly the best-looking guy she's seen in any century.
It has a very interesting beginning it seems just so normal the way Gwen is describing always being around her cousin Charlotte waiting for her to get the adventures and the amazing things her abilities entail. She is so heavily ignored and compared to her cousin whom so far has not done anything other than being born on a very specific day, therefore, she is showered with all kinds of responsibilities and attention. You do get annoyed with the whole family being so discriminative, I mean they are all family yet the whole discussion of powers and such is kept like such a secret and no information is given to anyone else even from the family. So unfair really.
Gwen is a very typical 15 year old, annoying, she thinks she knows better than others what she's capable of... Yet when she is faced with her family's big secret trust upon her she suddenly is not so sure. She is confused and does not know who to trust or what to do, she is unprepared for everything that is going on around her and yet she throws herself right in the middle fiercely. She is recklessly brave. Definitely makes you care about her.
This is a good introductory book, it gives very little explanations to the abilities and overall politics of the society of time travelers but it does a fine job of picking your interest. It is a very character driven story and the magic-abilities are not overly explained so b aware of that as you go in.
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