domingo, 29 de mayo de 2016

15 Books I haven't read yet but I really want to

Hi there!
It's been a long time I didn't write any post here, but I'm about to finish my exams (only 2 weeks more) and I already have lots of interesting posts to write! Here you have some of them:

- Barcelona Comic Con 2016 [Cosplay]
- Around the world 2016 - Book challenge [Books]
- I make bookmarks! [Books]
- One possible summer tbr pile [Books]
- First half of the year book haul [Books]
- Barcelona Comic Con 2016 - Soleil VLOG [Cosplay]
- 10 book series I haven't read yet but I really want to [Books]

15 books I haven't read yet but I really want to

(already published - not in any particular order)





1. We are the ants 
I saw very good opinions of this book on tumblr and I fell in love with its gorgeous cover. Plus, I absolutely love apocalyptic movies/books, and I know I'm going to adore this book. Some days ago, it had a 50~% discount on amazon, and now I regret not to have get it when it was a bargain -i find the paperback quite expensive. Maybe I'll get it this summer or in September, before I leave to Japan.





2. Fangirl
I've wanted to read this book since last year and I can't believe I haven't done it yet. I don't expect it to be one of my favourite reads at all, but I think it will be a very entertaining book for sure! I'm just waiting for amazon/bd to apply a good discount on it so I don't have to spend much money. This is the only Rainbow Rowell book I'm interested in and I'd like to read it soon. I think it would be a very good summer read.





3. Four
I finished Allegiant last month and I loved it so much! In general, I could say I've liked the Divergent trilogy very much, so I'd like to give Four a try! I barely know anything about it, so it will be a total surprise for me. It's possible I get it this summer. I never thought I would like this trilogy that much, to be honest.






4. The Unexpected Everything
This one is the newest book of the list, but I've wanted to read it since Morgan Matson announced its release. I don't think I will read it this summer because I already have lots of other books to read and I'd like to pick it up during my exchange, so I'm going to buy it on September.







5. Since You've Been Gone
Aaaand another Morgan Matson book. This one was the first book of her I aded in my tbr, but for some reasons I ended up reading Amy & Roger's Epic Detour first -and I don't regret it. At first, I wanted to read it with my bff, but I think I'll pick it up whenever I'm in the mood to read it. The synopsis reminded me so much of my old favourite book Before I die -even though I think this one will be less tragic.





6. My life next door
Most of Huntley Fitzpatrick novels seem to be very interesting, but this one caught my attention one year ago, although I haven't bought it yet. It was released in Spain some months ago, but the Spanish paperback edition is ridiculously expensive, so I'll buy the cute US edition someday.







7. The Tricking of Freya
Due to what this books involves -Iceland, traveling, ICELAND- I already know this will be one of my very favourite books. Iplanned to buy it last Christmas,but for some reason it didn't happen. I don't know anyone who have read it, but I've seen very good opinons on goodreads. All the books with trip stories deserve all the love.






8. Wink Poppy Midnight
Melanie from One Less Lonely Blog recommended this book to me, so I'm going to trust her since she was the one who helped me to decide whether to read ILLUMINAE or not -and now it's my very fav book lmao. Furthermore, the synopsis really caught my attention, it seems to be a very special book and its cover is so gorgeous. I'm going to read it very soon, I promise.






9. Made You Up
This is another book that's been in my tbr for a long time. I believe this is a different book, a very special book. This one caught my attention because I'd like to read about some character who has to deal with schizophrenia, and I've seen this book is very good written and the story is very interesting. I've not read it yet because, even though it looks very interesting, it's not a subject I'm always in the mood to read about.





10. Thanks for the Trouble
This one will be probably the first book of the list I'll read, since it's already on my bookshelf. When Tommy Wallach announced the release of this book, I already knew I would like it; it has a very interesting plot, I love the way the author writes and look at this gorgeous cover! Both the cover and the plot reminds me of Wes Anderson movies, who happens to be my favourite director, so I don't expect anything disappointing from this book. Furthermore, people who loved We all looked up also loved this one, so I can't wait to spend an entire weekend reading it!



11. 13 Little Blue Envelopes
You guys need to know I love traveling books and this one looks very enjoyable. It was released in Spain recently, but it's ridiculously expensive (again), so I'll buy the US edition anyways. Although I'm very excited to read this book, I'm not planning to read it soon.







12. Pride and Prejudice
I'm currently reading Emma and I think I could love this book. I think it's a book I would totally read and I haven't seen the movie, so every plot twist will be a surprise for me. Plus, this one is one of my bff's (Eva) favourite book,
I don't think I have to tell any reason to read it, I just have to pick it up.







13. Don't stop now
I think this book was the first one I added in my goodreads tbr. I remember why I added it: road trip. As far as I know, the main character starts a road trip with her bff in order to find her friend, who has faked her own kidnapping. This plot can make a great book, so that's why I want to read it. I don't remember why I haven't bought/read it yet, but I'd like to get it asap.






