Happy Saturday! Not that it’s the end of the work week for me. Big project to be doing, which means a surprising amount of money and hopefully a correspondingly large number of books. Also, class.
But still, I managed quite a bit of reading this week!
Received to review
Hee! I need to reread The Dragonbone Chair, stat — I’ve been meaning to for a while anyway, but now this is extra motivation. I’m not sure if The Heart of What Was Lost stands alone, but it sounds like it comes after the series?
Bought
It’s fine, Mum, it cost £1.49, and besides, it’s always a good thing for me to read about things that scare me. Knowledge is power, etc.
Finished reading this week:
Not a bad week, as you see! And five of them were ARCs. Hurrah me. And the ratings sneak peek:
4 stars… p53: The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code, Final Girls and Passing Strange.
3 stars… Proust and the Squid and Birthright.
2 stars… Martians Abroad, Binti: Home and Maisie Dobbs.
Reviews posted this week:
–Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas. A reread, which I once again found solidly enjoyable. I don’t expect great literary merit from Maas, just a fun time, which maybe helps. 3/5 stars
–The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers. A lovely space opera adventure, full of characters you get to know and love. Just one criticism: the vaguely episodic feel to each of the events. Everything feels like it gets wrapped up very quickly, with only the bare bones of a larger plot. 4/5 stars
–Weird Dinosaurs: The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew, by John Pickrell. Very enjoyable, and not always just for the dinosaurs but also for the people — almost characters — caught up in their story. 4/5 stars
–The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien. I still love this, but my review this time poked at some of the flaws. 5/5 stars
–The Sense of Style, by Steven Pinker. If you’ve encountered academic technobabble, and particularly if you’re allergic to it, this makes a good antidote. 4/5 stars
–Gutenberg’s Fingerprint, by Merilyn Simonds. More of a memoir than I’d thought going in. Some interesting stuff, but… meh. 2/5 stars
–Strangers in Company, by Jane Aiken Hodge. Mystery, politics and romance, in the vein of a Mary Stewart novel. Fun, though not mindblowing. 3/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Graphic Novels. A rundown of my favourites!
–What are you reading Wednesday. Another update from my neverending assault on Mount TBR.
Looks like you had a good reading week so congrats on that! I have a whole week or two of zombies to look forward to…YEA! Have a good reading week!
I really did! Despite getting sick toward the end of it; luckily it’s the kind of being ill that lets me read more than usual!
Ooh Final Girls looks incredible! I hope that you enjoy your new books.
I enjoyed it! Pretty good novella.
The Heart of What Was Lost looks really great! 😀
I’m looking forward to it, once I’ve finished rereading the series! Thanks for dropping by.
I have seen The Heart of What was Lost and it sounds great so hopefully, you’ll enjoy it! I quite like and find the cover of Masquerade intriguing. Hopefully, you’ll like that one too!
Here’s the link to my first Stacking the Shelves
I’m looking forward to finally reading the whole Pantomime / Shadowplay / Masquerade trilogy — the covers do look so great. Thanks for dropping by!
Lots of awesomeness this week. I hope you love all of your books. Rereads can be difficult.
Grace @ Books of Love
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Thanks for dropping by! Luckily, with the rereads, at least I know I think the books are great.
Great haul! I really want to read Final Girls. Hope you enjoy all your new books and have a great week! 🙂
I enjoyed it! Hope you get your hands on it.
Wow, you read eight books this week? That’s amazing, go YOU! I’ve not heard of any of your new books, though Masquerade has definitely caught my attention. I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
Have a fantastic weekend, Nikki. =)
Check out my STS post!
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A couple of them were novellas, so it’s not as impressive as it looks, haha!
Great haul! Awesome that the third Micah Grey book is finally on the horizon. Of course, I still need to catch up with book two. I better hop to it…
Yes, I’m so glad Laura Lam managed to find a way! Not that I’ve read the first two yet, but I’ve followed her career since early Strange Chemistry days.
That’s a great variety of books! I struggle to get three or four reviews out per week, but you are very prolific. Thanks for visiting my blog, (I just started following you on Bloglovin and Twitter). Have a great week.
Ardis @ Pondering The Prose recently posted…Stacking The Shelves #67 & Sunday Post #30
It helps that I have a whole bunch of reviews scheduled through to mid-March, haha. Though I am a fast reader, too! Thanks for returning the visit/following!
What a fantastic reading week–go you! 😀 Masquerade looks really cool 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Brittany @ Brittany’s Book Rambles
Thanks for dropping by! I’m looking forward to finally reading Laura Lam’s trilogy.