This week there has been a, uh, bookalanche. Between preorders and filling my stamp card for vouchers at Waterstones (and finding a pre-filled one in my purse too!) and Bookmooch, I’m set for life, I think.
Library books:
I’ve been warned that The Selection is probably not my thing, but I promised to try it all the same, in a bit of boundary-pushing. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, well, the summary I’ve read doesn’t interest me? But I know people have loved it, so I’m giving it a try. And I’ve heard good things about Alex + Ada, and I’ve loved android stories since The Positronic Man, so bring it on.
Books bought:
All of these have been on my wishlist for a while, or are new copies of books I’ve lost or only had as ebooks. It’s quite the haul, I know. There’s actually a few more, thanks to my sister finding some of Alastair Reynolds’ books for me in a second hand bookshop, but I’ll feature those next week!
Books read:
Reviews this week:
–Courage is the Price, by Lynn O’Connacht. Great depiction of anxiety, and also being brave and growing up and facing things. 4/5 stars
–The Winner’s Curse, by Marie Rutkoski. Liked this so much more than I expected. Interesting world, and an awesome female lead. 4/5 stars
–Sunset Mantle, by Alter S. Reiss. Epic fantasy, itty bitty living space. 4/5 stars
–The Story of Kullervo, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Disappointing, even for a fan as academically minded as I am. 2/5 stars
–The Wicked + The Divine: Commercial Suicide, by Kieron Gillen. Lacking Jamie McKelvie’s art, I found this kind of unappealing, and the story didn’t progress. 2/5 stars
–The Perilous Gard, by Elizabeth Marie Pope. A book I appreciated much more on a second read, with a perfect love story. 5/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: Railsea, by China Miéville. Apparently, I found this one unputdownable! 5/5 stars
Other posts:
–Meeting Will Stanton. A post about my first experiences with one of my favourite series of books!
–Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books To Read If You’re In the Mood For Complex Fantasy Worlds. Wow, now that’s a long post title… At least it’s descriptive!
–ShelfLove March Update. My progress on the Shelf Love 2016 challenge, plus a bit about this month’s discussion topic — tropes you hate.
–March TBR. Ten books I have to read this month.
–The lesbian dies (again). After waking up to find my sister upset over developments in a TV show, I had a rant about the tragic queer narrative.
While I love my zombies, I didn’t think much of Feed. It went too much into the political campaign and government style conspracies. Hope you have a better time with it!
I’ve read it before and enjoyed it, probably because there’s less zombies and more other stuff! Haha. I haven’t read the other books in the series yet though.
I really liked Eiflheim and I’ve been meaning to read more Flynn for years but somehow it’s never happened.
I loved Something Wicked this Way Comes, not only because its title comes from my favourite speech in MacBeth and I’ve been meaning to re-read it for years but somehow that hasn’t happened, either!
I need to get round to reading Eifelheim; I know I only just bought it, but it’s actually been on my list for yeaaars.
I need to read more Bradbury, too!
I unearthed Ray Bradbury: Stories Vol.1 today! It’s big enough to warp space-time…
Can it be used to get me more reading time??
Yes; time goes slower in the vicinity of massive objects!
OMG! This has been an AMAZING week for you! I LOVE THAT GORGEOUS HAUL! And I hope you do like The Selection. It has some faults, and some of it is a little dragged on, but I did like the series (I read all of them in one night)
And you got the Imposter Queen! It’s one of my most anticipated books!
EEEK!
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Fingers crossed! And ooh, hope you get your hands on The Impostor Queen sometime soon!
What a brilliant week for books! 🙂 I hope that you enjoy all of these!
Yes, I went a bit nuts, haha. Thanks!
Nice haul! A Crown for Cold Silver is sitting on my shelf, desperately hoping to be read before the sequel lands, while Eifelheim has been on my TBR list forever. Steal the Sky was a fun read.
I really need to get round to it, too. Especially since the author’s other name was just revealed. I need to get round to his other books, too…
What a great haul and hey, there are worse things you could spend your money on. I love the cover of the Bradbury book . I may have to check out The Imposter Queen.
Indeed! Books are positively tame, and at least it supports a worthy industry, right? I’ve heard a lot of good things about The Impostor Queen.
Nice haul this week! I see a lot of books I loved, plus many more that I want to read!
I’ve been very spoilt this week, haha!
Wow, what a huge selection of books to choose from! Did you enjoy Vicious? I really loved it. I often try out books from the library when I am not sure of them. That’s how I started reading The Selection series. It was fun, but not too serious. Kind of like mixing The Hunger Games with The Bachelor. Have a great week of reading.
I did enjoy Vicious — it’s possibly my favourite of Schwab’s books so far, actually!
Awesome haul! I love it when I can grab books on my wishlist! Happy reading!
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Thanks for dropping by! Hope you have a good week for reading too.
Ooo, thanks for the heads up on Alex and Ada. I like a good robot story. Did you see Ex Machina? Happy reading.
The first volume doesn’t get far with it, but I’m enjoying it! I haven’t seen Ex Machina — at least, not yet…