2024 highlights

Kummat (Oddity, Eli Brown, 2021)
Illuusion pysyvyys (Jesse Heikkinen, 2016)
Varastetaan pandoja (Juhani Karila, 2022)
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Lemony Snicket, 1999-2006)
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School (Sonora Reyes, 2022)
Poromafia (Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen, 2016)

Unusual year for me -I continued with Austen, but otherwise read mostly new-ish books for younger readers. Easy access to a good library is something I’ll miss about city living..

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crystalthevampirate:

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laitetaas tännekin..


Black Weekend -kamppiksena 24.-27.11. ilmainen toimitus tarrapaketeille Manner-Suomeen

10 kpl. 18€ | 25 kpl. 30€ | n. 100 kpl. 75€

Jos saadaan varasto myytyä tyhjäksi, arvotaan lisäksi kaksi kymmenen kappaleen pakettia seuraavasta erästä tilaajien kesken. (Jokainen käytetty 5€ oikeuttaa yhteen arpaan, esim. 18€=3 arpaa, 30€=6 arpaa jne. Voit kuitenkin voittaa vain toisen palkinnon.)

Heitä viestillä!

stickers tarroja black weekend black friday cyber monday shsp suomeksi

feeling blue,
wishing you were too
though not too much
-just enough,
so you knew

poem blue

2023

<- 2022

January

finished: 2 books +kids’ stuff | avg. rating: 3.5 stars
favorite: a 1954 Toivo Pekkanen -collection

February

finished: 3 books | avg. rating: 3.33..3 stars
favorite: Kaikki tiet vie koomaan 2021 by Riina Aho, tho these were all thinkers in that bad-good way

March

finished: 4 books | avg. rating: 3.5 stars
favorite: The Wicked Hour 2020 by Alice Blanchard ?

April

finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3.5 stars
favorite: The Ballad of Black Tom 2016 by Victor LaValle

May

finished: Tuliaiset Moskovasta 2009 by Matti Rönkä | 3 stars

June

finished: 2 poetry collections & a play | avg. rating: 3.66..67 stars
favorite: Midsummer Night’s Dream 1595 by William Shakespeare, specifically the Matti Rossi translation (Finnish)

July
???

August

finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3 stars
favorite: Minä-nainen 1961 by Siv Holm

September

finished/re-read: 3 books | avg. rating: 3.33..3 stars
favorite: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1950 by C.S. Lewis

October

finished: Jääkaksoset 2015 by S.K. Tremayne | 4 stars
this was recommended by one of my sisters, and I’m glad I had a story for the road, but damn

November

finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3.5 stars
favorite: Jane Eyre 1847 by Charlotte Brontë (but it’s complicated)

December

finished: 2 books | avg. rating: 3 stars
favorite: The Silver Chair 1953 by C.S. Lewis ?

~28/25 books finished. good year -lots of hits. let’s see in 2024 I’ll figure out more practical & satisfying ways to keep track


Goodreads

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White on black, it reads: "Warning.  The following content may involve: -Heartbreak -Escapism in the form of Aesthetics & Intoxication -Existential Dread -The Paraphilia of Human Connection -Gambling with one's life"  And in a smaller font below that: "This is a fragment of fiction, not a Reality (assuming anything is). If you see Yourself, it might be time to Seek Assistance.  This should've been performed by Professionals™"ALT

early (oh wow, pre-pandemic!) rendering of Grim Disclaimer


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