Helsinki Book Fair 2018

This post will be about the Helsinki Book Fair (kirjamessut.messukeskus.com) and is like last years one, link, and haul, link, which will be up next week!

This was my second year there with a blog pass, and I wasn't disappointed.


Friday:

I wasn't planning on going today, but oh I did. For tips and tricks to also help I would recommend getting a map and acquainting oneself to it, because that's something I struggle with every year. Another thing that I'd recommend is making a list beforehand of the places you definitely want to visit. Even though I go through all the isles and rows systematically I always end up missing something.

Basically for the whole day I spent it perusing and familiarizing myself with everything and buying what caught my eye.

Another thing to mention is that a  theme of sorts this year was the States, which was seen in the amount of authors visiting and in some of the stands.

Saturday:

I spent Saturday mainly going to blogger events that publishers held.

It started out with a WSOY, Tammi, Johnny Kniga brunch with various authors:

Anja Snellman, Antti Heikkinen, Satu Vasantola, Veera Nieminen and Liina Putkonen.

Mostly what caught my eye was Jäätynyt tyttö by Liina Putkonen which is definitely something I want to read.

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Next there was an event held by S&S with Katja Lahti, Sabine Forsblom, Annastiina Heikkilä, Lauri Ahtinen and Ida Salminen.

The ones I most want to read from this bunch are Tarinoita suomalaisista tytöistä jotka muuttivat maailmaa by Ida Salminen, and Elias by Lauri Ahtinen.

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Lastly was Teos with Mia Franck, Hannu-Pekka Ikäheimo, Jarno Hartikainen, Rafael Donner, Juha Hurme, Kati Rapia, Henriikka Tavi, JP Pulkkinen and Mirjam Lohi.

And this time around Pyrstötähti by Kati Rapia and Juha Hurme really caught my attention

Sunday:

Today as the last day, I spent it with family who came with me to the fair. And buying whatever I couldn't stop thinking about so that regrets would be minimal.

I even bought a key-ring that can be used to tell what day of the week it is in whatever amount of time, which is frankly quite useless but I fell in love with it.

Read on lovelies,

S

update

Today's post will be up tomorrow evening.

To anyone around Helsinki this weekend, I'd recommend the Helsinki Book Fair!

TBR update!

Along the years, I've done lots of TBR posts/challenges/updates and now I'm proud to announce:

I'm officially at zero!
Also perfect timing because the yearly Helsinki Book Fair is next week, and I know I won't be able to not buy any books...

My yearly TBR, 2018 - (which I update): link

May of 2014 - TBR jar (I kept it up for a year): link

February of 2015 - #0by16 inspired challenge: reading all the books you bought before that year

December of 2015 - reading only books from my shelf (not from the library or my brothers shelf)

January 2016 - Around the World in 52 Books Challenge link

                           & again reading all the books I'd bought the previous year, which I continue

June of 2016 - TBR is at 0 : link (and that summer was spent reading books from my brothers shelf I was putting off)

January 2017 - Modified, around the world in 52 books, Challenge link (this time aimed for expanding what I read)

January 2018 - Modified Challenge link (aimed for expanding what I read)

An interesting thing I also I noticed was that the last four books were all different genres, and the ones I read the most (non-fiction science book, standalone fairytale retelling, fantasy series conclusion, standalone contemporary). I wanted to see if they were all a genre that I maybe don't tend to gravitate towards, but nope.

Read on lovelies,

S

My Goodreads Shelves, Update 2018

I made a post in September 2015 (link) which I updated in February 2017 explaining my Goodreads shelves I've created to catalog all my books (I also have a more in depth Excel on it link to that post).

Since it's been almost two years again I'm making an updated post explaining them.

