“Life should be lived, and what is life without heart and passion?“

I love this world; how there is different countries with their own magic.

Writing was sometimes annoyingly repetitive and no room was left for reader to understand something her-/himself.

I love to be afraid for characters but you could trust no one important is going to die so that definitely took that feeling away.

#Pantone2022 #SeriesRead2022 #aestheticallymatched #19822022 (13/41)

“Family is politics, the hottest forge you'll find.“

I liked Benito most but otherwise characters weren't extremely interesting.

I hated this world where women were only objects and were used to make business (=arranged marriages). Then they lived with their husbands money and had nothing to say about things.

This felt long, thinking about how little happened. Ending was slightly better.

#Pantone2022 #SeriesRead2022

“Life is full of danger. There are sweet parts and there are terrible parts. The not-knowing is what makes it worth living.“

I love characters in this series and in this one two of them ended up being together, kind of at least. It was so sweet and I was so happy for them.

World is amazing with all these peculiar characters and different supernaturals. These has been light and fun to read.

#Pantone2022 #SeriesRead2022 #aestheticallymatched

I loved how main characters were already married. That's so rarely the case in romance novels and I liked that!! A new relationship is only the beginning and there is still so much to go through. I loved also secondary characters, they all felt so alive.

I loved every scene and it was heart-warming to follow their life. I loved the message this book gave. This was really enjoyable to read!

#Pantone2022 #SeriesRead2022 #aestheticallymatched

“Those who cannot own their choices will always be mastered by fate.”

My plans for #MarvellousMay are here, there is more than I propably have time to read, especially now when The Ice Hockey World Championships started yesterday. But we'll see ☺️

I am so late with this

April: I read all books that I had on my TBR pile. COVID finally found me. Bright side was that I had to rest with my leg pain. It wasn't just streching that was needed :( I went to doctor and now I just have to rest :((( It might be that I am not playing in 3-4 months.

May: I am reading mostly fantasy in May, here is books to choose from. And for well being my goal for May is to get my leg more painless.

#BFC2022

I am so excited: I loved to plan my TBR for #WyrdAndWonder
I love to have books to choose from 🥰

1. I take one book / day and maybe some extra. I always end up to reserve more than needed but then I have books to choose from.

2. Yep, e-books are fine as well but I take book in the format I have.

#Two4Tuesday

Thanks for the tag @JessClark78

I'll tag @Meshell1313 @Arvena @TheNeverendingTBR

This is a list of books that I read in April. One was horror, couple mysteries and then I read some romance/historical/fantasy books.

#SpringHorror

“But I guess that‘s the thing about the past. You can‘t change it. You can‘t fix it. You can only understand it. And if you‘re lucky, make sure you don‘t make those mistakes again.“

My plan for #20in4 is to start & finish this book. So there is at least 20 chapters :D

📕 Yes!
📕 Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

#Two4Tuesday

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

I tag @lumbricuslibri @JessClark78 @Addison_Reads

I love so much peculiar characters and this book has so many. It was so much easier to read this than the first one: now characters and world were familiar.

Atmosphere was again so amazing and the world unique, I loved being back.

I think this could have been slightly shorter but I am still happy about action that this book had compared with the first book.

#Pantone2022 #SpringHorror #ThingsInCommon #AwesomeApril #SeriesRead2022

Characters were realistic - not flawless and you got to know their sometimes even disturbing secrets.

Atmosphere was mysterious and scenes in the dark streets vivid.

I loved how this had multiple POVs and several twists: it wasn't easy to guess what has happened.

This was pleasurable read even though some things were a bit too coincidental.

Thanks for recommendation @Eggs

#Pantone2022 #SpringHorror #ThingsInCommon #AwesomeApril

I really loved two of the stories, six had some good twist or were otherwise good ones and then there were four that weren't really amazing.

#Pantone2022 #SpringHorror #ThingsInCommon #TheSupernaturalYear (Winchester) #SeriesRead2022 #AwesomeApril

This was intriguing to read, but also disturbing.

This had really dark atmosphere, I love gothic books and this was mysterious from the first pages. I loved how secrets started to reveal themselves.

It was quite easy to guess what was happening and this could have been a bit more realistic but I still enjoyed.

#Pantone2022 #SpringHorror #ThingsInCommon #aestheticallymatched #TheSupernaturalYear (Lost shoe)

I liked the main characters but there were so many secondary characters that were hard to remember. I loved slow-burn romance!

Brutal society - just what I love in dystopia books. But I would have loved to have more of it!

This was a bit slow - well still interesting enough to keep me going.

#SeriesRead2022 #Pantone2022 #SpringHorror #ThingsInCommon #ReadMyRoom

There were some hilarious scenes and this was overall fun & light read. This maybe wasn't the most believable story but was so enjoyable and entertaining that I didn't care. I can say I really loved this book!

Finlay was also somehow so likable character even though it seemed like things just happened to her.

#SeriesRead2022 #Pantone2022 #SpringHorror

This was a bit too long book and dragged. I had the same feeling that I had after book 2: this should have been a duology.

I liked characters. Or at least mostly - I found some of them annoying. It didn't help that Celia joined with our group in this one.

One twist in the middle of the book started to repete the plot of book 1 but only worse.

