Hey everyone! It’s been a pretty good week, and now I’m back in Belgium with my wife, which is nice. Also a 13.5kg box of books I sent via courier is already here, so hurrah!
Received to review
I still need to catch up on the Copper Cat books, but looks like this stands alone? And I love the cover.
Books bought
Note to Mum: before you lecture me, I got these with the Amazon card I got from Laura, okay?
By which you see, yep, yet more Seanan McGuire, since I finished An Artificial Night this week and loved it.
Books finished:
And a little preview of my opinions…
4 stars to… Hidden Figures, I Contain Multitudes, The Green Mill Murder, Blood and Circuses, An Artificial Night and Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day.
3 stars to… The Prince of the Moon
1 star to… Dead Until Dark
Reviews posted this week:
–The Steerswoman, by Rosemary Kirstein. Slow, but satisfying, with some very good female characters and a fascinating central concept. 4/5 stars
–How to Clone a Mammoth, by Beth Shapiro. Okay, the answer is mostly ‘you can’t’, but the book is still informative about cloning and rewilding. 4/5 stars
–Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell. A reread for the comfort factor, so no surprises I loved it again. 5/5 stars
–Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson. Entertaining, and also poignant about the road Wilson has taken to get where she is. 4/5 stars
–The Assassin’s Blade, by Sarah J. Maas. Probably not so entertaining/relevant if you’re not a fan already. 3/5 stars
–Ayiti, by Roxane Gay. A collection of stories set in and about Haiti. Fascinating and vivid. 4/5 stars
–The Magician’s Nephew, by C.S. Lewis. A little too preachy, and definitely not my favourite Narnia book. Nor my least favourite, though. 3/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: 2016 Releases I Didn’t Get Round To. Aka, The Guilt Trip.
How’s everyone’s week been? Reading plenty? Let me know in the comments!
The Ninth Rain has a gorgeous cover…I do like my crows and ravens! I’m reading a ton of stuff at the moment and I seem to be getting through more than I thought was possible this month! A nice mix of apocalypse, zombies, monsters, urban fantasy…who can ask for more than that! Enjoy your books!
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It does, and I’ve enjoyed the author’s other stuff! So I’m quite hopeful about it. And hurrah for your reading progress!
Looks like a really great list of new books and those books you read look interesting too! 🙂
Hope you’ll enjoy the newbies in your shelves 🙂
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Such a great book haul! Never heard of any of them but now gonna have to go check them out!
I hope you love and enjoy your new book babies!!
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13.5 kg, wow! That’s a lot of books. 😀 I’m ashamed to say that I’ve not heard of any of these! Though I did just see the Dusk or Dark one on another STS post – that’s cool! It seems like an interesting book that I might like. I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
Have a lovely weekend, Nikki. =)
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Yes! It was quite heavy, haha. Part of it was my Christmas haul, of course. Thanks for dropping by!
I really want to check out Seanan McGuire. Oh no you didn’t like Dead Until Dark 🙁 Am glad you tried it though every one should try the series at least 🙂
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I really enjoy McGuire’s work, I do recommend it! And yeah, I wanted to enjoy Harris’ work, but something about the narration really put me off. Alas.
So jealous of The Ninth Rain! Wish it would be published in the US, or maybe be picked up by a US publisher soon.
Fingers crossed for you!