ByMarlida

Hello!

The weeks are passing by so quickly I can't even keep track! This week has been another busy bundle of work, school and christmas presents. I was working during Black Friday, and all though it's not as big here in Norway as it is in the US, it was CRAZY.

Anyways, I did some bookish shopping on black Friday as well; the whole Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon, The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare and the first book in A Great and Terrible beauty by Libba Bray! Can't wait to have them in my shelf.



I'm also starting to worry about what I'm actually going to bring home to read. I really want to read Soundless by Richelle Mead, a book I got in my Owlcrate box this month, and I'm wondering if I'm possibly going to read Outlander and The Rose Society by Marie Lu!

As you can see I haven't been doing much this week, I've just been working my ass off both in school and on work. But, I did start The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks on eBook the other day, so far so good! And, I've kept on reading Lullaby by Amanda Hocking and Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I feel like I'm reading a lot of books with little action, so I'm kind of bored and in a reading block.

It's been a while now. I'm drowning in exams, so right now everything feels unbearable. I'm coding my own portfolio for an assignment, and it's the worst thing I've ever done. I can't make anything work, and I'm starting to believe that I'm not going to pass anything this year because everything feels kind of hopeless right now.


Anyways, I haven't been able to read much lately, and I can feel it in my SOUL that I need to read more because it's pretty much the only thing that makes me feel a little better. I've been reading a little bit of Cress before I go to sleep, and I love the book, it's just that I can't seem to find the time. The last week has been work, school, eat, sleep, work, school, eat, sleep over and over again. So to be honest, I want to quit school right now... I'm so tired haha, I just want to sleep. I'm actually sitting at work right now, which is sad. It's Sunday, and I'm sitting at the school library so that people can actually use the place now that we're switching some systems here, and it's driving me nuts.


I'm actually worried that this christmas is going to be sad because I don't feel like I've been doing any good in any of my classes this semester. I'm behind on everything, and all though I'm looking forward to coming home, eating good food, and have that christmas spirit, I'm so down at the moment that I don't even think that a cup of tea and snowy weather outside could make me any happier.


This was a really sad update. But I'm sad at the moment. It's been the longest week ever, and there are so many things that I need to get done. I have exams in like two weeks, and I haven't even started reading or preparing at all. I have an assignment due on Tuesday, then two on next Monday, and then one on Tuesday, and Friday. And all of this is BEFORE my exams, which comes the Monday after. On top of it all, I'm working every single day next week, and probably the week after. So... I'm sorry about the not-so-many-reviews you're going to get from me for the next few weeks, but I'm hoping that I'll get some time to actually read when my exams are done!

Hey hey!

It's weird when you've done so many things that there's suddenly a week where you don't have any plans... It's been kind of nice to, and I've spent the time working, reading and starting on my exam.

This week I also finished "See You Tomorrow" by Tore Renberg. I did'nt think I would, but I got hooked and just had to read and read and read... Expect a review of it soon!

Now in the weekend I've been at a huge media conferense wich was so interesting and fun!

Another week has passed by! I feel like the weeks are just flying by and I'm sitting here like an idiot, not really understanding that exams and essays are coming up. I want to throw up thinking about it. Anyways, I'm currently almost finished with all the christmas presents for this year, which is crazy! I always start in December, right before I'm going home for christmas - but this year I'm so ahead it makes me surprised by my ability to actually do something smart for once.

This week I read Wake by Amanda Hocking, and I'm still reading Cress by Marissa Meyer, which is still an amazing book! I've also done some coloring in my coloring book, because I want to do everything else but to study for my exams and do essays about the history of typography and coding my damn portfolio.

I'm writing again, which is great, but I'm so stuck and not in a creative mood so I never really get to the point where I'm sitting down actually writing. I'm always just listing up ideas and stuff like that, which is great, but, I want to write. The same thing goes for fan fiction...

