Det är så många bra böcker som kommer släppas under det här året. Här har jag sammanställt de jag ser fram emot under månaderna januari-mars.
tisdag 31 januari 2023
Mina mest efterlängtade boksläpp januari-mars 2023
måndag 30 januari 2023
Recension av Circe
Författare: Madeline Miller
Antal sidor: 393
Goodreads beskrivning
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and
mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange
child--neither powerful like her father nor viciously alluring like her
mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers
that she does possess power: the power of witchcraft, which can
transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.
Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.
But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love.
Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.
But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love.
Mina åsikter
Det här råkar vara en av de böcker jag läste en ganska stor del utav och sedan av någon oförklarlig anledning lade ifrån mig. Den här boken var mycket snabbläst och jag älskar att läsa böcker som innehåller grekisk mytologi, hjältar och gudar. Boken var riktigt spännande och intressant. Det faktum att Circe håller på en del med magi gör naturligtvis det hela ännu bättre. Circe är därtill en stark kvinnlig huvudkaraktär, vilket alltid ger ett plus i min bok.
Mitt betyg
Boken får 4 av 5 stjärnor i betyg.
söndag 29 januari 2023
Recension av Malice
Författare: John Gwynne
Antal sidor: 672
Serie: The Faithful and the fallen, bok 1
Goodreads beskrivning
A black sun is rising …
Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors under King Brenin’s rule, learning the art of war. He yearns to wield his sword and spear to protect his king’s realm. But that day will come all too soon. Only when he loses those he loves will he learn the true price of courage.
The Banished Lands has a violent past where armies of men and giants clashed shields in battle, the earth running dark with their heartsblood. Although the giant-clans were broken in ages past, their ruined fortresses still scar the land. But now giants stir anew, the very stones weep blood and there are sightings of giant wyrms. Those who can still read the signs see a threat far greater than the ancient wars. Sorrow will darken the world, as angels and demons make it their battlefield. Then there will be a war to end all wars.
High King Aquilus summons his fellow kings to council, seeking an alliance in this time of need. Some are skeptical, fighting their own border skirmishes against pirates and giants. But prophesy indicates darkness and light will demand two champions, the Black Sun and the Bright Star. They would be wise to seek out both, for if the Black Sun gains ascendancy, mankind’s hopes and dreams will fall to dust.
Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors under King Brenin’s rule, learning the art of war. He yearns to wield his sword and spear to protect his king’s realm. But that day will come all too soon. Only when he loses those he loves will he learn the true price of courage.
The Banished Lands has a violent past where armies of men and giants clashed shields in battle, the earth running dark with their heartsblood. Although the giant-clans were broken in ages past, their ruined fortresses still scar the land. But now giants stir anew, the very stones weep blood and there are sightings of giant wyrms. Those who can still read the signs see a threat far greater than the ancient wars. Sorrow will darken the world, as angels and demons make it their battlefield. Then there will be a war to end all wars.
High King Aquilus summons his fellow kings to council, seeking an alliance in this time of need. Some are skeptical, fighting their own border skirmishes against pirates and giants. But prophesy indicates darkness and light will demand two champions, the Black Sun and the Bright Star. They would be wise to seek out both, for if the Black Sun gains ascendancy, mankind’s hopes and dreams will fall to dust.
Mina åsikter
Den här boken var så himla bra och beroendeframkallande! Jag var fast från första sidan tack vare de invecklade karaktärerna som jag fullkomligt älskade! Jag gillar det faktum att inte alla karaktärerna är så svart på vitt om de är onda eller goda. Samt att man faktiskt får följa berättelsen även ur de "bad guys" perspektiv, det får man inte ta del av för ofta i andra böcker. Vi får ta del av magi, elementals och man får stundtals lite game of thrones-känsla, vilket inte är så konstigt då jag senare såg att det är en av Gwynnes inspirationer. Man bör vara medveten när man går in i den här boken att man får läsa om väldigt mycket ond bråd död (speciellt när det kommer till hundar). Det är krig och bråk och svek åt höger och vänster! Boken fick mig dessutom stundtals att bli tårögd och det är inte lätt gjort det kan jag säga!
Boken var tack vare alla dessa punkter otroligt snabbläst och det slutade med att jag läste 331 sidor på en enda dag och det fysiskt! Jag ser verkligen fram emot att läsa bok två i serien så snart som möjligt!
Mitt betyg
Boken får 5 av 5 stjärnor....HALLÅ LÄS DEN!
söndag 22 januari 2023
My most disappointing reads of 2022
I år gav jag faktiskt ingen bok en 1:a eller 2:a i betyg, vilket jag finner väldigt intressant. Men likväl valde jag att göra denna video för att prata om de böcker som jag hade lite för höga förväntningar på i förhållande till vad jag fick ut ifrån dem.
torsdag 19 januari 2023
December wrap up | 2022
Det blev verkligen inte många böcker lästa den här månaden, men det jag hann med att läsa var definitivt riktigt bra!
tisdag 10 januari 2023
Recension av Romancing mr Bridgerton
Författare: Julia Quinn
Antal sidor: 370
Serie: Bridgertons, bok 4
Goodreads beskrivning
Everyone knows that Colin Bridgerton is the most
charming man in London. Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her
best friend's brother for...well, it feels like forever. After half a
lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows
everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret...and
fears she doesn't know him at all.
Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of everyone's preoccupation with the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can't seem to publish an edition without mentioning him in the first paragraph. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same - especially Penelope Featherington! The girl haunting his dreams. But when he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide...is she his biggest threat - or his promise of a happy ending?
Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of everyone's preoccupation with the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can't seem to publish an edition without mentioning him in the first paragraph. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same - especially Penelope Featherington! The girl haunting his dreams. But when he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide...is she his biggest threat - or his promise of a happy ending?
Mina åsikter
Äntligen var det dags att läsa Penelope och Colins historia, den installationen jag verkligen sett fram emot! Den här boken liksom dess föregångare i serien var riktigt snabbläst och beroendeframkallande! Dock så gillade jag den inte lika mycket som jag hade hoppats. Colin beskrivs alltid som glad och att han har långt tålamod, men i den här boken framstod han mest som sur och grinig.
Mitt betyg
Boken får 4 av 5 stjärnor i betyg.
måndag 9 januari 2023
Recension av The Governess game
Författare: Tessa Dare
Antal sidor: 373
Serie: Girl meets duke, bok 2
Goodreads beskrivning
He’s been a bad, bad rake—and it takes a governess to teach him a lesson
The accidental governess.
After her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. However, the girls don’t need discipline. They need a loving home. Try telling that to their guardian, Chase Reynaud: duke’s heir in the streets and devil in the sheets. The ladies of London have tried—and failed—to make him settle down. Somehow, Alexandra must reach his heart... without risking her own.
The infamous rake.
Like any self-respecting libertine, Chase lives by one rule: no attachments. When a stubborn little governess tries to reform him, he decides to give her an education—in pleasure. That should prove he can’t be tamed. But Alexandra is more than he bargained for: clever, perceptive, passionate. She refuses to see him as a lost cause. Soon the walls around Chase’s heart are crumbling... and he’s in danger of falling, hard.
The accidental governess.
After her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. However, the girls don’t need discipline. They need a loving home. Try telling that to their guardian, Chase Reynaud: duke’s heir in the streets and devil in the sheets. The ladies of London have tried—and failed—to make him settle down. Somehow, Alexandra must reach his heart... without risking her own.
The infamous rake.
Like any self-respecting libertine, Chase lives by one rule: no attachments. When a stubborn little governess tries to reform him, he decides to give her an education—in pleasure. That should prove he can’t be tamed. But Alexandra is more than he bargained for: clever, perceptive, passionate. She refuses to see him as a lost cause. Soon the walls around Chase’s heart are crumbling... and he’s in danger of falling, hard.
Mina åsikter
Jag älskade Rosemund och Daisy och deras tokiga upptåg. Dem hade så många olika lekar som ofta handlade om olika sjukdomar eller till och med vakor! Boken var ytterst snabbläst, rolig och innehöll en hel massa banter vilket jag alltid uppskattar i en romance-bok. Det var också stora karaktärsutvecklingar i denna bok, vilket är något jag alltid gillar att se i en bok oavsett genre. Kärlekshistorien mellan Alexandra och Chase växer fram på ett mycket fint sätt. Jag gillade det faktum att Alexandra var mycket självständig och självförsörjande.
Mitt betyg
Boken får 4 av 5 stjärnor i betyg.
söndag 8 januari 2023
Sista book haulen för 2022
Det blev visst lite fler böcker köpta denna månad än jag ursprungligen hade tänkt. Blev väldigt inspirerad till alla reading vlogs som jag ville göra! Får se när allt detta faktiskt går från att vara idé, till genomfört koncept.
lördag 7 januari 2023
Recension av The Starless sea
Författare: Erin Morgenstern
Antal sidor: 498
Goodreads beskrivning
Far beneath the surface of the earth, upon the
shores of the Starless Sea, there is a labyrinthine collection of
tunnels and rooms filled with stories. The entryways that lead to this
sanctuary are often hidden, sometimes on forest floors, sometimes in
private homes, sometimes in plain sight. But those who seek will find.
Their doors have been waiting for them.
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is searching for his door, though he does not know it. He follows a silent siren song, an inexplicable knowledge that he is meant for another place. When he discovers a mysterious book in the stacks of his campus library he begins to read, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities, and nameless acolytes. Suddenly a turn of the page brings Zachary to a story from his own childhood impossibly written in this book that is older than he is.
A bee, a key, and a sword emblazoned on the book lead Zachary to two people who will change the course of his life: Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired painter, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances. These strangers guide Zachary through masquerade party dances and whispered back room stories to the headquarters of a secret society where doorknobs hang from ribbons, and finally through a door conjured from paint to the place he has always yearned for. Amid twisting tunnels filled with books, gilded ballrooms, and wine-dark shores Zachary falls into an intoxicating world soaked in romance and mystery. But a battle is raging over the fate of this place and though there are those who would willingly sacrifice everything to protect it, there are just as many intent on its destruction. As Zachary, Mirabel, and Dorian venture deeper into the space and its histories and myths, searching for answers and each other, a timeless love story unspools, casting a spell of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a Starless Sea.
