Review; True Born av L.E. Sterling

Tittel: True Born

Sjanger: Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Først utgitt: 2016

Denne utgaven utgitt: 2016

Format: E-bok

Forlag: Entangled Publishing:Teen

ISBN: 9781633753259

Kilde: Kjøpt selv

Goodreads om boken

Welcome to Dominion City.

After the great Plague descended, the world population was decimated...and their genetics damaged beyond repair. The Lasters wait hopelessly for their genes to self-destruct. The Splicers pay for expensive treatments that might prolong their life. The plague-resistant True Borns are as mysterious as they are feared… And then there's Lucy Fox and her identical twin sister, Margot. After endless tests, no one wants to reveal what they are.

When Margot disappears, a desperate Lucy has no choice but to put her faith in the True Borns, led by the charismatic Nolan Storm and the beautiful but deadly Jared Price. As Lucy and the True Borns set out to rescue her sister, they stumble upon a vast conspiracy stretching from Dominion’s street preachers to shady Russian tycoons. But why target the Fox sisters? /Goodreads/

*****

Dette er den første boken i en trilogi som handler om en verden hvor det er tre mennesklige raser: The Lasters som er infisert av viruset, The Splicers som er de rike og har nok penger til å fikse på dna og til slutt True Borns som har mutert Dna som beskytter dem mot viruset. Målet er å overleve!

I en verden hvor skillet mellom liv og død er liten, er tvillingene Lucy og Margot heldig å bli født inn i en rik familie som har råd til å fikse DNA'et slik at de kan overleve pesten som sprer seg i landet deres. De er nemlig en del av menneskene kalt 'The Splicers', de priviligerte og rike i samfunnet. Men tvillingene finner fort ut at de ikke er helt vanlige, og prøver desperat å finne ut hva de er. 

I begynnelsen følte jeg at jeg leste en bok skrevet av en forfatter som ikke hadde gitt ut noen bøker før. Språket og skrivemåten var til tider vanskelig å lese og hadde ikke riktig flyt, men etterhvert som man kommer inn i historien løste dette seg opp. Jeg slet også i begynnelsen med å skjønne hvem var hva og hva de tre mennesketypene var. Dette blir jo forklart senere i boken, men jeg skulle ønske forfatteren hadde klarere beskrivelser i begynnelsen slik at det hadde vært lettere å følge med! 

Ellers så leste jeg denne boken på en dag, så det er lettlest og passer perfekt for de som ikke har lest mye Sci Fi før og ønsker en rolig begynnelse inn i sjangeren! 

Sitater: 

I stare at the long, almost elegant thinness of the wrist bone jutting out from a heap of flesh and cloth. All that separates us, that poor woman and me, is an accident of birth.

He licks his lips as his head tilts down toward me. My body goes wild. Frissons of electricity travel up and down my spine as the True Born leans down. His voice is silk in my ear. 'You're not with your parents now. No restrictions. How does that make you feel?

Forfatter:

L.E. Sterling bor i Toronto og har skrevet to noveller tidligere kalt Pluto's Gate og The Originals. Hun har nettopp gitt ut True Born som er den første boken i en planlagt trilogi. Andre boken i serien forventes utgitt i April 2017! 

Ønskeliste Juni!

In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad is forced from the arms of her beloved husband, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once thought Khalid a monster—a merciless killer of wives, responsible for immeasurable heartache and pain—but as she unraveled his secrets, she found instead an extraordinary man and a love she could not deny. Still, a curse threatens to keep Shazi and Khalid apart forever.

Now she’s reunited with her family, who have found refuge in the desert, where a deadly force is gathering against Khalid—a force set on destroying his empire and commanded by Shazi’s spurned childhood sweetheart. Trapped between loyalties to those she loves, the only thing Shazi can do is act. Using the burgeoning magic within her as a guide, she strikes out on her own to end both this terrible curse and the brewing war once and for all. But to do it, she must evade enemies of her own to stay alive. /Goodreads/

Seventeen-year-old Isis Blake hasn’t fallen in love in three years, nine weeks, and five days, and after what happened last time, she intends to keep it that way. Since then she’s lost eighty-five pounds, gotten four streaks of purple in her hair, and moved to Buttcrack-of-Nowhere, Ohio, to help her mom escape a bad relationship.