Today my boyfriend's parents are stopping by on their way to the airport, and so I've been using most of my free time to actually clean the house and get some laundry done. (As I said, I want to do anything BUT read for my exams). I've also made dinner for my boyfriend every day this week, which is kind of a good feeling to be doing something good. All though I forget to eat myself? Because I'm doing all these other things that doesn't require eating. A month ago or something I bought Sims 4, but I can't say that I have been playing it a lot since I got it. I made Ida and me and we moved into this nice house that took hours to build, and then, like thirty minutes out, Ida was making food and the fucking grill caught fire and she died. So... I'm just hoping that won't happen in real life.


I also want to update you guys on some movie-related things, because, as it turns out; when you're cooking or cleaning the house it's always nice to have the tv on. So, I've been watching like six old movies that I found on netflix, and I'm kind of embarrassed. Like in the last few days I saw Clueless (1995), Material Girls (2006), She's Out of My League (2010) Beauty and The Briefcase (2010), The Stepford Wives (2004), Constantine (2005), Jumanji (1995), Salmon Fishing in Yemen (2011) and Upown Girl (2003). THAT'A A LOT OF MOVIES YOU GUYS.

But, today I actually sat down and watched a documentary called; Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief (2015), and I was shocked! It was such a good movie. And yesterday I watched Twinsters (2015) and I just loved it! So now you have two excellent documentaries you can watch this week!

Another week has passed, and here we are again! For the time being I'm sitting at home coding html and css, cursing and yelling at my code because I seriously can't understand a damn thing. Aside from that I've had a nice week when it comes to reading! I've taken a break from Fahrenheit 451, yes I'm still reading the damn book, but I continued the Lunar Chronicles!

I finished Scarlet the other day and I was absolutely amazed, you can read the really bad review of the book here. To be honest, it's been a long time since I read a series that was as good as this, so the review is just a big pile of loving-the-book.

I started Cress yesterday, and I'm currently on page 300 of 1300 (ebook). I'm loving it even more now that Cress, the character, is a part of the book, I was really looking forward for it. And there are some awesome revelations in this book.

And I'm loving this:
Cinder, Kai, Scarlet, Wolf, Cress, Thorne and Levana!

I also have The Rose Society by Marie Lu waiting on me, and I can't wait to start it. I'm also waiting for the next book in the Red Queen series to come out by Victoria Aveyard, Glass Sword!

As Marlene told in the last post, we're starting with weekly updates! I'm looking forward to them, and think this will be a fun way of keeping you guys updated on what's going on.

So, three weeks ago I moved to Tromsø to work in Nordlys (the newspaper) as a part of our education programme. It's been really exciting, but also very stressfull since I'm still very new to it and want to do as good as possible. But, between work and studies and settling in a new town, I've found some times to read a little now and then
I'm currently reading Neil Gaiman's "Trigger Warning", wich is a collection of "short stories and disturbances". I bought it when I was in Gjøvik, and so far I'm very pleased! I have a thing for short stories because it is so fitting during stressfull weeks. Often when I start on books, I can't put it aside and usually finish it in three days or so, but with short story collections I can read one and put the book aside for some days without freaking out about "what's going to happen in the next chapter?!" So it suits me just fine now during these first weeks in Tromsø.
So far, I've read "Making a Chair", "A Lunar Labyrinth" and "The thing about Cassandra". Next, I'm starting on "Down to a Sunless Sea". I'm actually really looking forward to write the review for this one, because it's so much that fascinates me (and I'm not even halfway!).

Also, I borrowed a new book from the e-library yesterday

 "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" by Jesse Andrews. I've seen the trailer for the movie that recently came out, and thought it looked really cute. So when I discovered that the book was available at the e-library, I thought it could be nice to read it first. Also, it's nice to have a book on the Iphone. It's so much easier to read on the bus or whenever I'm not home. So, I'm looking forward to start on this one as well!

For those of you who have been wondering about this blog and everything in it, it's run by me; Marlene A, who's studying graphic design and Ida Elise who's studying journalism. We're both big book-lovers and figured out that we wanted to start reviewing the books we were reading because we're both kind of bad at remembering what we've read and when - and sometimes, it's a lot of fun to show friends and family!

I hope you guys like this new weekly update, I don't know how we're going to do it, but we're hoping to continue posting these with the books we're reading and stuff like that!