Top Ten Tuesday - Winter TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is: Winter TBR

So happy that we are only a few days from the Christmas weekend. I'm really looking forward to relaxing, have a cozy time with the family and eat good food. We will have a gathering here in our house on Christmas Eve (in Sweden we celebrate the actual Christmas on Christmas Eve :)), my parents are coming and my mother in law and they all will also sleep over. 

Now, over to my Winter TBR, cause I know that is what you are actually is curious about...right?! :)

I don't have a long setup list for the books I want to read next this winter, cause I do read after what mood I'm in and what I feel like for that moment. I don't listen to audiobooks now, cause I can't focus and prefer reading books right now. So, I can only read books from NetGalley and my bookshelf. Also, book review copies from book publishers have a small impact on my TBR. I have 4 books now that I know about and that I can share with you.

 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Joanna Bolouri
A hilarious and heartwarming Christmas comedy.

Her Pretty Bones - Carla Kovach (Netgalley book)
New Thriller by the author of  The Next Girl.


Big Magic - Elizabeth Gilbert
Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.

I'll Be There For You - Kelsey Miller
The definitive retrospective of Friends, exploring all aspects of the show from its unlikely origins to the elusive reasons why we still watch it.

Two fiction and two non-fiction books are my reading plan for the next month ahead. I'm actually starting The Most Wonderful Time of the Year today cause I haven't read any Christmas related books yet and this will actually be my only one this year :) It sounds really sweet, so I'm excited to start this one.

How many Christmas books have you read/will read this year?

Friend Request - Laura Marshall

Happy Friday Bookworms!

Are you looking forward to the weekend?! I'm pretty sure you do :) I've been home with my sick daughter this week, but I will actually work both Saturday and Sunday, cause I do work every other weekend. Now I only have 6 workdays before my holiday break.

I have a book review for you and this book really surprised me.

Friend Request - Laura Marshall 


This book blew me away right from the start. I really didn't know much about it, but I was curious and this is pretty new released and translated into Swedish. So I kindly made a request from the book publisher if I could get a review copy of it, and they were nice and send me one :)

This was such a "bladvändare", the Swedish word for "I didn't want to put it down". It still took me a few days, of course, to read it, cause there are rarely days where I can read a book in one sitting with a toddler that is home with me when I'm home :) It can happen, but like twice so far that I've managed to read a book in just one sitting. 

But what I mean is that this is the kind of book that I could fly through quickly, cause it was so exciting. It's a Psychological Thriller, so I had this weird, creepy feeling the whole time I was reading it. LOVE IT :)

The ending...I wasn't prepared for it at all. It really was surprising. I still laughing at myself when I think of it, cause I had no idea it was coming. That's why I really loved this book, I couldn't imagine the ending to be like that. Crazy!!

This is a good example of how I wish a Psychological Thriller should be, so I'm so happy I was able to get my hands on a review copy of this. Thanks to Nona.










Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s theme is: Freebie




My book blog has been paused since the summer and I was starting to miss writing about books, cause I still read a lot of course so I haven't stopped just because I haven't been blogging about it for a while :) 
I wanted to join Top Ten Tuesday and this week topic is Freebie, which means anything book-related or not book-related. 


I love to be part of the book community and even if I still have a lot to learn when it comes to book blogging it sure is fun...when I'm motivated which I absolutely am right now. I feel excited to get back into it and can find a great blog schedule that will work great a line with everything else.

To write about books is so much fun, but there is so much more about it. For example, all other great book bloggers who are out there :) I want to share the top on my list of book blogs that I follow and enjoy visiting.

1. Paper Fury 

2. That Artsy Reader Girl

3. BooksNest

4. Jenniely

5. Smart Bitches Trashy Books

I could go on with a longer list, but these 5 are on my top list of favorite book bloggers but believe me when I say I sure enjoy so many more great blogs :) I follow many more than these. 

As I said, I really looking forward to moving along with my blog and I really hope to stay this time and not let myself get too overwhelmed and pressured, cause it really takes away the fun part of blogging. So I will work on a nice blog schedule for me and this blog so I will be able to share nice content, book reviews, book tips and so on a hopefully regular basis.

