Literatura Nacional: Enderson Rafael

Os enturmados com o mundo dos blogs literários provavelmente já devem saber o quanto a Literatura Nacional vem mudando, inovando e chamando a atenção de muitos jovens leitores. Enderson Rafael, autor de Todas As Estrelas do Céu, é apenas um dos escritores daquela a qual podemos agora nomear "Nova Literatura Jovem Brasileira". Ainda não tive a oportunidade de ler seu romance de estreia, mas consigo contar nos dedos (ou nem isso) as vezes que li alguma reclamação ou crítica negativa acerca deste. E, sim, não vejo a hora de comprar o meu exemplar do "Todas".

Sinopse

Podem dois irmãos adotivos se apaixonarem um pelo outro?

Caroline e Leandro são dois adolescentes de uma bem resolvida família de classe média, ele adotado, ela filha biológica do casal Marco e Lúcia. Diante dos conflitos da adolescência, do colégio, do vestibular, ambos se vêem diante de mais um dilema: um amor impossível e todas as consequências da busca pela felicidade ao lado da pessoa amada. O desafio dos dois em entenderem o que passa consigo mesmo, em enfrentar os pais, a sociedade e sua própia consciência é exposta neste romance honesto, ágil e de final surpreendente.

Todas As Estrelas do Céu: Uma obra polêmica e doce ao mesmo tempo, com um tema inusitado, falado de igual para igual com os jovens ou mesmo para quem já passou da adolescência.

Assistam ao booktrailer do livro aqui.

Além do "Todas", o Enderson finalizou e agora quer publicar seu segundo romance, Três Céus. A Priscila, blogueira do Bookaholic, lançou um post de apresentação de Três Céus com uma campanha para que os direitos de publicação do livros sejam comprados o mais rápido possível.

Sinopse

Três Céus, um romance nas alturas.
O jovem comissário de voo Lucas Luchesi está de mal com a empresa e em busca do amor da sua vida. Já Patrícia Milano é a típica garota do interior que vê sua chance de ganhar o mundo tornando-se aeromoça na cidade grande. As preocupações do comandante Fernando Villas são bem outras: salvar seu casamento. Levando suas vidas a novecentos quilômetros por hora e doze mil metros do chão, estes três personagens se descobrirão numa rotina que só os aviões podem proporcionar, sem saber que seus destinos convergem para um encontro de tirar o fôlego.

Para que este sonho torne-se realidade, nós, leitores, precisamos participar mesmo, certo? Existem, logo, diversas maneiras: coloque um dos banners da campanha no seu blog, ou siga o twitter do @tresceus e do autor @endersonrafael e twitte “Eu apoio a publicação de #TRESCEUS, o novo romance de @endersonrafael http://migre.me/1c4TI”, ou ainda adicione o livro na sua estante do Skoob e marque como "quero ler" e "desejado".

Ainda, ao participar da campanha de Três Céus, você estará concorrendo a CINCO exemplares autografados do livro quando publicado. Para registrar sua participação, preencha este formulário. Participem mesmo, gente! Contamos muito com a ajuda de vocês!

ENDERSON RAFAEL
Blog | Twitter | Skoob

TODAS AS ESTRELAS DO CÉU
Site | Twitter | Skoob | Compre!

Book Spotlight: O Clube Mefisto por Tess Gerritsen

O Clube Mefisto
por Tess Gerritsen

Editora Record
Suspense Médico
400 páginas
Setembro/2010

PECCAVI — A palavra em latim está escrita com sangue... Eu pequei.

Velas, um círculo desenhado com o que parecia ser giz vermelho e uma série de outros símbolos misteriosos compõem o cenário onde Lori-Ann Tucker foi brutalmente assassinada. A detetive Jane Rizzoli e a patologista Maura Isles são chamadas à cena do crime. Mas elas não imaginam o que encontrarão pela frente: um inimigo muito mais perigoso do que qualquer outro que já tenham enfrentado, alguém cujo trabalho está apenas começando.

Durante a investigação, a policial Eve Kassovitz, que também trabalhava no caso, é encontrada morta. Ao que parece, os crimes estariam relacionados a rituais satânicos, e um detalhe indica o principal suspeito: o corpo da segunda vítima foi encontrado no jardim da mansão de Antony Sansone, um poderoso homem, membro da intrigante Fundação Mefisto, organização que estuda as forças ocultas.

Com a descoberta do cadáver na casa de Sansone, acredita-se que algo maligno está por trás dos assassinatos, e logo todos na fundação começam a temer seu próprio objeto de estudo. Será que o maníaco assassino está entre eles? Ou eles inadvertidamente convocaram das trevas uma entidade maléfica? Profundamente envolvidas no caso mais misterioso e incomum de suas carreiras, Maura e Jane embarcam em uma jornada aterradora em direção ao mal.

