En Julsaga / A Christmas Carol REVIEW

Av Charles Dickens
Sidor: 192 (med bilder)
Förlag: B. Wahlströms

Den gamle, snåle, girige Ebenezer Scrooge får under julaftons natt möta tre vålnader. Scrooge tvingas minnas sin olyckliga barndom och hur han valde bort kärleken för profiten. Han tvingas också se hur människor trots sin nöd kan glädjas åt familjens gemenskap. Och julens budskap görs uppenbart i denna tidlösa och rysliga sägen. 

Vilken härlig bok! Jag och min kompis Maria har läst denna bok högt för varandra, med levande ljus och varm choklad har vi verkligen fått upp den juliga stämningen, och den här boken bara intensifierar den stämningen till max! 

Detta är en sann julbok, som borde läsas en bit i taget varje dag fram tills julafton. Det är såhär en klassiker ska vara! Ingen mesig kärlekshistoria här inte (Stolthet och Fördom), utan det handlar mer om den vilkorslösa kärleken alla sprider under juldagarna. Charles Dickens, du kan din sak. 

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By Charles Dickens

Pages: 104

Publisher: Bethany House Publishers

Cruel miser Ebeneezer Scrooge has never met a shilling he doesn’t like...and hardly a man he does. And he hates Christmas most of all. When Scrooge is visited by his old partner, Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come, he learns eternal lessons of charity, kindness, and goodwill. 

What a lovely book! Me and my friend Maria have read this book aloud to each other, with candles and hot chocolate, we really got up the Christmassy mood, and this book only intensifies the atmosphere to the max!

This is a true Christmas book that should be read a bit at a time every day until Christmas Eve. This is how a classic should be! No wimpy love story here no (Pride and Prejudice), but it's more about the unconditional love we spread over this festive period. Charles Dickens, you know your thing.

Yours truly

xoxo Lihini

Falla Sönder / Destroy Me (Shatter Me #1,5) REVIEW +

Swedish Review

Av Tahereh Mafi

förlag: B|Wahlstöms

Juliettes berörning är dödlig. Hon satt inlåst på grund av sin förbannelse i åratal. men så träffade hon Warner. Den vackre unge mannen utan hjärta, han gav henne frihet, men bara i hans fångeskap, och hon använde sin kraft i tyranniets tjänst. Juliette vägrade och flydde tillsammans med Adam, rebellen som bad henne att slå för friheten och för deras framtid som älskande. Men lika brinnande och okuvlig som Adams och Juliettes kärlek vuxit sig . lika förbjuden kommer den bli.

I denna novell får vi lära känna Warner lite bättre. I Shatter Me slutar boken väldigt abrupt, Juliette rymmer från basen med Adam, vilket inte alls skulle ske.

Warner var i mina ögon den där hemska mannen med inte en endaste gnutta mänsklighet i blodet. Han var brutalt barmhärtig och verkade inte bry sig om någon annan än Juliette. Fast jag skulle nog kalla det 

besatthet.

Som jag sa i Shatter Me REVIEW så tyckte jag att Tahereh Mafi försökte för mycket. Hennes karaktärer förstod sig inte på humor, och de var ytterst seriösa. *gäsp*. 

Jag börjar inse att Mafi vill få Warner att framstå som en man med en tragisk bakgrund vilket resulterar hans nuvarande beteende. Han är egentligen inte hemsk. Han har en mjuk insida. Han är sårbar. Han är BLA BLA BLA, jag vill verkligen inte höra det! Warner var BRUTAL i Shatter me, han gick WAAAY för långt för att "lära upp Juliette" som jag sa I min Shatter me recension så tror jag att Juliette lider av något mental handikapp, så I guess att Warner och hon passar, för han lider ju av seriösa besatthetsproblem.

Jag kommer inte läsa uppföljaren. 

English review

By Tahereh Mafi

ebook, 103 pages

Published October 2nd 2012 by Harper

Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector. Still as obsessed with Juliette as ever, his first priority is to find her, bring her back, and dispose of Adam and Kenji, the two traitors who helped her escape. But when Warner’s father, The Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment, arrives to correct his son’s mistakes, it’s clear that he has much different plans for Juliette. Plans Warner simply cannot allow.

