New books!

I was actually supposed to blog last week about my new books (the day after I made my first yt video in fact) but it's been a busy week and my boyfriend was here for a few days too.. anyway..

So yeah! New books! Whoop whoop!

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

The Lie by C. L. Taylor

The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (second book in the Mara Dyer series)

I also got book nr. 18 in a norwegian series called Misteltein (Mistletoe in english) the same day I bought these ones, but in the mail :)

So exited to read them all! (apart from the norwegian one because I finished it in just a few days :P )

I'm still reading the last book in The Century trilogy by Ken Follett so it might take a while before I will do a review on that one. So i guess in the mean time I will write about other books that I've already finished and maybe make some videos.. (already got 3 videos that I haven't edited yet..hopefully they will be up soon!)

And that's it for now!

Bye x

Got some news!

So... I've been thinking about this some time and now I've finally done it! *drum roll* I got myself a youtube channel!

I know! Can't believe it myself! AAHH! So anyway, I'm going to do most of the same things there as I do here. I have to say that it's more awkward to record a video instead of just writing things down. Looking at myself and hearing my own voice..yeah...awkward and the whole editing part which I'm not so good at...I studied graphic design not movie stuff but hopefully I will get better at that too.

I'm pretty sure that I will blog more than making videos because I live at home with my parents and feel a bit uncomfortable talking to myself in front of a camera while they're upstairs and can hear most of the stuff that I would talk about... That means that, when I'm home alone there will most likely be a new video up or I will make a few videos in one day and then upload them when I feel like it :P

If you want to check out my channel then here it is! Come and say hello!

Bye x

Winter of the World - Ken Follett

The second book in The Century trilogy by Ken Follett. This time the story is set to the time around WWII. If you haven't read the first one then you should!

Finally finished this last night..It took me over a month to finish it, but now I'm done and can start on the last book! But first: My thoughts!

The Blurb:
Five interlinked families live out their destinies as the world is shaken by tyranny and war in the mid-twentieth century.

Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Clara von Ulrich struggles to understand the tension disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Many are resolved to oppose Hitler's brutal regime - but are they willing to go so far as to betray their country? Such people are closely watched by Volodya, a Russian with a bright future in Red Army Intelligence.

At Cambridge, Lloyd Williams is irresistibly drawn to dazzling American socialite Daisy Peshkov, who represents everything his left-wing family despise. But Daisy is more interested in aristocratic Boy Fitzherbert - amateur pilot, party lover and leading light of the British Union of Fascists.

In this spellbinding epic, the international clash of military power and personal beliefs will sweep over the world, from Cable Street in London's East End to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, from Spain to Stalingrad, from Dresden to Hiroshima.

My Thoughts:
I enjoyed this book as much I enjoyed the first one! The main characters in this book are the children of the ones that was in Fall of Giants. It was a bit weird reading about their kids and not the people I got to know in the last book, but they were still there in the background so it was ok :P I also have to admit that it took me some time to know which kid belonged to whom, but in the end I started to remember. Apart from the confusions about the new characters, I thought it was as exciting and as thrilling as the other. The main characters get in a lot of danger in this book too and you just sit there and hoping that everything will be alright and that they will survive.

During this book I had tears in my eyes, I was worried about the characters, and I smiled when something bad happened to an annoying person and/or when something good happened to the characters.


5/5

Cinder - Marissa Meyer

This is the first book in The Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer. It's a whole different world with old disney characters brought back to life in whole new ways (if that made any sense). This book is about Cinder (don't have to tell you who she's based of)  and in the other books we meet Scarlett (Little Red Riding Hood), Cress (Rapunzel) and Winter (Snow White). The last book, Winter, was released few weeks ago.

The Blurb:

Cinder,  a gifted mechanic in New Beijing, is also a cyborg. She's reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's sudden illness. But when her life becomes entwined with the handsome Prince Kai's she finds herself at the centre of a violent struggle between the desires of an evil queen - and a dangerous temptation.

Cinder is caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal. Now she must uncover secrets about her mysterious past in order to protect Earth's future.

A forbidden romance.

A deadly plague.

Earth's fate hinges on one girl...

This is not the fairy tale you remember. But it's one you wont forget.

My Thoughts:

I saw this book in a youtube video earlier this year and wanted to check it out. I grew up with the good old disney so I was excited about this one. It's a whole different world with good old disney princesses in an alternative universe. Cinderella is a cyborg who works as a mechanic. The prince is there (and still handsome) and her stepmother is the same. Aaaand there's also the Evil Queen of course. Sooo..what's not to love?  Let's just say that I loved it so much that I had to buy the next two books. (had to wait for the last book since it got released few weeks ago.. :(  I finally got it noow!:D ) The whole story is great and I can easily connect the names in these books with the old characters.

 It would have been awesome if someone made The Lunar Chronicles series into movies.

Anyway.. I fell in love with this series and can't wait to read the last one! And I will most likely read them again some day!

5/5

Still reading

It's been a busy week with baking and decorating christmas cake/cookies with my mum and having my boyfriend staying over for a few days. This also means that I haven't finished reading Winter of the World yet. Hopefully I will finish it by tomorrow evening. In the meantime I will write some more reviews about books I've already read :)

Got nothing else to say other than I still enjoy the book I'm reading and can't wait to read the last book in the The Century trilogy.

See you later!

Bye x