Hello everyone! It’s been a busy week, particularly as I’m now trying to tackle my library books and get them down to zero, in preparation for a long trip to stay with my partner. I have a month, and 36 books to go… and some of them are the second book in a series where I own the first book but haven’t read it yet. Uh, wish me luck?!
Received to review:
So excited about all three of these!
Books finished this week:
Reviews this week:
–Clean Sweep, by Ilona Andrews. Lots of fun, and funny too. Ilona Andrews’ books are always fun, I think. 4/5 stars
–Junk DNA, by Nessa Carey. Spoiler: there’s probably no such thing as junk DNA. At least not in the amounts previously thought. Nessa Carey writes clearly and concisely, and I think the book should work for laypeople. 4/5 stars
–The Winner’s Crime, by Marie Rutkoski. I’m not sure if my writing might be too generous — the plot relied heavily on miscommunication/lack of communication, which always drives me bananas. 4/5 stars
–Solstice Wood, by Patricia A. McKillip. More accessible than the other book, Winter Rose, but less enchanting. 3/5 stars
–Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell. Love, love, love. Might read it again before long. 5/5 stars
–The Winner’s Kiss, by Marie Rutkoski. Got over most of my quibbles from the second book, and ended things well. 4/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: Helen of Troy, by Bettany Hughes. Enjoyable take on the myth of Helen and the way it has developed, though probably dry if this isn’t an area of interest for you. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Books I Really Love But Feel Like I Haven’t Talked About Enough/In A While. What it says on the tin!
How’s everyone? Anything exciting going on?
I wish you luck and I feel your book pain! I’m thinking about setting myself monthly book targets to keep me motivated with my reading. I always seem to have a March or April slump and I was on the edge of it at the start of this week but a great book choice saved me! Good luck!
I’ve got totally distracted by a game, now! Oops. But my pixel cows and ducks need me…! Thanks for dropping by.
I was HUGELY excited to land a copy of GGK’s latest – I’ve been campaigning for that since the cover reveal last summer. Excited to have landed a UK copy of Saint’s Blood as well, months ahead of the North America release.
Me too! I was doing a reread of all of GGK’s stuff in order (I think I’ve mentioned this before), but… surely I can break that for this, right?!
So many wonderful covers. I hope you love all of them.
Grace @ Books of Love
Thanks!
I am super excited about Saint’s Blood! I love Falcio and the gang!
I still need to read the second book… oops.
Good luck getting caught up on your TBR! I feel like I never make a dent in mine.
Bambi’s StS
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Haha, yeah, my actual TBR is 1,000+ books long… but my library list is only 36 books at the moment, so there’s hope!