In this novel we get to know Warner a little better.

In Shatter Me book ends very abruptly, Juliette escapes the base with Adam, which was not suppose to happen.

Warner was in my eyes that horrible man with not a single ounce of humanity in the blood. He was brutally compassionate and seemed not to care about anyone but Juliette. Though I'd probably call it obsession.

As I said in my Shatter Me REVIEW I thought Tahereh Mafi tried too much. Her characters did not understand humor, and they were extremely serious. * yawn *.

I begin to realize that Mafi want to get Warner to appear as a man with a tragic background which results his current behavior. He is not really horrible. He has a soft interior. He is vulnerable. He is BLA BLA BLA, I really do not want to hear it! Warner was BRUTAL in Shatter me, he went WAAAY too far to "train Juliette" as I said in my review Shatter me, I think Juliette is suffering from a mental disability, so I guess that Warner and she fits because he clearly suffers from serious obsession problems. 

I am not going to read the sequal

~stay smart, stay chic

xoxo Lihini

What Really Happened in Peru (The Bane Chronicles Part #1) REVIEW +

By Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan

ebook, 133 pages

Published April 16th 2013 by Margaret K. McElderry Books

There are good reasons Peru is off-limits to Magnus Bane. Follow Magnus’s Peruvian escapades as he drags his fellow warlocks Ragnor Fell and Catarina Loss into trouble, learns several instruments (which he plays shockingly), dances (which he does shockingly), and disgraces his host nation by doing something unspeakable to the Nazca Lines.

easy read book, the book was about Magnus and I just adore him, he is so cute. Cassie wrote this book together with another author, which I think was unnecessary. the book was very fast paced and I didn't really get a hum on WHY this story was even told but I had some great moments with the book when I just laughed out loud.
3/5

~stay smart, stay chic

xoxo Lihini

beaches, ocean, sun kissed leg's, friends... perfect summer books

the summer is here, at least for me! And since I live in Sweden and we get our summer super late I guess you guys also have gotten a feel on the summer. I have been laying on the balcony sunbathing ( not to get tan thou, I just really like the sun) and enjoying myself with a book and lemonade. Summer break is almost here for me. I know some of you guys already have summer break (lucky you...) and who know, maybe you are going on a road trip, vacation, maybe you are going to baby sit or just be at home and hang out with friends and read! whatever you do there is always time to escape in a book. That's why I searched up my most appriciated summer reads! all of these books are easy fun and heart warming, and it isn't too deep to make you forget all about your summer break and make you sit at home and read all day long hehe.
Down below are some of my favorite summer reads. they are all worth taking a look at. Maybe you have a book tip for me? comment below! :)

The summer I turned Pretty

The Notebook

Perfect You

the Vincent Boys

What Happened to Goodbye

how to Ruin a Summer Vacation

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

the Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants

the Lightening Thief

Jellicoe Road

~ stay smart, stay chic
xoxo Lihini

Roar and Liv (Under the Never Sky 0.5) REVIEW

By Veronica Rossi

ebook, 68 pages

Published October 30th 2012 by HarperCollins

Before Perry and Aria, there was Roar and Liv.

After a childhood spent wandering the borderlands, Roar finally feels like he has a home with the Tides. His best friend Perry is like a brother to him, and Perry's sister, Liv, is the love of his life. But Perry and Liv's unpredictable older brother, Vale, is the Blood Lord of the Tides, and he has never looked kindly on Roar and Liv's union. Normally, Roar couldn't care less about Vale's opinion. But with food running low and conditions worsening every day, Vale's leadership is more vital—and more brutal—than ever. Desperate to protect his tribe, Vale makes a decision that will shatter the life Roar knew and change the fate of the Tides forever.

I liked this book, it was short and exswee, yes I just created that word, the book was quite not exciting but almost there, quite not sweet, but almost.  I didn't understand Roar so well. he made me confused, the first day he was all ok, second day a jealous psyco and the third all loving and God knows what. the other characters were good, didn't get to know them that well to give a real opinion since this was a short book.  I have been wanting to read under the never sky since waay back but something has been holding me back.. but I think I might just give this one a try :) ~stay smart, stay chic xoxo Lihini