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 2014 Reading Stats

Number of books I read: 72

Number of re-reads: 10

Genre I read the most from: Young Adult

1. Best book you read in 2014?

City of Heavenly Fier by Cassandra Clare

2. Book you were excited about and thought you were going to love more but didn't?

 None that I can remember.

3. Most surprising (in a good way or bad way) book you read in 2014?

The Iron Trial by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black. It was way better than I was expecting!

4. Book you "pushed" the most people to read (and they did) in 2014?
Probably City of Bones

5. Best series you started in 2014? Best Sequel of 2014? Best series ender of 2014?
Start: The Lux Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Sequel: The One by Kiera Cass
Ender: Don't know... (sorry)

6. Favorite new author you discovered in 2014?
 Cassandra Clare

7. Best book from a genre you don't typically read/was out of your comfort zone?
Let It Snow

8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

9. Book you read in 2014 that you are most likely to re-read next year?
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2014?
 
11. Most memorable character of 2014?
Kayden from Sweet Evil

12. Most beautifully written book read in 2014?
Voyager (Outlander Series) by Diana Gabaldon

13. Most thought-provoking/life changing book of 2014?
Anna and the French Kiss

14. Book you can't believe you waited until 2014 to finally read?
The Iron Trial

15. Favorite passage/quote from a book you read in 2014?
“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

16. Shortest & longest book you read in 2014?
Shortest: Frei Luis de Sousa by Almeida Garret
Longest: Voyager (Outlander Series)

17. Book that shocked you the most?
 The Fault In Our Stars

18. OTP of the year (you will go down with this ship!)
Kayden and Anna (Sweet Evil); Jace and Clary (TMI); David and Evelyn (Stage Dive); Magnus and Alec (TMI); Will and Tessa (TID)

19. Favorite non-romantic relationship of the year
 Simon and Maia in TMI

20. Favorite book you read in 2014 from an author you've read previously?
 The Voyager (Diana Gabaldon)

21.  Best book you read in 2014 that you read based solely on a recommendation from somebody else/peer pressure?
Lick (Stage Dive #1) by Kylie Scott (thanks to my really good friend Joana)

22. Newest fictional crush?
David Ferris from Lick

23. Best 2014 debut you read?
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

24. Best world building/most vivid setting you read this year?
The Mortal Instruments (sorry I have a really big problem)

25. Book that put a smile on your face/was the most FUN to read?
Isla and the Happily Ever After

26. Book you made you cry or nearly cry in 2014?
Sweet Reckoning, Opposition and City of Heavenly Fire

27. Hidden gem of the year?
A Demanda do Mestre by Isabel Ricardo

28. Book that crushed your soul?
We Where Liars by E. Lockhart

29. Most unique book you read in 2014?
Throne Of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

30. Book that made you the most mad (doesn't necessarily mean you didn't like it)?
I don't know.

Your Blogging/Bookish Life

I completed the Goodreads challenge

Looking Ahead

I'm sorry for not posting for such a long time but, as you may see, I've been working on the blogs layout and exposure which includes spending a lot of hours researching, learning and pain...

During the time I was away I won two GoodReads FirstReads books that are coming in the mail, I bought two books on The Book Depository and received other two books for Christmas!

I'm currently waiting for them and when they arrive I'll do an unboxing and I'll also show you the two books I got for my birthday, back in October.

In the meantime I'm trying to write more posts!

 

Love, Ana

 

 

Author: Cassandra Clare

Rate:  3

Summary: Clary Fray, a 15 years old girl, and her best friend Simon Lewis are in the line to enter the Pandemonium Club when she sees a blue-haired boy and decides to follow him trough the club. What Clary doesn't know is that her life is about to change.

She notices three odd looking teenagers, they're all extremely beautiful and they're all dressed in black. Clary becomes even more interested when she sees them killing the blue-haired boy.

