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viernes, 27 de octubre de 2023

My two favourite NaNoWriMo books

 Hi there! I hope you are all doing fine. Are you getting ready for Halloween? I am not much of a fan (except for the candy), perhaps because I don't like horror that much or simply, because I am not American and when that trick-or-treat tradition arrived in my country I was too much of a grown-up. In any case, if you are a fan, I hope you'll have a great time.

What I am really, truly excited about is NaNoWriMo. And, as luck would have it, I remembered a few days ago that on my first year winning it (this is, reaching 50,000 words written in a month on your novel), I won a series of novels either written during the month or inspired by the novelty of their new authors. I will only blog this time about the two I remember to have loved the most, one of them being quite appropriate for Halloween, so here we go.

viernes, 15 de septiembre de 2023

REVIEWING BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: MILO VENTIMIIGLIA (PART 1)

 Hello there! How is your September going? I hope the back-to-the-routine stage is not causing you too much trouble. To take your mind off all that, today I bring you the first part of something I had in mind long before this blog even existed. In fact, it was a YouTube idea, for I saw Jack Edwards doing it, but more in a celebrity book recommendation. 

The thing is: I do not like the use of the word celebrity and what it implies. Especially because my favourite artists are way too far from even calling themselves such a thing. Yes, to some extent, they are, but mostly because of their work.

And this is the case of Milo Ventimiglia. To me, he is the American version of Andrew Scott. They are exactly the same in terms of how to deal with fame, kindness, hard work, and of course, treating fans. I was super happy when in the early stages of my crush on Milo last year I found out such kindness and professionalism along the way and immediately ventured into anything he recommended in an attempt to know him a bit more, especially considering that him living and working mostly LA-based makes of my chances of meeting him and having an actual, normal conversation super slim  (yes, I can act normal in front of the people I admire. The trick? Remembering they are humans beings like me)

And in that adventure, I of course found books. Turns out, Milo loves a good thriller more than anything, but he can read everything. And that is why, one day I sneakily found while he was doing an interview from his work office, a title that caught my attention, looked for the book and... decided to read it. From there, oddly enough he started to verbally recommendating it shortly after I finished it. And then, somewhere else, he recommended another... That I read too.

You won't be surprised: Those books are four and five stars for me. This is why I decided to look for more of his recommendations and make a list of the stories I really felt I could get into. 

For now, I am only going to review these two books. But more is to come (eventually. I am still not in the mood to read, but because I am writing.- And having my first crush on a fictional character, from Parks and Rec, if you must know. So deep I have fallen into this pit *pun intended. If you know, you know* that I even made him a playlist, but that's another story.

Anyway, here we go with the first part of Milo's book recommendations that suited my taste. Remember that, as usual,  the book covers are linked to where you can buy a copy, in case you are interested.