August Wrap-Up 2015

 

Böcker lästa:

1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane ~ Neil Gaiman
2. Tiger's Curse ~ Colleen Houck

Påbörjade böcker:
White Cat ~ Holly Black
The Iron Trial ~ Cassandra Clare & Holly Black

Bästa bok:

The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Så himla bra och originel. Gaiman är helt fantastisk på att skriva.

Månadens besvikelse:

Tiger's Curse. En recension kommer förhoppningsvis vara uppe snart, så ni kan läsa om min stora besvikelse där.

Månadens överraskning:

Ingen, riktigt.

Sammanfattning:

Sååå seeegt. Men har börjat komma igång mer mot slutet. Tiger's Curse satte mig i lite av en lässvacka igen, men jag ska nog klara mig.

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Ten Books That Would Be On Your Syllabus If You Taught YA Fantasy 101

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Idag är det tisdag igen. Jag har träningsvärk efter idrotten i skolan. Buhu.

Top Ten Tuesday organiseras av The Broke and the Bookish, en annan bokblogg på engelska. Klicka bara på namnet för att komma till sidan.

Dagens tema är top tio böcker som skulle vara på mitt schema om jag lärde ut YA fantasy 101. Vill inte så gärna bli lärare, men hade jag lärt ut YA fantasy så skulle det helt klart funkat.

  

10. The Lightning Thief ~ Rick Riordan

9. Tankeläsaren ~ Kristin Cashore

8. The Colour of Magic ~ Terry Pratchett

  

7. Miss Peregrines hem för besynnerliga barn ~ Ransom Riggs

6. The Ocean at the End of the Lane ~ Neil Gaiman

5. Daughter of Smoke & Bone ~ Laini Taylor

  

4. Clockwork Angel ~ Cassandra Clare

3. Ögat över månskäran ~ Libba Bray

2. Vicious ~ V.E. Schwab

1. Harry Potter och De Vises Sten ~ J.K. Rowling

The Colour of Magic och Vicious är i och för sig inte YA, men de måste vara med!

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The Book Sacrifice Tag!

Top of the mornin' to whoever's reading!

Our new English teacher is Irish (but he has a disappointingly weak Irish accent), so I'm trying to get familiar with the Irishness and stuff. Of course, I take help from Jacksepticeye ;)
Anyway, speaking of YouTubers, today I'm doing a tag that was originally created by a BookTuber on YouTube. Her channel is called Ariel Bissett and she's pretty great, so you should definitely check her out.
The tag is called The Book Sacrifice Tag and instead of celebrating the good books out there, this was made for the bad books that we didn't like. I'm gonna get a few different scenarios and some questions and I'm going to answer them to the best of my abilities.

1) An Over-Hyped book: Let's start this off with a Zombie Apocalypse! Let's say you're in a book store, just browsing, when BAM! ZOMBIE ATTACK! An announcement comes over the PA System saying that the military has discovered that the zombies' only weakness is over-hyped books. What book that everyone else says is amazing but you really hated do you start chucking at the zombies knowing that it will count as an over-hyped book and successfully wipe them out?!
I pick the last book I finished; Tiger's Cruse by Colleen Houck. I had such high expectations for this book, this series, and the reviews on Goodreads looked very positive and it had a high rating and it's rather popular. Plus the story had so much potential, being set in India which could've given the story a sort of uniqueness in the YA world of books. But nope! The main character was infuriating and the rest was just crap. I most likely will not continue on with the series as I've heard the second book doesn't get any better.

2) A Sequel: Let's say you've just left the salon with a SMASHING new haircut and BOOM: Torrential downpour. What sequel are you willing to use as an umbrella to protect yourself?
I'm leaning towards either Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins or Crossed by Allie Condie. But I have a bind-up of the whole Hunger Games Trilogy, so that would mean sacrificing the whole series and that's a big no-no. Therefore I choose Crossed by Allie Condie, the sequel to Matched. This is a dystopian trilogy where I enjoyed the first book, but nothing happened in Crossed. It was so boring! I know the last book is pretty hefty as well, so I won't be finishing this series.

