A book with a love triangle

Siiri Enoranta: Nokkosvallankumous

Pages: 445

I'm laughing at myself for reading this one as my "love triangle" book, since it's so much more than just a love triangle. My fiancée made me read this after she had bawled her eyes out because of it and I promised to give this a try last year. I think this was in November and I read this again in February. Because I fell in love. 

There are some aspects of the book I still don't like, for example the writing style. Not in the whole book, but in the parts told by the other main character, Vayu. The way something is emphasized by repeating it for at least three times got on my nerves five pages into the book, but then I got used to it. It also helps if you remind yourself that the character is supposed to be a 14-year-old boy.

This book actually caused me to have a reader's block - I couldn't touch other books for a while after reading this one for the first time. I have to admit I was skeptical about this at first, but I was proved wrong so many times while reading... And the ending surprised me, which is always a bonus. It also left me wanting for more, which is an even bigger plus for the book. 

A trilogy

Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games

Pages: 374, 391, 390

Did you really expect me to read the Lord of the Rings? I have to admit I thought about it, but since I'm in a bit of a hurry with my reading and the first book of the trilogy is so slow, I decided not to. Me and Tolkien just weren't meant to be. So I chose the Hunger Games. I've read the first two books before, but I think that was before the first movie came out? I've also seen the first two films, but I don't remember much of the second one.

I don't know where to begin. I always thought the series were meant for younger readers, but the ending of the final book changed that. Or actually, the thing that happened before the ending, since the actual ending made me want to kick something. I would have been happy if things had gone differently. I also feel like I should watch the rest of the movies (are they all out yet?).

I don't know, there's not much I have to say about the series. It was easy to read (I read half of the second book and the third one in a night), some parts were funny and some were not. Some characters I loved, some I hated and some I didn't care about. Now that I have this behind me, I might not touch those books ever again, but I'll definitely read more dystopia in the future.

A nonfiction book

Kirste Aikio, Suvi West, Esa Salminen: Märät Säpikkäät

Pages: 260

It's been a while since I finished this, so the details are getting hazy. Anyway, Märät Säpikkäät gives the reader a look into the culture of the Sami people, the indigenous folk of Scandinavia. I really don't know what to say about this. It was a funny read, it kept me up all night and I'm a bit wiser now.