14. All the bright places
I've been wanting to read this book since it came out, but time passed and I lost the hype. I thought it would be like any other YA, so I didn't keep interested in it but I've seen lots of good opinions lately and it is still hyped by lots of people. I just think I should read it and see how good it is by myself.








15. Jane Eyre
I could say I got interested in Jane Eyre's plot by myself, but I would be lying; this is all April's (from the Aprilius Maximus YT channel) fault. As some of you may know, April is my favourite booktuber ever and I watch all of her videos; lately, she's mentioned how good this book is in every video and I have to admit she really knows how to convince people to read a book. The plot looks very interesting, but since it's a very thick book, I'll pick it up once I'm in the mood to read it.





Leave a comment if you've read any of these, please! Which one should I read after Thanks for the Trouble? Do you want to read any of these as well?

It's nice to be back! ~

viernes, 22 de abril de 2016

"Nosotros después de las doce" en Barcelona - Recordando a Heima

 

Quería escribir esta entrada mañana, con tiempo y tranquilidad, pero la euforia se ha adueñado de mí y he caído en la tentación antes de lo esperado.
Hace unos días anunciaron que Laia Soler presentaría su nuevo libro, Nosotros después de las doce, en Barcelona. Todo el mundo que me conoce bien sabe que desde que leí Heima es hogar en islandés ya no he vuelto a ser la misma, pues éste tuvo un gran impacto en mí. Habrá quien piense que soy una exagerada, una pelota tal vez.
Hasta que la editorial anunció la presentación, tenía 100% claro que me compraría este libro en Sant Jordi, así que hice un cambio de planes y decidí comprarlo en la misma ocasión; craso error. He llegado con una hora de margen y cuando he entrado al FNAC me he quedado helada al ver la cola que había para entrar en la sala. Y yo todavía sin mi libro. Lo sé, soy una n00b de las presentaciones de libros; al fin y al cabo, ésta era la primera a la que asistía (nunca había sentido tal aprecio por un autor español y creo, sinceramente, que Sir J.R.R. Tolkien no saldría de su tumba para invitarme a un piscolabis y discutir la Batalla de las Lágrimas Innumerables conmigo).
Finalmente, he conseguido llevarme el último ejemplar disponible y he ido, prácticamente corriendo, a la sala de presentación. Ya habían abierto las puertas y, como era previsible, no quedaban asientos libres.


Había mucha gente y el ambiente ha llegado a ser un pelín agobiante, pero ha sido genial. Me ha hecho mucha ilusión poder ver a la autora en persona y me ha hecho arder en deseos de empezar ya el viaje a Valira. Por supuesto, he traído a Heima para que me lo firmara también, y le he comentado un poco mi experiencia con él. Se podría decir que, ahora mismo, mi vida se divide en un antes y un después desde que leí este libro; me interesé por los países nórdicos y sus lenguas, empecé a leer más sobre Islandia, descubrí música que nunca imaginé que acabaría escuchando apasionadamente (véase Lockerbie o Kaleo) y lo más importante para mí: me hizo ver una lejana, aunque potente, luz en mi futuro. Me explico: gracias a esta pasión, me puse en contacto con el traductor (del islandés al español) de la autora islandesa Yrsa Sigurðardóttir en busca de información sobre cómo y dónde podía aprender el idioma BIEN; muy amablemente, me informó sobre el programa de dos años de islandés como lengua B en la universidad de Reykjavík. Boom, una luz. En cuanto vi esto, tuve claro adonde llevaría mi vida después de la carrera.
¿Después de todo, cuál es el causante de todo este hilo de sucesos? Un libro. Un libro que me entretuvo, que me hizo sentir, que me hizo llorar y, sobre todo, que me hizo soñar. Un libro que, algún día, voy a enseñar al mundo cuando me pregunten por qué he decidido este camino para mí. Éste es mi lífsandi más preciado.
Takk.

jueves, 31 de marzo de 2016

Soleil themed Easter Week 2016

So yeah, I've spend this whole Easter Week in Fuko's house!
We planned to stay together during these holidays so we could start sewing our cosplays for the Barcelona's Comic Con (May) and our week turned out being really busy. I went to Manresa on Tuesday afternoon and we went to buy some fabrics to start our first cosplays. 
The last time I went to Fukoland to make cosplays together we left all of our essential sewing stuff in our students flat, so we just cut our patterns and stayed in front of them like

Unlike that past unfortunate day, we DID have our sewing stuff this week. Everything was fine. Except from the fact the tape measure was missing. Due to that dumb fail, we had to draw our patterns in the most creative ways, and that's how I ended up drawing my own body shape.


