New address and blog

Eli siis yhdistän kaikki blogit yhdeksi ja kaikki arvostelut sun muut löytyy vastaisuudessa osoitteesta: http://pienienkelikirjoitti.blogspot.fi/


So I'm going to unite all my blogs into one and all the reviews and other things you can find in the future from the address: http://pienienkelikirjoitti.blogspot.fi/

Tässä blogissa en aio enää mitään kirjoittaa.

I'm not going to post any more here.

Deborah Harkness - A Discovery of Witches

Author: Deborah Harkness

Book Name: A Discovery of Witches

Published: 2011

Pages: 688

It begins with absence and desire.
It begins with blood and fear.
It begins with a discovery of witches.

In the mids of humans, there's a world of witches, vampires and daemons. They're not supposed to mix, it's forbidden, but when Diana, a witch who's trying to forget that she's a witch and refuses to use her powers, finds a manuscript that information about the creatures past and future. Every single witch, vampire and daemon finds out about this and starts to follow Diana. One vampire, Matthew, starts following Diana in hopes to get the manuscript to himself and so to vampires, but instead gets to know Diana and their relationship developes to something more.
Together they fight other creatures to keep their relationship and stay together, and try to find more about the manuscript so it won't get to wrong hands.

This book was something I've never read before. At first it seemed really good, but really soon it started to remind me too much of the many stories I've read before, and it didn't have much that seemed original to me. But it was so well written that even though I didn't like the story I continued to read. But as I read more, I found out myself liking the story more and more, and it started to feel more original and fresh, and the story developed to something amazing, new, fresh and totally worth reading.

I'm still amazed that I got to the end considering how I felt about it at first, and I even complained about it to my friend many times how it's so boring and the same that every single other lovestory seems to be about. I thought I would start another book any day, but the way it was written, it blew me away and kept me reading even though I only read a little every day. Also, I loved the fact that Diana loves tea and drinks it all the time. As a huge tea lover I was happily surprised that for once there was a book where someone loves tea instead of coffee, and I enjoyed most the parts where there was tea, at first. But as the story went on I felt more compelled to read more and more every day and I couldn't get enough of the story.

The sad thing is that this is the first of a series, and I haven't seen the second book anywhere in Finland, if it even exists yet. But I'm eagerly waiting for it to appear, and I'm sure it'll be just as amazing as the first one, if not better.

I have to admit that I haven't read any books that have witches, vampires and daemons, but it felt like the usual creatures, vampires and werewolfs, have been replaced with other creatures, witches and daemons. But it was so different in the end compared to every other book with creatures in it. I would warmly recommend this to anyone who loves fantasy, witches or vampires. Daemons don't have a very big part in this, but it's interesting when they're mentioned.

All and all this was a good read, and I'm really glad I made it till the end. I would maybe give this 5/5 stars, even though the beginning wasn't that good to me, because of the way it was written. It made every sentence seem good no matter what the contents and kept you reading even after a longer pause since you knew it would be worth it.

I'm sorry I haven't made a review in so long, but I sincerely haven't gotten much out of the books I have read, and I haven't read that much. I couldn't form an opinion about the books I did finish, and they seemed so ordinary or I read them so slowly that I didn't feel I could get enough out of them to make a full review, and I didn't want to make a half of a review just to get something here.

But right now I'm reading Beautiful creatures and I must say I'm loving it, and I'll certainly make a review of it next!!

Till next time loveliess~~<3 p="">

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Ensinnäkin, haluun pyytää anteeks sitä että oon ollu niin huono bloggaaja >____< Oon kyllä lukenu joitain kirjoja, mutta en oo saanu tehtyä niistä arvostelua.... Kun oli niin kiire, ja alotin seuraavan kirjan melkein heti ja sitten ne meni ihan sekasin ja kunnon arvostelun tekeminen oli mahdotonta ;____; Ja sitten mulle tuli kirjablokki, joka on ollu nyt jo kauemman aikaa. En oo lukenu mitään loppuun varmaankaan kuukauteen, ja tänä vuonna oon lukenu vaan kolme kirjaa loppuun. Alotan lukemaan jotain kirjaa, mutta kun on lukenu vaan niin vähän aikaa putkeen niin siihen ei oikein pääse sisälle, ja sitten tulee mieleen toinen kirja jonka haluais lukea ja päättää alottaa sen, ja sitten tulee mieleen kolmas kirja, ja sitten palaan siihen ensimmäiseen kirjaan uudestaan. Näin käy useamman kerran.... Mutta nyt yritän ottaa itseäni niskasta kiinni, ja vähintäänkin yritän olla lukematta jo luettuja kirjoja, mikä on todella hankalaa kun muistaa kuinka hyviä ne on....^^"

Mutta toivottavasti saan luettua jonkun kirjan(alusta) loppuun ja odotettua tarpeeks kauan sen jälkeen että saan arvostelun tehtyä XD Kun siis harvoin pystyy heti samantien tekee mitään arvostelun tapastakaan, mutta yritän parhaani!

