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Is it out yet? #3: The Retribution of Mara Dyer, Michelle Hodkin

May 14, 2013 Is it out yet? 7 Comments Post em Português
Is it out yet? has been loosely inspired on Breaking the Spine’s Waiting on Wednesday, but we decided not to have a specific day for it, and we modified a few details from the original. On Is it out yet? we’ll talk a little bit about a book we’re anxious to be released and why.

Attention! This is the third book of the Mara Dyer trilogy,
so if you haven’t read The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and The Evolution of Mara Dyer yet and don’t want to know spoilers, don’t read this post!

The Retribution of Mara DyerCheck out quotes of my reviews for this trilogy:

“I have to confess The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer left me speechless. After reading so many books in the past few years, it’s difficult not to guess what is going to happen through a story, but Michenlle Hodkin’s debut novel is so awesome that you have no idea how it’s going to end. You try to guess, but it’s like you’re as clueless as Mara during the whole time. And the ending is really good, it leaves you leaning for more.” — The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

“If The Unbecoming left me speechless, The Evolution doubled that. I simply could not see any of the turns that came, page after page, and I have no word better than brilliant to define them!” — The Evolution of Mara Dyer

You can tell how excited I am about this book simply by the fact that I’m doing an Is it out yet? and we don’t even have a summary for it yet!
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Murphy’s favorite books #21: Captive of the Dark, CJ Roberts

May 7, 2013 Murphy's favorite books 4 Comments Post em Português

Murphy’s favorite books is a post to talk about a book or series that we gave up on reading. If you like the idea, please, feel free to share your Murphy’s favorite books too.

Important: This post shows our opinion, and our opinion only. We would like to note that people can (and probably will) like these books for the same reasons we didn’t like it. It’s not a flame, we don’t have the intention of bad-mouth the author or their books. It’s a review, but it is not under the Reviews category because we couldn’t finish reading or took a long time to do it. Sometimes a book that one of us liked can be featured here because the other didn’t like it. Again: it is just our opinion.

Captive in the DarkCaleb is a man with a singular interest in revenge. Kidnapped as a young boy and sold into slavery by a power-hungry mobster, he has thought of nothing but vengeance. For twelve years he has immersed himself in the world of pleasure slaves searching for the one man he holds ultimately responsible. Finally, the architect of his suffering has emerged with a new identity, but not a new nature. If Caleb is to get close enough to strike, he must become the very thing he abhors and kidnap a beautiful girl to train her to be all that he once was.

Eighteen-year-old Olivia Ruiz has just woken up in a strange place. Blindfolded and bound, there is only a calm male voice to welcome her. His name is Caleb, though he demands to be called Master. Olivia is young, beautiful, naïve and willful to a fault. She has a dark sensuality that cannot be hidden or denied, though she tries to accomplish both. Although she is frightened by the strong, sadistic, and arrogant man who holds her prisoner, what keeps Olivia awake in the dark is her unwelcome attraction to him.

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You’ve got mail #78

May 6, 2013 You've got mail 5 Comments Post em Português
You’ve got mail is a post where we share the books that we
bought, won or received for review since the last You’ve got mail.
It’s hosted by The Story Siren with the name In my mailbox.

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May Giveaway — Comments Contest & the Winner of April

May 1, 2013 Giveaways 3 Comments Post em Português

May Giveaway — Comments Contest

It’s giveaway time on Murphy’s Library!

Every time we check our daily pageviews we see that lots of people come to see our blog, read our posts, spend time with our ideas, but don’t share what they think about it with us :(

It’s sad, but we want to change it! How? Every month we will have a giveaway that will show our love for your comments.

Are you in? Check out the terms and conditions:
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Is it out yet? #1: The Fiery Heart, Richelle Mead

April 26, 2013 Is it out yet? 4 Comments Post em Português
Is it out yet? has been loosely inspired on Breaking the Spine’s
Waiting on Wednesday, but we decided not to have a specific day for it,
and we modified a few details from the original. On Is it out yet?
we’ll talk a little bit about a book we’re anxious to be released and why.

Attention! This is the forth book of a series of a Vampire Academy series spin-off,
so if you haven’t read the series, Bloodlines, The Golden Lily, and The Indigo Spell
yet and don’t want to know spoilers, don’t read this post!

The Fiery HeartSydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets—and human lives.

In The Indigo Spell, Sydney was torn between the Alchemist way of life and what her heart and gut were telling her to do. And in one breathtaking moment that Richelle Mead fans will never forget, she made a decision that shocked even her…

But the struggle isn’t over for Sydney. As she navigates the aftermath of her life-changing decision, she still finds herself pulled in too many directions at once. Her sister Zoe has arrived, and while Sydney longs to grow closer to her, there’s still so much she must keep secret. Working with Marcus has changed the way she views the Alchemists, and Sydney must tread a careful path as she harnesses her profound magical ability to undermine the way of life she was raised to defend. Consumed by passion and vengeance, Sydney struggles to keep her secret life under wraps as the threat of exposure—and re-education—looms larger than ever.

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Review: The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

April 23, 2013 Reviews 3 Comments

The Book ThiefIt’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery…

Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.

This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.

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Murphy’s favorite books #20: Pure, Julianna Baggott

April 22, 2013 Murphy's favorite books 4 Comments Post em Português
Murphy’s favorite books is a post to talk about a book or series
that we gave up on reading. If you like the idea, please, feel free to share your
Murphy’s favorite books too.

Important: This post shows our opinion, and our opinion only. We would like to note that people can (and probably will) like these books for the same reasons we didn’t like it. It’s not a flame, we don’t have the intention of bad-mouth the author or their books. It’s a review, but it is not under the Reviews category because we couldn’t finish reading or took a long time to do it. Sometimes a book that one of us liked can be featured here because the other didn’t like it. Again: it is just our opinion.

PureWe know you are here, our brothers and sisters…

Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost—how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers… to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.

Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash…

There are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked: Pures. They are tucked safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy, superior bodies. Yet Partridge, whose father is one of the most influential men in the Dome, feels isolated and lonely. Different. He thinks about loss—maybe just because his family is broken; his father is emotionally distant; his brother killed himself; and his mother never made it inside their shelter. Or maybe it’s his claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome has become a swaddling of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped phrase suggests his mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his life to leave the Dome to find her.

When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again.

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Follow & Feature #51

April 19, 2013 Follow & Feature 5 Comments

Feature and FollowFeature & Follow is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. This week’s featured blog is Words Fueled by Love. Visit it, follow it, it’s an amazing blog!

The question for this week is:

If you could hang out with any author (living) who would it be and what would you want to do?

Guta and Maeva: Oh, that’s a really easy answer: J.K. Rowling! Not just because she changed our lives—she’s the reason we met on the first place!—, but also because we’d love to ask her questions about our favorite characters. And if she wouldn’t be on the mood to tell us details of them, we’d just like to chat with her about anything, that woman is awesome.

If you followed us through GFC and wanna keep posted on our updates, follow us on Twitter, like our page on Facebook or add us to your cicles on G+!

Leave a comment if you hop by and let us know what you think!
If you hop by we’ll try to visit you during the week too :)
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