Saturday again already? Ugh. For some reason, it’s been a slow week for me, reading-wise. I’ve got behind on all my goals again, alas. But I did have work, and that means money, and that means being able to pay for books! And, you know, contribute to my wife’s rent, etc, etc. But still, I do hope I can read more next week.
Still, it was not a bad week in terms of my haul!
Books to review:
All of these are exciting — I need to read Lady of Magick so I can jump right into A Season of Spells. And I never finished James A. Moore’s previous trilogy, because I got distracted, but I remember the worldbuilding as being a lot of fun. So I’m looking forward to that. And Dreadnought just sounds awesome.
Books read this week:
Like I said, pretty disappointing week for reading! But here’s hoping next week will be better — and at least these books were all good.
Reviews posted this week:
–Owain Glyndŵr: The Story of the Last Prince of Wales, by Terry Breverton. Unfortunately rather dry, just a recitation of facts. Which is kind of sad. 2/5 stars
–Saga Volume Five, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. For me, this volume isn’t quite as awesome as the others, because Alana and Marko aren’t kicking ass together. But it’s still pretty darn awesome. 4/5 stars
–The Ides of March, by Valerio Massimo Manfredi. Totally disappointing, which sucks. So much exposition, so much telling. 1/5 stars
–Five Red Herrings, by Dorothy L. Sayers. BBC audio version. Because this is a murder mystery written to a train timetable, it’s less fun on the second, third and fourth reading. But with the excellent voice cast, it’s still a good accompaniment to some crochet. 3/5 stars
–The Surgeon of Crowthorne, by Simon Winchester. Sometimes this isn’t sure whether it’s a biography of a man or a dictionary, but all the same, it’s pretty sympathetic to the people it discusses. 3/5 stars
–Death Claims, by Joseph Hansen. The series continues to be a great reread, and once again I’m caught up in the subplot of the relationship between Doug and Dave. Not to be missed if you’re a fan of classic crime fiction. 4/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: The Decameron, by Giovanni Bocaccio. An old review of a classic which, in my opinion, you shouldn’t miss if you’re interested in other writers like Chaucer and Shakespeare — and it’s entertaining on its own account too. 5/5 stars
Other posts:
–The Women Women Don’t See. A commentary on Kristine Katherine Rusch’s comments in the introduction to an anthology of work by “forgotten” female writers of sci-fi’s past. (With the unfortunate fact that most of them are not forgotten at all, like Le Guin and Cherryh.
–Top Ten Tuesday: Recommendations. Books I’ve been recommended that were definitely hits.
–What are you reading… Thursday? A slightly belated update on what I’ve been reading this week.
How’s your week been? Picked up anything interesting?
I’m feeling happy that after a summer of slump I seem to be back on track at last and enjoying my reading for the first time in a while. Hopefully you’ll be back on track next week with some good booky fun. Have a good weekend!
chucklesthescot recently posted…Stacking the Shelves #151
I hope so! But class is keeping me busy (since I’m trying to do human biology, cell biology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience all in the same year through the OU, it’s not really surprising). I’m glad you’re back to reading, though!
These books look kinda creepy! lol I Hope you can stop by:
http://collettaskitchensink.blogspot.com/2016/10/stacking-shelves-101516.html
Colletta
I hadn’t thought of it that way, but they kinda do!
I nabbed The Last Sacrifice too. Never got around to reading his first trilogy, but he stopped by for a guest post and I really liked what he had to say. Definitely piqued my interest.
Bob @ Beauty in Ruins recently posted…From the Shelf to the Page: This Week in the Ruins
I read half of the first book and then… epically failed at life. But I enjoyed it.
Awesome haul of books this week. I hope you love all of your new books.
Grace @ Books of Love
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Thanks for dropping by!
Glad to see Dreadnought, it needs to get more #weneeddiversebooks attention and into the hands of readers. I’m very curious about it and hope it’ll be as awesome as it sounds.
I pretty much pounced as soon as I read the blurb!
It’s been a slow week for me too! But money is always good. 😉 I am curious about A Season of Spells! I may binge-read that series. I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
Have a fabulous week, Nikki. 🙂
Check out my STS post!
Alyssa Susanna (The Eater of Books!) recently posted…Science in Fiction (#21): The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
I enjoyed the first book a lot! I need to hurry up and read the second, now. Thanks for dropping by!