Happy Saturday! It’s been a busy week around here, and I should probably be in the digital lab right now, looking at sections of rat tissue. But hey, books!
How’ve you all been?
Received to review:
Yay, thank you, Tor!
Finished this week:
Sneak peek at ratings:
4 stars to… Britain BC and Wicked Wonders.
3 stars to… This Rough Magic.
2 stars to… Britain AD.
Reviews posted this week:
–Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates, by Kerry Greenwood. A reread, again already? Yep. And it remains a lot of fun — I don’t know why I didn’t enjoy it the first time. 4/5 stars
–The Prince of the Moon, by Megan Derr. A sweet queer fairytale, though a little rushed for my taste. 3/5 stars
–The Celtic Revolution, by Simon Young. Interesting history, but where it touched on Arthuriana it rather annoyed me, alas. 3/5 stars
–Monstress, by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda. Beautiful artwork, but I kept losing track of the story. 3/5 stars
–Flying Too High, by Kerry Greenwood. Gotta love all the references to other detectives which, for some reason, I’m only just picking up now. Hurrah Phryne! 4/5 stars
–Miranda and Caliban, by Jacqueline Carey. As beautiful as you would expect coming from Carey, and as heartbreaking. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–Why haven’t you read ____ yet? The short answer is: I’m terrible. Sorry.
–Top Ten Tuesday: Couples That Weren’t. Literary couples I was really rooting for, or who I didn’t get enough of.
–What are you reading Wednesday. The usual status update.
It’s going to be a reading catchup tonight to try and make up for my sloppy reading week. I plan to have zombies and plagues and maybe some vampires and werewolves to mix it up a bit! Sounds like you are very busy at the moment so I hope the books are good when you get some reading time!
Sounds like a good reading party! Back in the mood, then?
I actually haven’t heard of any of these, but I love their covers! Your opening line made me snort coffee in my nose LOL ” I should probably be in the digital lab right now, looking at sections of rat tissue” This is my first time visiting your blog (I think?) and it sounds like you have a really cool job! Hope you enjoy all of your new books, and have a great week!
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Tor often have really great covers on their books, it’s true. And haha, I wish it was my job — but alas, no, it’s my degree. Assignment coming up…
Agents of Dreamland has a very pretty cover! I hope you’ll enjoy all the books you received!
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Thank you! And yeah, Tor seem to be very good with finding great cover artists.
Awesome haul of books this week. I hope you love all of your new books. Some of them look delicious.
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Thank you!
Great haul. Agents of dreamlands looks really intriguing. Have a great week.
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Agreed, it really does! Thanks for dropping by!
Rat tissue, sounds… interesting. 😀 Your books are all new to me! Brother’s Ruin looks like something I’d read though. I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
Have a lovely week, Nikki. =)
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Thanks for dropping by! I’m enjoying Brother’s Ruin. Not so much the rat tissue, but hey, the sooner I get this degree, the sooner I can do interesting experiments…
I can’t wait to read Brother’s Ruin! Emma Newman is really growing on me!
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I’m halfway through and enjoying it!
I’ve heard of Caitlin R. Kiernan, but not that book. I hope you enjoy it and the others!
It looks like you had a busy week. I liked your short summaries of your reviews 🙂
It’s not out yet, so that’s probably why, haha. I’ve enjoyed one of her books before, as I recall. Thanks for dropping by!
i will certainly read the Paul Cornell Book “Chalk” as soon as it is published …
Hopefully, I’ll read it before then! Fingers crossed I’ll have the time.