After 3 nights sewing from midnight to 5 a.m./6 a.m., we almost finished our first cosplays. Here you have some pics:

Fuko's progress
My progress

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On Saturday, we celebrated Fuko's birthday with Jud, Aya, Patis and Eva. Following Jud's advice, we did the 125Q Hogwarts house test. Patis and I were sorted into Slytherin, Aya was sorted into Hufflepuff and Eva was sorted into Gryffindor. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Once we had dinner, we went to the Soleil room and had some drinks and shots and, later, we started playing Slenderman Sanatorium. We actually recorded it so we could post it in some days.

apology letter begins

Dear girls, I swear I tested the screen-recording program before that night, and it worked. I don't know what we did wrong, but the video files only shows my main background while we shout nonsense things. I'm so sorry.

end of the apology letter




jueves, 24 de marzo de 2016

February Book Challenge

 

Hi there! Last month I decided to join a bookstagram challenge hosted by @celinereads and @seth.the.reader. I didn't take all the pics the challenge asked for, but I still had a great time doing it! 
These are the pictures I used:

Day 1 - February TBR

Day 2 - Pink books

Day 3 - Books you want to reread

Day 4 - Book boyfriend: Guðjón

Day 5 - Currently reading

Day 6 - Favourite romance (this is not a romance at all but whatever)

Day 7 - Over 600 pages (hope this counts)

Day 8 - A book that broke your heart

Day 10 - Favorite OTP (Beleg & Túrin)

Day 11 - Happy book(s)

Day 12 - Cute cover

Day 13 - Book & Flowers

Day 15 - Favourite author

Day 17 - Romantic cover

Day 18 - Book in fave color

Day 19 - Favourite Book Spines

Day 20 - Book & Bookmarks (I also use my fave postcards as bookmarks)

Day 21 - Favourite Book Quotes

Day 24 - Long Title

Day 25 - Creative title

Day 26 - Books under 200 pages

I really hope to join more bookstagram/booklr monthly challenges! Have you read any of these books?

miércoles, 23 de marzo de 2016

Japan Weekend Barcelona 2016

So yeah, last weekend there was the Japan Weekend con in Barcelona. Saturday tickets were sold out quickly and we hadn't been able to get ours, but thanks to Alek (Fuko's friend) we were able to buy them.
SATURDAY


We woke up at 8. 
We put our cosplays on.
I lost one of my elvish ears.


After one hour looking for the lost ear, we went to the con. When we arrived, we went for a walk and Fuko bought a Love Live! energy drink -which happened to be surprisingly useful later- and we met some friends (Patis, Miki, Aya...). 
I don't know why, I hated how I looked that day. The make-up didn't end up looking how I expected, the wig was messed up and all the photos turned out horrible. I've already seen some photos people took me and omg, I look ugly as fuck and so done with the world. Also, I brought a Silmaril to the con so I could have some photos holding it (it was a Fluorite ball, expensive). So a random photographer came to take us some photos; after that, he asked me to borrow it and, when I gave it to him, he moved his hand out and 
the Silmaril fell and got broken into tiny pieces.


Fortunately, the photographer was so nice that he decided to give me the money I paid for the Silmaril back, so it's fine. But seeing my dear gem dying so tragically made me sad.

After having dinner with some friends, we went to see the cosplay contest with Aya, Patis, Sora and Kai. When a Miku Hatsune got on the stage to dance a Vocaloid song we all expected something typical like "World is mine". It wasn't that one.

Luka Luka Night Fever

Next to that one, a Len Kagamine dressed with the Senbonzakura outfit got on the stage carrying a leak. He started dancing Levan Polkka. Then, the music stopped and another song started playing.

Luka Luka Night Fever

Following this performance, it was PriPara's turn. A Sophie Houjo got on the stage. Since Fuko is a huge PriPara fan, she got very excited. We all thought a song from PriPara would start playing. We were wrong.

Luka Luka Night Fever

Literally all of us

SUNDAY

We had great expectations for this day because we were going to meet more friends who didn't get tickets for Saturday. Also, Eva was coming with us and she was going to vlog the whole day. When she was finished doing her make-up, she got her camera and started vlogging...until 1 minute later, when the camera ran out of battery.

Eva: Yeah, the camera is new and I didn't charge its battery before.


It wasn't a big deal since Fuko has a portable charger and we could charge the camera's battery during our journey towards the con.
We arrived at the con and while Eva and Fuko were getting ready at the bathroom, I was waiting for my Cornelia (Patis). 


Since our friend Aya was going to participate at the karaoke contest, we sat in front of the stage for a while. As we expected, she won the contest! (She really sings beautifully)
After that, we watched Kiseki Idols' (a Love Live! cosplay group) performance. Fuko and Alek were cosplaying Choromatsu and Osomatsu from Osomatsu-san, so they just stayed in front to the stage yelling and dancing.


After that, I went to Burger King to have lunch with Fuko, Aya, Jud, Eva, Cris and Patis at 5 pm. We left early because Fuko had to study and we had nothing to do at the con anymore.

Here are some photos I edited from the con