I was Nominated for the Liebster Award!

I was nominated by Leticia and Nikki. Thank you so much girls and sorry for the delay. This means a lot to me!
I started this book blog in February which means A Full Time Reader is turning 3 months of existence.
I love to write and here I feel it’s the best place for it. Thank you again for all your support and let’s get to the questions.

Here are the rules:

– Acknowledge the blog that nominated you and display the award.
– Answer 11 question that the blog gives you.
– Give 11 random facts about yourself.
– Nominate 5-11 blogs you think are deserving of the award that have less than 200 – followers.
– Let the blogs know you have nominated them. Give them 11 questions to answer.

I have a lot of questions to answer so I’ll try to be quickly.

Leticia’s Questions:

1. Which do you prefer: eReader or Paper book?
For a long time I’ve only read physical books, but now I’m reading more ebooks. Many times I can’t bring a book with me, but I always have my phone by my side.

2. Do you have a favourite movie?
I have so many favourite movies! I never get tired of watching the Step Up movies.

3. What do you do besides write blog posts?
I study, I read and take photos for Bookstagram on my free time.

4. What is your biggest goal in life?
Study and work with what I like, make my parents proud of me, keep writing and have my own library at home.

5. What is one of your favourite book/author quotes?
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” -Shakespeare.

6. Are you a gamer? If so, what’s your pick: console/pc?
I’m not. I love to play with my friends when I can tho.

7. What is your top 5 favourite movies?
My favourites are: The Avengers, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Kingsman, Insidious and The Devil Wears Prada.

8. What is your top 5 favourite television series?
This questions is so hard! I watch and love so many.. The Walking Dead, The Blacklist, The Vampire Diaries, Arrow, The Big Bang Theory.

9. What is one thing you wish that you could give the world?

This is a deep question.

10. What is your least liked thing about blogging?
I started blogging recently so I don’t have something that I don’t like yet.

11. How do you normally prepare to write a book review?
I make notes of what I thought, what I liked and why. This is my base. Then I put other things and maybe photos.

Nikki’s Questions:

1. What made you fall in love with reading?
Reading is one of the things that made my day more relaxing, activates my creativity and nourish my mind.

2. What are you currently reading?
I’ve just finished Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover. I’m thinking on start The Selection now.

3. What do you think makes a good book?
A plot that captivates you, make you entertain and even teach you something good.

4. Who is your favourite author?
This is hard. Even that Tahereh Mafi wrote just one trilogy, I have to say that she is my favourite author.

5. How do you spend your time when your not reading?
I was used to watch a lot of movies and TV Shows, but now I don’t have time. I just study and go to sleep.

6. Do you prefer ebooks or paperback?
I like both. Ebooks are so easier to read and carry with you, but paperbacks still are my favourite.

7. What is your favourite book of all time?
Shatter Me.

8. Do you prefer winter or summer?
Winter, please!

9. Do you only read new books or will you go back and reread books?
If I really liked of the book or forgot some details, I’ll definitely reading again.

10. Do you like books that are made into films?
Yes! I love the experience of reading and imagining. I’m a big fan of movie adaptations so I can see another point of view.

11. What is the best bit about having a blog?
I can write about books, meet new people, train my writing skills in english and a lot more.

11 Facts About Me:

1. Reading/watch movies and TV Shows makes me happy.
2. I want to write a book since I was a child. I do not know if I can keep myself motivated for such a process.
3. I love to make lists.
4. I have a dog. His name is Spoke (I wasn’t thinking of Star Trek).
5. It’s been almost one year that I own a Bookstagram.
6. I love to go to the movie theater.
7. It’s been two years that I don’t buy a lot of books.
8. I always wanted to create a Youtube channel but I’m shy.
9. My dream is to travel and live in USA.
10. I try my best to keep my books to looks like it’s new. I don’t write on it, I barely open it and nobody is allowed to touch it. I’m crazy.
11. I’ve created a blog because I wanted to share my love for books, keep me creative and practice my writing skills.

My Questions for the Nominee’s:

1. Which book made you start reading?
2. Are you a slow or fast reader?
3. 5 books that you always recommend.
4. Do you keep track of your reading?
5. How do you prepare yourself to write a book review?
6. What you do to get out of a reading slump?
7. Do you have daily reading goals?
8. 3 songs you can’t stop listening at the moment
9. 5 movies you recommend.
10. Do you have a lot of books in your TBR?
11. If you could choose to be a character which one would you be?

I Nominate:

Leslie’s Library
The Girl Who Reads Books
The Sapphire
A Bookaholic Girl
Aline Mattos Review
The Panda Book Blog
The Book Cubby

Against All Odds: Giveaway (Sorteio)

Early today I’ve posted a review of Against All Odds. You can check right HERE.
I loved the book! When I finished reading I wanted to share the story with more readers. Days later, I suggested to Patricia (a lovely author) a giveaway. She agreed immediately.

