Origin \\ Dan Brown

I bought this book as soon as it was out. Dan Brown is on my favorite writers. I love his books. I love the mystery, the adventures, and how plausible his stories are. For me, his books are a complete escape from reality. This always happens to me: I just get completely sucked up into his stories, that I just forget about the world. It took me less than a week to read these 550 pages and when I finished I felt like I had no idea what to do with my life.

I really enjoyed this one in particular. Because it takes place in cities and places I know so very well and that are really dear to my heart...The story is really well thought. It's complex yet I feel like it could be completely true!

The cover kinda of gives away the location -- Yes, it's Barcelona. I lived there for a while, and I've had so many adventures on that beautiful Catalan city. So yeah, while reading this book I could feel and smell that city, and since Dan Brown's descriptions are always so accurate I almost felt like I was the one living this story. It's a great book. Totally recommend.

Astrophysics For People In A Hurry // Neil deGrass Tayson

I love books like this. Simple books that explain complex concepts for ordinary people to understand. I'm a geek, and I'm interested on this stuff. I understand the math behind it, I know most of the physics concepts involved but it's always nice to read a book written by someone that know so much about space and that yet is able to explain it you in the most simple and captivating way.

If you don't know who Neil deGrass Tayson is, well, I don't know what are you doing with your online life. He is an renown astrophysicist how is also an internet sensation -- with his own meme and all! He often apeares on space related documentaries, he presents Cosmos -- a super cool TV Show that everyone should watch -- and he has a science-y talk show where he invites celebrities and where he tries to intersect pop culture with science. It's a really awesome show. And that is -- more or less -- what he does in this book. He explains how the universe was formed, what's is the speed of the light and why is it a barrier, how we know how many years ago dinosaurs stroll the planet, and many many other super interesting things.

It's a small, short book, easy to read. Perfect for an afternoon at the beach. And look at that cover! It's just stunning!

Adulthood Is A Myth // Sarah Andersen

I love random books. Coffee table books. Books that you can just flip trough when you are bored and that just make you laugh. This is one of these books. It's just a bunch of  small comics about this girl and her struggles in life. Funny, comic struggles that we all go trough.  It's funny and random. 

You can see some of Sarah Andersen's work here. It's where I've first found out about her. I liked it so much, that I had to get the book! It's a cheap book -- I bought it on Amazon, I payed like 8$ + shipping. But it's totally worth it.

5 Books Everyone Should Read

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These 5 books are, in my opinion, something everyone should read.
Have you red any of them? Do you agree?

A Casual Vacancy // JK Rowling

My whole life is in English, I speak English every day, I work in English, I even think in English. So I felt the need to something that I've not done in a long time: to read a book in Portuguese

The English version of this book is titled as "A casual Vacancy", an expression that in Portuguese really has no meaningful translation -- maybe "Vaga Acidental". But I have to admit that the title given to the Portuguese version ("A Sudden Dead") is actually very appropriate -- better than the original in my opinion. And if you've read the book, I think you'd agree. Specially because how the book ends. It's sad and it broke my heart. I loved this book! I couldn't put it down for a second. The way Rowling writes, really makes me connect with the caracteres. It's the same when I was reading Harry Potter. I always feel like I know those people.

Throughout the book there are some really messed up situations. But the end is really rough and completely unexpected. It gets to a point where you think that from there it can't get any worse. You are expecting a turning point, where everything gets better. But that doesn't really happen. There's no happy ending in this book. This is definitely not a kids book. This is harsh, and it makes me so sad to think that all the issues addressed in this story, actually happen! The book describes situations from the world that we live in. After reading this, I understand why JK Rowling created the Harry Potter world, full of magic and wonder. A place to escape.