3) A Classic: Let's say you're in a lecture and your English teacher is going on and on about how this classic changed the world, how it revolutionized literature and you get so sick of it that you chuck the classic right at his face because you know what? This classic is stupid and it's worth detention just to show everyone how you feel! What Classic did you chuck?
Now, I haven't read a whole lot of classics. I own a few and I've read even less, but I think I have a good answer. I'll have to pick Dracula by Bram Stoker. While this was a fascinating book to read as a whole, it took ages to get through. It's rather big and almost nothing happens for big parts of it. I really liked the beginning, but then it went downhill from there. I know some sexism is to be expected from classics from so long ago, but I didn't feel comfortable at all when the men were too obvious about the female lead character being weaker because of her gender.
I would feel bad about throwing this at my teacher because it's so big, but what can you do?

4) Your least favourite book of life!: Let's say that you're hanging out at the library when BAM global warming explodes and the world outside becomes a frozen wasteland. You're trapped and your only chance for survival is to burn a book. What is the book you first run to, your least favourite book of all life, what book do you not fully regret lighting?
Oh, such a tricky question! I better pick a big one, don't I, so it burns for longer. Ah, I don't want to pick Tiger's Curse again, so I say The Awakening by L.J. Smith. I despise the whole Vampire Diaries series, but I have to pick one so this'll be it. I wasn't a huge fan of the TV-series, but the books were worse.

So that's it! I hoped you enjoyed and that you never get into any of these situations in real life where you have to sacrifice books.

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Ten Most Dislikeable Characters

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Det är tisdag! Första tisdagen i 9an, det är inte ofta det händer. Längtar tills sommarlov redan!

Top Ten Tuesday organiseras av The Broke and the Bookish, en annan bokblogg på engelska. Klicka bara på namnet för att komma till sidan. Denna tisdags ämne är egentligen top tio auto-buy authors, men jag kom bara på fem-sex stycken.

Därför tänkte jag att eftersom jag inte varit med på det här så länge så kan jag välja en gammal top tio och göra den istället. Jag valde top tio minst omtyckte bokkaraktärer. Det här kommer nog inte bli svårt!

  

10. President Snow ~ Hunger Games

9. Maura Cahill ~ Farlig förmåga

8. The Other Mother ~ Coraline

  

7. Peter Pettigrew ~ Harry Potter

6. Peter Van Houten ~ The Fault in Our Stars

5. Sophie ~ Simon & Sophie

  

4. Isaac ~ The Whispers of the Fallen

3. Elena Gilbert ~ The Vampire Diaries

2. Dolores Umbridge ~ Harry Potter

1. Kelsey Hayes ~ Tiger's Curse

Jepp, ni har härmed blivit varnade. När den kommer till Elena från The Vampire Diaries så menar jag framför allt Elena från böckerna, inte TV-serien. Och vi har två Peter på rad!

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Covers in the World #3: Ingo

British covers 1:

I adore these covers! I like The Tide Knot the least (the cover), but at the same time that's also my favourite book in the series. They really bring forward the feel of the books and are pretty loyal to the contents.

British cover 2:

I wouldn't buy it, but it's kinda pretty with the orange and blues.

British covers 3:

Covers that match are always nice. Thumbs up from me!

Canadian covers:

~Sooooo prettyyyy~

Indonesian covers:

I like the first two, but the others are a bit boring. Nice and atmospheric colours and all fit the contents.

I'm really sorry the resolution for The Deep is so bad, but I honestly couldn't find a better picture. It's supposed to be a whale swimming around in the depths of the ocean. I think...

German covers 1:

I can't decide whether I like them or not. I think maybe I do? Or do I? Ah!

German covers 2:

Oh, I can practically feel the creativity that never went into making these covers. So boring. And what's with the blue lips? First and third covers are basically the same.

Finish covers:

Nope. Keep the aquarium fishes out of my sight, please!

Thai covers:

Once again I'm split. No, I don't like these. It's a gut feeling.

Swedish covers:

Argh, I hate what they did to the cover of The Deep! So ugly compared to the original. Sapphire looks like a giant next to the whale, and she doesn't even look like Sapphire!

Well, this sure was a boost of nostalgia. I'm currently reading the series aloud to my nine-year-old little sister. She's too lazy to read for herself, but I'm trying to get her interested. Harry Potter proved to be a bit boring as she already knew what would happen from the movies. I think we'll wait with those. But she seems hooked on Ingo so far!

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