Hi everyone! I’m back in the UK for a while, for my exams and the election and so on. I’m missing my bunnies, but I did have a lot of great books waiting for me here!
But here, have a picture of Breakfast meeting Captain America, first…
Right, now I feel better.
Received to review:
I really need to read something by Gail Z. Martin. I’ve had a couple of her books on my list for a while. Oops.
Fiction books bought:
I’ve had my eye on… pretty much all of these for quite a while now. I’m still not sure about The Hate U Give — people love it so much, and recommend it a lot, but I’m not sure if it’s my thing. Still, gonna give it a try.
Non-fiction books bought:
Quite the stack, I know! Some of these I’ve been meaning to read for ages, especially Gould’s book. I loved the exhibit on the Burgess Shale at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta, but only just got round to picking up a copy of this book to go with the experience.
So yeah, plenty to keep me busy!
Books finished this week:
Sneak peek at ratings:
Five stars: The Emerald Planet and The Worm at the Core.
Four stars: Waking Gods, River of Teeth, The Deeper Genome, One Renegade Cell, The Ghost Line and Raisins and Almonds.
Three stars: A New History of Life and How We Live & Why We Die.
Reviews posted this week:
–Being Human, by New Scientist. As with the other New Scientist collections, this is good if the topic interests you, and less so if it doesn’t. It does interest me! 4/5 stars
–All Systems Red, by Martha Wells. Funny, but with some interesting serious touches too. I want more of the Murderbot. 4/5 stars
–Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes, by Svante Pääbo. The science is fascinating, but I wasn’t always so sure about the personal details! It’s not so much about Neanderthals at all, really; just the process of extracting their genomes. 4/5 stars
–The Builders, by Daniel Polansky. Redwall, but very red in tooth and claw. And other implements of destruction. 3/5 stars
–The Vital Question, by Nick Lane. This is a wide-ranging book, almost impossible to summarise, but well worth reading on symbiosis, evolution, the origin of life… 4/5 stars
–Sunbolt, by Intisar Khanani. Fun worldbuilding, and I definitely want to read more. ASAP. 4/5 stars
–River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey. Hippos! A caper! A hero called Hero! I really enjoyed it. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Summer TBR. What it says on the tin.
–WWW Wednesday. The usual Wednesday update.
I have so much book envy…. even though my own TBR is threatening to bury me, those non fictions look the biz!
I’m looking forward to them a lot! And my TBR buried me long ago, I think…
Breakfast? haha. Enjoy your books!
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Yep! Our boy bunny is called Breakfast. 🙂
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What a great stack of books! I love how you have a lot of non-fiction on there. I really need to start looking into some of those. I love learning about things for fun. Also – wow you read a lot this week! What is your secret? 😉
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I love my non-fiction! I didn’t used to read much of it, but lately I’ve been addicted.
As for my secret, uhhh… I’m always reading. I think that’s it!
There are a few books in your pile that I’ve never heard of before. You got a lot of great books to read. I hope you love all of them. Have a lovely weekend.
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Wow, that’s a lot of books! Please read The Hate U Give. It really explains why there is so mistrust of the police in African-American communities, while not disparaging the police. I also really liked Caraval. I hope you like it. Have a wonderful time reading your books.
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I’ve read a lot about that, Black Lives Matter etc, though it isn’t such a pressing issue in my daily life here in the UK. We have a quite different relationship with policing. I do want to read it, but it isn’t my main sort of read!
I have The Hate You Give too. I’ve really not heard anything bad about it and look forward to reading it…sometime. Great haul and it looks like you’ve been reading a lot lately.
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Same, it’s very highly thought of — even by people who normally don’t read contemporary. I’m looking forward to it!
Nice haul! It’s always fun to have a big book grab! Y’know I’ll be glad when the election is over and done with. All the bitching is getting on my nerves now!
Honestly, I wish I could fast-forward the next few years of politics. It’s gonna mean a lot for my life ahead, so I’ve got to engage, but…
The Hate U Give is one I’ve been curious about too. I think I will eventually give it a read too.
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I’m not sure if it’ll be my thing, but I thought I’d at least give it a try, since everyone seems to love it!
YAY UK! I’m sure your bunnies miss you too. 😀 I see you got quite a few great books here! I adored Caraval – which is surprising because usually I dislike overhyped YA books. It was a fantastic book, and I cannot wait to read the sequel. I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
Have a wonderful weekend, Nikki. =)
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They’ve been trouble today, apparently, so I’m going to interpret that as missing me (and be glad I missed that). Good to hear re: Caraval! Here’s hoping I enjoy it too. Thanks for dropping by!
Nice haul. I loved False Hearts! And I’ve read a couple of Gail Z. Martin’s books, she’s a very versatile writer and a good storyteller. I’d love to give Scourge a try, looking forward to your thoughts on it!
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I’ve just finally read False Hearts now! I enjoyed it a lot.
Ah, you can rarely go wrong with a Phryne Fisher novel. Have read a few in the series but not that title. I do hope they make more of the TV shows based on that series.
Agreed! This is actually my second run through the series, as comfort reading!
Awesome Fiction and Non-Fiction haul! Hope you enjoy reading all the books!!
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Thanks! Hope you have a good reading week too!
I’m listening to The Hate U Give on audio right now and it’s gut wrenching and excellent. Happy reading. 🙂
Lauren @ Always Me
Good to know!