My Goodreads

Bookshelves

All (635)

Read ‎(578)

Currently Reading ‎(1)

Want to Read ‎(38)

collections-tbr ‎(3)             Classic collections that I have not completed

dnf_yet-never ‎(20)           Books I did not finish, some with the thought of maybe finishing

*have ‎(167)                      Books I own physical copies of

*reviewed ‎(58)                  Books I've reviewed (on Goodreads)

arc-sent4review ‎(43)          Advanced Readers Copies or other books sent to me from publishers/authors

classics-awards-read ‎(90)   Classic books and award winning book I've read

classics-to ‎(12)                   Classics I have yet to but want to read

continuation ‎(11)              Series I'm in the middle of (book shelved here is a series I've started but book I haven't read)

ebook ‎(31)                        Books I own electronic copies of

ebook-classics ‎(27)          Classics I own electronic copies of (book shelved here isn't in the "ebook" shelf)

get ‎(13)                             Books I want to buy

get-read ‎(4)                       Books I want to buy that I have already read

graphic-novels ‎(64)           Graphic novels that I've read

library ‎(10)                        Books I want to read from the library

series-i-dnf ‎(74)                Series I won't continue (book shelved here is the last one in the series I read)

series-i-finished ‎(55)         Series I finished (book shelved here is the last one in the series)

tbr ‎(1)                               My To Be Read books (books I own but haven't read (all formats))

tbr-sent ‎(0)                       My To Be Read books I was sent

x-18 ‎(0)                             Those books from my TBR shelf that I bought in 2018

y-17 ‎(1)                             Those book from my TBR shelf that I bought in 2017

Read on lovelies,

S

Popular Book Series I Haven't Finished

I recently made a post about popular books I haven't read and mentioned that series that I've maybe read the first one or two, but haven't finished won't be on that list - but here they are as promised.
I have posts about series I have finished and ones I haven't (and probably won't).
So none of these are certain "never reads", but not many are high on my TBR.

Raven Cycle (read 3)
Cassandra Clare (I have read MI and ID, but haven't read DA)
Throne of Glass (read 3)
Court of Thorns and Roses (read 1)
Six of Crows (read 1)
Red Queen (read 2)
Three Dark Throwns (read 1)
The Maze Runner (read 1)
Miss Peregrine's (read 1)
Matched (read 2)
Eragon (read 1)
Howl's Moving Castle (read 1)
A Wrinke in Time (read 1)
Series of Unfortunate Events (read 1)
The Giver (read 1)

*For stars and more info check my Goodreads: link*

Read on lovelies,

S

Genre Statistics

In October 2016 I made a post link about Genres. What I read, reasons and statistics. So now two years later I want to see how much it has changed.

Keep in mind though that at the end of the year I always do a post about statistics of that year (amounts, genres, pages, months etc.).

After the previous post around 80 books have been added to the books I have listed read on my excel (~600 books at this point).  So to see how things have changed I'm also looking into those 80 books and comparing to last times stats.

Still with me?

This shows all the books I've read by genre

All the books:
(a ">" means it has changed more than .5% since the 2016 post)

Magic 13.16% (and yes magic is part of fantasy, but here the section above is only non-magic fantasy...)
Fantasy 15.96%

Realistic Fiction 10.70%

> Graphic Novel 11.40% (from classics to magic) +1 positions

> Classic-y 10.53%
> Romance (only) 6.66%

> Agents 5.44% (um, yep these are weirdly sorted)
> Retelling 5.96% +1
Dystopia 3.68%
> Sci-fi 3.68%
> Non-fiction 3.68%
> Crime 3.50%
Short-story 1.58%
Childrens 1.23%
Novella 0.53%
Plays 0.53%
Poems 0.88% +2
Survival 0.53%
Horror 0.35%
Historical 0.18%

(tot. 571 books)

Now to the books from October 2016 to midway of August 2018:

8     Retelling 15.66% +7

6     Romance 12.05% +4

12    Crime 12.05% +10

1     Fantasy 10.84% -3

5     Realistic Fiction 10.84% +1

2     Magic 8.43% -4

11    Non-fiction 7.23% +4

10    Sci-fi 6.02% +2

7     Agents 4.82% -2

3     Graphic Novel 3.61% -7

4     Classic-y 2.41% -7

17    Poems 2.41% +6

20    Historical 1.20% +8

18    Survival 1.20% +5

19    Horror 1.20% +6

9     Dystopia

13    Short-story -1

14    Childrens 

15    Novella +1

16    Plays +2

(tot. 83 books)

Breakdown:

Most grown: Crime, Historical and Retellings.

