This is definitely not an unstacking week! I bought five books this week, and received one to review as well. And I didn’t get much reading done at all… oops!
Received to review:
I’m quite excited about this one! I love McKillip’s work.
Bought:
I’ve heard mixed things about Defy and Soundless, but I was curious anyway and had leftover euros to spend. So hurrah! And hey, I went three months without buying books…
Read this week:
Reviews this week:
–Kingfisher, Patricia McKillip. Her first novel in a long time, everyone’s very excited about this. And I think she delivers. 4/5 stars
–Queen of the Flowers, Kerry Greenwood. Fun and more personal/involving than the last couple of books. 4/5 stars
–Time’s Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination, Richard Morris. A bit prone to rambling and tangents, but interesting. 3/5 stars
–Dreamsnake, Vonda N. McIntyre. A reread for me. Worth the second visit, though there’s a lot of things I’d still like to know! 4/5 stars
–Signal to Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Interesting ideas — magic in pop music and vinyl! 3/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: Camelot’s Honour, Sarah Zettel. Maybe the most influenced by Welsh mythology of the whole series, this is a comfort read for me. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–Unpopular Opinions Tag. Want to know what series I think is overrated? Oh, and there’s an interesting discussion in the comments about the Grisha trilogy!
–ShelfLove Challenge Update. How am I doing on my yearly goals? Quite well, so far!
–Top Ten Tuesday: Historical Settings I Loved. What it says on the tin.
–February TBR. I’m planning to read a lot this month. Let’s see how laughably wrong my TBR pile is!
How’s everyone been this week? Reading more than me, I hope!
Awesome haul! I loved Illuminae and Soundless. I hope you enjoy all your new books! Happy reading. 😀
My StS!
That’s good to know! Although I’ve heard nothing but good about Illuminae anyway. Thanks for dropping by!
*sniggers with glee* You’ve fallen from grace! Ah don’t worry, you have a way to go to be as bad as me! Only 18 new prepper and zombie books added this week…! Enjoy your books!
Ha, yes. I couldn’t bear it anymore! Thanks for dropping by!
So I was supposed to be donating a book – and I did – but I thought, “I have spare time, I’ll just look around” and suddenly I’m leaving with two books…
At least they aren’t as physically big as the one I donated…
Combined with January’s expensive (and large) art books, this year so far has not worked well in the unstacking department!
Isn’t that the way it’s meant to work?!
I’m not sure, but empirically, my TBR mountain has been growing since 2006…
Ooooh Illuminae! I’m reading it right now and so far I’m loving it. I also really want Rebel of the Sands because I heard great things about it. I’m a little worried about reading Soundless. I haven’t heard the best things about it.
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I’ve heard so many good things about both those, I want to get round to them. But I’ve heard mixed things about Soundless too…
Those are some great covers! Enjoy 🙂 I hope you can stop by:
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Colletta
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Nice haul! I’m embarrassed to say I have yet to give McKillip a read. Some day . . .
I really love her work — lyrical and passionate. I hope you enjoy it when you do give it a shot! It was an acquired taste for me, though.
That’s pretty amazing to go three months without buying books. I hope you love all of your new books this week.
Grace @ Books of Love
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Thanks! Me too, after breaking the ban for them, haha.
Congratulations on maintaining a book buying ban for so long! I really want to read Rebel of The Sands and Soundless. I’ve heard great things about Illuminae, too. Have a great week reading.
They all sound awesome, right?! Thanks for dropping by!
I can’t wait to read Rebel of the Sands! So envious, we US folks have to wait for another month or so 🙂
I saw that! It’s been available in Belgium for weeeeks, so I decided it was clearly fate that I should break my ban for it.
ohhhh I lov al the books you got, Illuminae is in my “reading next” GR shelf. Can’t wait to get to it! 🙂 I heard Rebels of the Sand is great so I may add it as well. Enjoy Nikki!
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I need to get round to both of them soooon, too! Thanks for dropping by.
Great Haul! You got so many amazing books. Happy reading 🙂
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Yes, it’s an exciting haul, haha. Thanks for dropping by!