Pré-venda*: Livraria Saraiva | Livraria Cultura**
*Disponibilidade de envio: 15/09/2010
**Ganhe 10% de desconto ao finalizar a compra de O Clube Mefisto através deste link.

Todos já devem saber o quanto eu adoro os livros da autora Tess Gerritsen de tanto que eu posto resenhas e recomendo-os para quem vem falar comigo. Já fiz alguns viciadinhos nesses livros maravilhosos, e aí vem mais uma história, a oitava da série Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles para nos prender!

Não percam esse lançamento caso já tenham lido os volumes já publicados no Brasil pela Record! Além disso, após ter lido pelo menos um deles, também vá correndo assistir à série de TV recentemente lançada nos Estados Unidos pelo canal TNT: são casos diferentes, mas com as personagens muito bem elaboradas!

Próximos lançamentos da autora pela Editora Record:
Corrente Sanguínea (Bloodstream) — Janeiro/2011
Vida Assistida (Life Support) — Agosto/2011

Book Spotlight: The Thirteenth Chime by Emma Michaels

The Thirteenth Chime
Series: Sense of Truth
Author: Emma Michaels
Genre: Young Adult/Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Bokheim Publishing
Release Date: August 13th, 2010

No one knew of its existence until it was removed from the attic upstairs. In a beautiful house that overlooks the sea, an antique clock has the power to change the course of their lives.

The power the clock resonates will not only force Destiny and ex-boyfriend David on a journey into the depths of one man's mind long dead, but into the mind of a man filled with hatred and bent on revenge.

With the only clues to the nature of the clock having disappeared into the sea, Destiny and David must retrace the steps the man had taken into the darkness, before they fall prey to the trap he had set in motion over half a century ago.

Hatred never dies.

I'm not sure if you realized it, but The Thirteenth Chime is going to be released on Friday the 13th. This is creepy, huh? So does the cover, also gorgeous and mesmerizing.

Well... Early today, Emma Michaels stopped by my blog and informed me about her debut novel, The Thirteenth Chime. As a blogger turned author, she needs our support, right? That's one of the reasons why I'm so glad to introduce you The Thirteenth Chime (if you haven't heard about it yet!), which I've recently been seeing a lot around the blogosphere.

That said, I hope you to get familiar with it, since there is an interview with the debut author Emma Michaels coming out later here on the blog. And, please, check her blog for more information about The Thirteen Chime!

Find The Thirteenth Chime
Blog
Website (Under Construction)
Goodreads
Facebook
Skoob (especially for Brazilian readers)

Find Emma Michaels
Twitter
Facebook
Website

Upcoming: Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus

Shadow Hills
By Anastasia Hopcus

Publisher: Egmont USA
Release Date: July 13, 2010
Pages: 400

Synopsis

After her sister Athena's tragic death, it's obvious that grief-stricken Persephone "Phe" Archer no longer belongs in Los Angeles. Hoping to make sense of her sister's sudden demise and the cryptic dreams following it, Phe abandons her bubbly LA life to attend an uptight East Coast preparatory school in Shadow Hills, MA -- a school which her sister mysteriously mentioned in her last diary entry before she died.

Once there, Phe quickly realizes that something is deeply amiss in her new town. Not only does Shadow Hills' history boast an unexplained epidemic that decimated hundreds of its citizens in the 1700s, but its modern townies also seem eerily psychic, with the bizarre ability to bend metal. Even Zach -- the gorgeous stranger Phe meets and immediately begins to lust after -- seems as if he is hiding something serious. Phe is determined to get to the bottom of it. The longer she stays there, the more she suspects that her sister's untimely death and her own destiny are intricately linked to those who reside in Shadow Hills.

Watch Shadow Hills' Trailer:

Read Shadow Hills' 1st Chapter here.

Win a SIGNED finished copy of Shadow Hills here.

About the author: Anastasia Hopcus wrote her first book in the 2nd grade. It was titled Frederick the Friendly French Ferret and was seven pages long. During high school she wrote numerous short stories and started (but never finished) three screenplays, all as an alternative to doing actual schoolwork. At the very wise age of twelve her career ambition was to drive a Mack truck, but when that didn't pan out, she tried acting, bartending, and being a receptionist in a dojo before finally returning to writing. Anastasia loves horror movies, Joss Whedon, obsessing over music, and British accents. She lives in Austin, Texas, and Shadow Hills is her debut novel.

Where you can find Anastasia:
Blog | Twitter | Goodreads | Facebook

Where you can find Shadow Hills:
Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Book Depository

Upcoming: The Forbidden Sea by Sheila A. Nielson

I had been waiting for ages for the release of The Forbidden Sea by Sheila A. Nielson and I cannot believe it's finally coming out.

