It’s been a busy week for me, and it’s about to be a busy weekend too. Still, I did fit in some reading this week!
Received to review:
Ohhh emmm geeee, The Hanging Tree.
Books read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–Truthwitch, by Susan Dennard. I found this kind of disappointing, given the hype about the female characters and how central their friendship was. I felt like that was more ‘tell’ than ‘show’. 2/5 stars
–How to Traverse Terra Incognita, by Dean Francis Alfar. I wasn’t totally drawn in by this, but it’s a pretty interesting collection. 3/5 stars
–Moon Over Soho, by Ben Aaronovitch. A fun reread, and Peter endeared himself more to me in this book. 4/5 stars
–The House of Shattered Wings, by Aliette de Bodard. I wasn’t drawn into this one at first, and then all of a sudden, I was. Loved the Vietnamese folklore included. 4/5 stars
–Murder Must Advertise, by Dorothy L. Sayers. Radioplay. As usual, great adaptation and performance, especially on Ian Carmichael’s part. Buuut Inspector Parker’s voice actor is wrong, wrong, wrong. 3/5 stars
–Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World, by Nick Lane. Interesting stuff, but it’s rather too speculative and sometimes on shaky ground. 2/5 stars
–Flashback Friday: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England, by Ian Mortimer. Provided you are a male time traveller, that is. 2/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Things that Really Scare Me. Typically for me, I gave this a twist — this covers books on topics which scare me, rather than horror fiction, for the Halloween freebie.
–What are you reading Wednesday. My weekly update!
–The TBR Tag. What it says on the tin.
I’m guessing you’re still enjoying the Ben Aaronovitch books then! I’m wading through an urban fantasy series at the moment where each book takes ages to get going but then improves. I’m not sure my patience with it is going to last! It’s the Remy Chandler books by Thomas E Sniegoski. When I finish book 3 I’ll see what the story for book 4 is before I make a decision. Hope you have a good reading week!
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I remember enjoying those books! Although mostly I remember the dog…
Nice haul! The Hanging Tree looks awesome! I hope you’ll enjoy all the books you got! Happy reading!
I’m excited for it, I’ve been waiting a while!
The Hanging Tree is just the sort of thing that I would most likely enjoy. I wasn’t familiar with the Peter Grant series, so thank you for that introduction. I am adding Rivers of London to my TBR, and will go from there.
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I enjoy the series quite a bit — and I’ve found it gets better as it goes along, too (and on a reread as well). So I hope you enjoy!
Nice! I had a copy of Invisible Planets land on my doorstep this week as well, but it was Willful Child: Wrath of Betty that got me most excited.
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I didn’t like the first Willful Child book much, as I recall, so I won’t be picking it up — but I hope you enjoy it!
I nabbed the Hanging Tree as well, it feels like I’ve been waiting forever for it! It’s not even coming out until January here in the US, but I’m already tempted to dive in right now and just schedule my review for later.
I haven’t read Foxglove Summer yet — I think I was subconsciously saving it. Now I can dig in!