The giveaway will happen on Instagram. The post with all the rules are already there as well.
Against All Odds is a wonderful book. Do not miss this chance!

RULES FOR THE GIVEAWAY:

– Follow me and the author on Instagram;
– Like the official photo;
– Tag 3 friends in the comments at most 3 times (don’t repeat the users or use inactive/famous accounts)

– Extra chances to win:
– Share the official photo with the hashtag #tatakizigiveaway;
– Follow/like or comment on the review of the book here in the blog.

-Accounts made just for giveaways can’t participate.

The giveaway starts today and it will end on May 5. The result will be on my Instagram and here on May 9. There’s two weeks for you to participate!

Prize: 1 paperback copy of Against All Odds (sent directly from the author)
– IT’S INTERNATIONAL

Good luck, everyone!!

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Olá leitores!
Hoje trago uma grande novidade. Eu estou organizando um sorteio do livro Against All Odds. Hoje cedo postei uma resenha do livro. Você pode conferir AQUI.
Eu amei o livro e assim que terminei a leitura, eu queria compartilhar a história com mais leitores. Dias depois, sugeri à Patricia (uma autora adorável), o sorteio de uma cópia. Ela concordou de imediato.
O sorteio será no Instagram. O post com todas as regras já estão lá.
Against All Odds é um livro maravilhoso. Não perca esta chance!

Sinopse:

Às vezes, o menino encontra a menina, e as estrelas se alinham. Juntos para sempre. Destinados. Mas Max e Loren não são um desses casais.
Dezessete anos de idade, Max DuPont está à beira de se tornar tutela do estado. Quando seu pai é preso, Max não tem escolha senão aceitar uma oferta para viver com o advogado benfeitor de seu pai, o Sr. Larssi. A única condição é que Max deve ficar longe da bela filha adolescente de Larssi, Loren.

Loren está ciente de que ela teve todas as oportunidades em sua vida- ou seja, todas as oportunidades que seus pais projetaram para ela. Ela se destaca em termos acadêmicos em uma escola de preparação competitiva, ela nunca festeja, não namora, e é uma bailarina em treinamento com grandes chances de conseguir uma bolsa de estudos em Juilliard. Mas desde que sua melhor amiga, Lily, morreu tragicamente há
três meses, Loren está perdida. Ela sabe exatamente como a vida é preciosa.

O primeiro passo de Loren em viver sua própria vida pode ser fazer Max notá-la. A única chande de Max ter um futuro sólido, sem a assistência social, é manter distância de Loren. Mas a química é inegável. E eles não podem lutar contra as probabilidades para sempre …

REGRAS DO SORTEIO:

– Ser um seguidor e seguir a autora;
– Curtir a foto oficial;
– Marcar 3 amigos nos comentários no máximo 3 vezes (não pode repetir os usuários ou usar contas de usuário inativos/famosos)

– Chances extras:
– Compartilhe a foto oficial com a hashtag #tatakizigiveaway;
– Seguir/curtir ou comentar a resenha do livro aqui no blog.

– Contas feitas apenas para sorteios não podem participar.

A sorteio começa hoje e encerrará no dia 5 de maio. Postarei o resultado no meu Instagram e aqui no dia 9 de maio. São duas semanas para você participar!

Prêmio: 1 cópia paperback de Against All Odds (enviada diretamente pela autora)
– É INTERNACIONAL

OBS.: O nível de inglês deste livro é bem fácil. Ótimo para quem quer começar a ler ou treinar mais.

Boa sorte à todos!!

Book Review: Against All Odds

Title: Against All Odds
Autor: Patricia Vanasse
Pages: 313
Where to Buy: Amazon | Book Depository | Barnes & Noble
Rate: 4,5 stars
Author’s Contact: Click Here

The author sent me a copy in exchange for an honest review.

Synopsis:

Sometimes boy meets girl, and the stars align, and their future is laid out neatly before them. Together forever. Meant to be. But Max and Loren are not one of those couples.
Seventeen-year-old Max DuPont is on the verge of becoming a ward of the state and foster kid. When his dad lands himself in jail, Max has no choice but to accept an offer to live with his father’s do-gooder attorney, Mr. Larssi. The only contingency is that Max must stay far away from Larssi’s beautiful teenage daughter Loren.

Loren is aware that she’s had every opportunity in her young adult life—at least, that is, every opportunity her parents designed for her. She excels in academics at a competitive prep school, she never parties, she never dates, and she’s a budding ballerina and major hopeful for a Juilliard scholarship. But since her best friend Lily died tragically three months ago, Loren is lost. She knows just how precious life is.