All the girls in her new school want one thing—Jack Hunter, the Ice Prince of East Summit High. Hot as an Armani ad, smart enough to get into Yale, and colder than the Arctic, Jack Hunter's never gone out with anyone. Sure, people have seen him downtown with beautiful women, but he's never given high school girls the time of day. Until Isis punches him in the face.

Jack’s met his match. Suddenly everything is a game. /Goodreads/

Long before she was the terror of Wonderland — the infamous Queen of Hearts — she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.

Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the yet-unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend and supply the Kingdom of Hearts with delectable pastries and confections. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next Queen.

At a royal ball where Cath is expected to receive the king's marriage proposal, she meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the King and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. /Goodreads/

-Hvilken bøker har du på ønskelisten? 

Happy Monday!

Viktig å passe på hundene våres i solsteken! Tenkte jeg skulle prøve dette til min egen da han er glad i både bananer og is!

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Smakebit på søndag #67

Welcome to Dominion City.

After the great Plague descended, the world population was decimated...and their genetics damaged beyond repair. The Lasters wait hopelessly for their genes to self-destruct. The Splicers pay for expensive treatments that might prolong their life. The plague-resistant True Borns are as mysterious as they are feared.. And then there's Lucy Fox and her identical twin sister, Margot. After endless tests, no one wants to reveal what they are.

When Margot disappears, a desperate Lucy has no choice but to put her faith in the True Borns, led by the charismatic Nolan Storm and the beautiful but deadly Jared Price. As Lucy and the True Borns set out to rescue her sister, they stumble upon a vast conspiracy stretching from Dominion’s street preachers to shady Russian tycoons. But why target the Fox sisters?

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Smakebit fra side: 358

"My heart knocks against my chest as he slowly uncurls himself from the wall, arms folded, and swaggers over to us. "If you're ready, let's go," he says quietly to Margot. Me he ignores altogether." 

- Ha en strålende søndag!

Review: Strong Looks Better Naked av Khloe Kardashian

Tittel: Strong Looks Better Naked

Sjanger: Biografi

Først utgitt: 2015

Denne utgaven utgitt: 2015

Format: Innbundet

Forlag: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-47115-646-5

Sider: 216

Kilde: Kjøpt selv

Goodreads om boken:

In a culture that worships skinny, Khloé Kardashian writes with passion about the power of strength: a strong body becomes a strong mind, which builds to strength of heart, character, and ultimately strength of spirit. This is an inspiring book about how to create strength and true beauty in every area of your life, inside and out. The book features inspired personal stories from Khloé and practical how-to advice about building a strong body, mind, heart, and soul in your own life. /Goodreads/

*****

Jeg ble faktisk ganske overrasket over hvor mye jeg endte opp med å like denne boken! Jeg visste egentlig ikke hva boken handlet om annet enn at det var en biografi, så jeg ble positivt overrasket når jeg skjønte at det var mer en inspirasjonsbok! 

Boken er delt inn i tre deler; kropp, sinn og hjerte/sjel. Khloe snakker om hvordan trening ble en måte for henne å få ut frustrasjon på og hjelpe henne å håndtere situasjoner på en bedre måte. Ved å trene for å hjelpe på sinnet så merket hun også positive forandringer på kroppen. 


Khloe klarer med denne boken og sette et annet perspektiv på kroppresset som mange opplever, og inspirerer til å forbedre seg selv på en sunn og ordentlig måte. Mange som ønsker å gå ned i vekt leiter ofte etter en så kalt "Quick fix", men trening må bli en livsstil eller så vil man ofte oppleve at man fyker opp og ned i vekt som en jojo. Hun har med små fortellinger familien sin, skilsmissen fra Lamar og kapitler skrevet av fagfolk. Sammen med en haug med bilder er dette en veldig lettlest bok.