Sorry, only Finnish this time, no time for a translation, try to remember it later!!

Katori~

Author : Garth Nix

Book name : Abhorsen

Published : 2003

Paperback published : 2004

Pages : 518

 My lovely book was torn by my stupid schoolbag.....!!!!

Lirael and Sam need to stop the Destroyer from awakening. With the help of the Disreputable Dog and the cat, Mogget, they set off to save the whole world from total destruction.

This book is a seguel to Lirael. It has many different views from which the story is told from, but always it's clear from who's point the story is continuing from, though it's not from me point of view.

I really liked this one, even though it was hard to read it since I was sick and having so many distractions, but the overall was really good, and I would definitely read this book again. The ending cuts so close, and the ending is kind of sad, but it leaves room for another whole story to be told. I think there is a fourth book which has tales from Nick's life and some others, though I don't think it's really a sequel. I'm not sure.

Spoiler alert!! The ending was really different from what I thought it would be. At first, when I thought Lirael would die, I was like this can't be possible, but then when the Disreputable Dog takes her place to die instead, my heart skipped a beat. And when she died, I almost burst into tears. It was just too sad that Lirael's best friend would die, and especially since she was one of the seven, if the Destroyer would ever be freed again there would be no way to bound it. That made me even more sad, but I don't think there'll be another story about the Destroyer since this is(to my knowledge) for young adults, or teens, so a total destruction of the world sounds too cruel to a series that was so full of hope and had a happy ending, all in all.

This was another amazing piece of work from Nix, full of magic and magical beings, death but life, desperation but hope, and especially the ending had a great impact on me, it was full of power and joy, exactly how a story should be written. The only thing that disappointed me in this book was that the Shadow Hands' dark material was called stuff. That didn't suit the story at all, it felt like you had been in the middle of a serious conversation and someone yells poo. Seriously, I don't think many will notice this at all, but to me it was a great bummer.

Otherwise than that it was a wonderful book and I loved it! You definitely need to read it if you have read Lirael and Sabriel. You just can't leave the story unfinished.

Next I'll TRY to read Sabriel, but I might get sidetracked since I have so many good books left to read.... But either way I'll try to post another review as soon as possible!!

Once again all critique and comments and feedback is appreciated, both English and Finnish~~

Thank you for reading!!

-Katori~~

Lucy Dillon - The secret of happy ever after

Author : Lucy Dillon
Book name : A secret of happy ever after
Pages : 493
Published : 2011

Michelle is starting her life over, trying to make herself a new person and forgetting her past. She's still married, though.
Anna lives with her husband and his three children and a dalmatian. She dreams of her own baby, but will it be possible for her to have her own little baby when there are three other children in need of her constant attention and care.

What I liked about this book was that it had so many elements in it. There isn't just the friendship of the two women, Michelle and Anna, but also their love life, parenthood, having children, step-mother, dogs, bookshop, business keeping, divorce, all sorts of things. It felt like too much at some point, like Dillon couldn't possibly finish it so that there would be a happy ending, and I found myself stressing over at what will happen to the women and their loved one's.

I originally picked this book up because it tells about a woman starting her own book shop, but it was so much more than just that. I loved all the characters, no matter how they acted, because I could see a goodness in all of them, except for two who I found awful. But all the main characters were lovely, especially in the end when they could get past their problems.

I was quite disappointed with the ending though. It left me wanting for something more. It felt like it didn't really end, like there would be a sequel, but there isn't to my knowledge and that took away from the whole reading experience, but even with that it was a good read and I could imagine reading the book again sometime in the future.

I'll try to finish my next book(Abhorsen, sequel to Lirael) really soon, and after that I'm, probably reading Sabriel, maybe some The Hunger Games and The Language Of Flowers, + other books I have unread~~(which is a lot! XD)

Hope you liked this, please feel free to comment or give me critique or advice on how to improve~~

Novala Takemoto - Kamikaze Girls

Author : Takemoto Nobara (Novala Takemoto)

Original name : Shimotsuma Monogatari

Original published : 2002

English version published : 2008

Pages : 211

+ Afterword and Glossary

So! I read this in less than 3 days!! I'm so proud of myself! But yes, I really did love this book, and I can't wait to(hopefully, if they have been translated to English) read Nobara-san's (Written Nobara in Japanese, Novala in English) other books~~ He seems to love the Lolita style and life, which is, if I understood correctly, present in all of his books.

