Wait, it’s Saturday again already? Well, I haven’t bought any books this week (despite some temptation), so once again I get to showcase what I’ve been reading. It isn’t a true “Unstacking” week, though, because I did get a review copy… although technically, I got it last week and forgot to include it in the stack.
It was a very good reading week, despite the struggle I had with the maths assignment that just wouldn’t die.
And here’s a book I was sent by the author:
Aaaand the weekly round-up…
Reviews this week:
–City of Stairs, by Robert Jackson Bennett. Loved this one, really looking forward to City of Blades. 5/5 stars
–Unnatural Death, adapted from the book by Dorothy L. Sayers. I think in previous readings I rated it higher, but I got a bit tired of the convolutions in this one. Still, 3/5 stars
–Santa Olivia, Jacqueline Carey. Actually a reread for me, but it still had some surprises. Lots of fun! 4/5 stars
–Phonogram: Rue Britannia, by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie. I was toddling in the 90s, so a lot of the references were lost on me. The art’s great, though. 3/5 stars
–How Not to Summon Your True Love, by Sasha L. Miller. Cute story, kinda fun, but the asexual relationship wasn’t as big of a feature as I’d have liked. 3/5 stars
–The Girl from Everywhere, by Heidi Heilig. I read it in two sittings, so despite having some quibbles about characterisation later on, the setting and worldbuilding definitely worked for me. 4/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: Camelot’s Shadow, by Sarah Zettel. An old review of a series that’s turned into comfort reading for me, and this is the book that features Sir Gawain the most! 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Picked Up At Random and Loved. It was a freebie week, so it took me a while to think of a topic, but this one was fun.
–On reading kinks (that one trope). Is there something in a story that will always make you love it? I had a go at dissecting mine here.
How is everyone? Eating up books as much as you’d like? Tempted by anything in particular? Update me!
Good for you on the unstacking rather than stacking, Nikki! And wow, you did read a lot last week. Have a wonderful weekend and happy reading.
Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews recently posted…STS #119 Bought Borrowed and Bagged #69 – in which I added FAR too many books!
Thanks, you too! I’m planning to read most of the rest of today, hurrah.
I managed to unstack my tbr quite a bit this week by tackling the contemporary pile! I found 3 I liked out of 40 which is interesting so I won’t be gathering another pile of them! I of course also grabbed more zombies! So a successful week really. Enjoy your books!
When you’re not grabbing zombie books, I’ll be worried you are a zombie! Haha.
Wow! You were able to get through a lot of books this week. It is such an feeling of accomplishment to make a dent in your TBR pile. I need to work on unstacking my pile.
Carole @ Carole’s Random Life recently posted…Stacking the Shelves #5
Yes, it was a great week (though some of them are audiobooks, so I could get reading in while exercising too, haha). Thanks for dropping by!
I hope you enjoy your review books, and I loved freebie week for the TOP TEN, I read so many different topics that bloggers chose -it was fun! Have a good week.
Thanks! You too.
You’ve been busy – hope you enjoyed all your books!
Diane @ Diane’s Book Blog
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I did, thanks!
Great haul this week and really glad that you enjoyed them (aside from your math assignment, ugh, I totally get you). Happy Saturday and hope next week would be better!
Thanks! No work this week, I think — at least not maths stuff, anyway. So that’s better already!
Unstacking is a very good idea. i hope you love all of your new books this week.
Grace @ Books of Love
All one of them, haha. Thanks!
Chameleon Moon has an interesting cover. Reminds me of djinn. Happy reading.
Huh, you’re right, good point. I wondered what it was vaguely making me think of! Thanks for dropping by.
I am very impressed that you have so little to stack this shelf AND did so much unstacking. What a great week for reading for you :). I can’t say I have read any of these, but I love the cover of The Unpleasantness of the Bellona Club. Happy Reading.
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I know, I did good, this week! Haha. Thanks for dropping by!
Great haul this week, you’ve got an interesting mix of books. I got The Girl from Everywhere this week too and can’t wait to read it, I absolutely love the cover for that one too. I hope you enjoy all of your books, happy reading! 🙂
Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookworm
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Almost all the books in this post are ones I read this week! Only Chameleon Moon is new. Soooo much reading, haha.
I haven’t heard of any of these but congrats on getting through so many. Happy reading!
Tsuki’s STS
Thanks! It was a good week!
Hopefully by the time I do my next roundup, I’ll be adding Kingfisher to my own “unstacking” list! I’m definitely excited to read it!
It was definitely interesting! My proofing copy was kind of a mess, though.
City of Blades was fantastic – can’t wait to see your thoughts.
I must get to reading it soon! Just one more review copy to go first…
That’s so amazig books! I hope you enjoyed them all! The girl from everywhere looks great 🙂
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It was pretty good, yeah! I enjoyed it. Thanks for dropping by.
I also got Th Girl From Everywhere this week! I am reading The Nightingale first, and then I plan on devouring TGFE! Happy reading!
I didn’t get it this week, actually — I just read it this week! Guess that’s confusing, haha. It’s quite good, I think.