Book Traveling Thursdays: Bookish Siblings

Hello, welcome back to another Book Traveling Thursdays, which a weekly meme created by Cátia @The Girl Who Read Too Much and Danielle @Danielle’s Book Blog. The goal is to share the covers of a book related to that week’s theme, which you can see at the Goodreads group, indicating the original cover, the one of your country, your favorite and least favorite.

This week’s theme is “National Siblings Day is a few days away. Choose a book that has your favorite bookish siblings“. One of my favorite pair of siblings it’s the Lightwoods, from The Mortal Instruments. Izzy and Alec are just amazing, and Jace too, because he’s part of the siblinghood there 😉 .

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Original COver:

I’m not a huge fan of this cover, but I did get used to it. I honestly think Sebastian looks a bit weird…

COVER FROM MY COUNTRY (PORTUGAL) & COVER FROM THE COUNTRY I LIVE IN (SPAIN):

                                           

Both Spanish and Portuguese editions share the same cover as the original. I do have to say that I’m not a huge fan of the font they used in the portuguese edition though.

Favorite COVER(s):

                                           

I love the new editions, the UK and the US ones, though I still love the UK one a tiny bit more. They’re so pretty.

LEAST FAVORITE COVER(s):

          

These are my least favorites (in order): Italian, German, Serbian, Polish. The Italian cover is not ugly, it just doesn’t have a thing to do with Shadowhunters. The German is not really my thing, it looks like High Fantasy from the 80’s. The Serbian edition looks like a cheap version of the original cover. And the Polish… well… what even? Is that Clary?

2016 Reading Challenges: First Trimester Update

Hello! As I had said at the beginning of the year, I’m doing 2 reading challenges: the Goodreads Reading Challenge, where I’m aiming for 75 books  and the Popsugar Reading Challenge. I’ll do a quick update here on the state of both challenges.

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Starting with the easier one here… so I set myself the goal of 75 books back in January, and now I’m kind of thinking that I might have to change that. See, It’s the beginning of April, and I’m 43 books ahead of schedule and I’m 83% done with my challenge. So I’m guessing that I should up this challenge soon, because I’ll probably be done this month or in May.

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So far I’ve completed 16 of the 40 categories of this challenge, so I think I’ve been doing good 🙂 . Of course that now the ones left are the hardest, but I won’t think of that.

1. A book based on a fairy tale

2. A National Book Award winner

3. A YA bestseller

4. A book you haven’t read since high school

5. A book set in your home state

6. A book translated to English

7. A romance set in the future

8. A book set in Europe

9. A book that’s under 150 pages

10. A New York Times bestseller

11. A book that’s becoming a movie this year

12. A book recommended by someone you just met

13. A self-improvement book

14. A book you can finish in a day

15. A book written by a celebrity

16. A political memoir

17. A book at least 100 years older than you

18. A book that’s more than 600 pages

19. A book from Oprah’ Book Club

20. A science-fiction novel

21. A book recommended by a family member

22. A graphic novel

23. A book that is published in 2016

24.A book with a protagonist who has your occupation

25. A book that takes place during summer

26. A book and its prequel

27. A murder mystery

28. A book written by a comedian

29. A dystopian novel

30. A book with a blue cover

31. A book of poetry

32. The first book you see in a bookstore

33. A classic from the 20^thcentury

34. A book from the library

35. An autobiography

36. A book about a road trip

37. A book about a culture you’re unfamiliar with

38. A satirical book

39. A book that takes place on an island

40. A book that’s guaranteed to bring you joy