The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

 

Language: English

Format: Hardcover (Macmillan Collector's Library Edition)

Pages: 280 

Genre: Classic, Fiction 

Rating: 5⭐

"When young Sara Crewe is brought from India to London by her doting father to join Miss Minchin's school, she can have little idea of the changes in circumstance that lie ahead. While at first her life of privilege continues, the tragic death of her father and failure of his business alters everything. In a dramatic reversal of the tradition fictional 'rags to riches' formula, Sara plunges from privilege to penury in the space of one day. Now she is no longer a princess but a beggar, and must depend on the power of her imagination, and the kindness of strangers, to lift her above the misery of her circumstances. She is cast out from the comfort of her rooms as Miss Minchin's 'show pupil' into the chill despair of a lonely garret, and set to endure back-breaking work in the school. But if humility, patience and dignity are virtues to be rewarded, will Sara perhaps experience another reversal in her fortunes? A Little Princess is a timeless and gripping drama about the transformative power of positive thought and the imagination."

I have nothing bad to say about this classic book! 

The story is just beautiful and I saw myself smiling a lot during this reading. We can see that some kids are evil but the adults are worst since they got a power over the rest: not only no one can fight back as they don't need to justify anything or any action. 

You have 2 strong messages here: 

1. No matter what, keep your dignity, humility and patience 
2. Is importante to keep your imagination active. It's importante and without it you can be in a very dark world.

And I can't write more since you really need to read it to feel the nostalgia of this book.

Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 9) by J.R. Ward

 

Language: Portuguese

Format: Paperback

Pages: 632

Genre: fantasy

Rating: 4⭐

"Payne, twin sister of Vishous, is cut from the same dark, warrior cloth as her brother: A fighter by nature, and a maverick when it comes to the traditional role of Chosen females, there is no place for her on the Far Side… and no role for her on the front lines of the war, either.

When she suffers a paralyzing injury, human surgeon Dr. Manuel Manello is called in to treat her as only he can- and he soon gets sucked into her dangerous, secret world. Although he never before believed in things that go bump in the night- like vampires- he finds himself more than willing to be seduced by the powerful female who marks both his body and his soul.

As the two find so much more than an erotic connection, the human and vampire worlds collide … just as a centuries old score catches up with Payne and puts both her love and her life in deadly jeopardy."

I started this book hating Xcor! Really hated him for his way to do stuff but at 80% something changed for me... Let's see how it continue

Regarding Payne and Vishous POV it was as opening new doors and sincerly it's a lot of door to reach the center.

Having Manello in the middle is something very confusing and I feel bad about him (really) but we have hope in this guy! He is really Butch brother? Can he be a vampire too? questions, questions

Oh gosh I can't wait to pick up the next volume to make sure my thoughts are correct about Xcor, Gylmera and the King! 

April RECAP + May TBR

 

Hello my bookworms! 

April was a complicated month and May will be more busy at work. 

I'm entering in that part of the year where work is crazy and that I start checking the hour to see when I can log out and pick up my book to read! 

I want also to share that I start to make 5D painting (you know, the diamantes ones) and that helps a lot to not DNF any kind of book but in revenge I take longer to finish them.... 😅

Ok from April TBR I didn't read 4 books and one of them is in current read still and it's my plan to finish it this month.... I simply got very tired and didn't want to read and go directly to the bed.... and it feels good and correct!

My Goodreads Goal is still very good and I'm almost at 50%: 

I also made an order and got Mangas: 

My May TBR is very simple but have a lot of pages: 

1. Finishing the serie "The Dark Tower" of Stephen King
2. Read Blood Summons (ARC)
3. Read "Family Ties" 

The first point are 7 books and some are massive and it's full of details and a lot but a lot of information so good luck for me! 

The other two are in my TBR as priority since they are free and need reviews ASAP 😊

Hope you April was good (private and professionally) and I'm curious to know about your plans! 

If you have any suggestion of hobbies, recs for books or want someone to read with you or just to talk, go find my in Social Media and speak with me! (I'm shy and forgot to reply in a normal time but I will try my best!) 

Also if you try to check my Instagram I'm very sorry but it's not updated or with a lot of posts... It's a work in project for me so better to Tiktok me ;)