Recently, I've read Beth's (from theBooks Nest) post about how she reads and I thought I would be nice to do one as well. The problem is... I've never really thought about my reading routine (I didn't even knew if I had one in the first place). So, it took me some time to actually come up with this post (but I promise that every thing in here is pretty accurate).
Anyway, without further ado, here's my reading routine!
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Since Build Me Up Buttercup is meant to be a book blog in which I mostly post book reviews, I thought it'd be nice to share my rating system. Once upon a time (read: some months ago) I used to give stars inconsistently, depending on how I "felt" after finishing the book and, after realizing that's quite a subjective criteria I decided to come up with a more coherent and logical rating system. Anyway, here it is. Title: Wicked Like a Wildfire Author: Lana Popović Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Pages: 405 Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: "All the women in Iris and Malina’s family have the unique magical ability or “gleam” to manipulate beauty. Iris sees flowers as fractals and turns her kaleidoscope visions into glasswork, while Malina interprets moods as music. But their mother has strict rules to keep their gifts a secret, even in their secluded sea-side town. Iris and Malina are not allowed to share their magic with anyone, and above all, they are forbidden from falling in love. But when their mother is mysteriously attacked, the sisters will have to unearth the truth behind the quiet lives their mother has built for them. They will discover a wicked curse that haunts their family line—but will they find that the very magic that bonds them together is destined to tear them apart forever?" Title: Fierce Like a Firestorm Author: Lana Popović Pages: 310 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Rating: ★
So, guess who's been meaning to do a 'monthly wrap up' for a while now but jept forgetting about it? M-E. But, also, guess who's actually remembered this time and is so excited about finally writing it?
Anyway, I was on a school break last month and as a result of it I ended up reading quite a lot — for my recent parameters, that is— so I thought it would be cool to do a little 'monthly wrap up' because gosh knows I never do one of those. Without further ado, let me break my readings down for y'all.
Okay, I've been stalling a lot to write this post because the truth is: I do not know exactly if I'm the most qualified person to talk about this matter. But since I read in two and a half languages (Portuguese, which is my mother tongue, English, which is my second language and Spanish which I consider as "half" since I only read a couple of books in the language), I decided that I am as qualified as anyone else.
Also, according to Goodreads, I've read over a hundred books in English and apparently that's enough to convince me to write a post with the promise of being really helpful to someone.
But first, a little background story:
In 2013, before the Brazilian release, I bought the paperback edition of Clockwork Princess (does anyone remember when Cassandra Clare had only eight books instead of four hundred forty-four?) and surprise surprise: I could not even get past the prologue. Just to give a quick explanation, the book has six hundred pages and the language is a bit difficult, considering that it is a fantasy piece that takes place in the nineteenth century. Anyway, in 2014 I started to study English (very basic really) and in 2015 I was able to read my first book in English: P.S .: I Still Love You by Jenny Han. I had just read To All the Boys I've Loved Before in Portuguese and the sequel did not even have a release date yet. This and that cliffhanger in the end that motivated me to read the sequence in the original language. The reading took a long time (to my standards, because it actually lasted a couple of days) and, to be honest, I did not assimilate much of the story. (If I had not read the trilogy last year, I probably would not remember what the second book is about). But I read it and that's what matters. From then on I continued to read books in English and with each book I acquired more vocabulary and notions of grammar and the readings were getting easier and easier. Currently, I try to read in the original language all the books written in English (and even re-read some of my favorite books that fall into this category). According to Goodreads, I have read 138 books in a second language. After this long introduction, let's get to what really matters: the step-by-step tutorial. |
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