In My Mailbox # 4

In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by The Story Siren , find out more about it on her IMM-page.

So, it's been a few weeks since I've last done an IMM so I have quite a few books this time. When I'm bored I buy books, when I'm happy I buy books, when I'm sad I buy books....(and I read read read read of course!)

The S.A.S.S.-series (Students Across the Seven Seas) . I thought they looked so cute I just  had to buy (order) them. I love how they're designed like letters, with these cute little personalized stamps. And the fact that I myself have been an exchange student on not only one but on two occasions made me even more wanting to read these books! Oh, and I love the funny titles! Not all of them have arrived yet though.. I think that four are missing ( lazy postie :P)

The Sound of Munich - Suzanne Nelson

Heart and Salsa - Suzanne Nelson

Up Over Down Under - Micol Ostow & Noah Harlan

The Finnish Line - Linda Gerber

Spain or Shine - Michelle Jellen

Westminster Abby - Micol Ostow

Swede Dreams - Eva Apelqvist

Girl Overboard - Aimee Ferris

Pardon My French - Cathy Hapka

The Great Call of China - Cynthea Liu

Falling In Love With English Boys - Melissa Jensen   ( I had the chance to read this in the beginning of this week and I really liked it after a kind of slow start, it got really engaging after a while and I couldn't put it down until I'd finished it. Hopefully I'll have time to write a review soon. I'd give it almost 4 stars! )

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour - Morgan Matson   (LOVED IT!)
Fallen - Lauren Kate    (Gorgeous velvety cover!)
Bitter Melon - Cara Chow

Winter Longing - Tricia Mills
My Ridiculous, Romantic Obsessions - Becca Wilhite
Siren's Call - Devyn Quinn

In the last week of 2010 I got these two absolutely gorgeous and wonderful books. I loved and adored them both, and as you probably have seen both made my best of 2010 list! Wohoo!!

A Girl Like You - Gemma Burgess (Thanks a lot to Gemma Burgess and to Charlotte Allen at Harper Collins for providing me with this review-copy!! I did my Happy-Dance when it arrived! My review is to come soon!)
There's Cake in my Future - Kim Gruenenfelder ( Review to come!)

And One Last Thing - Molly Harper
If this is Paradise, I Want My Money Back - Claudia Carroll
The Girl Who Chased the Moon - Sarah Addison Allen    ( These last two books I picked up in a book-store in the nearest town, where they surprisingly had a few English books, I didn't plan it, it just happened...oooops)

And last but not least I won a book for the first time ever! I won a contest over on Jane Porter's blog . This is what I got : Some Reader Goodies (to the left) and a signed copy of Easy on the Eyes - Jane Porter

So, what an exciting week! Hope you all had exciting weeks too! Can't wait to see what you all got!

My Best of 2010

Well, I'm late with this, as usual. I had great plans for this post, had it all mapped out in my head, it was going to be awesome. But time got the best of me so this will have to do.

According to my Goodreads account I've read 105 books in 2010 and 14 books that I've started but not finished. As I've joined Goodreads in June I can't be sure that I remembered all the books I read before that and of course, all my rereads and books for my university-studies aren't counted in that number. Anyway, it's still a pretty high number and deciding which books I liked best in 2010 was really hard.

Here are a few of my favourites, without any particular order, the links provided are to my reviews (if there's one)

Lovely Summer Beach Reads ( or warming reads for snowy days...)

You're The One That I Don't Want - Alexandra Potter

Living La Vida Loca - Belinda Jones

About Time - Niamh Shaw

Swimming with Dolphins - Deborah Wright

Katy Carter Wants A Hero - Ruth Saberton

Single in the City - Michele Gorman

The Year of 2010 was also the Year where I discovered contemporary YA

Boys, Bears, and A Serious Pair of Hiking Boots - Abby McDonald

The Duff - Kody Keplinger

Anna and The French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins

Psych Major Syndrome - Alicia Thompson

North of Beautiful - Justina Chen Headley

Going to Far - Jennifer Echols

My Favourite Series

The Iron Fey

The Iron King - Julie Kagawa

The Iron Daughter - Julie Kagawa

I can't wait for the third, the waiting is excruciating!

