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O Monteiro Lobato era batatal pra escrever histórias como "Viagem ao céu", cheias de informação sobre um ou vários assuntos (como podemos ver também em outros livros do Sítio). Tenho minhas ressalvas com o autor (muitas), mas Sítio continua no meu coração. Essa série é minha problematic fave.

Peguei esse pra (re)ler depois de ver a maravilha de edição que a Globo lançou pra "Caçadas de Pedrinho". Sou tipo a galera se preparando pra ver Star Wars.

Já comentei O saci em uma outra leitura. As impressões continuam as mesmas, e essa edição da Biblioteca Azul é linda de morrer.

We should all know by now that Greg Rucka is a master storyteller. I was familiar with his work in comic books, but this is my first time reading him like this, in full-text. It was a pretty good introduction, I must say. Before the Awakening is a short tie-in book that presents us to three introductory short stories about the main characters of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh Star Wars film. Rucka manages to use stories that are nothing but introductions, really, to make us sympathize and relate to the characters, even the ones we don't really know beforehand—Devi and Strunk, for example, or even the now infamous stormtrooper FN-2199/Nines. I wouldn't call it a "classic" Star Wars book, but I recommend it if you like the series and/or if you want more information about Finn, Rey, and Poe.

I approached Cujo with curiosity. I wanted to know how Stephen King managed to turn a rabid dog into a killing machine/horror monster. I wanted to know how a woman and a kid locked inside a car could sustain an entire novel. I knew little about it, but what I did know didn't make much sense. It didn't seem possible, you know? Didn't seem doable. To be completely honest, I still don't know how he did it, but he did. This little book kept me on the edge of my seat at all times, and it's probably one of the most disturbing horror stories I have ever read—and I loved every minute of it.

This was the second time I met Jane Austen, and I must say it was a much more pleasant meeting. Not that I disliked Emma, but I did find it to be slow and tiring sometimes—not to say boring—, while Pride and Prejudice was much easier and nicer to read. The fault could be mine, of course, as I already knew Elizabeth and Darcy's love story and promptly read each page anxious to know how the next 'scene'—I had only watched the 2005 adaptation—would be told in text form. I wasn't disappointed.

I fell in love with Austen's characters slowly—with few exceptions. Jane and, especially, Eliza were my favorites, just like in the adaptation. I liked their relationship—their sense of sisterhood—and how they trusted and confided in each other very much. Darcy had to grow on me, as I had forgotten how unpleasant he is when we first meet him, and, as always, I left the story wanting more of Bingley. I am happy to read no more of Mr. Collins, though.

At last, I'd like to leave here this excellent article (in Portuguese) written last year about P&P and Jane Austen: http://homoliteratus.com/jane-austen-nao-tem-relacao-com-o-feminismo-como-assim/

Muito bom. Não esperava, na verdade, gostar tanto de Comba Malina quanto gostei, então foi uma surpresa muito bem-vinda. Penso que, se publicado hoje em dia, esse livro não traria nada de revolucionário para a FC, então até posso entender como alguém poderia achar os contos de CM simples demais ou qualquer coisa que o valha, a julgar pelas outras notas aqui no GR (não... na verdade, não entendo), mas vamos nos lembrar de que Dinah Silveira de Queiroz foi uma autora que escreveu ficção científica digna de qualquer grande nome do gênero no Brasil dos anos 60.

Citando a excelente resenha d'O Baú da FC, "Dinah Silveira de Queiroz escreveu FC como gente grande e para gente grande."

I'm not exactly sure how I should react to this, how I should feel about it. I think that overall I'm just happy I knew the whole story beforehand, because it sure saved me a lot of disappointment. Gods, this play is definitely not good. Don't get me wrong, I haven't seen it live, and I bet the cast is really great and all, but... really? This plot?

Spoiler

Time travel? Voldemort's daughter?

Come on. It feels like a bad Disney sequel.

Having said that, well—
Is it awful? Y-yeah, kinda... but—I love Draco and Scorpius Malfoy so much, though; I'm not even mad I read it. Fine, I did get mad at first. When I first read the spoilers, I was angry and—I don't know—Harry Potter was (IS) a huge part of my life, and I felt wronged. Can you blame me? Read this book—no, read it. Then answer: can you blame me? I bet you can't.

Reading the script now, ages (one month? I think) after getting to know its whole story on the internet, is... eh? What to do? I was hoping it wouldn't be true; it is. It exists, it's out, I can't do one thing about it, and that's that. Draco and Scorpius both have some great scenes, and they made me happy. Albus is a sweetheart. I can't say it was a bad read. It's... okay now. It's bad fanfic, and I'm never going to accept it as my HP canon, but I'm trying to keep it positive here.