National Book Awards 2020

Os vencedores do National Book Awards foram anunciados no passado dia 18 de Novembro. Vejam a lista abaixo:

Não-Ficção: “The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X” escrito por Les Payne e Tamara Payne Ficção: “Interior Chinatown” escrito por Charles Yu Poesia: “DMZ Colony” escrito por Don Mee Choi Literatura Traduzida: “Tokyo Ueno Station” escrito pory Yu Miri e Morgan Giles Literatura Jovem: “King and the Dragonflies” escrito por Kacen Callender A cerimónia foi gravada e podem assistir ao vídeo clicando aqui. Estou muito tentada a comprar o do Malcom X...

The Booker Prize 2020

Aí está ele, finalmente, o principal prémio literário no mundo da língua inglesa, que há mais de 50 anos traz reconhecimento, recompensa e leitores à ficção.
O Booker é concedido anualmente ao melhor romance do ano escrito em inglês e publicado no Reino Unido ou Irlanda.
Em 2020, ano de pandemia, o Booker foi adiado cerca de um mês, mas finalmente temos o vencedor, o escritor escocês Douglas Stuart e "Shuggie Bain" é o seu primeiro livro!

[REVIEW] My name is Lucy Barton

My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

not for me...
I understand that the author needed to capture the difficult relationship between mother and daughter somehow, but I felt I just spent 50% of the audiobook hearing them talking about other people´s lives and that is something that bores me to death, also in real life...
Maybe it was the audio?
Maybe hearing a grown up mother asking "mommy, do you you love me" over and over again is just not for me...
Maybe if I would know more about the father or the brother would make me feel more connected to the story...?
well, main conclusion --> not for me.

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[REVIEW] Transcendence

Transcendence by Shay Savage
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I read this book in 1 go and I wouldn’t be able to take a full day of Beh and Ehd if I hadn’t liked it this much...
The beginning is hilarious when Ehd is complaining about the mouth noises the woman does!! It’s nice to see how their relationship develops, super steamy pages, but the way Lah goes and comes (I cannot say more without spoiling it) made the book lose 1 star, so I am giving it 3 stars.
Very entertaining for a rainy Sunday, if you are up to a little romance.

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[REVIEW] Born a crime

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I am giving 5* to this audiobook, narrated by Trevor Noah himself.
I got a bit lost a few times with the timelines and his age in the different chapters, but i got used to it quite fast.
His memories and the way he talks about them are very compelling, very funny at times, but also shocking, sad, outrageous...
Finally, what a good way to write a love letter to your mom <3 maybe I get my inspiration from this memoir...
Now I will try to convince my husband to listen to it! Wish me luck!

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