Happy Saturday, everyone! I do look forward to my Saturday posts and going round the regular blogs and some new ones, saying hi, so don’t be shy to leave a comment here — I’ll always reply and comment back on one of your blog posts too. It’s been a quiet week, really: reading-wise, anyway. I did have a friend visiting from the US, so Monday and Tuesday were spent pretending to be a tour guide.
I still need to read Garden Spells, so hopefully First Frost will be an impetus to read both! I’m quite hopeful given a couple of friends’ enthusiasm for them. I got Lois Lane Fallout via maximumpop, who have an astounding amount of good book giveaways.
Bought:
Well, City of Blades actually came via my friend from the US, so it would match my copy of City of Stairs, and The Buried Book and Lone Survivors were gifts from another friend. All of these come from my wishlist, so I’m looking forward to getting stuck in. Especially The Wicked + The Divine!
Library:
I am feeling like a Heyer binge, so I am pleased to note my local library has a bunch in stock at the moment. I need to finish reading Mary Stewart’s Arthurian books, for sure, and I’m a completist, so I had to pick up the Age of Ultron Prelude. Demon Road is Cait @ Paper Fury’s fault.
Read this week:
Reviews this week:
–Rose Cottage, by Mary Stewart. A quiet romance I reread for the familiarity/comfort factor. 3/5 stars
–The Collectors, by Philip Pullman, read by Bill Nighy. Atmospheric and creepy, and the narrator really worked. 4/5 stars
–Arrows of the Queen, by Mercedes Lackey. My first encounter with Lackey’s Valdemar, surprising as that may be considering how long I’ve loved this genre. I quite enjoyed it, but the writing can be weak. 3/5 stars
–The Midnight Queen, by Sylvia Izzo Hunter. A little bit of Sorcerer to the Crown, a little bit of Jonathan Strange & Norrell, and a lot of sweet romance. 4/5 stars
–Song for the Basilisk, by Patricia McKillip. Lovely, though not the most accessible of McKillip’s books. 4/5 stars
–Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude, by Joe Bennett and Will Pilgrim. Unfortunately, rather a waste of time unless you seriously need an update. 2/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: Camelot’s Sword, by Sarah Zettel. Third in the series, and seeing these posts go up is making me really want to reread them… oops? 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–Blog accessibility. A really important post for me, suggesting quick tips to make your blog easy for readers with visual issues to read.
–Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Romances I’ve Loved. Some fairly predictable ones here…
What’s everyone else been up to? Any book sprees, or have you been more restrained than me?
I’m interested to see what Derek Landy can do without using a skeleton detective!
I haven’t read anything else by him, but I’ve seen enthusiastic reviews!
I feel like I’m not getting enough done-there is still a lack of film and book reviews, I haven’t had time to sort out my photos to get more travel posts done…I’m grateful that I’m getting lots of reading done though! I need more hours in the day!
I know that feeling! And I should be working, too.
Fun haul! I hope you enjoy your books.
Diane @ Diane’s Book Blog
Thanks!
City of Blades would be my pick! And Lone Survivors looks interesting; my studies in university were in Anthropology and a big chunk of my courses were in paleoanthro so that one definitely caught my eye right away!
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I’ve started it, at least! And yeah, this is the sort of stuff I love doing extra reading and online courses on, so I’m hopeful about it!
I love the sound of The Dark Days Club, and I’m sure I’ll buy it soon – I just want to know if it has more of a YA or adult feel to it.
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I think it’s more YA, from what I’ve been reading about it, and I definitely found it in the YA section! I haven’t started it yet, though.
I like Georgette Heyer novels, as well! But my library does NOT carry many of them. Oh well. I would love to read The Dark Days Club. It looks really fun. Have a great week.
I just read a biography of her and holy wow, she wrote a lot. Over fifty books!
Thanks for dropping by!
Awesome haul. I like your cover of the Dark Days Club. I don’t have that cover on my copy. i hope you love all your new books.
Yeah, I guess it’s the British cover? Or Europe in general, I can’t remember if I saw it in Belgian shops. It’s quite cool!
I still need to read Demon Road – the next one comes out soon. The Dark Days Club is a really good read. I really enjoy your blog and hope you enjoy all your reads!
Does it? Wow, I didn’t know it was going to be a series, even, haha. I’ll have to look out for that! Thanks for dropping by and commenting, hope you have a good week!
Holy book haul! I can’t say I have read any of these, but Mz Marvel piques my curiosity. I hope you enjoy these books 🙂
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I’ve really enjoyed the Ms Marvel series, I’m looking forward to reading this latest one! Thanks for dropping by.
I still need to read Soundless! I love Richelle Mead but there are just so many books a person can read! I hope you enjoy all of the books you got 🙂
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I don’t think Richelle Mead’s work is really for me, sadly, but Soundless was interesting! Thanks for dropping by.