Read This Quarter I

What I read this quarter, Quarter I

January, February and March

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1. Book Love          Non-fiction graphic novel ✦✦✦✦✧
2. Meremaid's Voice Returns in This One          poetry REVIEWED ✦✦✦✧✧
3. Paddingtonista 16.50 (16:50 From Paddington)          audiobook ✦✦✦✧✧
- - -
4. Kuolema niilillä (Death on the Nile)          audiobook ✦✦✦.75✧
5. Lukitut ovet (Turn of the Key)          audiobook REVIEWED ✦✦✦✦.5

Statistics:

Author:

         100 % female

Genre:

         20 % graphic novel,

         20 % poetry,

         60 % crime

Pages:

       1 193 p

Format:

         60 % audio books,

         40 % physical books

Average:

         3.65

*For more info check my Goodreads: link*

Read on lovelies,

S

Ultimate YA books Tier List Maker

The "Ultimate YA books Tier List Maker" has been going around the internet for a while now, and as a list lover, I just want to jump on the bandwagon.

I changed the tiers around a bit for my liking, and wanted to do this in three steps:

1st round: rank them based on how you feel

2nd round: rank them based on your star ratings

3rd round: compare to the cumulative average rankings

Because the thing is, some of these books I've read ages ago - and even if I loved them then, maybe I don't think so highly of them anymore when compared to others? I guess we shall see

ROUND 1:
>> It looks more like a linear growth than the bell curve I was hoping for

 >> Starting from the bottom:
- In bad tier everything is 1-2 stars except Eleanor and Park, Every Day, All the Bright Places and Looking for Alaska are 3 stars
- In okay tier everything is from 3,5-4 stars with Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Shatter Me and The Book Thief being 3 stars and Three Dark Crowns being 2,5
- In good tier everything is again between 3,5-4
- In great tier everything is between 4-4,5
- In best tier everything is between 4,5-5

ROUND 2:
 >> Actually quite a bit of moving things around with everything staying put or shifting up or down by 1, except ACoTaR by 2

ROUND 3:

  >> Now this is different with Anna and the French Kiss, The Wrath and the Dawn, Percy Jackson moving the most
And then all the other books I haven't read, from which Cruel Prince, Darker Shade of Magic and Simon vs the Homosapien Agenda are the top rated ones

Link to the TierMaker list here: https://tiermaker.com/create/ultimate-ya-books-series-155444

Not sure who the creator is, but here's the first one I saw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfmCUZVRLMA

Read on lovelies,

S

The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One : Review

The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One by Amanda Lovelace

SUMMARY
The third and final installment in her "women are some kind of magic" series.

Goodreads' link to the book!

My review of the first two: link

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Stars: ✦✦✦✧✧

So what did I think?

It's no secret that I don't tend to read poetry - that is I think I've ever read a handful. And even though I didn't love the first two, I wanted to continue on to the third installment - which even though I didn't love either I'm glad I read.

Maybe I don't read poetry because only a few within the book really get to me, but the ones that do are really impactful. This is why I feel funny giving this a star rating, because there were some hits and some misses. And poetry as a whole is so dependent of the reader, so even though I didn't give it the best rating I'd still recommend you to try it.

For my favorite poems (and quotes) you can check my Goodreads quote list (link)

+1 | It also included poetry from other guest authors!


> I would caution you when reading them, there are some trigger warnings on the very first page.

Read on lovelies,

S