The Cake Book TAG

The Cake Book TAG

Today is my birthday, and in honor of that here is the cake book tag!

And I'm trying to keep the answers to books I read (or reread) last year

FLOUR

A BOOK THAT WAS A LITTLE SLOW TO START OFF BUT REALLY PICKED UP AS IT WENT ALONG

The Empress of Salt and Fortune. It is tiny and packed, but it took me some time in the beginning to get used to the style (you can find my review up on the blog in two weeks!)

BUTTER

A BOOK THAT HAD A RICH, GREAT PLOT

The Turn of the Key had a variety of characters with an indescribable atmosphere, all intertwining into a cohesive murder mystery plot unlike another I've read

EGGS

A BOOK YOU THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE BAD BUT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT QUITE ENJOYABLE

I don't think I ever pick up a book thinking it'll be bad, but a book that was better than expected would be Faith: Taking Flight

SUGAR

A SUGARY, SWEET BOOK

Kasie Wests books, fluffy and easy books to fly through and the perfect answer for me - but not a read from last year though.

Oddly enough I didn't read any "sweet" and "fluffy" books last year, with the closest being Book Love the graphic novel about a book lover

ICING

A BOOK THAT COVERED EVERY SINGLE ELEMENT THAT YOU ENJOY ABOUT A BOOK (FUNNY MOMENTS, ACTION MOMENTS, SAD MOMENTS, ETC.)

The Lady Janies books, I read My Calamity Jane last year, but My Lady Jane in particular fits this question. From humor and action to romance, they have it all

SPRINKLES

A BOOK SERIES THAT YOU CAN KIND OF TURN BACK TO FOR A LITTLE PICK ME UP WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DOWN

The Harry Potter books would be the first thing that comes to mind, but I didn't reread any last year

Alice in Zombieland series are exactly this though as well, quick and easy reads to go back to!

THE CHERRY ON TOP

YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK THIS YEAR SO FAR

Out of the 5 books I've read this year (at the time of writing this), my favourite is Among the Beasts and Briars

Read on lovelies,

S

Update: Things Are Happening

 Blog Update:

Things are happening

I had mentioned when I took my Winter break that I'll be starting back up in February, which I will do starting Saturday the 20th on a biweekly schedule as before - for now.

But just as a heads up, the content might not be as regular and similar as to what it was before. We will all be figuring out what this will look like as the year progresses!

For now I want to continue with the pattern of one review a month, one tag a month, and something slightly different for a post in months with three posts.

I'm sure things will change even though that's the plan for now, I mean just look back at 2013 when I started! But I'll still be here, and you can always see what I'm reading on my Goodreads page: link.

Read on lovelies,

S

2021 Anticipated Reads, New Releases and Goals

 2021 Anticipated Reads, New Releases and Goals

2020 list: link

Anticipated reads (already out):

> Inheritance Games, Barnes

> Moment of Truth, West

> Winterborne Academy for Home for Vengeance and Valor, Carter

> Once Upon a Con #3, Poston

> A Sky Beyond the Storm #3, Tahir

> Of Curses and Kisses, Menon

> One by One, Ware

New releases:

> My Contrary Mary, The Lady Janies

> The Heart Principle, Hoang

> Across the Green Grass Fields, McGuire

Goals: (same as last year)

> Read more classics than I have been (ideally maybe 5 in 2021)

> Another goal is to expand what I read

> Finish series and not push the last book back

Read on lovelies,

S

TBR 2021

 TBR 2021

This is a work in progress, last updated: October 5th

Like the one for last year (link), these are books I own but haven't read yet.

Start of the year: 12

           Gotten 2019 (the ones I *need* to get to zero by the end of the year!)

           Gotten 2020 (the ones I'll try to get to zero by the end of the year)

           ARCs and books sent for review

TBR:

         1. Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot  DNF

               .2 Soul of Stars ebook

               .3 The Beautiful ebook 

               .4 Sisters of Sword and Song (pub. Jun. 23rd -20) ebook

   .5 Of Curses and Kisses ebook

   .6 River at Night ebook

   .7 One By One ebook

   .8 Bookish and the Beast ebook

   .0 Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour ebook

   .10 The Inheritance Games ebook

   11. Iceman Kimin matkassa

   .12 Moment of Truth ebook

   .13 Shadows Between Us audiobook

   .14 Blade of Secrets audiobook

   .16 Sky Beyond the Storm audiobook

   .17 Pride and Premeditation audiobook

   .18 My Contrary Mary ebook

   .15 Pygmalion audiobook

   .16 Fellowship of the Ring audiobook

   .17 The Two Towers audiobook

   .18 Return of the King audiobook

   .19 Girl at Heart ebook

   .20 Gilded audiobook

   .21 Hawthorne Legacy ebook

CLASSICS:

>1. Andersen 15/99

>2. Aesop's Fables 63/384
+ Jane Austen x2 (Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park)
+ Christie x4 (Crooked House, Curtain, Peril at End House, Death in the Clouds)
+ Other x2 (Great Gatsby, Treasure Island)

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

Read on lovelies,

S

2021 TBR Book Challenge

 2021 TBR Book Challenge

This is a work in progress, last updated: Oct 10th -21

For the past six years I've done a challenge to get my TBR list down.

