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* This post might contain affiliated links. To know more visit my Disclaimer page. Christmas is my favourite time of the year and, once you know it, you have flown by from the 1st of December to the 25th. So I’m always looking for ideas to make those 24 days the must magical. On the last two years, I’ve tried to post every day until Christmas (back on my old blog) but it takes a crazy amount of time, preparation and creativity to come up with 24 different ideas. I prefer quality over quantity so I decided to give it a twist. I’m still be going to post every day, but it will be different types of content. From the 1st to the 23rd (only the odd days) I’ll be posting DIYs and from the 2nd to the 24th (only the even days) it will be posting reading updates for …

Author: Dan Brown Publisher: Doubleday Books Year: 2017 Pages: 461 Since I read the Da Vinci Code, 2 years ago, I kept my eye on Dan Brown. Although at the time, I ended up not posting a review of the book, even though, I enjoy it more than I thought I would. When I heard that Dan was releasing another Robert Langon adventure I wasn’t particularly excited. I knew I would like the book, but it wasn’t on the top of my list to buy. When I read the first chapter on the WHSmith blog, it got me hooked. The book takes place in Barcelona, but the first building Langon visits it’s the Guggenheim Museum, in Bilbao. It might not be a big deal for you, but the architect in me got really excited to read this book.

We are more than halfway through November and the days are getting cosier each time. And although I’m up for a mystery at any time of the year, it somehow gets extra special in the cold months. So today I want to talk about different types of mysteries on books, movies/tv series, and games. By different types I mean ways to present the story regardless who’s the murderer or how strange was the crime. So I’m not looking to original crimes for example committed by aliens or the bigfoot – strange choices – what I do care about is how the story develops to the reader/view/gamer. Also, keep in mind that I haven’t read every single mystery book or saw every mystery film/series so I might be missing some. Books Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle are brilliant and timeless authors that bring unique features to the crime-solving department. Doyle …

One thing that you won’t find here on the blog is topics/things that I don’t like to talk about, either if it’s bad or good. If I have something to say I probably will make a post about it. So when a book or a movie excites me I want to make a review because I need to talk. You already know by the title that I saw Murder on the Orient Express and I wasn’t this excited/thrilled/pumped to see a movie in a long time. I had super very high (of the roof) expectations for this movie. I never read any of Agatha Christie’s novels – which I no longer can say – but I watched the ITV Miss Marple series and it changed my life. The unique kind of way telling mystery stories made me fall in love with the author and his creations. I was a little …

It has been a while since I write a post like this. Although I love to chat about books, series, and craft, the posts I more enjoy reading are the ones about life. These are the kind of stories that get you to know the person on the other side of the screen and have a chance to connect with. Most people have their story starting when they were little kids or when they read the first Harry Potter book. Well, I never had that. I never read the HP books and only saw the first movie. So my story took more twist and turns than that. Since I can remember I always liked to read. Although I only committed to it when I was 20 years old. So two years ago! I know I’m such a newbie. I have two books that I associate with my childhood. One being …

I know Autumn started more than a month ago but I can’t avoid posting this DIY. I’m been meaning to do this and putting it off for so long. I love having a hot cup of tea by my side but that also mean cup stains on the table. For the sake of my tables, I wanted to do cute Autumnal coasters to use around this time. I know it’s already November and in 21 days I need to change it for the Christmas decor, but Winter officially starts on the 21st of December so I still have time. I love doing DIYs and this one is a good example of how much work they take. I spend an entire day just taking the photos don’t get me started on tests, pdf versions and drawing. It feels like it took a whole week – not true though. Even though, I …

This post is the first off (hopefully) much more to come about archiving happiness. And to help me with that, I’m going to travel throughout the world to find traditions and/or activities that make people happier. I’m taking this journey through books in order to learn new cultures and people. This time is Denmark, with The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking, the president of the Happiness Research Institute. Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life. Benjamin Franklin Meik ends the book with this quote which I believe sums up not just hygge but how you can conquer happiness in your own life. For me, every single human being as one dream in common, happiness. Although to archive it each one has a different …

* This post might contain affiliated links. To know more visit my Disclaimer page.   Author: Patrick Ness Publisher: Walker Books Year: 2011 Pages: 216 I want to start by giving a pat on the back for all the people that can write big/normal reviews about this book. The only thing I can think of is purity and raw beauty. This is for sure one of the hardest reviews I ever had to do. It has been 2 weeks since I read A Monster Call and the only thing I can say is how beautiful it was. I don’t believe there are words that can describe how great this book was so I’m going to keep this review short. While reading this book you won’t laugh or even smile. You might cry and hate it. But you won’t be depressed or bored. You might wish never to read it again but …

It has been a year since I started doing these monthly wrap-ups. I can’t believe a year has passed already and I haven’t missed any month. They may not be my most viewed posts but are for sure my favourite. I can ramble and talk about books as I’m pleased. There is nothing better. Most importantly, here you can find new books and recommendations. Enough of this intro, time to get back to the post. Noooo!! It’s already the end of October and I haven’t managed to buy any books from Book Depository. I just want to cry. Let me explain. My initial plan was to order around 6 books from Book Depository. Since they are so cheap I can easily buy the double of the books with the same amount of money I would spend in my local store. Books in Portugal are expensive and just to give you …

It all started when I wanted to bake something to celebrate Autumn’s arrival. Around this time of the year, the bakers and the weekend-bakers bring out the big guns to prepare delicious cakes, cupcakes, and cookies with all the pumpkin and spooky themes. Some are pieces of art but, for the common human being, I wanted to do something simple that could give also a nice visual impact. Since around this time pumpkin is the king, I bought a butternut squash. They make delicious soups, roasts and much more, although I wasn’t feeling to do something savoury with it. I wanted to make muffins! After hours and hours of jumping from a recipe to another, I finally found the one I wanted to make. It was easy, just putting everything together, mixed up and ready to go to the oven. Now, this is my kind of recipe! Although since I’ve …

Author: Alex Bell Publisher: Stripes Publishing Pages: 368 Genre: Contemporary Horror, YA Publication: 5th January 2015 After the suspicious death of Sophie’s best friend, Jay. She made her personal quest to try and find out what really happened on that night. To do so, she must spend the summer vacations with their cousins in Scotland. The so-called house used to be an all-girls school that was shut down many years ago.Dangerously surrounded by cliffs, ready to make the next victim, Sophie, Lilias, Cameron, and Piper take the opportunity to know each other better since the last time they were all together Lilias wasn’t born yet. Although Sophie has second intentions and Lilias knows what they are. She knows Sophie brought along with her another cousin. One that shouldn’t be there. The one that died. When I finished this book and updated on my Goodreads, it asked me ‘how do you …