Read This Month, March and April

March & April

1. Mona Lisas and Little White Lies ebook, REVIEWED ✦✦✦✧✧
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2. The Vinyl Frontier ebook, Non-fiction, REVIEWED ✦✦✦✧✧
3. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland ebook ✦✦✦✦✧
4. Tarinoita suomalaisista tytöistä, jotka muuttivat maailmaa Non-fiction, short stories ✦✦✦✦✧
5. Happily Ever After ebook ✦✦✦.5✧
6. Little Witches ebook, graphic novel, REVIEWED (goodreads) ✦✦✦✧✧
7. Paw Prints ebook, Non-fiction, poetry/graphic novel, REVIEWED(goodreads)  ✦✦✦✦✧
8. Princess and the Fangirl ebook, REVIEWED ✦✦✦✦✧
9. Meet Cute ebook  ✦✦✦.5✧

Data:

Male/Female author:
         78 % female,
         22 % male
Genre:
         33 % non-fiction,

         33 % romance,
         22 % retelling,
         11 % fantasy
Pages:
    2 348 p
Format:
         89 % e-books,
         11 % physical books
Average:
         3.56
Arcs:
          55 % sent to me (for honest reviews)

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

Read on lovelies,

S

Awesome Achievers in Technology : Review

Awesome Achievers in Technology by Alan Katz

*ARC kindly provided through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!*

Publication: August 6th 2019


SUMMARY
Part of a super fun middle grade series, Awesome Achievers in Technology puts the spotlight on lesser-known heroes and their contributions in tech.

Goodreads' link to the book!


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Stars: ✦✦✦✦✧

So as usual, I'll tell 4.0 things I liked about the book and 1.0 thing I didn't like.

So what did I think?

+1 | The concept itself if great. It delves into 12 people who made huge progress in the field of tech, that most people don't know about (I sure didn't - and I study IT!)

+1 | The people in the book were chosen well. All different and unique, yet brilliant in their own way

+1 | It was short and sweet, definitely not boring, and also will include plenty of pictures

+/- 1 | It had humor as an element of the book. Personally I didn't like all the additions and I felt like at times it drew the reader away from the main point - but some were hilarious.

Read on lovelies,

S

Kept Books, Maybe Pile and Organization

Last weeks post was about unhauling books with a goal of only owning the books I really like and want to reread.
This followup post will delve into my kept books, my maybe pile and how I've organized everything on my shelves.

When it comes to organizing my books I mainly kept them in color order since it's a fast way for me to find a book.

The top row has white to grey to black.

The second row has "colorful" books in rainbow-ish order.
Since they perfectly fit I left it like that, but when there'll be additions I'll start shifting the darker blue books to the top row.

The third row has three sections.
On the left there are my Harry Potters (and three illustrated ones in Finnish)
In the middle there are my classics (collections on the left and others on the right)
Then on the farmost right there's one book that I'm currently reading (technically this is my TBR pile, but I only have that one)


MAYBE pile:
These are located on the top shelf middle-ish, so still on my shelves with the others but slightly indented further.
    If I Stay 1

    Clockwork Angel 1-3

    Heist Society 1-3
    Snow Like Ashes 1-3
    Impostor 1-2
I'll be reading the first few chapters of each to see if I'm interested anymore after which I'll decided if I'll keep any of them.


Maybe: 12
Keeping: 81 + 7 classics (+1 duplicate), 7 HP (+3 duplicates) = 95 (+4)
^ The duplicates I have are copies in Finnish

Read on lovelies,

S

Spring Cleaning Unhaul

For a long time now, I've wanted to reduce my books to just my favorites which I want to reread so I'v been doing some more unhauling.

Even though I did one last fall, link, where I got rid of around 60 books I did the same this week.

I tried to be tough on myself and not keep books just because they were ok or even good - if I don't want to reread it (or if I don't know if I want to but have it on my kindle) then I got rid of it. Mainly.

So no none of these books are bad, but in my opinion I didn't like them enough to keep.
And yes I've read all of the following books.

Another disclaimer to note is that when it came to classics.
I have most if not all of them on my kindle and therefore I only kept a couple of my favorites.
Even though I've really enjoyed them and think some are great, I know I won't reread them any time soon, and if I want to they're on my kindle.

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SERIES:
The Darkest Minds 1-3
Across the Universe 1-3

City of Bones

Fairest

Graceling 2-3

All Fall Down 2-3
Pennyoryal Academy 1
If I Stay 2

MAYBE:
If I Stay 1

Clockwork Angel 1-3

Heist Society 1-3
Snow Like Ashes 1-3
Impostor 1-2

STANDALONES:
Distance Between Us
Me Before You
Just Ella
Royals
Girl Code
Two-way Street
Changes in Latitudes
Wanderlost
Batman
Wonder Woman
The Fault in Our Stars
An Abundance of Katherines
Fairest
The Sun is Also a Star
Everything, Everything
Not if I Save You First
When Dimple Met Rishi
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
The Season of You and Me
This is What Happy Looks Like
Furthermore
Thorn
Holes
The Idiot Brain
Heartless
Fangirl

KIDS:
Ella Enchanted
Princess Academy
Peter Pan
The Little Prince
Oz

CLASSICS, awards, non-fiction:
Työmiehen vaimo
Catcher in the Rye
1984
Lord of the Flies
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Princess Bride
Cheaper by the Dozen
Agatha Christie x5


Rid: 60
Maybe: 12
Keeping: 81 + 7 classics (+1 duplicate), 7 HP (+3 duplicates) = 95 (+4)
^ The duplicates I have are copies in Finnish

There will be a post next week about the books I'm keeping, my maybe pile and organization

Read on lovelies,

S

Race Me in a Lobster Suit : Review

Race Me in a Lobster Suit by Kelly Mahon

*ARC kindly provided through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!*

Publication: March 26th 2019


SUMMARY

When Kelly Mahon started posting weird, fake gig ads as a creative outlet, she found that there was someone interested in every bizarre offer she came up with.

Race Me In A Lobster Suit collects Mahon's funniest fabrications, plus the hysterical email conversations that followed as she ratcheted up the crazy. 

Goodreads' link to the book!

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Stars: ✦✦✦✧✧

So as usual, I'll tell 3.0 things I liked about the book and 2.0 thing I didn't like.

So what did I think?

+1 | I'll just say that the author has been extremely imaginative while writing this up!

+1 | The humor was very entertaining

+1 | The way it's written suits the context perfectly

-1 | It was sort of one-sided. At times it felt like only the author was in on the joke and making fun at the other peoples expense.

-1 | I didn't like not knowing how the recipient/participant felt about the whole thing. Maybe if it had included the reaction when the author told it's all for a book?

Read on lovelies,

S