Loren’s first step in living her own life might be to get Max to notice her. Max’s only chance at a solid future without foster care is to keep his distance from Loren. But their chemistry is undeniable. And they can’t fight the odds forever…

The first time I’ve read the synopsis it immediately caught my attention. I started reading almost two months later and Against All Odds surprised me.
Loren is a girl who recently suffered a big lost and every day she has to deal with it along with the expectations and pressure of her parents.
Max is a good boy. He has great notes at school, plays hockey and one day he sees his family fall apart.

The story focus on Laren thinking that she has to do everything her best friend, Lily, couldn’t do in life. Even if it’s something really stupid. In other side, we can see that Max blames himself for his mother’s abandonment. At the same time, he can’t forgive her for leaving when he most needed her. He suddenly needs to learn how to manage his house and take care of his drunk father.

I loved that it’s not just the attraction that united Max and Loren, but the problems and difficulties they both face. One supports the other without expecting something in return, simply by the fact that they both know how is to lose someone.

“Who did you lose?”
This girl is full of questions.
“Nobody.” Or everyone – depends how I look at it. People don’t really need to die to be gone.”

The characters are portrayed in a deep and thorough way. Details that describes perfectly an exat moment and what the main characters are passing through; all their hopes and pain.
They both are very independent. Loren, because she wants to be free to make her own decisions and Max, because is necessary since he is the only one who can take care of himself.

The book is told from the point of view of Loren and Max. I liked most of the Max’s POV. It was a more direct and short form, unlike Loren’s POV that was a bit longer.
I also loved all the other characters. They were well used and composed a good plot.
The main characters develop so much throughout the book. Loren goes through several changes until she reach acceptance and face her problems and losses; as the same time Max reluctantly try gradually forgive his parents. Both move on after a long and traumatic journey, together.

“Life is delicate, it’s fragile, it’s a precious thing. you never know when you’re going to lose it. Live life when you can because you never know which second will be your last.”

There are so many real elements in this story. Protective parents, friendship, loyalty, losses, decisions for the future, etc.
I was thrilled every time Loren and Max describes how they were feeling desperate.
The end of the book leaves ample room for the reader imagine about the future of the characters, which I enjoyed it.
At first, you’ll probably think this book is more of the same, as I thought, but it isn’t. I highly recommend Against All Odds. It’s a light story, complex and lovely.

Interview with the author:

When did you start writing books?
I’m not like most authors, as I did not grow up writing stories. My passion for writing came later in life after I had been through law school, culinary arts, and psychology. I finally found my true love in creative writing. Today, I have three published books: Resilient, Awakened, and Against All Odds.

What inspired you to write this novel?
I absolutely love contemporary novels, and after having two teenage Brazilian girls living with me for six months, I was inspired to write about over protective parents. And from that experience, came the idea for Against All Odds.

Are you working on anything new at the moment?
I just finished writing a character driven contemporary that dives into peer pressure, bad choices, and first love. Hopefully, I’ll be sharing more details soon.

Will your books be translated to Portuguese in the near future?
That is definitely a dream of mine. Although I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, I’m not confident enough to translate my books to Portuguese. Portuguese is a very rich and complex language, and I wouldn’t want to butcher it. But I would love to see my books translated to Portuguese.

PS.: A GIVEAWAY OF THIS BOOK IS COMING IN YOUR WAY PRETTY SOON!

Nova Coleção Literária da Folha de São Paulo

No domingo passado (10), a Folha de São Paulo lançou mais uma das suas coleções de livros.
O tema desta vez é: COLEÇÃO FOLHA GRANDES NOMES DA LITERATURA.
Os dois primeiros livros disponibilizados foram: A Fugitiva (Em Busca do Tempo Perdido #6) do Marcel Proust e O Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button do F. Scott Fitzgerald. Neste domingo (17), Admirável Mundo Novo do Aldous Huxley também foi liberado.

A coleção conta com 28 clássicos e toda semana tem um novo título por R$ 19,90. As edições estão maravilhosas e as capas foram desenhadas em aquarela.

Os títulos também estão disponíveis para aquisição através do site da Folha de São Paulo. A vantagem é que por lá você não precisa esperar os livros saírem toda semana nas bancas de jornais.

OBS.: Ao contrário do que o site da Folha diz, as dimensões dos livros são: 140mm x 210mm.

A seguir você pode conferir os livros com mais detalhes:

 

Convergente (Allegiant)

Sinopse:

Após a mensagem de Edith Prior ser revelada, Quatro, Caleb, Christina e Tori deixam Chicago para descobrir o que há além da cerca. Ao chegarem lá, eles descobrem a existência de uma nova sociedade.