So, if you, like me, is dying to get the opportunity to read this book, I'm sure you're love to enter the giveaway the author Sheila A. Nielson herself is hosting over her blog. All you have to do is click here, read the rules and get your entry. Time is precious and you have only until July 1st to enter.

Author: Sheila A. Nielson
Release Date: July 1st 2010
Publisher: Scholastic Press

When Adrianne comes face-to-face with the mermaid of Windwaithe Island, of whom she has heard terrible stories all her life, she is convinced the mermaid means to take her younger sister. Adrianne, fierce-willed and courageous, is determined to protect her sister from the mermaid, and her family from starvation. However, the mermaid continues to haunt Adrianne in her dreams and with her song.

Yet, when the islanders find out about Adrianne's encounters with the mermaid she is scorned, for this small and superstitious community believes the mermaid will bring devastation to the island if Adrianne does not give herself to the sea.

A powerful and lyrical story of one girl who must choose between having everything and having those she loves.

Good luck!

Upcoming: Delirium by Lauren Oliver

I hope you all have already read my review of the full-of-awesomeness Lauren Oliver's debut novel Before I Fall. But, if you haven't, I'm sure you have at least heard of this. And, well, there's another book by the amazing Lauren Oliver coming on February 2st, 2011 already -- DELIRIUM (HarperTeen) and I'm more than happy to introduce you this.

They say that the cure for love will make me happy and safe forever. And I’ve always believed them.

Until now.

Now everything has changed. Now, I’d rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years suffocated by a lie.

Lauren Oliver’s powerful second novel is a stunning tale of star-crossed romance, set in a world where love is forbidden.

Synopsis (from the ARC): Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that one love -the deliria- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the governments demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.

But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.

I also hope most of you get the opportunity of reading this book, which I'm very excited to. By the way, you can win an ARC from Rebecca from Vicarious Reader if you go there on her blog and get your entries. The giveaway is open internationally and will end on June 25th. If you say I referred you, you get +3 entries as well. So, go!

BUT, if you can't wait, read an EXCERPT here.

Have questions to ask Lauren? I'm going to interview her, so send me and she will probably answer them.

Note: the cover of the ARC of DELIRIUM image is from Traveling ARC Tours.

Upcoming: Radiance by Alyson Nöel

The author Alyson Noel just posted on her Twitter about The Immortals spin-off series. The first book's called Radiance and it's about Riley and Buttercup.

Release Date: August 31, 2010

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Immortals comes a new middle-grade series featuring Ever’s younger sister, Riley.

Welcome to the Here and Now.

Riley Bloom left her sister, Ever, in the world of the living and crossed the bridge into the afterlife—a place called Here, where time is always Now. Riley and her dog, Buttercup, have been reunited with her parents and are just settling into a nice, relaxing death when she’s summoned before The Council. They let her in on a secret—the afterlife isn’t just an eternity of leisure; Riley has to work. She’s been assigned a job, Soul Catcher, and a teacher, Bodhi, a curious boy she can’t quite figure out.

Riley, Bodhi, and Buttercup return to earth for her first assignment, a Radiant Boy who’s been haunting a castle in England for centuries. Many Soul Catchers have tried to get him to cross the bridge and failed. But he’s never met Riley...

Another Alyson Noel's book to put on my 2010 wishlist. This one has a sensible, beautiful cover. Loved it. What do you think about that?

Upcoming: Dark Flame (The Immortals #4) by Alyson Nöel

Alyson Nöel launched today in her Facebook page the cover and the synopsis of Dark Flame, the forth book of The Immortals series, which comes out in July 6th, 2010.

In this eagerly awaited continuation of the bestselling Immortals series, Ever struggles to help her best friend Haven transition into life as an immortal—trying to keep her from doing anything that puts them at risk, while attempting to gain control over her enemy Roman, so she can finally obtain the antidote that will allow her and Damen to be together.

But when the spell she casts backfires, resulting in a strange, foreign pulse that binds her to Roman instead, Ever turns to Jude and dark magick, desperately attempting to break free of the curse, and ultimately risking everything she knows and loves—including her beloved Damen.

Although I have nearly hated Shadowland, I'm getting excited for Dark Flame. I think that maybe Alyson can turns my hate into love. I hope she brings Jude closer to Ever... Or gives him more... Notability?

What I though about the cover? Loved. I think that, different from the story, all the covers are stunningly beautiful. All of them! Synopsis? Liked. This one sounds great, like Shadowland's, which doesn't mean it's going to be amazing, you know? I only have hopings.
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