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is searching for his door, though he does not know it. He follows a silent siren song, an inexplicable knowledge that he is meant for another place. When he discovers a mysterious book in the stacks of his campus library he begins to read, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities, and nameless acolytes. Suddenly a turn of the page brings Zachary to a story from his own childhood impossibly written in this book that is older than he is.
A bee, a key, and a sword emblazoned on the book lead Zachary to two people who will change the course of his life: Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired painter, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances. These strangers guide Zachary through masquerade party dances and whispered back room stories to the headquarters of a secret society where doorknobs hang from ribbons, and finally through a door conjured from paint to the place he has always yearned for. Amid twisting tunnels filled with books, gilded ballrooms, and wine-dark shores Zachary falls into an intoxicating world soaked in romance and mystery. But a battle is raging over the fate of this place and though there are those who would willingly sacrifice everything to protect it, there are just as many intent on its destruction. As Zachary, Mirabel, and Dorian venture deeper into the space and its histories and myths, searching for answers and each other, a timeless love story unspools, casting a spell of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a Starless Sea.
Mina åsikter
Det här var en mycket vackert skriven bok, allting var väldigt tydligt beskrivet. Det sätt den är skriven på påminner lite om Strange the dreamer, samt att vissa detaljer i handlingen också för tankarna dit. Boken var mycket snabbläst och beroendeframkallande. Det krävdes dock väldigt mycket vakenhet och koncentration från mig som läsare för att verkligen ta in vad som skrevs och därmed komma ihåg och nysta i handlingen. Handlingen var häftig, men blev stundtals lite väl komplicerad och därmed svår att hänga med i.
Mitt betyg
Boken får 4 av 5 stjärnor i betyg.
fredag 6 januari 2023
Recension av Northanger abbey
Författare: Jane Austen
Antal sidor: 286
Goodreads beskrivning
Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very
active imagination. Her entry into the fashionable scene in Bath results
in an invitation to stay with new friends at Northanger Abbey, but
Catherine's naivety and love of sensational novels lead to embarrassing
and entertaining consequences.
Mina åsikter
Den här boken hade en mycket intressant handling men fina vänskapsrelationer och mycket drama! Boken var därtill riktigt spännande och jag kunde inte alls ha gissat att boken skulle sluta på det sätt den faktiskt gjorde. Jag gillade såklart också det faktum att karaktärerna läste böcker som dem sedan diskuterade med varandra. Vilket resulterade i ett antal bra citat som handlar om just läsning. Sist men inte minst så var den här boken riktigt snabbläst även fastän det är en klassiker, något som brukar ta mig lite längre tid att läsa.
Mitt betyg
Boken får 4 av 5 stjärnor i betyg.
tisdag 3 januari 2023
Recension av Fruits basket collector's edition vol. 1
Författare & illustratör: Natsuki Takaya
Antal sidor: 399
Serie: Fruits basket collector's edition, vol. 1 eller Fruit basket vol. 1-2.
Goodreads beskrivning
After a family tragedy turns her life upside
down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands
and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new
home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it
isn't long before the owners discover her secret. But, as Tohru quickly
finds out when the family offers to take her in, the Sohmas have a
secret of their own--when embraced by the opposite sex, they turn into
the animals of the Chinese Zodiac!
Mina åsikter
Jag tyckte mycket om illustrationerna i den här serien. Det fanns också diverse fina vänskaper som växer fram under volymernas gång. Men det var också en hel del bråk och våld utan anledning. Jag tyckte också att det kändes töntigt att dem bara förvandlades när någon av motsatta könet kramade dem. Känns som att det hade gått att komma på något mycket häftigare och coolare än det. Det här var en collection edition av de första volymerna i serien och ändå så kändes det som att ingenting hände! Efter ett tag så fick jag tvinga mig själv att plocka upp den så att jag faktiskt kunde läsa klart den någon gång.
Mitt betyg
Denna volym får 1,5 av 5 stjärnor i betyg.
måndag 2 januari 2023
Recension av Emma
Författare: Jane Austen
Antal sidor: 574
Goodreads beskrivning
Emma is young, rich and independent. She has
decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her
acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of
her new friend Harriet, however, lead her into complications that
ultimately test her own detachment from the world of romance.
Mina åsikter
Emma hade stundtals väldigt höga tankar om sig själv och sin förmåga att agera som match-maker. Men jag gillade verkligen det konceptet att hon försökte hjälpa folk hitta kärleken även om det inte alltid gick som förväntat. Karaktärerna var intressanta och det var hela tiden väldigt mycket intriger och drama karaktärerna i mellan. Det hände också en del oförutsägbara saker, som gjorde läsningen väldigt spännande. I det stora hela så var boken mycket snabbläst och beroendeframkallande.
Mitt betyg
Boken får 4,5 av 5 stjärnor i betyg.