Eu fui ao cinema um dia após a estreia. Apesar de ansiosa para ver como o resultado ficou, minhas expectativas não eram altas. Eu gostei do trailer e até assistia várias vezes por semana, mas optei por esperar a estreia sem tirar conclusão alguma, pois ainda que o filme contenha a mesma estória, são obras completamente diferentes, então eu geralmente não as comparo.

Diferente do segundo filme, Insurgente, Convergente me agradou muito. Os efeitos especiais foram bem utilizados na maioria das vezes e me fez lembrar do momento maravilhoso que foi quando li a trilogia pela primeira vez.

Faz mais de dois anos que os li e não lembro de alguns detalhes, porém teve uma cena do filme (quando o gás é liberado), que quase me emocionou. Foi exatamente daquele jeito que imaginei a cena. O Peter continua engraçado e atrapalhando a vida de todo mundo, tem ação e correria a todo momento, brigas, mentiras, e o que mais me agrada, o relacionamento nada meloso da Tris com o Quatro.

O filme foi divido em duas partes: Convergente e Ascendente. Eu estava muito curiosa para ver como os diretores iam dividir o filme. O final não me deixou muito ansiosa pelo próximo filme, até porque quem leu, sabe muito bem o que acontece, no entanto, a divisão foi feita de maneira apropriada. Deixa um espaço amplo para mudanças e acréscimos.

Se você não foi assistir e/ou não sabe se vale a pena, eu digo: “Dê uma chance.” A tendência de filmes com sequência, é de melhorar ao longo do tempo. Eu vi em Convergente uma boa evolução e indico sim.

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Synopsis:

After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris must escape with Four beyond the wall that encircles Chicago, to finally discover the shocking truth of the world around them.

I went to the movie theater one day after the premiere here in Brazil. I was excited to see how the result was however my expectations wasn’t high. I liked the trailer and even watched several times, but I chose to wait for the movie without taking any conclusions. Although the film contains the same story, they are completely different works so I do not compare them.

Unlike the second movie, Insurgent, I enjoyed Allegiant. The special effects were well used most of the time and reminded me of the wonderful moment that was when I’ve read the trilogy for the first time.

I’ve read these books two years ago and I don’t remember some details, but it had a scene (when the gas got released), that I almost cried. It was exactly the way I imagined it.
Peter is still funny and disturbs everyone, it has action and running all the time, fights, lies and what pleases me the most, the great relationship between Tris and Four.

The film was divided into two parts: Allegiant and Ascendant. I was very curious to see how the directors were going to split the movie. The end did not leave me much looking forward to the next film, because those who’ve read it knows very well what happens, however, the division was done properly. It leaves plenty of space for changes and extras.

If you didn’t watched yet or don’t know if it’s worth, I say: “Give a chance.”
The tendency of movies with sequel is to improve over time. I saw in Allegiant a big evolution.

Projeto Photobook: Mês de Abril

Olá, leitores!
O tema deste mês é LUGARES FICTÍCIOS OU NÃO QUE QUEREMOS VISITAR.
Este projeto, a cada mês, vem trazendo temas muito bons e estou honrada em fazer parte de algo tão legal assim.
Relembrando que todo dia 10, as blogueiras que também estão participando, irão compartilhar as suas escolhas em seus respectivos blogs.

1. O Orfanato da Srta. Peregrine Para Crianças Peculiares

Eu adoro livros que falem sobre poderes especiais e/ou sobre a guerra mundial, e esta obra é a combinação perfeita . O ambiente que o autor criou é incrível e instantaneamente me dá vontade de fazer parte, nem que seja por um loop (dia).

2. Academia de Vampiros

O universo é fantástico e os personagens são um exemplo de vida, principalmente a Rose. Eu adoraria ser amiga dela. Não só porque ela é uma lutadora, mas pela lealdade. Sem contar que tem o Dimitri.

3. Feita de Fumaça e Osso

Eu só li o primeiro livro da trilogia, porém uma das coisas que me chamou atenção, além do cabelo azul da protagonista, é o fato da Karou conseguir atravessar portas especiais, portais, onde você pode encontrar anjos ou demônios.

4. Incarnate

Este mundo criado pela Jodi Meadows é espetacular e diferente de tudo que já li. Todos que morrem, voltam algum tempo depois, suas almas em outros corpos. Imagina como seria legal você em outro corpo a cada geração?

5. Legend

O que eu adorei neste livro, foi que os protagonistas são totalmente diferentes um do outro; vidas e oportunidades diferentes, porém eles pensam da mesma maneira, assim como lutam por justiça. Eu adoraria me juntar à eles, nem que por uma semana.

6. A Livraria 24 Horas do Mr. Penumbra

Quem não gostaria de passar uma temporada nessa livraria maravilhosa e cheia de mistérios? Isso já é motivo o suficiente pra me convencer.

Não esqueça de ver a escolha das outras blogueiras: Bia | Ana | Carol | Sophia