It’s nearly Christmas! I can’t wait to give my family their presents — and this is my wife’s first Christmas spent with us, too. It’s gonna be awesome. In the meantime, I’ve been reading a ton. Yay!
For those new to the Bibliophibian, Unstacking the Shelves is when I feature the books I’ve read in the past week, because I don’t have any new ones to show off! I know it’s not what people usually do, but I super appreciate it when people leave a relevant comment instead of just copy/pasting a message telling me to enjoy my haul. Thank you!
Finished this week:
The first row of these are rereads, but the others were all new and four were ARCs, so definitely good progress.
Reviews posted this week:
–Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt, by Joyce Tyldesley. Informative about a figure who is honestly mostly myth in general knowledge, and also about the time in which she ruled. 4/5 stars
–Terra, by Mitch Benn. It’s cuuute. And fun. 4/5 stars
–This is Your Brain on Music, by David Levitin. I feel like I don’t really understand music enough for this book, though the neurological stuff is interesting. 3/5 stars
–The Sealed Letter, by Emma Donoghue. Eh. Good on historical details, meh on the characters. 2/5 stars
–The Talisman Ring, by Georgette Heyer. Still a very fun adventure/romance. 5/5 stars
–Natural Causes, by James Oswald. This was a weird genre-crossing one, entertaining enough but not something I’m interested in continuing to read. 2/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: A Very Bookish Christmas. Because of course.
Hope you all have a very good Christmas, if you celebrate, and a warm and safe weekend if you don’t!
Ooh! That book on symbiosis sounds interesting!
It was! A little basic for me, but the latter chapters got deeper into it, and I think it’d be fascinating from start to finish for someone less widely-read (assuming an interest in biology).
You did well with your unstacking this week! I love productive reading weeks and I hope to fit in another one before the New Year…I’m damn cold today with the stupid storm hitting us and the wind was so bad last night I struggled to sleep so reading might be a struggle today. Have a great first Christmas with Mrs Biblio! May Santa bring you lots of books!
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Oh no, I’m quite used to the high winds because of the location of the house I lived in as a kid, but even for me it was a bit loud last night! Snuggle up warm and have a nap if you can! And may Santa bring you many books too.
Cleopatra has always fascinated me, so I want to know more about her. Thanks for sharing…and happy holidays!
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It was a good read! Enjoy, if you pick it up, and thanks for dropping by!
WOW. You got a lot of books this week. I hope you love all of your new books this week.
Grace @ Books of Love
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All zero of them! All the books featured in the post are (as it says) books I read this week, as I didn’t get anything new. But thanks for dropping by.
I’m really curious about The Celtic Revolution! The cover is gorgeous and I’m fascinated with Celtic history. I have two of the Cogman books, but not the third. I’m hoping to binge-read the series. 😀 I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
Happy holidays, Nikki. =)
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I just got the third for Christmas, so I need to read it, stat! Thanks for dropping by — hope you had a good Christmas!
As usual, your number of books unstacked always impresses me! I see you finished Foxglove Summer, can’t wait to hear what you think. It’s one of those books that can go either way, even for fans of the series I think *bites nails*
I liked it, but it felt a little weird after how hard-hitting Broken Homes was…