Oslava narodenín a The Making of Harry Potter

Pozrieť sa do štúdií Warner Bros je snom nejedného knihomoľa. Odhaliť mágiu, ktorá stvorila jeden z najväčších filmových fenoménov je jednoznačne fascinujúce a veľmi lákavé. Po troch rokoch mizerného plánovania sa nám s tetou konečne podarilo všetko vyriešiť a naplánovať tak, aby sme sa tam mohli vybrať. Rozhodla som sa sprostredkovať vám svoju skúsenosť, pretože sa s vami chcem podeliť o svoju radosť. A nielen o to...

Najskôr priateľ, neskôr zlosyn | Lost Boy

Autor: Christina Henry 
Názov: Lost Boy 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: nie je 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.23

There is one version of my story that everyone knows. And then there is the truth. This is how it happened. How I went from being Peter Pan’s first—and favourite—lost boy to his greatest enemy
Peter brought me to his island because there were no rules and no grownups to make us mind. He brought boys from the Other Place to join in the fun, but Peter’s idea of fun is sharper than a pirate’s sword. Because it’s never been all fun and games on the island. Our neighbours are pirates and monsters. Our toys are knife and stick and rock—the kinds of playthings that bite.
Peter promised we would all be young and happy forever. Peter lies.

“Peter will say I’m a villain, that I wronged him, that I never was his friend. But I told you already. Peter lies.”

Keď rozprávky ožívajú | The Wishing Spell

Autor: Chris Colfer 
Názov: The Wishing Spell 
Séria: The Land of Stories 
Diel: prvý 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: Fragment, 2016 (SR aj ČR) 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.21

Alex and Conner Bailey’s world is about to change.
When the twins‘grandmother gives them a treasured fairy-tale book, they have no idea they’re about to enter a land beyond all imagining: The Land of Stories, where fairy tales are real.
The twins know they must get back home somehow. But with the legendary Evil Queen hot on their trail, will they ever find the way?

“A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.”

Zametanie stôp pokračuje | Gemina

Autor: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 
Názov: Gemina 
Séria: The Illuminae Files 
Diel: druhý 
České alebo slovenské vydanie: CooBoo, 2017 (ČR, vyjde 30. 8. 2017) 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.57

Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.
When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station’s wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia—and possibly the known universe—is in their hands.
But relax. They’ve totally got this. They hope.

“And now, born from the ashes, she’s a warrior in bloodied black.”

Top 10 #4: To najlepšie z urban fantasy

Tento žáner je jeden z mojich najobľúbenejších. Ak je nejaká fantasy, ktorú naozaj preferujem, z nejakého dôvodu je to urban fantasy. Asi hneď po epickej fantasy. Pripraviť tento rebríček bolo teda dosť náročné, nakoľko v tomto žánri je neuveriteľne veľa kvalitných a dobrých kníh. Snáď sa mi podarilo ponúknuť vám tie najlepšie...

Na dvore z tŕňov a ruží TAG

Nestáva sa často, aby som ja robila tag. Ak ma už však nejaký zaujme, rada ho vyplním a považujem to za spestrenie článkov na blogu. Jedným z takých tagov je aj tento, ktorý som našla na blogu Never trust a duck, a jeho autorkou je Maggie. ACOTAR úplne zbožňujem a ak je séria, o ktorej dokážem hovoriť doslova hodiny, je to práve táto. Dúfam, že tento tag zaujme aj vás...

Cirkus je rodina | Infini

Autor: Krista & Becca Ritchie 
Názov: Infini 
Séria: Aerial Ethereal 
Diel: druhý 
České alebo slovenské vydanie: zatiaľ nie je 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.24

"Don’t have a best friend that’s a girl" — this was the advice from my older cousin. I didn’t take it. Because he followed with, "friends don’t f*ck friends. And you’ll want to f*ck her." 
It was terrible advice.
My cousin should’ve told me that being best friends with Baylee Wright — since she was twelve — would be the best and worst decision of my life.
He should have told me to protect her from what was coming.
He should have told me that when a darkness crawled towards us, there’d be no safety net.
Now I’ve signed back on to the same Vegas acrobatic show as Baylee, working together for the first time in years. And she tells me that she’s having trouble in a certain “area” of her life — because of our past.
“You can help me fix it,” she says. And then she hands me a list.

“Circus is family.”

Genre Challenge #7

Ani tento mesiac som nečítala žiadnu špeciálnu knihu do tejto výzvy. Hlavne preto, že som za posledný mesiac prečítala niekoľko kníh, ktoré do tejto kategórie spadajú. Niektoré z nich som vybrala, aby som vás mohla inšpirovať. Snáď vás niečo z toho zaujme.

Zámerom tejto výzvy je každý mesiac prečítať knihu iného žánru.

Originálny článok o výzve nájdete na GR.

Geekovia sveta, spojte sa! | Geekerella

Autor: Ashley Poston 
Názov: Geekerella 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: zatiaľ nie je 
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.13

Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter. The prize? An invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball, and a meet-and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation Prince Carmindor in the reboot. With savings from her gig at the Magic Pumpkin food truck (and her dad’s old costume), Elle’s determined to win… unless her stepsisters get there first.
Teen actor Darien Freeman used to live for cons—before he was famous. Now they’re nothing but autographs and awkward meet-and-greets. Playing Carmindor is all he’s ever wanted, but the Starfield fandom has written him off as just another dumb heartthrob. As ExcelsiCon draws near, Darien feels more and more like a fake—until he meets a girl who shows him otherwise.

“When you can't win the fight, you get bigger guns."

Na polceste k zmene | Flame in the Mist

Autor: Renée Ahdieh
Názov: Flame in the Mist (slov. Plameň v hmle)
Séria: Flame in the Mist (slov. Plameň v hmle)
Diel: prvý 
Slovenské alebo české vydanie: CooBoo, 2018 (SR)
Hodnotenie na GR: 4.05

At just seventeen years old, Mariko is promised to Minamoto Raiden, the son of the emperor's favorite consort—a political marriage that will elevate her family's standing. But en route to the imperial city of Inako, Mariko narrowly escapes a bloody ambush by a dangerous gang of bandits known as the Black Clan, who she learns has been hired to kill her before she reaches the palace.
Dressed as a peasant boy, Mariko sets out to infiltrate the ranks of the Black Clan, determined to track down the person responsible for the target on her back. But she's quickly captured and taken to the Black Clan’s secret hideout, where she meets their leader, the rebel ronin Takeda Ranmaru, and his second-in-command, his best friend Okami.
Still believing her to be a boy, Ranmaru and Okami eventually warm to Mariko, impressed by her intellect and ingenuity. As Mariko gets closer to the Black Clan, she uncovers a dark history of secrets, of betrayal and murder, which will force her to question everything she's ever known.

“You don't know the beginning of me. And... you will never see the end.”