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Leituras de Junho / June reads

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June has been my best reading month of the year so far, not just because I was able to fit in a reasonable amount of reading time but because all the books I have read this month were very good books and I discovered a few new authors that I really liked and will be wanting to read more. So let us take a look at my June reads, one by one: The Fist of God, Frederick Forsyth : I had loved Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal, the first book I read from this author, and also the first one I read through Bookcrossing . So it is no wonder that I also really liked this one. Even though the theme is very different (The Day of the Jackal is about an attempted murder of General de Gaulle and this one is about the first Gulf War and the liberation of Kuwait), they both share an attention to detail, accuracy of information, suspense and a great ability to mix historical facts with a fiction plot, all with a

Festival Literáro de Bragança / Bragança Literary Festival

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Entre 4 e 6 de Junho, realiza-se o Festival Literáro de Bragança. Os detalhes estão aqui . * * * From the 4th of June until the 6th, Bragança hill host a literary festival. You can look at the details here .