Pravda a prežitie | Illuminae

Autor: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 
Názov: Illuminae 
Séria: The Illuminae Files 
Diel: prvý 
České alebo slovenské vydanie: CooBoo, 2016 (ČR) 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.32

The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe.
Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.
But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.

“Perhaps bravery is simply the face humanity wraps around its collective madness.”

Hudobne o konci sveta | Vinyl

Autor: Sophia Elaine Hanson 
Názov: Vinyl 
Séria: The Vinyl Trilogy 
Diel: prvý 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: zatiaľ nie je 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.26

All citizens within the soaring black walls of Revinia have metal Singers grafted into their skulls at birth. The parasitic machines issue a form of auditory hypnosis called The Music, which keeps their minds malleable and emotions flat. All artistic expression—especially real music—is strictly prohibited.
On the edge of the city, nineteen year old Ronja struggles to support her cousins and disabled mother. A chance meeting leads to her kidnapping by an underground resistance striving to preserve the human spirit. Violently severed from her Singer by the brash young agent Roark, Ronja revels in her newfound freedom until the consequences of her disappearance begin to unfold.

“May your song guide you home.”

Top 10 #1: To najlepšie zo žánru new adult

Nedávno som rozmýšľala nad niečím novým, čím by som oživila blog a napadlo mi, že by som mohla urobiť niečo ako sériu článkov, kde by som vždy odporúčala knihy istého žánru. Pomenovala som to „Top 10“, nakoľko to z nie dobre. Viem, že na veľa blogoch nájdete podobné články, tak dúfam, že sa nikto nenahnevá za túto moju myšlienku...

Sny a nočné mory | Strange the Dreamer

Autor: Laini Taylor 
Názov: Strange the Dreamer 
Séria: Strange the Dreamer 
Diel: prvý 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: vydá Cooboo (ČR, 30. 10. 2017) 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.45

The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?
The answers await in Weep, but so do more mysteries—including the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo’s dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? And if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?

“Without his books, his room felt like a body with its hearts cut out.”

Tam, kde to začalo | A Court of Wings and Ruin

Autor: Sarah J Maas 
Názov: A Court of Wings and Ruin 
Séria: A Court of Thorns and Roses 
Diel: tretí 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: v slovenčine Slovart, v češtine CooBoo 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.63

Feyre will bring vengeance.
She has left the Night Court – and her High Lord – and is playing a deadly game of deceit. In the Spring Court, Tamlin is making deals with the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees and Feyre is determined to uncover his plans. But to do so she must weave a web of lies, and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.
As mighty armies grapple for power, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords – and hunt for allies in unexpected places.
But while war rages, it is her heart that will face the greatest battle.

“What we think to be our greatest weakness can sometimes be our biggest strength.”

Genre Challenge #5

Tento mesiac konečne prišla tá správna výzva. Celý čas som sa tešila, že vďaka tomuto projektu preskúmam aj žánre, ktoré väčšinou obchádzam. Práve na tento mesiac pripadla kniha, ktorú by som za normálnych okolností nečítala. A preto som sa veľmi tešila, hoci som mala aj pochybnosti, že sa mi kniha nakoniec nebude páčiť...

Zámerom tejto výzvy je každý mesiac prečítať knihu iného žánru.

Originálny článok o výzve nájdete na GR

Série, ktoré radšej nemali pokračovať

Tento článok som nosila v hlave dlho. Teda, jeho obrysy určite. Tie sa jedného dňa zjavili v tej časti mysle, ktorá je vyhradená mojej šialenej predstavivosti. No napriek všetkému mi trvalo dlho, kým som sa odhodlala ho spísať. Prečo? Pretože som sa zamerala na knižné série, ktoré, aspoň podľa mňa, radšej nemali pokračovať. A som si istá, že mnohí so mnou nebudú súhlasiť. Ale ak si článok prečítate a potom sa nahneváte, že som urazila vašu obľúbenú sériu – nuž, nemôžete tvrdiť, že som vás nevarovala...

Pomsťa nech ťa vedie | Nevernight

Autor: Jay Kristoff 
Názov: Nevernight 
Séria: The Nevernight Chronicle 
Diel: prvý 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: zatiaľ nie je 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.19

Destined to destroy empires, Mia Covere is only ten years old when she is given her first lesson in death.
Six years later, the child raised in shadows takes her first steps towards keeping the promise she made on the day that she lost everything.
But the chance to strike against such powerful enemies will be fleeting, so if she is to have her revenge, Mia must become a weapon without equal. She must prove herself against the deadliest of friends and enemies, and survive the tutelage of murderers, liars and demons at the heart of a murder cult.
The Red Church is no Hogwarts, but Mia is no ordinary student.
The shadows love her. And they drink her fear.

“The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow.”

Kam za anglickými knihami #4

Pôvodne som si myslela, že ďalší článok už nebude, ale predsa som tu! Je to len vďaka kolegyni z práce, ktorá mi hovorila o stránke, z ktorej si objednala jednu knihu, ktorú nemohla dlho zohnať. Keď som však videla, aká je výška poštovného, radšej som odtiaľ utiekla. Možno som pri tom aj kričala. Miesto toho som teda začala gúgliť a opäť prinášam ďalšie tri miesta, na ktorých si môžete kúpiť anglické knihy...

SlavCon 2017

V poslednom čase som mala neobyčajne nabitý program. Netušila som, kde mi hlava stojí a všetko, po čom som túžila, bolo na chvíľu zastaviť. Preto som sa trochu obávala, že sa nakoniec na SlavCon nedostanem. No napokon som všetko zvládla a mohla som sa tešiť na posledný aprílový víkend, aby som vypla úplne...