Greetings from Türkiye ♡

Hi!

As I wrote in my last post I'm currently on vacation in Turkey. The plan was to blog from here but the wifi here sucks! I'm so sad, I had a nice post prepared for the international book day but couldn't upload it... (SOMEHOW I ALWAYS MISS THAT DAY)

Anyway, I'll be blogging as usual when I come home which will be on Wednesday. Miss you guys ♥♥

Book Releases of the Month: April

A P R I L

... A very very late NRM post.... But here we go!

April have been a very fun sleepless month. Lot's of birthdays (including my own 18th birthday!), parties, events, school examinations etc...


Don't Look Back
By Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publication date: 15th April

Samantha is a stranger in her own life. Until the night she disappeared with her best friend, Cassie, everyone said Sam had it all-popularity, wealth, and a dream boyfriend. 

Sam has resurfaced, but she has no recollection of who she was or what happened to her that night. As she tries to piece together her life from before, she realizes it's...Click here for full synopsis

As some of you might know JLA is one of my favorite authors of all time. I have no doubt whatsoever that this YA mystery book will be any less than her other books.





Mud Vein
By Tarryn Fisher
Publication date: April 5th

When reclusive novelist Senna Richards wakes up on her thirty-third birthday, everything has changed. Caged behind an electrical fence, locked in a house in the middle of the snow, Senna is left to decode the clues to find out why she was taken. If she wants her freedom, she has to take a close look at her past. But, her past has a heartbeat…and her kidnapper is nowhere to be found. With her survival hanging by a thread, Senna soon realizes this is a game. A dangerous one. Only the truth can set her free.

I've read one book by Taryn Fisher before and I swear, that book left my mind jiggly for a whole week. All I could think about was the novel. Fisher have this capturing way of writing, it's beautiful.






To All the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han
Publication date: 15th April

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

This seems like the perfect summer read! I'm going on a vacation tomorrow to Turkey and I'm definitely bringing this book with me in my ebook reader.




Rebel Belle
By Rachel Hawkins
Publication date: April 8th

Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper's destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility, super strength and lethal fighting instincts.
Just when life can't get any more disastrously crazy, Harper finds out who she's charged to protect: David Stark, school reporter, subject of a mysterious prophecy and possibly Harper's least favorite person. But things get complicated when Harper starts falling for him--and discovers that David's own fate could very well be to destroy Earth.

Rachel Hawkins wrote The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. Most suspense and thrilling book in this world.





Love Letters to the Dead
By Ava Dellaira
Publication date: April 1th

It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more; though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was; lovely and amazing and deeply flawed; can she begin to discover her own path.

This is a realistic fiction. I think this book will make you cry, it seems like it. I love reading cry-books.


xoxo Lihini

when to NOT bring a book with you

What?!
"TeenBookaLover must have gone mad, there is never a 'nono' time for a good ol book"

In a great fantasy I would most definitely agree with you. I've been in many situations where all I've wanted to do is hide behind a book but unfortunately you can't always do that *silent sob*

But NOT bringing a book with you helps you concentrate on what you're doing much better. You might find yourself wishing for your book but that will be just it - wishes. And sometimes that's a good thing..

SOCIAL MEETINGS
Ever been to a super boring party or ever found yourself stuck with what could seem like the world's most boring people?
Yeah, We've all been there.

What I would like to do in that situation is hide behing a really tall person or a tree, whatever is closest - and read. Just escaping reality, and wouldn't want to escape reality when it's so boring for the moment?

I hate to be the person to tell you this, but sometimes you have to be with people you don't want to be with. It's good training for the future and you might need that person in a close future! 

Kitchens
Reading while eating, there is nothing better.

Until you put it down on something foodish and it just destroys your book. Or maybe someone else harm your book. If you think about it, most incidents happens in kitchen.
I don't know about you,  but I'd rather eat a living human baby before bestroying my baby book



Class
YES reading under the table on a boring history class is SO TEMPTING. It harms no one. Except maybe your education but whatever.

... until your teacher takes your book. And keeps it until the end of the school day.


Xoxo Lihini

Divergent: Movie REVIEW

I saw the movie a while ago but haven't gotten the time to review it until now. Let's get on with it then!

Divergent.
Divergent.
Divergent.

What a great freaking intense movie. No for real, my feels exploded all over the movie theater.
They didn't change too much and they stayed pretty true to the book.

What really blew my mind was how well they captured the Chicago that Veronica Roth painted up in her books. Nothing  was overdone or too massive.
The same thing goes with the characters. I'd like to talk a bit more about Theo James who played Four.

Four is a pretty complex character to play. He have this harsh personality that you don't wan't nothing to do with. He have these high walls around him, and I think those who have read the book knows why.
But Four is more than that. He does have feelings (surprisingly enough).
He just doesn't show them in a obvious way.

