I haven’t read as much this week as I did last week, but that would be kind of difficult! What I have managed to do is catch up to all my reading goals, for which I’m very pleased with myself. Now just got to keep on top of it.
Received to review:
I think it’s been a while since I requested the Jo Clayton books, because I couldn’t remember at first why I asked for them. But Skeen’s Leap looks like fun. Also, hurrah, The Obelisk Gate! I need to read the first book still, but…
Books acquired:
I finally read The Copper Promise and liked it, so of course I had to pick up The Iron Ghost while I was here in the UK visiting my parents. I’ve been curious about The Aeronaut’s Windlass for a while, too, and though I’ve heard mixed reviews of The Grace of Kings, everything I’ve heard makes it sound intriguing.
And then of course, I also picked up a couple of TPBs. While I was here.
Books finished this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–A Conspiracy of Kings, by Megan Whalen Turner. I liked this a lot more on the reread, probably because I knew what to expect. Sophos is a lot less interesting to me than Gen, but the glimpse of Gen through his eyes is fascinating. 4/5 stars
–The Ancient Paths, by Graham Robb. I have to admit that actually evaluating the scholarship is beyond me, but the argument seems a bit prone to wishful thinking — “this would be convenient, so it’s true”, I guess. Still interesting. 3/5 stars
–Sick of Shadows, by M.C. Beaton. The first book was kind of fun, but the formula has worn very thin. 1/5 stars
–Saga Volume Two, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. Saga continues to be awesome and funny, and still makes me laugh even when it’s gross humour I wouldn’t normally go in for. 4/5 stars
–Blood Lines, by Tanya Huff. Another fun entry in the series, though more or less as you’d expect. And there’s a mummy (the kind in bandages). 3/5 stars
–Airs Above the Ground, by Mary Stewart. Definitely not my favourite, probably because of the all-too-stereotypical relationship between the husband and wife — he beats someone up for her, he keeps secrets and that’s fine, etc, etc. 2/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: The Island of the Mighty, by Evangeline Walton. Not the best of the series by far, though it’s still an interesting and effective retelling. 3/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Underrated Books. The theme was books with less than 2,000 ratings; a lot of the ones I chose have very few ratings and even fewer reviews. I tried to pick a nice range of different books, with SF/F, non-fiction, poetry, detective stories…
So how’s everyone been? What’re you up to? Me, I’ve been visiting my parents this week and taking advantage of my Xbox to play all the Fable 2 and Fable 3. In fact, let me get back to that now.
I’m just pleased that my reading is back to normal and I’m not far away from finishing my Goodreads challenge. OK so I did read about 20 Berenstain Bears kids books on a binge yesterday…but tonight it is back to zombies! Hope you get lots of reading done this week!
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That sounds like a nice relaxing book binge! I keep pushing myself with reading and it takes the fun out of it. No more, I say! Hope you enjoy the zombies!
What an interesting selection of books! Hope you enjoy them all 🙂
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I need to read the first book as well, but anxious to get to The Obelisk Gate. Curious to see what you think of The Grace of Kings – it was one of my favorite reads last year.
I’ve heard mostly good things about The Grace of Kings from other bloggers, but people in my book club didn’t like it, so I’m quite intrigued to see which side I’m on in that!
Great haul! Hope you enjoy them. Have a great week.
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Awesome haul of books. I hope you love all of your new books.
Thanks for dropping by, hope you have a good weekend!
Yay, the Obelisk Gate! And please, teach me how to unstack the shelves as awesomely as you do! Great job on the number of books finished!
In this case, a long train journey really helped! And ha, I still need to read The Fifth Season, so my ARC would honestly be more use to my partner… I’m a bad blogger sometimes.
dang! That’s a lot of books! I have read A Conspiracy Of Kings and loved it. This Spiderwoman graphic novel also looks cool (pregnant Spiderwoman!). Have a wonderful week.
Reading-wise, I got a lot read because a few of them were novellas, which helped! Buying wise, this week wasn’t too naughty… next week’s post will be a thing to behold, though! I liked A Conspiracy of Kings, especially the second time I read it, but I don’t think it’s as strong as the rest of the series.
Oooh that is a really awesome book haul.
I hope you enjoy reading them.
here is my sts
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