Although I've gotten a grip on my TBR, I still continue with this to expand what I read.

1. Start a series

The Inheritance Games

2. Complete a series

Lord of the Rings

3. A book from the GoodReads Choice Awards (2020 link)

One by One

4. A book you've owned the longest and haven't read

Iceman

5. Someone else's recommendation

Empress of Salt and Fortune

6. A book in Finnish

Tulevaisuuden lukujärjestys

7. A book by an author you haven't read before

Tokyo Ever After

8. A Standalone

Instant Karma

9. A book you choose randomly

Story of Your Life

10. A book published this year

Across the Green Grass Fields

11. A book where one of the main characters is royalty

Among the Beasts and Briars

12. Genre you don't read enough

Pygmalion

13. Non-fiction

In Love and Pajamas

14. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold)

Shadows Between Us

15. Classic

Northanger Abbey

> Bonus: Reread a book

Wrath and the Dawn

Completed: 15+/15

Read on lovelies,

S

2020: Statistics and Achievments

 

Yearly Statistics & Achievements

2019 version: link   -  2018 version: link  -  2017 version: link   -  2016 version: link

2020 TBR challenge (link)

- Finished all but 1

            > The one left was "Science"

Anticipated reads of 2020 (link)

- Finished 2/18

            > The completed ones were Come Tumbling Down and My Calamity Jane

TBR ()

- Down to 17 books

            > Only 2 I own a physical copy of, and one of those is from 2019

Classics

- I read 3

            > Which I am happy with, even though my initial ideal goal was 5

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Total books read: 24 (Compared to 2019: 44 2018: 42 and 2017: 34)

            0+3+2+3+3+1+2+2+3+1+2+2

           > Interestingly enough January has usually been the month I read the most in (10 in 2019 and 11 in 2018)

Month read most: Feb, Apr, May, Sep: 3

    least: January: 0

Pages ~ 6 900 (2019: 11 980 & 2018: 15 211 & 2017: 10 542)

    Average length 287 pages (2019: 272 & 2018: 362 & 2017: 310)

Format: ebook: 7 (2019: 12), audio: 6 (2019: 26), physical 11 (2019: 6)

Arc/sent: 7 (2019: 14)

Reviewed: 9 (2019: 18)

In Finnish: 5 (2019: 3)

Most popular (according to Goodreads): Animal Farm

     Least popular: Just Act Normal

     Highest rated: Solutions and Other Problems (rated 4.31 as of 28.12.20)

Length: longest  544 (My Calamity Jane)

              shortest 96 (Serenity)

Publication oldest: 1818 - Persuasion

        books I read published this year: 11

Stars: in order of least: 3,4 ("1" means any rating starting with a 1. Meaning 1 and 1.5 are both included in "1")

       average being ~3.73 this year & over all in all the years ~3.26 (2019: 3.81 & 3.28)

       Highest rating being 4.5, given to 4 books

       Lowest rating 3, given to 6 books

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Series Finished:

My Lady/Plain/Calamity Jane (companion trilogy?)

2020 goals, TBR etc. all coming in the next few days

Read on lovelies,

S

Read This Quarter IV

 What I read this quarter, Quarter IV

October, Novemebr & December

1. Solutions and Other Problems          Non-fiction ebook REVIEWED ✦✦✦✦✧

- - -
2. Serenity: Those Left Behind          graphic novel ✦✦✦✦✧

3. Firefly: The Unification War          graphic novel ✦✦✦✧✧

- - -

4. My Calamity Jane          ✦✦✦✦✧

5. The Ickabog          ✦✦✦✧✧

Data:

Author:

          60 % female,

          40 % male

Genre:

         80 % fantasy,

         20 % non-fiction

Pages:

       1 584 p

Format:

         80 % physical books,

         20 % e-books,

Average:

         3.7

Arcs:

          0 % sent to me (for honest reviews)

*For more info check my Goodreads: link*

Read on lovelies,

S