TGIF at GReads! #6: Musical Stories

Another TGIF at GReads!

This Friday's Question:

Musical Stories: If you could read a book about any song, which song would you love to see written down in story form?



There's so many songs I would love to see written down! But there's currently few bands that I really adore, especially the lyrics.
I really want to start writing when ever I listen any of these following songs!

Florence and the Machine - Cosmic Love A falling star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes
I screamed aloud, as it tore through them, and now it's left me blind

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart

And in the dark, I can hear your heartbeat
I tried to find the sound
But then, it stopped, and I was in the darkness,
So darkness I became

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart

I took the stars from my eyes, and then I made a map
And knew that somehow I could find my way back
Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too
So I stayed in the darkness with you

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart

..and some Opeth (lyrics here)


..aaand some Von Hertzen Brothers! (lyrics here)


Perhaps some heartbreaking lovestories ;)

TGIF at GReads! #5: Required Reading

Another TGIF at GReads!

This Friday's Question:

Required Reading: Which book from your school days do you remember reading & enjoying?

Is there a book published now that you'd like to see in today's curriculum for kids?

There wasn't so many books we were force to read, but these two were just amazing! I read them in high school, and been meaning to buy them ever since.
If it wasn't for school, I never would've read them, so I really owe thanks to my Finnish teacher Sirkka! :)

Some of the most amazing books I've read were written like a hundred years ago, so I tried to stick with somewhat new books.

I also would like to add Twilight to this category, but if that came true, I probably would be assasinated, so for the sake of my health I left that out.

TGIF at GReads! #4: Book Blogger Pride

Another TGIF at GReads!

This Friday's Question:

Book Blogger Pride: What do you take pride in when it comes to blogging?

Overall, I take pride in everything when it comes to blogging! So it's really hard to specify areas, but guess I can give it a try!

I still suffer a little from that new blogger's syndrome, meaning I doubt myself, a lot.
But little by little I've learned to take pride in any post I make. Especially when it's a review.

Last weekend a new friend of mine told that she would never be able to write a review, no matter how much she would love to do it. Guess that opened my eyes a little, since I've kind of take it for granted and thought that every person in the planet can do it.
This gave me some perspective and made me appreciate my abilities more.


Connecting with authors is something I'm so, so proud of. As I've mentioned earlier, it makes me feel really warm and fuzzy when I'm contacted by an author.

When I got my first ARCs, I nearly cried 'cause I was so happy and proud and and.. Then there was one person who laughed at me and pointed her finger. She told me this "whole thing" was just so ridiculous. That made me feel down and unappreciated, but luckily I was able to realize that there's something wrong with that person laughing at me, not with me and/or my work.


I also get that warm and fuzzy feeling when I have a new follower! There would be really no point in this thing, if there were no readers, so any comment or a new follower I take pride in.

My husband is losing his mind, because every day I tell him if there's new followers or amazing comments or or or :D So if I haven't emphasize this enough, every new follower and every comment is hugely appreciated and reminds me why I love to do this blog :)

When ever I feel like I have no energy for this thing, I remind myself how good it feels to get comments and communicate with the whole book blogging community :)

TGIF at GReads! #3: Love Stories

Another TGIF at GReads!

This Friday's Question:

Love Stories: What are some of your favorite fictional love stories?

Oh, the love stories.. Difficult decision, but here's a few! :)

Sophie and Archer from the Hex Hall series

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! I just adore this love story! With all the twists and complications and oh my. I live for these kind of love stories!

Violet and Jay from The Body Finder series

Best friends falling in love. All the jealousy and complications and guessing and nervousness and and and. Yeah, I'm speechless, I just love them!

Evie and Lend from Paranormalcy series

These two are so cute and innocent and.. cute and innocent!

Mia and Michael from The Princess Diaries series

I finished this series a little while ago and they had occasionally bumpy journey, but you just have to love them.

TGIF at GReads! #2: Book Appeal

This Friday's Question:

Book Appeal: When you're browsing goodreads, the library, or another blogger's reviews, what grabs your attention to make you want to read it?

I've said this only millions of times: I'm a shallow person and like to judge a book by it's cover. And I've mentioned this million times, because I've been proven wrong only million times..!

So it's a good thing that besides the cover, I usually check out the synopsis too. That's how I've found many good books with not-so-great covers.

When it comes to Goodreads, overall rating counts the highest. If the overall rating is around or over 4, I know I have to check the book out!
I also like to read good and bad reviews about the book. Because even if it's a bad review, it gives information. Maybe someone didn't like the book because it's a twisted story about parrots. But I might be a huge parrot lover and want to read that book right away!
Though I don't have twisted relationship with parrots, I think they're just birds. Sorry, parrots.

TGIF at GReads! #1: Buy or Borrow?

Who’s ready for the week­end?! I know I am!

I’m intro­duc­ing a new(ish) fea­ture for Fri­days to re-cap the week’s posts & to pro­pose a ques­tion for my fol­low­ers.

Feel free to get involved by link­ing up at the bot­tom.
If not, I’d love to read your responses in the com­ments. Thanks!

This Friday's Question:

Buy or Borrow: Where do your books that you read come from? The bookstore? The library? Do you prefer to own a book, or have it on loan?

I've just noticed that my library has some pretty great selection nowadays! I found Uglies there, and Hunger Games, and Evermore, Blood Magic etc., so now I tend to borrow more books than earlier.

But as I've mentioned earlier, I do love to buy books, especially the ones I know for sure are great.
So if I borrow a book from library and love it, I have to have it, ASAP.

But then again, our library's selection is, of course, limited. And there are so many great books out there, so I can't help it, I just have to buy them. Physical copies, of course. And if I absolutely love a book I bought as a paperback, I have to buy hardcover copy of it, too.
Complicated? Or more like annoying, since I can't use all my money to books! Or I could, but stuff like food and clothes are also nice to have once in a while.

And since I'm hardly working now, I can't use all my money to books. So library it is! And occasionally I borrow books from my friends.