Good morning, folks! How is everybody? I’m having a busy time, with my wedding coming up and an assignment deadline due while I’m actually away on my honeymoon… but things progress. And there are books, which is always nice.
Books to review
I guess I need to hurry up and read Planetfall… Also, yay for Chris Holm’s new book!
Books bought
Nearly all of these were in the sale, don’t hurt me. And Roses and Rot I actually picked up a while ago, but I don’t think it ever made it into an STS post. So tahdah. Buying Temeraire for my Kindle is a blatant excuse to start rereading that series, especially given Imyril’s reviews…
Books finished this week
Reviews posted this week:
–Our Lady of Pain, by M.C. Beaton. I’m really not impressed by this series, but it made good light reading. 2/5 stars
–The Greatest Show on Earth, by Richard Dawkins. Skip Dawkins, go back to Darwin. It’s not that he’s wrong, at least in his science. It’s his attitude. I’ve never hated agreeing with someone so much. 3/5 stars
–A Surfeit of Lampreys, by Ngaio Marsh. Ngaio Marsh isn’t bad at constructing a mystery and doing little character sketches, but I’ve stopped caring about her detective, who could be replaced by a cardboard cutout in this book. 2/5 stars
–The Sleeping Prince, by Melinda Salisbury. If you enjoyed the first book, you’ll probably enjoy this one. I found it enjoyable, and probably better than the first, though I did also find it somewhat predictable. 3/5 stars
–Bitterblue, by Kristin Cashore. Not an easy read, but worthwhile, this book pulls the whole loosely linked series together very effectively. 4/5 stars
–Missing Microbes, by Martin Blaser. Makes a very good point about the way we’re destroying our own microbiomes, and how that might affect illnesses from allergies to ulcerative colitis. It might stretch a bit far at times, but I found it enjoyable and interesting. 4/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: Exiled from Camelot, by Cherith Baldry. A book I read for my Master’s dissertation on the portrayal of Kay, this one is pretty fun, with a non-traditionally-capable Kay and a strong bond between him and Arthur. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set Outside the US. What it says on the tin, with mostly historical fantasy to delight you.
Any fun plans for this week? Reading anything I should know about?
Really must get back to Ilona Andrews and give Kate another try! I got the books originally through bookcrossing, read and rated book one as 3 star and stopped. Must go back to it some day and see what I think. Fun? No fun planned I’m afraid! Just hoping I can get back into the reading thing tonight!
I’ve enjoyed them a lot! It’s escapism, but very good escapism. And hey, you mean reading isn’t fun?!
I don’t think that I’ve heard of any of these before but there’s quite a few of them that look interesting to me and that I’ll be looking up 😀 I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
I hope you enjoy any you pick up! I haven’t read any of the new ones yet, but I hear good things.
Great haul! I hope you enjoy your books.
Diane @ Diane’s Book Blog
Thanks!
Sweet, After Atlas! I’ve heard that it’s a stand alone from Planetfall, which is actually kind of disappointing because I had so many questions after that book 😛 Well, at least you don’t have to rush to read it if you can’t fit it in!
Ooh, good to know, though. Thanks!
I really enjoyed Uprooted, but haven’t read any other Naomi Novik novels. I think I need to remedy this, quickly. Have fun reading all your new books.
I remember Temeraire being a lot of fun!