Reseña: Ironskin (Ironskin #1)

Ironskin 

by 

Tina Connolly

 304 pages

Published October 2nd 2012 by Tor Books

ISBN:0765330598 (ISBN13: 9780765330598)

Edition Language:English

URL:http://www.tinaconnolly.com/novels.html

Series: Ironskin #1

Literary Awards:

Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (2012), Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) Nominee for Fantasy Novel (2012)

Blurb: Jane Eliot wears an iron mask. It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin. When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a "delicate situation"—a child born during the Great War—Jane is certain the child is fey-cursed, and that she can help. 

My rating: 2.7 unwrinkle stars

Género:  historical-paranormal-fiction. Fey, Fantasia Histórica.

Aqui tenemos una suerte de mash-up de Jane Eyre, en donde se conserva el aire gótico de una casona en los páramos, con gárgolas y recovecos, un viudo con una niña mimada, más unos secretos que esta vez tienen que ver más con la post guerra con los fey.

Reseña: Stand Still, Stay Silent: Book 1 (Novela Gráfica)

  

Stand Still, Stay Silent: Book 1 

 by  

Minna Sundberg

First Edition, 329 pages

Published 2015 by Hiveworks (first published November 1st 2013)

Edition Language:English

URL

http://www.sssscomic.com

 

Literary Awards

Reuben Award 2015 - Online Comics – Long Form (2015)

 Blurb:

90 Years Has Passed since the great illness, and most of the old world has been forgotten and left to the mercy of trolls, beasts and giants. A small Nordic team of explorers heads out on the first official research mission.

A light-hearted journey of friendship and camaraderie, with elements of Nordic mythology and some horror.

 

My rating: 3.7 nordic felines stars

"The First Rule for survival outside of the safe areas: If you come across a Beast, a Troll or a Giant, do not run or call for help but stand still and stay silent. It might go away."
—Stand Still, Stay Silent

Where the Nordic Countries will be probably contain the last of human population after the apocalypse or After the Rash plague.

 

Reseña: Señales en el Camino

Popsugar Challenge 2016: (#36) Un viaje por carretera.

Señales en el Camino 

by  

Roger Zelazny

 210 pages

  (first published October 1979)

Original Title:Roadmarks

ISBN13:9788485963133

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Caminante no hay camino
se hace camino al andar
(Antonio Machado)

Reseña: Binti (Binti #1)

Ganadora a mejor Novella premio Nebula 2015

Binti 

by  

Nnedi Okorafor

96 pages

Published September 22nd 2015 by Tor.com 

 

Blurb: Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.

ISBN:0765384469 (ISBN13: 9780765384461)

Edition Language:English

URL:http://nnedi.com/binti-novella-series

Series:Binti #1

Literary Awards: Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella (2016), Nebula Award for Best Novella (2015), Locus Award Nominee for Best Novella (2016)

My rating: 3.5 ethnic stars (de 5)

It work really well for me, until that end, the struggle of a young woman among different cultures, taking hold in her own, was the most interesting.

 

Reseña: Summerlong

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Summerlong

by

Peter S. Beagle

240 pages

Expected publication: September 13th 2016 by Tachyon Publications 

ISBN: 1616962445 (ISBN13: 9781616962449)

Edition Language:English

 

https://tachyonpublications.com/product/summerlong/

My rating: 3 estrellas.(de 5)

Género: Ficcion Literaria.

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Primera impresión: Con visos de realismo mágico. De amores, veranitos de San Juan, y blues.

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A medium age couple in a going relationship for 22 years, he is a 66 y.o. retired historian living in Gardner Island (across Seattle) , she is a 55 y.o. flying attendant; both divorced, have their own homes but virtually rise together her daughter. Friends. Lovers. On a everyday laughts and fights. Content, I said.

Until one day in her usual restaurant a young waitress, Lioness, catch their attention. Abe gets a guest in his garage, and some things starting slowly to change.

Reseña: Haffling (Haffling #1) -Novela Gráfica

{{Digital copy thanks to ReadNow at Netgalley}}

Haffling (Haffling #1)

by  

Caleb James

274 pages

Published July 11th 2013 by Dreamspinner Press

ISBN:1623808952 (ISBN13: 9781623808952)

Edition Language: English

URL:http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3976

Series: Haffling #1

 

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Genero: fantasia Urbana. YA. MM.romance.


It's was a solid 4 stars until the too neat end, and some loose endings.

Alex is a 16 y.o. concerned with keeping her little sister, Alice, safe with food, roof, and school. Her mother is a schizophrenic, and he maintain the things running. But when her mother dissapear the careful constructed card house is starting to fall appart.

Reseña: White Sand, Volume 1 (White Sand, #1)

White Sand, Volume 1 

 by  

Brandon Sanderson

Rik Hoskin

Julius M Gopez (Art)

Graphic Novel, 160 pages

 

Expected publication: June 21st 2016 by Dynamic Forces

ISBN 1606908855 (ISBN13: 9781606908853)

Edition Language English

Series White Sand #1

Genero: Fantasia, Accion/aventura. Novela Gráfica

My rating: 3.5 sandy stars

I got this digital copy thanks to Read Now at NetGalley, but sadly the copy is not good quality -blurred and pixelated- so I think that diminesh the experience.

Well, this is not a new Sanderson book, actually is a never published old Sanderson book (before Elantris, so is in the Cosmere verse). This time, the magical system take us to a culture of Sand Masters, a divided world -darkside and lighside- , and religious fanatics. Sounds familiar?

Reseña: Monstress # 6 (novela grafica)

Monstress #6

by

Marjorie M. Liu

My rating:4.5 stars

Genero: Novela Grafica. Fantasia Oscura. Acción.

I want a poster of this cover. (and the one with the armour)

Talking about surprise, surprise. We get some answers, and now have other questions.

Stunning art.

Love Kippa.

Reseña: I am Malala

I am Malala 

by  

Malala Yousafzai

276 pages

Published October 8th 2013 by W & N Non Fiction (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) (first published November 1st 2012)

Original Title I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

ISBN 0297870920 (ISBN13: 9780297870920)

Edition Language English

 

 

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

‘Why don’t they want girls to go to school?’ I asked my father.
‘They are scared of the pen,’ he replied.

Malala Yousafzai got worldwide attention when she was shot. Isn't that sad? I didn't know about her before that. Despite been insert in a well know conflict -the conflict, not the whys- , there is a lot of things we don't understand about that war. In this context, the book achieves its goal to learn at least some facts and key players. Recent history like bin Laden and Benazir Bhutto. And Afghanistan.

Written in a unadorned style, this is not a novelization of her life.

Reseña: When your child strays from God

Relato corto nominado al premio nebula 2015. Lo pueden encontrar aqui

When Your Child Strays From God 

by  

Sam J. Miller

Para mi: 3.5 spider-y stars


Beth en una búsqueda desesperada por hallar a su hijo Tim, y salvarlo de malas decisiones, emprende un viaje sicodélico usando una droga que te permite acceder al mismo estado alucinatorio (spiderwebbing) que la otra persona que la usa. O sea, Tim.

En su monólogo repasa padres religiosos -ellos-, novias sueltas, madres ausentes, mientras llora por el pequeño que fue, cosas de las que huye admitir hasta a si misma , y combate sus propios temores que pueden terminar con ella y su hijo. Las claves estan siempre alli, y es la última en admitirlo.

Le gustará a muchos padres, creo.