The Fray Theory : review

Resonance, Nelou Keramati
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*ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review!*

This is the first book in a new series that will be out August 31st 2016,
and there won't be any spoilers in this review!

Goodreads' link to the book

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>I gave this book 4.5 stars (meaning I loved it!) and decided to continue on with the way I previosly did (link)!

So I'll tell 4.5 things I liked about the book and 0.5 things I didn't like.

+1 | In regards to the author, I loved her writing style. The descriptions were so rich and beautifully lyrical, but it was still really fast paced and had lots of action!

+2 | Not only fluff. It made you think, and it also delt with a couple of more serious themes and for that I would like to tip my hat to the author.

+3 | Science. I am definetly a science person so the view to all the scientific thoughts in this book was really interesting. I loved the new perspectives and all the thought that went into it.

+4 | Different. While reading this book at times I had no idea what was going on. It was haphazard in a marvelous way, and I loved it. It was so different and I didn't know what to expect from it! It wasn't that typical YA book and that just sold it for me.

+0.5 | Even though it doesn't really have to do with the book itself: I really enjoyed reading it more knowing the fact that the author is such a lovely person! I talked with her for a bit and what a sweetheart she is. :)

-0.5 | I think there is room to grow with everything, and one thing that I want to see a change in is the love triangle. I didn't hate it though, like I usually do. Overall I really liked the characters but I want to grow more attached to them when everything progresses.

RANDOM NOTES:
All the characters are intricatley woven and you get to see snapshots of their personalities, seeing all the differences as well which I liked. Neve looked at the world like an artist, noticing the beauty that we normally just pass daily and I found it to be kind of eye opening.

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Overall I am very excited to see where everything is going and I can't wait for the next book, though that might be a problem seeing that even the first one isn't published yet.

> And as far as recommendations go: I recommend this book if you want something fast paced, different and beautifully written.

And can I just say that the author did a wonderful job with making the cover!

Read on,

Sally

Book Haul

Start of  Summer -16

1. 1984
2. Frankenstein
3. Everything, Everything
4. Safe Haven
5. Hyperbole and a Half
6. Howl's Moving Castle
7. Just Ella
8. Wanderlost
9. Ice Like Fire
10. Perfect Cover
11. Killer Spirit

Around the World in 52 books

2016
  Update

I finished the Around the World in 52 books challenge (Goodreads group link).
But I do think that I will continue doing it in the way that it was actually intended - to read a book for the challenge of the week. And in that way it would last the whole year, but I wanted to do it the way I did it last year, but ended up doing it quite a bit faster.
I listed all the books I read for the challenge and they are listed in my post, link.

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Classics

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I made one of these a year ago link, which has the classics I've read for my "classic-a-month" challenge I've been doing for the past few years.

>Now the word of being a classic can vary depending on who says it. And it also varies what someone thinks is a classic so here is my take... And there a couple that I'll put into this list but do not necessarily classify as a full on classics.

2015:

May-Aug: "Lukudiplomi" for Finnish Class

    Between Shades of Gray
    Nälkävuosi
     The Bell Jar
      Tortilla Flat
     And Then There Were None
      Princess Bride
Sep: Speak
        The Help
Oct: Dracula
Nov: The Leaning Tower
Dec: Ozma of Oz

2016:

Jan: Marvelous Land of Oz

Feb: Merry Men and Other Stories
Mar: Short sotries: Grimm, Wilde, Stevenson
        Tom Sawyer
         Poems: Wilde, Poe
Apr: Picture of Dorian Gray
         Sherlock Holmes: 2,3,4,6
May: Oliver Twist
Jun: Sense and Sensibility
Jul: Catcher in the Rye
        Wuthering Heights
Aug: ^
Sep: Metamorphosis
Oct:
Nov:
Dec: Five Little Pigs

(I doubt I will be updating this everytime I read a classic so do note that)

UPDATE I will be making a new one for 2017!

My TBR

For an updated TBR go to my Goodreads shelf: link

As most of you probably know, I've been working on getting my TBR (to be read) pile down. And I am pleased to say that my TBR is officially 0! Well techniqally it's 1, but the other one is a collection of short-stories, as I tend to like to read one every once in a while, when I don't know what else to read.
          So in the beginning of last year (and this year as well) I decided to read every book that I owned, hadn't read and had bought before that year. And closer to the end of the year I decided that I would allow myself to keep 5 not read, since it turned out to be quite a feat. During that year I had a TBR jar with all my unread books. And once a month I would pick one and if I didn't read it that month, I had to gt rid of it. (During that year I think I got rid of 3 in that way). Also I read a classic every month, and am continuing to do so. This year I am also trying to finish series, finishing one every month.
          A way that I was able to check so many books off of my TBR, other than not bying that many, was by not reading as much from the library or from my brother. Though now those numbers are getting higher and higher, and this summer I am planning on reading plenty of those.

Hugs,
Sally

Addition: now that school ended I actually ordered some books, so it ain't 0 anymore :) A haul coming soon as well.

Read This Month

May

1. Winter (Series Finisher)
2. Stuff Matters
3. Hyperbole and a Half
4. Miss Mayhem (TBR)
5. Thorn
6. A Mad Zombie Party (Series Finisher)
7. Stars Above (I only read some of them)
8. Saga volume 5, graphic novel
9. An Ember in the Ashes
10. Oliver Twist (CftM)
11. Summer I Turned Pretty
12. School Spirits
13. Half Lost (Series Finisher) REVIEW
14. The Heartbreakers
15. Forest Born (Series Finisher)
16. See How They Run
17. Howl's Moving Castle

Bookshelf Organization

As I stated in a previous post, this is the post for how I organize my books on my shelves. I recently moved and switched shelves. My previous post about it can be found here, which is from over a year ago.

It has 9 shelves and I have organized them in sections. In each section the books are in an alphabetical order by the author, or if not I'll mention it.

The first three shelves are series that I have read and finished. Then the pile, with the pictures on top, are series I won't be continuing (yet I still want to keep them, mostly because I think they ended well and don't need a next book).

The fourth shelf on the left has stand-a-lone fantasy and magic books and next to them are suspence & mystery ones. Then the pile with the picture on top is my TBR. (Since the pile only has one left you can't exactly see how they would be organized, so I added the way I do it at the vvery end of this post). And the ones on the side are my TBR classics.

The fifth shelf is series that I am in the middle of. And then the pile on the right, on the same shelf, with a picture again, is series that I should finish. The difference with the shelf vs. the pile is that the ones on their side could be finished (the last book has been published).

The sixth shelf is for classics. On the right side are classics/award winners I've read, and are ordered by their publication date. On the left side are bindups of classics (of which from some I have read all and from some I have yet to read any).

The seventh shelf has lighter reads (as in it would be weird if one of the characters got shot for instance).
On the right side of the white block are "fluffy" books. And on the left side are "non-fluffy" books.
The eigth shelf, on the left, are Donald Ducks and my Roald Dahls. And in the middle (right of the white block) are my non-fictions. Then on the very right side are books I'm planning of getting rid of.
The ninth and last shelf has childrens books and some photo albums.


TBR pile: This is the section which is not organized by the author but by the date I have gotten them.
Books from my librarys/sisters/brothers shelves & classics I haven't read yet.
Then my "actual" TBR which is devided to four sections: last books in series, continuation books in series, first books in series & lastly stand-a-lones.

Any questions? Do ask.,

Sally