This was better than book 2 but not even close to book 1.

#KickTheSlump #SeriesRead2022 #Pantone2022

“All human beings are a work in progress, and we don‘t all change at the same pace. Who knows how many people have gotten divorced simply because they failed to recognize that what they thought were insurmountable problems were actually just temporary phases?“

I don't have plans right now, exept these two books. Otherwise I am going to mood read during #AwesomeApril

April #BFC2022

I am again so late to post goals!!

There is my TBR in the picture and then I am going to do walking/playing badminton/playing padel 3-4 times a week. But then I should see if stretching would help with one injured muscled that I seem to have. Or I have to go to doctor for it. But I have to do something with it.

March #BFC2022

I read all books that I had planned to read, all books in English and some of them were quite chunksters :D But I read really good books!

I have continued playing padel & badminton and we got an opportunity to go and play at the new place which wasn't yet opened. It was cool to see it beforehand. I got my mother, aunt and father to try padel first time. Mother played even twice :D Clearly madness is spreading 🤣

“The need for vengeance feels like a hunger, but there is no sating it. Instead it consumes the man that feeds it. Vengeance is taking from the world. The only cure is to give.“

“You could spend a lifetime peering in forests and jungles and never see one tenth of nature's secrets.“

This was too complex for my taste but worldbuilding was awesome.

This had an awesome cast of characters and there weren't too many of them. But somehow even their deaths left me cold.

I especially loved the beginning: it was so tense but then I was a bit disappointed when I noticed how rushed it was suddenly. And then started the major - and dullest - part of the book.

#KickTheSlump #SeriesRead2022 #Pantone2022 #TheSupernaturalYear (Prophet)

“The highest function of ecology is understanding consequences.“

“Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and has powers of reality.“

“But it‘s a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, those things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan. We tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that‘s really chewing on us.“

Charisma was a bit exaggerated character: she was unbelievable clumsy. Men were just extremely sexy but we got to know almost nothing else about them.

I really loved magic in this book, it was quite cool. But worldbuilding was almost non-existent: even information if there is also normal people take long to get.

There wasn't really a plot at all, this book's only purpose was to lead to the next book.

#KickTheSlump #SeriesRead2022 #Pantone2022

“the proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence.“

“It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.“

“...motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.“

“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.“

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.“

My time to dive into Herbert's world has come. My goal is start and maybe even finish Frank Herbert's Dune. On the plus side I am reading this time in Finnish, it has been over a month when I have done it last time I think O.O

#20in4

1️⃣ I am starting a new book after sauna 😄

2️⃣ Valour by John Gwynne has given me most emotions this far

3️⃣ No DNFs! 👏

Thanks for the tag @TheNeverendingTBR

I tag @mdm139 @WJCintron @DieAReader

#WondrousWednesday

I love peculiar characters and this book had several of them. I also really love this world: I overall like steampunk but this world is even historical and supernatural.

This was light & fun read.

#KickTheSlump #SeriesRead2022 #TheSupernaturalYear (Pudding) #19822022 (12/41)

There were several POVs and I loved to follow the plans of the evil ones. There were betrayals and twists.

I was afraid of something bad happening to characters I liked. But this had some lighter moments as well that made me laugh or smile.

There was so much action and I loved to follow all minor storylines. This book was hard to put down but at the same time I didn't want it to be finished. And now it is :(

#KickTheSlump #SeriesRead2022

#MarvellousMarch is over and I managed to reach my goals and even some more.

I finished Malice and even another book. Then I have started Valour.

Thank you again @Andrew65

I love mysteries and thrillers - even horror. I still almost always find myself reading something else. I am excited for April, I am planning my TBR and trying to read more books in these genres.

#SpringHorror

I loved how this made me to imagine life in similar villages than in this book. Life and rutines were described the way it was easy to imagine being living there.

This book made me feel: I cried, was FURIOUS and the last 150 pages made me hold my breath countless times. I am and definitely are not ready for the next. This ending made the slow beginning worth reading.

#KickTheSlump #SeriesRead2022 #MarvellousMarch #TheSupernaturalYear (Angels)

I like Brendan's kind of grumpy characters because it was clear from the beginning that he was actually kind and nice. Piper was naive but she had a big heart.

This cozy small town with fishermen and people who had always known each other was sweet and lovable.

The beginning was especially good and there were several scenes that made me laugh! I am not a fan of insta-love, it felt unbelievable.

#KickTheSlump #SeriesRead2022 #MarvellousMarch

I am so late to post goals for March but better late than never - right?

There is my TBR in the picture and then I am going to do walking/playing badminton/playing padel 3-4 times a week.

#BFC2022

I have this series of chunksters on my pile so I think my plan is to finish the first one and start (maybe even finish) the second one.

TBR
John Gwynne - Malice
John Gwynne -Valour

#MarvellousMarch

I loved how characters were grey and I loved it so much. This being a book about heroes & villains it wasn't so clear at the end who is what. One character stole my heart and was killed. Shocking!

This book had so much action! It was really thrilling to read and I liked this book much more than two first installments. This trilogy really was worth reading.

And that ending. Well my twisted mind liked it ;)

#KickTheSlump #SeriesRead2022