Two very heavy hardbacks that are sooo worth the pain in my wrists (from holding them while reading) and back (from carrying them around with me all the time)

Getting Away With It - Julie Cohen

Becoming Scarlett - Ciara Geraghty

Hilariously Funny Books - oh the Joy of reading these books, couldn't stop giggling, perfect!

Hello, Heartbreak - Amy Huberman

A Girl Like You - Gemma Burgess ----(Review to come SOON!)

The Dating Detox - Gemma Burgess

There's Cake in my Future - Kim Gruenenfelder  (Review to come SOON!)

I've never any idea what to write in here :S

I've just finished Hello, Heartbreak by Amy Huberman.


It's my first book back since reading The Dating-Detox which I really really loved. Anyway, I didn't have much time to read these past few weeks anyway, what with my Mum visiting, Uni being very demanding and the weather being really depressing (don't ask what that's to do with reading, I don't know either!). Anyway, yesterday evening I've had enough and picked up the book on top of my pile, it happened to be Hello, Heartbreak. Lets face it, I'm not good at giving reviews, maybe it has to do with me being shy, or being too self-conscious, who knows. But I liked it. If you like a funny, likeable heroine, good writing, a hot hunk and hilarious scenes I'd recommend to pick it up :) It even left me with a warm and fuzzy feeling (or it could have been the chocolate with the glass of red wine).

Here's my favourite laugh: "I sincerely hoped he knew I was joking about the dawn jog. People who sacrificed an extra hour in bed to run around in the dark wearing Lycra were obviously in a weird cult and should be avoided at all costs." (Hello, Heartbreak by Amy Huberman, p. 183.)

Nope, kommer inte att gå ner i vikt anytime soon!

Jag har inte mycket tid att skriva på sistone..och absolut inte idag :D

Vilket underbart vinterväder vi har!! Sol, mycket snö och iskyla...längtar dock otroligt mycket till våren..butikerna fylls med vårens sortiment..allting är färgglatt och somrigt..och vad jag längtar!!

Hade en myspys-dag med mycket skratt och prat och god mat..(ska ha ångest om skolan imorron, eller kanske på söndag...inte nu)

Sitter i vardagsrummet nu..det är tyst i huset, borde snart gå och lägga mig...

Så ser det ut i badrummet nu:


Me like :D

Här kommer några anledningar till dagens rubrik:

- En påse med chokladnötter/russin/frukt..mmh så gott


Mumsigt!


Chokladigt...


Favvo-chipsen..


Och så gröna osten jag älskar att äta till pasta/bacon/gratängost/äppelmos...mmh så gott :D



Så. fler bilder kommer imorron..kamerans batteri tog slut...

Imorron så blir det Pizza-buffé på Pizza Hut, ett Ikea-besök..och kolla ny kamera på Siba/ElGiganten...

På söndag ska vi ta en tur på isen..synd att vi inte har några skridskor :(

Förresten, ville bara tillägga, jag har ändrat åsikt angående "Dating-Detox"..jag älskar den..jag skrattar rakt ut flera gånger, kan inte sluta läsa den..tycker den är underbar!!

Yay and Nay

I'm sorry I haven't posted for a few days..There have been Up's and Downs. Nope, I'm not depressed, I feel pretty good, mentally at least. But my body has been in pain..stupid pain..pain I haven't felt like this for years, at least it hasn't been this bad!

But good things first...

This lovely piece (rather big :D) of furniture has finally arrived at my humble apartment last Saturday...



I apologize for the quality of the photo..I'm seriously thinking about wishing for/paying part of a new camera for my birthday. I've got a pink (very pretty) Sony Cybershot with (only) 7.2 megapixels and a 4x zoom. I've never been happy with it, never been content with the quality of the pics, but the pic above is worse than usual. On the other hand, I spent a lot of money on that camera almost two years ago..and I actually don't know if there are any cameras out there that are better than this one with a prize I actually can afford.