As to maybe ask for some feedback, I'm curious how often you update your book blog and what feels like a fair and good number of posts in a week? :) You are also welcome to share your favorite book blogger/bloggers below.





The Sunday Post

Hope your week has been good. I've had a good week and I think the two biggest events is that our daughter had her 9th birthday and we've switched bed for our 2-year-old. She has moved out from her crib and now she has a junior bed :) Our girls are getting bigger ♥

Another small thing is that I'm trying to start a book journal, where I write down all books I've read, tbr list, author pages (with information) with my favorite authors and lists with all the books they've written. I will also write review pages of books that I've enjoyed a lot, like 4 and 5 stars books :)

I found inspiration for a journal like this on Facebook and it looked like fun to create and to keep for yourself. Do you have a book journal?

Time for the Wrap Up for week 27!



A Book I've Finished

Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen. I truly loved this book and by reading this I feel pretty hooked by the author and can't wait to read more from her.

Book I'm Currently Reading

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bannett. I'm a little over 100 pages in this book and like it so far. A book who is great to read during the summer.

The Audiobook I'm Currently Listening To

Right now I'm listening to another Colleen Hoover book called Maybe Someday. I just started this audiobook, but as the other two that I've listened to by her, I think this won't be less good :)

Bookstagram Account I Like

@bokelskerinnen is a person/account that I've followed for awhile and she reads a lot of darker books, like crime, thriller, and mystery. She as a pretty and an appealing account and really glad I've connected with her.

Book Review

This week I posted a review for Saint Anything which also was the book that I was able to finish this week :) If you want to check it of you can find the review here.

Favorite Booktube Video

For this week I have to say it is the June Book Haul from the channel Books and Smiles. Really like to get tips of books I've not heard of before.

New Book I Got This Week

I had a great luck to get two new books in the mail this week and I got them for free :) 


Kyssfaktorn is the Swedish copy for The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang and I knew I was getting this as I did request this review copy, but still, it is just as fun to open those book packages. I do have this already in English, but I was eager to get it as it is just released in Sweden :)

Demonviskaren is a fantasy sequel by the Swedish author Lovisa Wistrand which I connected with on Instagram. I have the first book called Drakviskaren and I still haven't finished that one, cause these books are big :) But I've picked up Drakviskaren again and will finish it so I can continue with Demonviskaren.

I wasn't prepared to get Demonviskaren, so I was really surprised when I got it ♥

Let's Chat

Now I'm curious to know if you follow any bookish accounts on Instagram you would like to recommend?



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A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. This is your news post, so personalize it! 





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Saint Anything - Sarah Dessen

Happy Wednesday to you and I can't believe we already are in the month of July. I'm happy for it cause it means that my vacation is close :)
I have a new book review and recommendation for you today.


My Thoughts

I've heard, watched reviews of her books of a booktuber I follow who love Sarah Dessen books and seen her books time to time but until last week, I hadn't still read anything by her. Now I feel a little ashamed, cause I can't see why I've waited so long :)

For June I made an order of 4 of her books in Swedish copies and Saint Anything is the first book I've finished and read by Sarah Dessen for now and I honestly loved it. A wonderful story which is both sad and happy. 

And I can recommend you to not read this while you are hungry, cause the name pizza is mentioned a lot of times :) 

A great first summer read for me and I highly recommend it for anyone to read if you love contemporary books. It sure will be a book that will be stuck in my mind for some time. I'm pretty sure that Sarah Dessen is a favorite author of mine now and I can't wait to pick up another book by her ♥

My rate is 5 by 5



June Book Wrap Up

Let's give a warm welcome to July. Been looking forward to this month for a while, since soon my summer vacation will start :) I work until July 20 and then I'll have 5 long weeks of a summer break.

Now, let's talk about books and I would love to share what I have been reading through the last month, so this is my June book wrap up.


