Hey everyone! It’s nearly a brand new year, but here’s my last haul for this one first. It’s a pretty epic haul — everyone spoilt me, book-wise. I’m oddly pleased by the fact that I got equal numbers of fiction and non-fiction books!
New Fiction
I had ARCs of a couple of these, but it’s good to have a finished copy. I blame Mogsy @ Bibliosanctum for a whole bunch of these — it was her reviews that made me put them on my wishlist.
New Non-fiction
Tyrannosaurs! The Loch Ness monster! Microbes! It’s a great haul, and I can’t wait to get stuck in.
Finished this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely. Rather, well, predictable, if you already know your psychology. Still interesting, and very readable. 3/5 stars
–Death of a Unicorn, by Peter Dickinson. Does not actually contain any unicorns. I knew that, but still found it disappointing. 2/5 stars
–A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness. A little predictable, but nonetheless, really hard-hitting about grief and dealing with it. 4/5 stars
–The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu, trans. Ken Liu. This intrigued me, but I wasn’t totally sucked in. Part of that might be the translation. 3/5 stars
–Genome: the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, by Matt Ridley. A little dry and a little out of date, but still fun of interesting stuff for the genetics aficionado. 3/5 stars
–The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo. Some of this goes a little too far into, well, ‘woo’. But the central idea was valuable to me. 4/5 stars
–Miniatures, by John Scalzi. More or less what you’d expect if you know Scalzi’s work. Probably great as a collectible, less so for enjoying a solid piece of fiction which goes places. These are fun enough, but they’re all very short (of course) and have the same sort of humour behind them. 3/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Favourites of 2016. Pretty much what it says on the tin.
–A Game of Books. So next year, I’m going to treat reaching my reading goals like a game. I get points based on book length and how long it’s been on my TBR, for example. There’s a spreadsheet and anyone’s welcome to join in and play!
I like the cover for Tower of Thorns and Slade House! T Rex and Loch Ness Monsters? Can’t get better than that really! I live about 4 hours from Loch Ness but I’ve never had a chance to visit which is a bit of a shame! I really want to go and see the monster and take a boat out on the loch…Whatever you guys are doing for New Year, enjoy!
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They are very pretty covers! And exactly, monsters and dinosaurs are always awesome. I’ve never visited either, though I’m a bit further away!
A lot of your books are new to me. I do like the covers for a lot of them. Have a wonderful New Year.
Grace @ Books of Love
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Thanks for dropping by! Happy new year to you too!
Ooh, nice! I have read the first seven titles in your fiction list (though technically I’m still working my way through The Hanging Tree – savoring it!) and looks like you have a great first month of 2017 reading ahead! Happy new year 🙂
I need to get started! Though I have begun with something from my backlog…
WOW! You cleaned up, Nikki! I love that series by Marillier – Tower of Thorns was really good, as was Den of Wolves. Plus, the covers are so gorgeous. I have a hardcover set of the trilogy and the books are among my favorites. I want to read that Ilona Andrews book. I hope you enjoy all of your new books, Nikki!
Happy New Year. =)
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I really need to catch up with it! They do have such gorgeous covers. Thanks for dropping by!
Ooh, nice haul! I hope you love them all!
Lindsey
Thanks! They all look so good!
Nice variety in your haul. I’m interested in the Wake of Vultures. Happy reading.
I need to get round to reading it — I’ve been meaning to for a while! Thanks for dropping by.
That is a great haul! I really want to read the Invisible Library series and the Patrick Ness book. And I don’t read much non fiction but some of yours look very intriguing! Enjoy and happy new year! 🙂
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Genevieve Cogman’s books are so fun! I can’t wait to get round to this new one. And I love me some non-fiction — I didn’t used to, but I’ve really got into it in the last couple of years. Thanks for dropping by!
Thanks for sharking all of your new non-fiction titles! I’ve been working on reading more non-fiction recently, so your titles are inspiring me. 🙂
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I’ve been getting quite a lot of non-fiction lately, and I do love it. There’s always something new to learn! Thanks for dropping by.
Happy New Year, Nikki!! I hope 2017 will be a fantastic year for you 🙂
Your new books look great! I need to get started on the Hidden Legacy series – I love Ilona Andrews 🙂
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Thanks! Same to you!
Me too. I get surprisingly hooked on their books!
Lots of great book! So happy to see someone else with She-Hulk on the list. 🙂
I enjoyed the first volume of it, so I had to ask for it for Christmas! I prefer it to the more recent run.