I think Theo James really captured that about Four. All his small little facial expressions were so FOURish. I didn't think he would be able to full it off. But he did.

I'll give the movie 4 out of 5 Dauntless cakes.
 xoxo Lihini

Prodigy (Legend #2) SWEDISH / ENGLISH REVIEW

Av Marie Lu

Förlag: Modernista
Sidor: 344

Det har gått en vecka sedan June och Day med nöd och näppe lyckades fly från Los Angeles och Republiken med livet i behåll. Day antas vara död efter att ha förlorat sin bror till en avrättningspatrull som trodde att det var honom de tog livet av. June är nu Republikens mest eftersökta förrädare.

Desperata efter hjälp vänder de sig till Patrioterna – en rebellgrupp som vigt sina liv åt att få Republiken på fall. Men går Patrioterna att lita på? Eller har de själva, utan att inse det, blivit brickor i det mest fruktansvärda av politiska spel?

SOM JAG HAR LÄNGTAT EFTER DENNA BOK!
Jag har gått runt i ett halvår och tänkt på denna bok, ettan var grym och tvåan höll definitivt måttet!
Legend lämnar oss mitt i ett kaotiskt ögonblick. Days bror John har blivit dödad och det råder tumult i Los Angeles. Man vet inte riktigt vart man har Day och June, är de tillsammans? Kommer de att hålla? Ingen som vet, ingen som vet...

Jag hade verkligen höga förväntningar av denna bok och Marie Lu överträffade dem verkligen. Hennes sätt att skildra karaktärerna på är väldigt fängslande, hon tar dig högst upp på en läskig berg-och-dalbana och låter dig vara där ett bra tag. Du känner spänningen och obehaget som sakta kryper sig in under ditt skinn, och precis när du börjat lugna dg och tro att du inte alls kommer behöva åka ner så släpper hon ned dig. Det är läskigt. Det är fantastiskt. Det gör boken så jäkla bra.

By Marie Lu
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Pages: 371

Injured and on the run, it has been seven days since June and Day barely escaped Los Angeles and the Republic with their lives. Day is believed dead having lost his own brother to an execution squad who thought they were assassinating him. June is now the Republic's most wanted traitor. Desperate for help, they turn to the Patriots - a vigilante rebel group sworn to bring down the Republic. But can they trust them or have they unwittingly become pawns in the most terrifying of political games?

AS I have longed THIS BOOK!
I've been walking around for half a year and thought of this book. Book one was awesome and the second was definitely just as well!
Legend leaves us in the midst of a chaotic moment. Day's brother John is killed and there is a riot in Los Angeles. You do not really know where you have Day and June, are they together? Will they last? Nobody knows, nobody knows ...

I had indeed high expectations of this book and Marie Lu surpassed them indeed. Her way of depicting the characters on is very captivating, she takes you on the top of a scary roller-coaster ride and lets you be there a while. You feel the tension and discomfort that slowly creeps under your skin, and just when you begin to calm yourself and think that you will not have to go down she lets you down. It's scary yet fantastic.

xoxo Lihini

3 books I really really want to read.

Hi, sorry for the bad update, can't promise the greatest update this month, my head is exploding with everything that I have to do..

I really wanna read the Uglies trilogy, but I just haven't gotten the time to do so yet...

Au de Library (!?)

Did you know that you can now SMELL like books?
This perfume have been around for a while but I never took my time to actually look it up, but now I did. I was actually surprised to find out that it's a real thing.

I would personally NOT wear it, since I don't like the smell of books. At all.
But I know that a lot of people actually do like it, so my question is, would you buy it?
They perfume with 15ml cost $95.00
You can find it Here

xoxo Lihini

One True Pairing - OTP

Song to listen to while reading this post

OTP is what you can a couple/ two people you really like together. It can be fictional or real people, usually celebrities in that case.
And we ALLLLL have them. Don't even try to deny it.
And ladies and gents, It's time for me to present my top 5 OTPs. Here it goes.

Number five - Day and June (Legend trilogy)

Cute as a button, I'm reading the second book in the trilogy atm and my jesus, they give me all kinds of feels!

Number four - Patch and Nora (Hush Hush series)

How can you not fall for Patch's brooding masculine dark attitude? It's not douchebaggy, just very addicting. The way he is with Nora makes you wish you had someone like him in your life, but I love them together nonetheless.

Number three - Four and Tris (Divergent trilogy)

These two are so broken and so beautiful together. I love their relationship so so much, because it touches close to home. Love them together.

 Number two - Jem and Tessa (the Infernal Devices)

Because their love is not just between them two. That's the kind of love that makes you cry for no reason

Number one - Kurt and Blaine (Glee)

I love Glee more than life, Glee is the best thing that's ever happened to me. Not even kidding.

