Good morning, folks! Today I’m off to Amsterdam with my wife to celebrate our paper wedding anniversary in bookshops. Hurrah! To celebrate the one-year anniversary of our wedding (and the 12th anniversary of being together), here are a couple of our wedding pics! Click to embiggen, if you’re so inclined.
And now, back to books.
Bought:
I needed Caliban’s War for a book club read, and A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived was on sale on the Kindle store for 99p!
Received to review:
A lucky week, though I’m still sad I didn’t get approved for Provenance or Into the Drowning Deep on Edelweiss!
Books read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–Unnatural, by Philip Ball. This is billed as popular science, but honestly it’s as much lit-crit as it is science. Interesting topic, of course, but… 3/5 stars
–Nova, by Samuel R. Delany. I wasn’t as big a fan as I hoped I was going to be. I feel like a bad SF fan. 3/5 stars
–Personality, by Daniel Nettle. Landmark science this is not, but it is interesting enough. 3/5 stars
–Reality 36, Guy Haley. Not characters I want to hang out with. 1/5 stars
–Caesar’s Last Breath, by Sam Kean. Not as entertaining as his book on neurology, but still interesting. 3/5 stars
–Killing is My Business, by Adam Christopher. Another entertaining entry in this series — and I want to know where it’s going next! 4/5 stars
–Genomes and What To Make of Them, by Barry Barnes and John Dupré. Somewhat out of date now, and probably not worth picking up. 2/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Bookshops I Have Loved. More or less as you’d expect, though you might not expect that bookshops in Dublin, Ireland and Calgary, Canada are on the same list…
–WWW Wednesday. This week’s update on what I’m reading.
Nice pics! I love that informal fun feel to them which shows how much you enjoyed the day! May you both have many happy years together and buy lots of books on your trip…!
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Yeah, it was a nice photoshoot! It was actually the week after, so there are a ton of even more informal photos from the day, heh. But the professional ones are so lovely, I have to show them off sometimes.
And ha — I did indeed buy lots of books!
Happy Anniversary! Love the pictures!!
Thank you!
Ooh, Acadie sounds pretty good, and so does the Caliban’s War! I’ve never heard of them before, thanks for bringing them to my notice. Happy anniversary, and happy reading 🙂
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Acadie was interesting, especially the ending! I’m looking forward to Caliban’s War.
You and your spouse look so happy on your wedding day. I hope you love all of your new books.
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Thank you, we were! Thanks for dropping by.
Congratulations to both of you, with many more yet to come!
Thank you!
Enjoy your trip to Amsterdam…my daughter was there recently (for her honeymoon), and also visited Prague.
I love the look of The Fifth Doll…nesting dolls intrigue me.
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It was really nice! We didn’t stay that long, but it was a nice time for it — it was Pride as well!
Happy Anniversary and it sounds like a fun way to spend it. I’m looking forward to Into the Drowning Deeo as well. Nice haul.
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It was a great day! Thanks for dropping by.
Happy anniversary and enjoy your trip! Be sure to take many picture and capture more moments of happiness 🙂
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We always forget to take pictures, really, unless it’s of books! But we had a lot of fun.
Congrats on your anniversary – you make a beautiful couple, but I’m sure you already knew that.
I’m intrigued by Why Dinosaurs Matter and will have to search out a copy for myself.
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Thank you!
I think it’s still Read Now on Netgalley! I found it interesting enough but nothing really new for me, except that contention that we shouldn’t dismiss dinosaurs by any means.