One night she meets one of the three teenagers. He's a handsome blonde boy with golden eyes and he presents himself as being Jace Wayland, a Shadowhunter, a demon hunter. Oh, by the way, he's a total badass, he's a bit of a douche and he thinks he's the hottest male that ever lived.

When Clary's mother is kidnapped by Valentine, a shadowhunter turned bad, Jace has to bring Clary into the shadowhunters world and begin a journey to save her mother and all of the world from falling into Valentine's hands.

Review: 
This book starts in a very unnusual way and I have to admit that it took me a while to really feel the Shadowhunter world and to really feel the story developing.
I think that this feeling might come from the fact that Clare is very methodical and she only gives you a little piece of information at the time.
The characters in this story are very complex and very easy to eather fall in love or hate! I have to admit that I really don't have a favourite character but I'm a big fan of Jace and Clary.
Through the bookyou have a chance to appreciate the adventures at a very detailed level since the entire series only covers a few months.
Other thing that I would like to talk about it's the fact that Clare was brave enough to include homosexuality in this book and it shows teenagers how they should'nt judge others by their sexual choices and how hard it is to live keeping a secret from your loved ones.
I really admire how Clare was able to create this entire universe with only her mind.


Reflection About The Characters: * SPOILER ALERT *

• Most people completely hate Jace because of his attitude but even though he's exterior appearance as shallow self-centered person, I can see glimpses of his true nature as being a sensible and loving person, his love for Clary is a major proof of that.
• Izzy is one of my favorite characters ever because she's a femme fatale, a strong, sexy, beautiful young woman that can defend herself without any assistance from a man. Even though those character traces you can see that she's also very sensible and loving.
• Magnus and Alec are two peas in a pot. They're perfect for each other and, in my opinion, this homossexual couple is very important tho show young (and old) people that gay people are just like us and that we have to accept them.  Alec is a small calm boy in contrast with the excentric Magnus  Bane, the Warlock of Brooklyn and they make the most lovely couple ever.
• Clary is the most relatable character in the book. She's the outsider, the one who has to prove herself and as she discovers who she really is she takes us in a journey that makes us look inside ourselves and reflect. I really like how she really doesn't take Jace's crap even tough she's in love with him, even if she knows he's her brother. I really just think she's a little dumb because how couldn't she remember to take a DNA test!

Today I'm going to talk, maybe "write" is more suitable, a little about the major stigma of being a avid reader.

Our society likes to think that "bookworms" are the kind of people that stay at home all the time just reading in complete isolation, with no friends, with complete dislike of nature!

We have to battle that stigma! I'm proud to say that I'm a "bookworm" but that I'm also a scout and that I study sciences and I also want to be a neuroscientist in the future! I know that I'm not the only one!

How many of you study sciences or already practice them and are "bookworms"? How many of you are nature lovers and are "bookworms"?

You may be amazed by the quantity of people that will respond affirmatively to these questions!

My favorite way to read is to seat on my balcony and hear people pass by. When it's hot outside I like to go out to my yard and read (or study) while I'm laying on the grass!

I love trekking!

I'm putting up some pictures of things that I've seen while travelling on foot!

Love, Ana

 

Hey guy's! I know I've been gone for some time now but I'm in the eleventh grade and things are getting realyy difficult so I have to spend an incredible amount of time studying.

I was tagged by Random Smiles to do the Opposite Book Tag! I've shortenned it a little bit because it was a very long tag and my time isn't much (here in Portugal it's already close to midnight and I spent the day studying).

I hope you like it and I'm going to try to post more often!

 

First book in your collection/Last book you bought

 

                               

 

 A cheap book/An expensive book

 

 

 

   A book with a male protagonista/One with a female protagonist   

 

 

 

 

 A national book/An international book

 

                             

 

A thin book/A thick book    

 

                               

 

 Fiction book/Non-fiction book

 

                                

 

Very (way too) romantic book/Action book

 



 

 

Original Tag : http://mooneyesrandomsmile.blogspot.ca/2014/10/opposite-book-tag.html