It’s not quite an Unstacking the Shelves week, but I haven’t bought anything, so here’s a quick peek at what I’ve finished!
Not as good a reading week as last week, but still, progress!
My haul this week is all via Netgalley. I’m so excited to have got Kingfisher, and I’m looking forward to trying Adrian Tchiakovsky’s work. I need to read City of Stairs pronto so I can get to City of Blades…
I’m especially glad about Kingfisher, because I wasn’t sure if I was going to get it — they normally only grant ARCs to people with over 1,000 followers, and the Bibliophibian lost around 400 in moving from WordPress hosting to self-hosting. So hurrah! Hurrah!
And what else has been going on? Well, here’s the weekly roundup:
Reviews this week:
–The Dark Arts of Blood, by Freda Warrington. Deliciously self-indulgent. I remain so glad I picked the first book up on a whim. 4/5 stars
–Siege and Storm, by Leigh Bardugo. Not as compelling as the first book, but I did enjoy it. 4/5 stars
–Before They Are Hanged, by Joe Abercrombie. I knew I’d enjoy this, as it was a reread, and it definitely stood up to it. 4/5 stars
–Genes, People and Languages, by Luigi Cavalli-Sforza. Interesting, but lacked focus. 3/5 stars
–Death Before Wicket, by Kerry Greenwood. Probably my least favourite of the series so far, alas. Maybe I just hold Phryne to really high standards. 2/5 stars
–Beauty, by Sarah Pinborough. Slightly darker again than the other two books, this wraps up the trilogy… and leaves a lot of things open. 3/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: Young Avengers: Sidekicks, by Allan Heinburg and Jim Cheung. A favourite series of mine, this was the first Young Avengers comic I read! 5/5 stars
Other posts:
–January TBR. Check out what I’m planning to read this month!
–On Deadlines, GRRM and Consequences. The POV of a freelance ghostwriter on the issue of Martin’s announcement that The Winds of Winter will be late.
–Top Ten Tuesday: Resolutions. Check out my bookish resolutions for the year.
–Bout of Books Progress. Follow along and see how I’ve been doing.
How’s everyone else been? Any awesome discussion posts you want to share? Any exciting ARCs hit your doormat?
I may be slow to reply today, as I’m getting on the train at ridiculous o’ clock to head to Belgium for a month with my partner. So yay for that, and feel free to mob my inbox while I’m out…
I like your concept of unstacking the shelves…oh if only I had your restraint! But I just can’t stop hunting down zombie books! Still, I’m enjoying my reading so that’s the main thing. Good luck and happy reading!
I think I’m enjoying reading a tad more now I’m slowly, slooooowly ascending Mount TBR instead of it getting taller all the time! Haha. Happy reading to you too!
I am trying to unstack shelves. The rule is I buy one book for three read. I wonder how long I can restrain myself from buying
I’m trying not to buy any books until the end of the month! I already went all December without, too. Here’s hoping we both keep it up!
I got approved for the ARC of Kingfisher as well but had to decline a review. Not sure about your copy, but mine was a pre-press marked up version that simply would not convert on my e-reader. As for City of Blades, I’m starting that next.
I hadn’t really checked the file — euch, it looks unreadable. I can view it okay on my computer, though, so I’ll try reading it there or maybe on my tablet. Still, what a mess.
I am so insanely jealous you got The Tiger and the Wolf! I hope one day we’ll see a US release date for it, otherwise I’ll have to call upon Book Depository to the rescue again 😀 And hope you’ll enjoy City of Blades, I finished that earlier this month and IT IS AMAZING!!!
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I’m still jealous about you getting the Marie Brennan ARC, so we’re even, haha. And ack, I still need to read the first book by Bennett!