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

Penny Dreadful is back on screen in Fresh Hell

I really loved Penny Dreadful's first season as it was a really well made horror show without just showing blood, but instead presenting us with a story full of Gothic literature references, and a wonderful cast. Now, it's back to season 2 and I'm already addicted to it, anxiously awaiting for the next episode.

Eva Green is back as Vanessa Ives, and it seems that we'll learn more about her as well as Ethan Chandler, portrayed by Josh Hartnett. There are new villains, witches led by Evelyn Poole (Helen McCrory), an Elizabeth Bathory wannabe with a great power. Another welcome news is the new course of Brona Croft's storyline (Billie Piper), now that she'll seemingly be a part of Frankenstein's family.

Ethan: This is something I never thought I'd see.
Sembene: What?
Ethan: Here's a woman who faced down that creature in the theater without blinking. And held her ground against Satan himself, but now... I've never seen her frightened.

Timothy Dalton is undoubtedly the most Victorian thing on this series, and alongside Eva Green, make us want more and more screen time. They both got us sucked into the screen and make the show something really memorable. Of course all the cast is to be praised: all the actors did a good job, and the writing and direction are of course a big part of the show's amazingly good ratings.

What I want

What I'm really looking forward this season is:

• More and more Eva Green/Vanessa Ives, because she's awesome;
• More of Sembene's story. What the h**l is he after all?;
• A good plot for Caliban/Brona Croft/Lavinia. It can be interesting;
• Were-freaking-wolves and Witches in crazy-mad fights.

My Star Wars Cuff Links [#StarWarsDay]

To celebrate Star Wars day, posted below are my Star Wars cuff links :)

First Impressions: Hard Magic by Larry Correia

A week ago I started reading Hard Magic, by Larry Correia. It's the first book in The Grimnoir Chronicles, and it features a hardboiled private-eye detective that has the power to alter the gravity according to his will. It's set in a steampunk world with an aternate history, and some people have magical abilities called Power. There are many degrees and types of power, for being able to use yours fingers as a lighter, to the ability to make someone ill with your touch, or to release lightning with your hands, or even move through walls.

“You know, Purvis, I’ve never got in a gunfight and said afterwards, damn, I wish I hadn’t brought all that extra ammo.”

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It's a pulp noir mixed with steampunk and magic, featuring a bad-ass anti-hero that's working with the police just because they offered him a deal to release him earlier from prison. I'm really enjoying it so far and it has been a great read.

He kept the gun on the driver, but kept one eye glued to the blonde. In this crew, he wouldn’t have been surprised if she’d started tossing undead flaming grizzly bears at him or something.

Kindle Book Haul #1

Today I bought 3 books for my Kindle, even knowing that it'll take long for me to start reading them. The first one was The Paper Magician, by Charlie N. Holmberg, a book that I was already interested, and when I got an email notifying me that the price dropped to $2 I was obliged to buy it *-*

And then, I don't remember how, probably navigating through the Amazon site, I just discovered another 2 interesting and cheap books that I decided to buy too: All the paths of shadow by Frank Tuttle ($1.34), and The heiress of Linn Hagh by Karen Charlton ($3.99).

I'm like this right now:


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