Everland by Wendy Spinale (4 stars of 5)
Need To Know by Karen Cleveland (4 stars of 5)
An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir (3 stars of 5)
Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen (5 stars of 5)


Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (5 stars of 5)
Beartown by Fredrik Backman (3 stars of 5)
Listen To Your Heart by Kasie West (3 stars of 5)
To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo (2 stars of 5)

So, this is my collection of 8 books that I read in June.

How many books did you read in the month of June? :)


The Sunday Post

Happy Sunday readers, hope your week has been great. My week as pretty chill as I was at home 2 days from work as my little girl wasn't feeling well, so mostly I just enjoyed the great summer weather we've been having :) 
But this weekend has been my work weekend (I work every other weekend beside from a few days a week), so the weekend has been busier for me. 

Time to do a nice wrap up for week 26 ♥



A Book I've Finished

Everland by Wendy Spinale I listen to on audiobook and I'm glad I started this nice trilogy that is a Peter Pan retelling. Really enjoyed it.


Book I'm Currently Reading


I'm reading right now Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen and I've read 298 pages of 417, so I think I will finish it pretty soon cause it's a book that I've been able to read fast.

The Audiobook I'm Currently Listening To

I started this week the audiobook The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert. I've had my eye on this book for a while and it's been on my Goodreads tbr list, so a couple of days ago I just decided it is time to check it out :)

Bookstagram Account I Like

@kimmersbook is a pretty new account for me as I discovered him a few days ago. But I like what he is doing as he features other bookstagrammers pictures on his account and link to them. So that's nice and it's a good way for his followers to find new great accounts.

He also does a lot of Insta stories live and have a podcast :)

Book Review

This week book review I published is for the book Need To Know by Karen Cleveland and you can find the review here.

Favorite Booktube Video

Bookables is a Youtube channel by Heather and I've followed her since last year and always enjoy watching her stuff :) Booktube is my favorite kind of videos.
One of the videos she posted this week is about her giving some summer read recommendations and you can watch the video here.

New Book I Got This Week

A book that I got in the mail this week that I bought with several other books this month is The Hating Game by Sally Thorne. Wanted to read it since I first heard of it and it's a great book to read now in the summer (that's what I've heard :)), so I just had to order it and I'm saving it cause I want to read it when my summer vacation starts from week 30.

Let's Chat

Now I'm curious to hear what book you finished this week and what your current read are? 



The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly@Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share News. 
A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we 
have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. This is your news post, so personalize it! 



                
Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer, where you answer a question and join a "hop". The purpose is to help bloggers discover and get to know one another.

This week's question is from Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews:

Do you have an Instagram account? If so, do you only follow book folks?

I do have a personal account where I post more family life and lifestyle. But I also have a Bookstagram account where I only share my obsession about books and I only follow other bookish people on that account. My Bookstagram account is @latteandabook.






Need To Know - Karen Cleveland

It's Wednesday and I have a new book review to share with you today, a book that I flew through.




My Thoughts

This is the first CIA and spy kind of thriller I've read and when I read saw reviews about it and the synopsis caught me, I just felt that I need to read this one. I requested a review copy of this book translated into Swedish that recently was released and I'm so happy I got it :)

Even if the subject and story are not like what I'm used to reading about, I was pretty sure that I would enjoy this book. I knew it from the first chapter. 

I really felt bad for the character Vivian...I mean, to realize that your relationship is a big lie and with many secrets. We follow Vivian when she has to struggle hard with figuring out her life and what is right and wrong. 
The book comes with several exciting moments that made me just want to keep reading, it was difficult to put it down sometimes :)

My rate is 4 of 5






5 Book series I plan not to finish

This week topic for Top Ten Tuesday which ThatArtsyReaderGirl.com is the founder of is 10 series or trilogies I don't plan to finish. But I actually don't have that many series that I don't plan to finish, so for this week, I had to narrow it down to 5 :)



I started to listen to this series on audiobook and I liked the first one and gave it a 4 star rate, so I continued with the second book. The second book called Crescendo turned out to be more of a 3 star book for me and after that, I wasn't that much into this series. I have no plans to listen to the third book in the near future :)



This one I also listen to on audiobook and I had high hopes for it, but I ended up rating it 3 star and it wasn't a book for me. So, I'm pretty sure I will stop with this first book.