But yes, Kamikaze Girls is about two very different type of girls, one a Lolita, one a Yanki. But they will become friends, and the rest you'll have to read from the book~~

I really loved this book, not only because it is Japanese, but because it's a really good book. Seriously, I rarely read anything like this, where the story is about friends and real life things, I'm more of a fantasy type of girl, but this was really lovely and touching. True, the main character, Momoko, is quite cold hearted at times, but I found myself loving her character despite of her cold heartedness and values. And I found myself wanting to start embroidery again after reading it, I went through the whole house until I found my unfinished work!

But yes, I suppose anyone could enjoy of this, even if it wasn't their genre, after all there is action in it too, so it's not just about two girls talking all the time and doing nothing else.
And I found myself loving the afterword of Nobara-san, which was especially made for the English version. It made me want to even more read his other books!

There is a sequel to this book, but I don't know if it's translated to English or what it's name is. You can find more info about Nobara-san and his books from this website(in Japanese) : www.novala.net

I will definitely read this book again, the characters are lovable and the story is touchin giving vew to two very different worlds. And if you're interested in Lolita style, the brand that's mentioned in the book, Baby, the Stars Shine Bright, is an actual Lolita style brand, I looked them up and there were super cute clothes and shoes and accessories there! I definitely recommend you go take a look!

Anyway, thank you for reading, please tell me if I can improve myself somehow!!

HUOM. Suomeksikin saa kommentoida!!!!

Katori~~

Garth Nix - Lirael

I just finished this and just had to write the review now!! Omg, it was so good @___@

But yes, Lirael is sequel to Sabriel(which I will read once I get it in my hands!!) and the sequel to Lirael is Abhorsen(which I'm anxious to get too!!). But Lirael is about The Daughter Of The Clayr, Clayr who see in the future, but she is different from other Clayr. When Clayr usually have blond hair, brown skin and light eyes, Lirael has pale skin, dark eyes and even darker hair. Also, she hasn't been gifted the Sight, which allows the Clayr to see in the future. All the Clayr her age already have the Sight, and she alone has to wear the blue tunic of the kids standing taller than anyone else in her group of youngsters. On her 14th birthday, when she still hasn't gotten the Sight, she decides to kill herself but ends up finding out things about the Kingdom that she shouldn't have heard. She also finds out that some of the most powerful Clayr haven't gotten the Sight before their 16th birthday, which giver her hope, and the other Clayr decide to give her a job at the Library to keep her mind busy. She takes her job seriously and finds out things she shouldn't have known or met. Together with a magical dog as a friend that she created she will continue to reveal the mysteries of the Library, and eventually she is sent outside of the Clayr Glacier to fulfil a vision of the other Clayr.(Yes, I said I suck at describing books, but I thought I should give it a try!)

I found this book compelling from the very first page! It's amazing how it could entwine me in it's story so completely so fast. (Okay, I have to admit, I have read this before in Finnish, but it was years ago, and the English version was definitely a different experience on another level) There were the issues of being young and different, humour, action, secrets, magic, all wrapped in an enthralling packet! The pages turned themselves, and the whole day until 2a.m. in the night yesterday I spend reading the last 300 or so pages of the book, without being able to really put it down. Spoiler alert???? Maybe....! Even when the Prince of the Kingdom appears and his story begings to unfurl I still loved every moment of it. I think the only really boring thing was the prologue about the necromancer and the hill, for then there was no information about anything, the magic or the necromancers or the hill.

Spoiler alert!! The book ends suddenly, too suddenly, before the big fight, which apparently only comes in the sequel. This is really annoying since I remembered that I hadn't finished this book the last time I was reading it, and of course thought that the big ending scene I was waiting for would be there, though when I got closer to the end I did feel unsure if the pages left could contain so much of the story. I was kinda disappointed since it ended in the middle of things, even if it gives you more reason to buy the sequel, but I would have bought and read the sequel anyway, so I find it needless to put it in another book.

But ultimately this was a really good read, one of the best fantasy books I have read in my whole life, and I can't wait till I get to read Abhorsen, Sabriel and this again! The fantasy world Nix creates is amazing, full of detail and magic, the dead and the very need to stay alive. I would recommend this book strongly to anyone who likes or loves fantasy genre. Pages in this edition of the book are 705, and as in the headline, the writer is Garth Nix, who I'm starting to appreciate and respect a lot! Got to check out his other books too *----*

Anyway, tell me how you liked this review, and what I could do to improve it and others!! The next book will probably be Kamikaze Girls, which is only a little over 200 pages, so I should be able to review it sooner!! I'll seriously try ö___ö

But thank you for reading, till next time~~!

Katori~~