All these ebooks are $1.99 usd each on Amazon Kindle right now:
If one or more of them are in your Reading List and you don’t have it yet this is a good time to get it (before the price goes up).
Happy Reading!
Yesterday I went to the Library to pick up The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (I want to read it for Halloween’s Day) and I saw that one tree that’s outside the Library had just changed it color and it looked beautiful.
Here’s a picture:
While I was in the Library of course I visited its Bookstore, after looking on the shelves I chose two books: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (Movie will be released soon) and Elizabeth I by Margaret George (I love reading about that Era).
I have tons of books but I can’t help keep buying. I just love books!
Book Synopsis (from Goodreads):
Drew Evans is a winner. Handsome and arrogant, he makes multimillion-dollar business deals and seduces New York’s most beautiful women with just a smile. He has loyal friends and an indulgent family. So why has he been shuttered in his apartment for seven days, miserable and depressed? He’ll tell you he has the flu. But we all know that’s not really true.
Katherine Brooks is brilliant, beautiful, and ambitious. She refuses to let anything-or anyone-derail her path to success. When Kate is hired as the new associate at Drew’s father’s investment banking firm, every aspect of the dashing playboy’s life is thrown into a tailspin. The professional competition she brings is unnerving, his attraction to her is distracting, and his failure to entice her into his bed is exasperating. Then, just when Drew is on the cusp of having everything he wants, his overblown confidence threatens to ruin it all. Will he rise to the most important challenge of his life? Can Drew Evans win at love?
Tangled is not your mother’s romance novel. It is an outrageous, passionate, witty narrative about a man who knows a lot about women…just not as much as he thinks he knows. As he tells his story, Drew learns the one thing in life he never wanted is the only thing he can’t live without.
My Review:
Drew Evans is a successful businessman, a charming and non-strings attached guy who is used to have his way, but then this “golden boy” meets his match in the form of Kate Brooks and with that, everything he has known and believed starts to change.
I was totally hooked since page one and it was impossible to put down this book, the reason? The story is funny, romantic and truly engaging.
I loved the characters, Drew and Kate are interesting and likeable and there’s also some support characters that I enjoyed reading about, like Alexandra (Drew’s sister) and Drew’s sweet and witty niece, Mackenzie.
My favorite thing about this book is the way is written. I loved the narrative from Drew’s POV and being inside his head provided a lot of entertaining and hilarious moments.
The writing style is like if this character is talking to you, sharing what happened to him, this made me feel even more engaged to the story.
I mentioned on past reviews how much I love male POVs in the Books, but Drew’s POV is the best I’ve read and now, he’s one of my favorite male characters.
My rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Do I recommend this book? Absolutely.
Will I read more books from this author? Definitely.
My grandfather was an amazing person and I loved him very much, unfortunately he passed away years ago while I was in College.
He loved Classical Music and Opera (just like I do) and had a great collection of vinyl records, also, the best memories I have from him are associated with music.
Yesterday I visited the Local Library to pick up a book and to take a look at the books in the Store.
When I was leaving I heard a piano and singing (what seemed to be Opera or something similar), at the beginning I thought it was a recording but, after walking a few steps, I saw that it was a woman inside a meeting room.
I sat in a bench in the hallway and during some minutes I listened to her singing and playing the piano, the music and her voice were beautiful and I got caught in the moment.
I thought about my grandfather and how much he loved music, I thought about the moments I spent with him and how much I miss him; while I was sitting in that bench I felt him close to me and for that I’m grateful.
The Local Library has always been one of my favorite places and after this last experience I love it even more.
These used books (in great condition) were priced at less than $1.00 usd each at the Library Store, and of course I was more than happy to buy them and bring them home with me.
Definitely today’ was another succesfull visit to the Library.
Another successful stop into the Store that’s inside the Bellevue Library, I bought all these books for less than $4.00 USD.
I love books and I’m always looking for something new to read, but yesterday while I was talking to my husband made me realize that I have very “abandoned” the paperbacks and hardcover editions in our Bookcase (He asked me how many of them I’ve read during this year), and well, is true, for some reason lately I’d been reading more Ebooks in my Kindle and Books from the Library, and less from the books I have at home.
Taking advice from my husband I decided to start reading more of the books I have at home (fortunately I have many options to choose from), and also make some changes in my TBR List.
In the next pictures you can see some of these books:
Have you read any of these books? Which ones would you recommend?
“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.”
― William Faulkner
William Faulkner is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th Century and some of his works has earned him important Literature prizes.
During a visit to the Corner BookShop that’s inside the Bellevue Library, I found a Hardcover edition of Light in August (a used book, but in good condition). I have to admit that the only thing I knew about Faulkner was that he is an important author in American Literature, but there was something about this book… I quickly searched the book in the Goodreads App to read the synopsis and rating, but it was after hold the book in my hands that I knew I had to buy it.
Today I listened Faulkner in 5 minutes (I got it for free in Audible.com), is short and, between others things, provides a quick exploration of the elements that Faulkner use in his works, also mentions the names of some Authors that were influenced by him.
I enjoyed listening to this short Audiobook and I recommend it, specially to people that, like me, is not familiar with Faulkner and wants to learn a bit about him and his work.
Last weekend was our first anniversary of living in Bellevue, WA and I still remember how excited I was when my husband told me that he was offered a job position here.
In reason of the anniversary I decided to write about the good and also the not so good things, about our Moving to this City.
First, some of the good things (what I love):
Now, for the not so good, right now I can only think about two things:
To finish this post, I want to share one last good thing that it came from us moving to Bellevue and is that it made me start this Blog as a way to express myself and write about my hobbies (reading books, photography, movies, music, cooking) and my life here and so far I’m loving it. 🙂
Kbooklover: Living + Loving + Reading 