Last year I bought the whole series of 4 books and I ended up reading only the first one. The rest is standing on my shelf and keep staring at me and I have no idea when or if I will ever pick them up and finish the The Iron Fey series :) The first was ok, but it's like I don't feel drawn to continue the series, so I'm pretty sure I won't finish it.

  

It's not that I don't like The Mortal Instruments and I'm still curious about other books by Cassandra Clare, but I don't think I will finish this series honestly. I own the first book and I've listened to 1 or 2 other books in this series on audiobook, but further, than that, I haven't come.

There will always be other book series that appeals to me more, so I don't think I will be able to finish The Mortal Instruments.



Sorry, but I can't take these books anymore. They are so tiring and I was sick of it after the half of the first book. I own 2 of 3 and I know for sure I won't read any more of these :)  I'm not fond of the movies either, but I did give them a chance. 

One part of me can somehow understand why people like them, but my other part can't :)

Here you have it, these 5 book series is probably the one I won't finish or have plans for it in the near future.

Have you completed any of these series and what are your thoughts? 


Beach Reads



Top Ten Tuesday is a recurring list of book lovers/book blogger and thanks to Jana from ThatArtsyReadersGirl.com, I got the chance to find several new bloggers who love books as you get a chance to link your post on her blog when you attend Top Ten Tuesday. So I'll try to attend as often as I can because it would be great to get in touch with more book bloggers :)

The week's topic is "Beach Reads" and for summer and many have begun or are going to go on holiday soon and for me who read a lot, I feel like reading some beautiful summer books that will take place in the summer and easy-going books that are cute, romantic and feelgood.
I would, therefore, like to suggest 10 books that I think are suitable beach reads that I have either read already and can recommend or books that I know are appropriate and that I know I will read.


Do you have any favorite books that are a great choice during summertime?

The Way I Used to Be - Amber Smith

Happy Monday readers, a new week ahead and hope your weekend was awesome. Today I have a review based on a audiobook I listen to at the beginning of May.


Synopsis

In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.

Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes.

What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she’s supposed to tell someone what happened but she can’t. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.

Told in four parts—freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year—this provocative debut reveals the deep cuts of trauma. But it also demonstrates one young woman’s strength as she navigates the disappointment and unbearable pains of adolescence, of first love and first heartbreak, of friendships broken and rebuilt, and while learning to embrace a power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.'

My Thoughts

It started very good and sad for that matters and in the beginning, it felt like a book that I will enjoy listen to. Sadly, after a while I really didn't enjoy it at all cause over and over I had to remind myself that the main character is only a teenager. I started to feel very sad for Eden and as a mother to a 15-year-old son, it was difficult as a mother and I felt very sad for her.

As the book and story went ahead it was like everything went downhill, I was missing something. I mean, where were her parents in all this. It was only about her, her brother, her friends, that boy who raped her. As long as I was listening to the book, the parents weren't included at all. 

I got the feeling and how she acted, it was like Eden was older so that's why I forgot all the time that she is that young :) 

It has great reviews on Goodreads and I can see why younger people like it, it's a YA book and it has a deep topic which I know many can relate to, unfortunately. I couldn't listen to the whole book but the most part and as I can't relate to the character it wasn't a book that stuck with me. 

I give The Way I Used to Be 2 stars of 5.

April Book Haul

Happy Saturday, hope your weekend has been good this far. I'm working this weekend but hope to get some reading done as well.

In April I got some great book packages from different publishers and I'm so thankful for all of them and I'm planning to read them all soon, cause I'm too curious of course :)


Here are the books that I've got, but honestly I did get a couple more but they are only in Swedish now as they are from Swedish authors, so I thought I could skip those in this post as I want to stick to share books that I know most people who read my blog can get access to :) 


This is the list of my April haul with 5 books I've got recently and can't wait to read them. I will make sure not to wait too long with any of them :) As you can see that all of them are Swedish copies and even if I don't mind reading in English, I've been preferring to read in my native language lately cause than I can read a little faster. 

Have you got any good books lately?