So this week has been super important, and yesterday I married my partner of the last eleven years.
I got books, too.
Received to review
Magic Binds!! I’m excited.
I did also get books from my friends as wedding/birthday presents (my birthday is on the 20th!), but I’m too tired to put them all up now. Next week it is!
Books finished this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–The Copper Promise, by Jen Williams. A traditional-feel fantasy, I found this a really comfortable, feel-good read for the most part. It just reminded me of all the fantasy books of my childhood, in a good way. 4/5 stars
–The Book of Atrix Wolfe, by Patricia A. McKillip. Probably one of my least favourite of McKillip’s books so far. It’s beautifully written, but I didn’t quite follow. 2/5 stars
–Hex, by Thomas Olde Heuvelt. Horror normally isn’t my thing, but the icky bit of this for me was the way people acted, the things they decided to prioritise. I just didn’t get on with it at all. 1/5 stars
–Little, Big, by John Crowley. On the surface it sounded like something I’d be interested in, but in the end it took too long to get nowhere very satisfying. 2/5 stars
–The Falling Woman, by Pat Murphy. This book is great, full of interesting (mostly female) characters who bounce off each other in realistic ways, and who really work hard at what they do. It helps that it’s atmospheric and involves archaeology, but overall I just found it really satisfying to read. 5/5 stars
–Under the Skin, by Michel Faber. Another one that didn’t really work for me — now I think about it, it may have had better payoff as a short story. 2/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: Sunshine, by Robin McKinley. A longtime favourite, with a genuinely creepy vampire who you can root for anyway, and a lot of awesome descriptions of food and baking. 5/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’d Buy Right Now. Probably a fairly predictable bunch!
Congratulations on your wedding! (Nice books too!)
Thank you very much!
Congratulations to you both! I’m so happy for you! Hope you had a great day. The rings are gorgeous…May you both be very happy and be blessed with a ton of books! *grins*
Thank you! We’ve had the rings for ages — they’re Welsh gold. <3 And there may have been whispers of "lots of books" during the vows...
Flagon approves!
These are not really my kinds of reads, but I hope you enjoy them!! Also, congratulations!!
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Congratulations on the books! Also the wedding…
Hee, books!
Congratulations!! This is great news! I hope you had a wonderful time and I wish you lots of happiness.
I’ll be looking out for your Landy review – I saw really good reviews of his Demon Road but didn’t decide to pick it up then. Maybe if this is still as good?
Thank you! We did indeed have a great time.
I need to get round to reading the first book… oops. But I hear such good things!
Congratulations! <3
Enjoy the new books too!
Thank you!
Congratulations on your wedding, Nikki! That’s so exciting! 🙂
I love the Kate Daniels series but I need to catch up, so I can’t wait!
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I actually just basically marathoned the last few books. So excited for the ARC!
Again, congratulations on you both!!!:D
ohhh I loved The Dread-Quest of Vellitt Boe and Cold-Forged Flame! Enjoy!!
Thank you! And that’s very good to know…
Well, congratulations! 11 years is an awesome accomplishment on its own, but still nice to make it official. Here’s to many more happy years (and reads) to come.
Thank you! And yes, so many books to share…
Skipping over the books this week to say CONGRATULATIONS!
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Excellent news, Nikki, llongyfarchiadau!
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Diolch yn fawr!
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WEDDING OMGG!! *flings confetti everywhere* CAKE FOR EVERYONE. I hope you two are very very happy. 🙂
(And also yayyy for Derek Landy! I still have to read Desolation but soon I’ll get to it, I’m sure.)
Thank you! And there was an EXCESS of cake.
I haven’t read any yet! I am bad.
Congratulations on the wedding! Wishing you both many happy years together. Wonderful book haul too, looking forward to hearing what you think of Ninth City Burning and Cold Forged Flame as those are two I am hoping to read later this summer as well.
Thank you! And yeah, I’m looking forward to reading those!
CONGRATS ON YOUR WEDDING! I hope the day was perfect, and that your marriage will be too!
Lovely books as well.
CONGRATS AGAIN!
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Thank you! It’s been eleven years, so we’ve had a fair amount of practice. *wink*