Though from previously not having read any and now one historical that can be taken off that list.

Most dropped: Graphic Novels, Classic-y and Magic.

I stopped doing my classic-a-month challenge so there's that explained...

Read on lovelies,

S

The Bookshelf II

Book Tag

I did this tag over two years ago found here and have Definitely changed it, so decided to do it again!
          Some "rules":
              The book (s) you answer with must be from your bookshelf.
              And include a picture of your bookshelf if you'd like to and if possible

The bookshelf. You might notice that I've gotten rid of lots of books.

By color with black & white ones in the cubes

Your bookshelf

1) Describe your bookshelf & where you got it from?

>Ikea cubes, the 5x5, and another one attached to the side from...somewhere

From top: TBR/CR,
ongoing series, classics x2

2) How do you organize it?

>I made a post two years back with how I used to do it, link.
But now? There's basically 4 sections: starting from the right-hand-side bottom - classics (by series and height), series I haven't finished (by height, mostly), my TBR (by date bought) and then on top of the main shelf: everything else, by color (a) I can easily find them rather remembering the color than the author and b) it's aesthetically really pleasing and doesn't look cluttered)

3) Thickest book? (pages)

>Winter with 824 pages.

4) Thinnest book? (pages)
>The Twits, 96 pages

5) Birthday gift
>Well I got Renegades last Christmas from my sister, does that count?

6) Smallest book? (Hight & Width)
>I've got some mass market paperbacks (though I try to never get them),
but my copy of Peter Pan suprised me when it came (it is the height of a mmp but wider, and adorable) :) link
and my copy of Lord of the Flies suprised me as well (the width of a mmp but taller) link

7) Biggest book? (Hight & Width)
>My Barnes&Noble leather bound edition of Hans Christian Andersen!
>For paperbacks it's Thorn or Wonder Woman, which are taller than most of my hardbacks!

8) From a friend?
>Latest one was probably Sapphire Blue

9) Most expensive book?
>I'd say around 20 euros maybe?

10) Last book you read?
>The Idiot Brain & currently I'm reading Sea Witch

11) First one you read?
>Actually read by myself probably one of the Ella books by Timo Parvela, a Finnish author

12) More than one copy
>I have the same book in both Finnish and English for Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone and Pride and Prejudice. But same language and same book? None

13) Complete series
>Well lots, but the one with the biggest amount of books in the series would be Harry Potter, with 7

14) Newest addition
>When Dimple Met Rishi

15) Has been on your shelf FOREVER
>Elli norsutyttö, a childrens book that my Grandmother used to read to me

16) Most recently published
>Sea Witch, received as an e-arc

17) Oldest book (as in the copy)
>Murder on the Orient Express, 1991 so not old at all

18) Book you won
>I think the only book I've won was Half Lost (through GoodReads), which I gave to my brother

19) Hate to let out of your sight (aka wouldn't let someone borrow)
>I actually don't mind lending my books, I like them to look worn and well read...
But maybe the one I talked about in question 15

20) Most beat up
>And the same answer goes here

21) Most pristine book
>Season of You & Me, the only physical book on my shelf that I haven't read. (There are also books I originally read from the library then later bought copies, and so haven't read that copy of)

22) Book from your childhood
>Babe by Dick King-Smith, when I was young I actually read it every summer for around 7 years in a row

23) Book that's not actually your book
>Cuckoo's Calling is my brothers, but was on my shelf so I'd read it (have yet to though)

24) Special cover (e.g. leather bound, soft, fuzzy, etc.)?
>Hans Christian Andersen, Barnes&Nobel leather bound edition

25) Favourite cover

>I really LOVE my Harry Potter editions! I chose to go with the signature editions when I bought them.
>Also I really LOVE my Hunger Games foil editions
>Oh and the classic lines by Sara Singh for Emma, P&P and Jane Eyre

26) Has been on your shelf the longest and you STILL haven't read?
>Well actually since I'm doing the TBR thing I've talked about (you can read an old post here) I only have 1(!!!). Also a link to my 2018 updated TBR post is here
So the answer is Season of You & Me, which I got last summer

27) Any signed books?
>Torch Against the Night

Read, read, read,

S