I spent the weekend on the above showed piece of furniture..obvisously..watching movies. It has been a "Gene Hackman, Tony Scott or was it a Jerry Bruckheimer" weekend..that means I watched on Blu-Ray or Dvd: Enemy of the State, Crimson Tide, Runaway Jury and Bad Company, there definitely was a theme there somewhere :D

On the other hand I felt pretty bad, my left wrist started to act up last friday..on Saturday it looked like this:
Yep, it still does. I scream, I mean it, when I come near/or in contact with something cold. I can't stand it..tears start immediately to run down my face..and my screams of agony aren't pretty, I tell ya! But it's not only that it hurts when "touched" by something cold, it also hurts doing stuff..like *moving* .., like "holding a book", like "put on clothes", like "cleaning the apartment"..and so on..it even hurts while I'm sleeping.. (judging from the painful nightmares I've had these past days) and it isn't easy to write this with just one hand!!!

Anyway, on top of everything I came down with a serious cold on Sunday..I still have a sore throat, feel generally weak and have headaches for the most part of my days. So my studying hasn't been as it is used to..that will say, I'm way behind with my reading..way behind with everything. But, I have a nice teacher right now and I actually talked to her yesterday..and I know everything is going to be fine :D

So, what else?

• My mother is coming to visit the day after tomorrow. Yay!! It's been more than 6 months since I've last seen her.. (yeah, that and I'm seriously craving for some Swiss chocolate..haha)
• Bad thing is that I don't have so much time for her, what with me being behind with my studies, having some serious group-work next week, and a few lectures..
• I've been watching a lot of Tennis these past few days ( I really like spending my time in the living room right now, hmm, why could that be :D ). And, I've got to say (*proudly*) that I was right about every 1/4 match..Yay me..I was right about who'd win and the number of sets...maybe I should look into a career of a fortune-teller.
  
• My bookshelfs feel very empty right now..not literally of course (they're filled to the max), but I haven't much to read right now (It's my mood I guess,.. there are a few unread books that probably are great (not the bad-ones I threw aside))
• I'm so so very broke right now, its almost hilarious!!
• Despite being very very very broke I've ordered 11 books today...what's a girl to do with a serious book-craving/need/addiction with only a minimal student-loan?? Maybe I should think about selling my books I haven't read....
  
• I should seriously consider finding some sponsoring..(Marry rich??)

I've finally started on this book today




It has been on my shelf for a while and now, amidst studying, sleeping, feeling sorry for myself and watching tennis I've finally gotten around to start reading it.

The "Girl" on the cover seriously reminds my of "Suze" in the Shopaholic movie..the one from Gilmore Girls..ah yes Krysten Ritter. Anyway, I don't know yet if I like it or not..which is kind of unusual for me..normally I know within a few pages..now I've read almost a hundred and I still don't know.
It certainly is different. And funny. Hilarious dialogue and refreshing. But, on the other hand, it's just this "otherness" I have difficulties to relate to. Not the style of writing, or the story itself, but the fact that Sass' (the name of the 'heroine') only problem seems to be that she dates the "wrong men" ..and that she is a bit shy..or at least afraid of conflict..But the thing I can't relate to is the fact that she doesn't seem to have problems to find a date, every man seems to be attracted to her (at least to her 'outside self'), no second thoughts about outfits, what to say and so on.....I wish I knew what to wear every day..I wish I had that many men admire me, I wish I was that good at my job/studies ...Yeah, my list could go on and on...On the other hand,, Sass is actually a person I could look up to, and work with myself to be a little more like her...
So, now I'm going back to reading..Outside it's very nasty weather..snowstorm and such...my candles are burning and I'm having a good time, despite not feeling all too well..

Tomorrow is a new day, lots of studying, cleaning and looking forward to next week :D