Kurt and Blaine is that couple you invest more feelings in than your own. That perfect couple you would make exactly anything for. Yet they are barely real! Kurt and Blaine are just too sassy to not love them. Their love have been trough a lot and yet stands stronger than ever. They make you believe in love.

xoxo Lihini

DIVERGENT EVENT HOSTED BY ME

I hosted a Divergent event this past saturday in Stockholm! As some of you might know I work together with Nordisk Film to promote the movie, and they let me host this event! We had so much fun, I had a blast and I know that the people there loved it as much as me. 

We played Divergent related games, ate cake and had a wonderful time together. At the end of the day we gave away Divergent hoodies, wristbands, Catching Fire DVD, CINEMA TICKETS and much more to the people there. I swear, some people started to cry, it was so sweet. I felt like Santa Claus haha!

My dear friend and promoting manager Julia Elisabeth!

dauntless cake!!!!

I am Divergent

xoxo Lihini

Pappersstäder / Paper Towns REVIEW

Av John Green
Sidor: 367
Förlag: Bonnier Carlsen

Quentin Jacobsen har älskat den iögonenfallande och äventyrslystna Margo på avstånd i hela sitt liv. Ända sedan de som grannbarn lekte tillsammans. Så när hon öppnar fönstret till hans rum och klättrar in i hans liv igen och övertalar honom att följa med på en genialiskt hämndaktion följer han med. 

Efter deras natt tillsammans kommer Quentin till skolan för att upptäcka att Margo - som alltid varit något av en gåta - nu har förvandlats till ett mysterium. Hon brukar försvinna ibland, men aldrig så här länge. Kan hon vara död? Men snart upptäcket Quentin att Margo lämnat subtila, smarta ledtrådar bara för honom. Budskapet är tydligt: Hitta mig om du kan! 

Vägen mot gåtans lösning är vindlande och tvingar Quentin att inse att ju närmare han kommer Margos gömställe desto mindre vet han egentligen om henne. Och kommer han att hinna fram innan hon försvinner igen? 

Vilken besvikelse till bok. 
Den kan lika gärna heta Alaska Town eller något sånt. Om ni har läst Looking for Alaska kan jag säga att denna bok innehåller samma koncept men karaktärerna har bara andra namn. 

John Green är känd för sina komplexa karaktärer men vad är vitsen med att skriva om trasiga ungdomar om man inte kan skildra dem på olika sätt i sina böcker? 

Början var intressant och spännande, deras äventyr höll ett bra tempo och stämningen var allmänt skön.
Men efter att Margo försvann förändrades hela historien (vilket var förväntat).
Vad som inte var lika förväntat var Quentins besatthet av Margo. Hela hans dagar och nätter kretsade kring henne, han vart arg så fort någon utav hans kompisar försökte leva sitt liv, försökte njuta av sina sista dagar i high school. Quentin var egentligen inte ens självcentrerad utan han trodde att han var tvungen att sluta leva sitt liv för att hitta någon som sprungit iväg av en anledning. Han slösade bort sitt liv på en besatthet.

Som nämt innan så handlade boken egentligen bara om en sak - att hitta Margo.
Detta gjorde dialogerna väldigt konstiga och metaforerna orelevanta. De var liksom för djupa för handligen och gick inte ihop med resten. 

Jag vill dock hylla bokaraktärerna litegrann, enligt min mening var de de enda som var värda att läsa om. De var roliga och väldigt kloka, kloka på ett sätt som var trovärdigt. Jag tyckte speciellt mycket om Ben, har var så oförutsägbar och fick mig att skratta flera gånger. Han lyfte upp boken ur dess mörka vrå lite grann.

E N G L I S H

Author: John Green
Pages: 305
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life - dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge - he follows.

After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues - and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Q gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew.

What a disappointment to book. 
It may as well be called Alaska Town or something. If you've read Looking for Alaska, I can say that this book contains the same concept but the characters just have different names.

John Green is known for his complex characters but what's the point of writing about the broken youth if one can not depict them in various ways in his books?

The beginning was interesting and exciting, their adventures kept a good pace and the mood was generally pleasant.
But after Margo disappeared the whole story changed (which was expected).
What was less expected was Quentin's obsession with Margo. His whole days and nights revolved around her, he became angry whenever any of his mates tried to live their life, trying to enjoy their last days in high school. Quentin was not really even self-centered, but he thought he had to stop living his life to find someone who ran away for a reason. He was wasting his life on an obsession.

Like I said before the book is only about one thing - finding Margo.
This made the dialogues very weird and strange metaphors that were irrelevant. They were like too deep for the plot and did not go with the rest.

However, I must say that I loved the supporting characters.

 In my opinion, they were the only ones worth reading about. They were funny and very wise, wise in a way that was believable. I especially liked Ben's was so unpredictable and made ​​me laugh several times. He picked up the book out of its dark corner a little bit.

xoxo Lihini