I'm back!

Well, I've been back for few days now. But holidays aren't really my thing, because I'm always exhausted after those, that's why I've been sleeping for few days! But I promise, today I'll actually write something again!

Though I have to skip TBR Intervention this week, I read only netgalleys this week so I kind of just forgot about my TBR Intervention books.. :/ But next week! :)

Short hiatus!

I'll be gone a little while, since right about now (Sunday evening in Finland) I'm on airport and heading to Helsinki! And what I will be doing there?

I'm gonna see Metallica, yay! And Machine Head! Happy day! After that I'll probably just shop for two days and come back Wednesday. So see you soon! :)

TBR Intervention #3

Since I tend to be quite unorganized with my TBR- pile, I thought this kind of intervention was just the thing for me!

Hosted by Books4Juliet, Whatever You Can Still Betray & Refracted Light!


TBR Intervention

1. Post the book(s) you committed to read in your last TBR Intervention post and tell us something about it.

Did you finish it? Did you enjoy it or not? Post the link to your review (if you have one).

2. Post a book that you want to read and already own. Pick something that has been sitting on your shelf for too long now (6 months or longer).

Commit to read the book in the next couple of days or week (or two weeks).

1. THE BOOKS I COMMITTED TO READ:



Yeah, just how I suspected. I only managed to read Insurgent (review to come!) :P

I did like it, pretty much the same amount as Divergent.



2. THE BOOK I COMMIT TO READ THIS WEEK:



I'll try to read Fifty Shades of Grey and Dirty Blood, let's see how it goes!

Since I'll be taking a short hiatus (more about that later) and I have huuuge review pile, I'm not sure I'll make it :/ But I'll try!


What book did you chose for your TBR Intervention?

Cover Reveal: The Collector by Victoria Scott

The Collector (Dante Walker #1) by Victoria Scott

Expected publication March 2013


He makes good girls...bad.

Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence has made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple, weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and he gets the fun ones. Bag-and-tag.

Sealing souls is nothing personal. Dante’s an equal opportunity collector and doesn’t want it any other way. But he’ll have to adjust, because Boss Man has given him a new assignment:

Collect Charlie Cooper’s soul within 10 days.

Dante doesn’t know why Boss Man wants Charlie, nor does he care. This assignment means only one thing to him, and that’s a permanent ticket out of hell. But after Dante meets the quirky, Nerd Alert chick he’s come to collect—he realizes this assignment will test his abilities as a collector, and uncover emotions deeply buried.

So, what do you think? :)

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Monthly Recap: May

WTH, another month is over?! Where the hell does the time go?! Oh well. I didn't do so good this month, but I did read few pretty great books (again) :)

I read

Teaser Tuesdays #25

By Should Be Reading!

I decide to do what I alway do when I'm not sure what's going on:

I act like everyone else.

I let my head drop and close my eyes.

My heart pounds as the Dauntless's footsteps come closer, and closer, squeaking on the marble floors.

I bite my tongue to suppress a cry of pain as one of them steps on my hand.

Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy #2) by Veronica Roth

The Stubborn Dead by Natasha Hoar

The Stubborn Dead
by Natasha Hoar

Published: January 23rd 2012
Publisher: Carina Press
Format: Ebook
Pages: 72
Series: Lost Souls #1
Source: From NetGalley for review
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Rachel Miller thought her next job was a run-of-the-mill haunting.

As a member of the Order of Rescue Mediums it's her duty to release trapped spirits from the earthly realm. But when called to client Sylvia Elkeles's house, she finds a wraith who doesn't act like he should.

The Order considers the wraith an extreme threat and Rachel may be forced to use a barbaric ritual to free him — a ritual that comes with a heavy personal price.

If she fails to humanely release the wraith, she'll have her supernatural abilities bound.

When Janus Ostara — local supernatural mob boss — shows up demanding her attention, and Sylvia keeps secrets that may place Rachel in mortal danger, she doesn't need her abilities to know something darkly sinister is at play.

Between uncovering Sylvia's disturbing motives, and avoiding Janus, Rachel has enough on her hands without dealing with a wraith who may not realize he's supposed to be dead...

*MAY CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS*
This is one of those entertaining and actionfilled stories. But man, was it short! I didn't realize it until I was finished and expected to see what happens with Kit and Rachel (you know, some roooomance!), and OOPS!, it ended! Which was sad, since I was really getting into the story :/

And since it was so short, there really wasn't any time for any character development or even to get deeper with the plot. Which really was unfortunate, since I was finally getting some contact with Rachel.