Favoritt sitater: 

"The thing is, you can't control other people, and you can't control the outcome of situations, and if you think you can, you will soon discover that you are badly mistaken (s.19)" 

"If you want to know what really, truly matters when it comes to exercise, its this: You have to find an exercise you can grow to love. If you don't, you won't stick with it, and nothing will change.(s.34)" 

"This is about health, not numbers. And stop being in such a rush. There is no elevater to success; you have to take the stairs.(s44)"  

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Top 5 Summer Reads!

Nå er sommeren her for alvor! De siste ukene har det vært strålende sol og over 20 grader her i Bergen, så det er perfekt tid til å sitte ute å lese en god bok og jobbe med brunfargen. Personlig så leser jeg for det meste lettleste, romantiske bøker om sommeren. Noe som ikke behøver konsentrasjon eller har for mye mening.. Hvis du skjønner hva jeg mener?

Men her er ihvertfall mine top 5 sommerbøker! 

1. Can you keep a Secret av Sophie Kinsella

Dette er en av mine absolutt favorittbøker igjennom tidene! Den er hysterisk morsom, romantisk og trist. Den har alt man trenger når man ligger på stranden og slapper av! 

Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets: Secrets from her boyfriend: I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken. Secrets from her mother: I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur. Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world: I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is. Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger.…Until Emma comes face-to-face with Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her… /Goodreads/


2. Anna and the French Kiss av Stephanie Perkings

Dette er den perfekte bassengboken. Den er lettlest og søt historie. Får deg til å ønske du var i Paris! 

Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris–until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all…including a serious girlfriend.
But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss? /Goodreads/






3. Yes, Please av Amy Poehler

Denne er for deg som liker bedre å høre på lydbok når du slapper av i solen, for dette er en bok som må høres. Amy Poehler leser selv boken og den er hysterisk morsom. Hennes syn på livet kommer til å få deg til å le som en dust på bussen, det gjorde ihvertfall jeg! 

In Amy Poehler’s highly anticipated first book, Yes Please, she offers up a big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love and friendship and parenthood and real life advice (some useful, some not so much), like when to be funny and when to be serious. /Goodreads/







4. I've Got Your Number av Sophie Kinsella

Dette er også en av mine favoritter! Denne er også morsom og romantisk, men man føler også at man er der med Poppy. Panikken over å ha mistet forlovelsesringen (som også er et dyrt arvestykke), og hun er villig til å gjøre alt for å skjule det for svigerforeldrene og forloveden!

Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her “happily ever after” begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect!

Well, perfect except that the phone’s owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn’t agree. He wants his phone back and doesn’t appreciate Poppy reading his messages and wading into his personal life./Goodreads/




5. Eat Pray Love av Elizabeth Gilbert

Hvis du er noenlunde lik meg, så kommer du til å elske denne boken. For mange så begynner det nye året 1 januar med nye målsettinger og nytt pågangsmot. Men jeg har alltid brukt sommeren som en tid til selvrefleksjon og det er nå jeg setter meg nye mål! Derfor liker jeg også å lese bøker som inspirerer meg.
 
In her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want–husband, country home, successful career–but instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she felt consumed by panic and confusion. This wise and rapturous book is the story of how she left behind all these outward marks of success, and of what she found in their place. Following a divorce and a crushing depression, Gilbert set out to examine three different aspects of her nature, set against the backdrop of three different cultures: pleasure in Italy, devotion in India, and on the Indonesian island of Bali, a balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. /Goodreads/

- Hvilken bøker anbefaller du å lese i sommeren? 

Happy Monday!

Nå er det lenge siden jeg har vært tilstede her på bloggen, men ettersom jeg har kommet lengre i svangerskapet har jeg vært super opptatt. Tiden har blitt delt mellom å kjøpe inn alt som trengs, sortere babyklær og vaske de, sove og spise mat!  
Men jeg håper at jeg kommer meg tilbake til bloggingen og får en god rutine. Så i håp om å bli mer organisert så tenkte jeg å dele litt planlegging inspirasjon... 

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