Book Review - Hard Magic by Larry Correia

Despite always being interested in the Urban Fantasy genre, I don't remember having read any recently. Not for lack of options, but mainly because YA and regular fantasy have a massive presence on blogs and YouTube channels, so there's always a new great book that everyone should be reading coming out. Another reason is because the genre is even less popular here in Brazil, resulting in an impressive lack of options in Portuguese. But now that I'm reading mainly in English and I have a Kindle, it's waaaay easier for me to finally give it a try to some great Urban Fantasy books.

I was supposed to start my journey with the first book in The Dresden Files series: Storm Front by Jim Butcher. My Want-To-Read shelf on GoodReads was filled with other interesting books too, but then I discovered Hard Magic by Larry Correia, the first book on The Grimnoir Chronicles series and decided to buy and read it. And I'm REALLY glad that I did.

Cover of the french edition

Series I Need To Finish (or just continue reading already) [#Top5Wednesday]

As time goes by, we keep starting more and more book series, making it hard to finish them all. With time, I started many series that I didn't finish yet, and these are the Top 5 that I need to finish.

Why you should watch The Flash

Even though I love comics, during my life I've read mostly Disney and manga. It's not that I don't like superhero comics, but at least for Marvel and DC the commitment seemed too big. Decades of stories, parallel universes and timelines made impossible to catch-up, and I'm the kind of person who needs to know/read/watch everything. But now with Wikipedia and new cinematic universes that don't require even a little bit of reading, I can finally get through the adventures of the most widely known superheroes. And, of course, one of those is The Flash, which recently had it's first season on television.

Kindle Book Haul #2

It's time for another Kindle Book Haul, and I'll show you which books I've bought recently. This time there are 6 books, the first 3 being mysteries, and the other just random genres. They are all on sale, cheap or free, and you can click on the cover and you'll go to the Amazon page :)

Netflix's Daredevil - It's just awesome [#Review]

Even being a comic book nerd (ok, not THAT big), I've never read any Daredevil comics. Maybe because the entire Marvel universe seemed too big a commitment for me, and for a long time I neglected it's publications. But now I need to say that I'm really interested in getting into the Daredevil comics, thanks to the amazing show that Netflix recently released. As always, the hype for the launch of a new series got me eager to watch it, and I wasn't disappointed.

[TAG] 100 Acre Wood

This is my first TAG being answered here, and it was created by Shannon from the Youtube channel Leaning Lights. Click here to go to the original video ;)

Books I Want to See as TV Shows [#Top5Wednesday]

It's Wednesday and today I'm answering a Top 5 Wednesday from the T5W GoodReads group. I don't know if I'l be posting all the lists, but I liked this one and decided to do it. As you'll notice, many of them are underrated books that many people just don't know about. They're awesome books and I think they would be great on screen.

Liebermann Papers, by Frank Tallis

A great mystery series that takes place in old Vienna. The protagonist is a doctor and also some kind of disciple of Freud. Filled with music, investigation focused on psychological analysis and an incredible setting, it would be amazing to see Max Liebermann in a TV series. Link

Perry Rhodan, by various authors

I just LOVE this book series. I'm not reading it now because I have them in Portuguese, and now I'm focusing on improving my English. But this is like the Doctor Who of sci-fi literature, because while Doctor Who is the longest running sci-fi TV show, Perry Rhodan is the longest running book series ever. Being published weekly since 1961 it now has more than 2800 editions, each one with 60 pages, give or take. And it doesn't show signs of stopping, so there'll be unlimited stories to be told on the small screen. Link

The Grimnoir Chronicles, by Larry Correia

I'm reading the first book in the series, and I've already posted my first impressions here. It'll probably be something like a mix of Agent Carter and Agents of Shield (?) I guess. Link

The Secret Life Of Laszlo, Count Dracula, by Roderick Anscombe

This book is SO GOOD and so underrated. A book about Dracula when he's still human, but developing his desire/fetish for blood. It would be amazing as a series, because this story needs a lot of screen time to happen properly. Link

Dragonriders of Pern, by Anne McCaffrey and Todd McCaffrey

This one will be difficult to have as a series. If you think that the Game of Thrones dragons are expensive, imagine a series where the main characters ride dragons, and the dragons are important characters as well. It'll be a freaking expensive TV series, but one can dream, right? Link