There's few glimpses about Rachel's past and the world around her. We get to find out that she's part of The Order, and her mum is The Boss. And we get to meet Janus, a mob boss, and few of Rachel's clients.
But it still felt like the novella was only length of one chapter. The information we gather is pretty small amount and nothing drastic is really revealed. Though there is some mysteries that leaves you craving for more.

And yes, it left me definitely craving for more, since when I finally got into story, it ended. So hopefully the second part will be a whole book, since there really is potential with Rachel :)

My thanks to NetGalley and Carina Press!

Musing Mondays #23

By Should Be Reading!

This week's musing asks…

If you come across an unfamiliar word, do you stop and look it up right away?

Nah, I don't do that kind of things :D Usually I just keep reading and try to use the context to understand the word.

Sometimes this goes to pooper, meaning I think I know what it means, but it actually means the complete opposite. This happened once, otherwise I've managed to understand weird words pretty well.

And since English isn't the language I usually speak, I find this great way to learn new words :)

TBR Intervention #2

Since I tend to be quite unorganized with my TBR- pile, I thought this kind of intervention was just the thing for me!

Hosted by Books4Juliet, Whatever You Can Still Betray & Refracted Light!


TBR Intervention

1. Post the book(s) you committed to read in your last TBR Intervention post and tell us something about it.

Did you finish it? Did you enjoy it or not? Post the link to your review (if you have one).

2. Post a book that you want to read and already own. Pick something that has been sitting on your shelf for too long now (6 months or longer).

Commit to read the book in the next couple of days or week (or two weeks).

1. THE BOOKS I COMMITTED TO READ:

I did it, I did it! I can't believe it, but I actually read this!
And liked it, you can read my review here!















2. THE BOOK I COMMIT TO READ THIS WEEK:



I'll at least try to read these.. Since I just finished Divergent, of course I had to get a copy of Insurgent! And that's what I'll be doing this night.

Fifty Shades of Grey is something I'm a little iffy about, since I've heard it's a dirrrty book, and my prudeness doesn't like that kind of books.. But I'm going to try!

And Dirty Blood is something I've meant to read for ages, just haven't got a chance! But I'll try now :)

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Divergent
by Veronica Roth

Published: May 3rd 2011
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 487
Series: Divergent #1
Source: Borrowed from library
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Beatrice "Tris" Prior has reached the fateful age of sixteen, the stage at which teenagers in Veronica Roth's dystopian Chicago must select which of five factions to join for life.

Each faction represents a virtue: Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity, and Erudite.

To the surprise of herself and her selfless Abnegation family, she chooses Dauntless, the path of courage.

Her choice exposes her to the demanding, violent initiation rites of this group, but it also threatens to expose a personal secret that could place in mortal danger.

Veronica Roth's young adult Divergent trilogy launches with a captivating adventure about love and loyalty playing out under most extreme circumstances.

*MAY CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS*
Finally! It only took me ages to read this, but now I finally made it! And I wasn't disappointed.
I do get the the hype around this book, even though this isn't that different from all the other dystopian books. So there's not that much originality, but at least it's an entertaining package!

Beatrice turns sixteen, which means she has to choose between five factions, and like said before, each faction represents a virtue (Honesty, selflessness, intelligence, bravery, peacefulness). After some complications, she decides to choose Dauntless, who are the brave ones.
This did confuse me a little. Like, the selfless ones can also be honest and peaceful. And they should want to be those things. So how come there's so small amount of divergents? Or did I miss something? Maybe I did, but luckily this didn't bother me that much.

Anyhow, back to business. So, Beatrice, aka. Tris becomes Dauntles. And their "brave" means actually stupid brave, meaning jumping from moving things and high places. Doing everything that can get yourself killed! Why wouldn't that be fun..
There Tris meets Four, who is her instructor. And finally they fell in love. But then everything goes down the hill, since of course there's always a bad guy, who wants to rule the kingdom.

I have to admit that Tris isn't my favorite main character of all time. There's must something about her that's a little off. It's really hard to explain! I just didn't always like her, guess that's the problem. But, I still didn't hate her and in some occasions I thought she was pretty kick ass. Maybe just little too heartless sometimes.

Then there's Four. And the romance. Of course, I loved it! Especially when Tris is in trouble and Four, the knight in shining armour, runs to her help. Mmmmmmm, love it! Though there could have been more of that "he loves me- no, he hates me- no, loves - hates - etc.", but I'm happy there was even little of it.
There was huge, I mean gigantic, amount of action. I would've trade some of it to romance in a minute, because I just felt dizzy! There was no relaxed moments, which was quite exhausting. Though all the action guaranteed I couldn't put the book down.
And that's why I need to start reading Insurgent ASAP. So don't worry, you know what I'll be doing if it gets quiet around here!