Good morning, folks. I’m currently in London, about to attend the New Scientist Live event, and completely full of cold. Wife brought it home last week, but now I’m in the thick of it too. Bleh. So anyway, I might not reply to comments/other people’s posts until tomorrow, but I promise I’ll get to them, as always!
Books received to review:
Thank you Tor and Angry Robot! Exciting stuff.
Books bought:
Thank you, Mum! I’ve been wanting all these for ages.
Read this week:
Again, not the greatest reading week. It started okay, but then I got sick…
Reviews posted this week:
–The Warrior Princess, by K.M. Ashman. Disappointing in execution, but still pretty awesome to see someone dealing with Welsh history. I learnt something! 2/5 stars
–Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore. It started out entertaining, but I got tired of the brand of humour, which mostly revolves around sex and bodily functions. 2/5 stars
–Proust and the Squid, by Maryanne Wolf. About the science of how we read. I have serious questions about some of the research described. 3/5 stars
–Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee. I couldn’t wrap my head around it as science fiction, but once I treated it as fantasy and just accepted the world, I loved it. 4/5 stars
–Neanderthals Rediscovered, by Dimitra Pappagianni and Michael A. Morse. Not as in-depth as I’d hoped, but interesting stuff. 3/5 stars
–Starlings, by Jo Walton. Unsurprisingly, I loved this collection of Jo’s short work. 4/5 stars
–The Planet in a Pebble, by Jan Zalasiewicz. Not as poetic as Richard Fortey’s work, but an enjoyable survey of the rock cycle. 3/5 stars
Other posts:
–The cost of reading: Books ARE expensive. Apropos of a throwaway tweet stating that books are not expensive. (Spoiler: it depends.)
No WWW Wednesday post this week, see also: I was sick! Hopefully there’ll be more activity round here in the week to come. How’s everyone else doing?
Dang, the ones you’ve received look great! Especially the twin novellas, I’ve seen them around lately. Hope you enjoy them 🙂
Evelina recently posted…State of the ARC #2
I really love the covers of them, I’m excited to try ’em! Thanks for dropping by. 🙂
I love those asian covers! Very eyecatching!
chucklesthescot recently posted…Chuckles Weekend Roundup
They really are! Tor.com are killing it with their novella cover art.
Great haul! Did you like Snowdrift? I would like to try a Georgette Heyer book but I don’t know where to start…
I hope you’ll enjoy all the books you got! Happy reading!
I did, but it’s a short story collection so I don’t think it’s Heyer’s best work. I’d say my favourites have been The Talisman Ring and The Grand Sophy.
Thanks for the recommendations! I’ve added them to my TBR!
Lynn recently posted…October TBR
I saw the Iy Yang books and they look very interesting. I hope you enjoy them. I think the author of Provenance is coming to do a book signing in San Francisco soon. I wish I had more time to read all these books. I hope you enjoy them.
Thanks! And ooh re: Ann Leckie, I’ll have to tell my friend who lives nearby. He’d love to meet her. 🙂
Hope you’re feeling better. I got a copy of Weave a Circle Round too.
Barb (boxermommyreads) recently posted…Stacking the Shelves (130) / Sunday Post – The King Has Arrived!
I’m a little better now, but the weekend was still all blurry, haha. Thanks for dropping by!
Weave a Circle Round looks intriguing. I haven’t seen that one around yet. Hope you love them all! Happy reading!
Yeah, I’m intrigued too, though not sure about the comparison to Madeleine L’Engle — I read A Wrinkle in Time last month and wasn’t very convinced…
I hope you feel better soon. Enjoy your new books!
Aj @ Read All The Things! recently posted…The Fall Book Haul
Thank you! I’m doing better now!
Weave a Circle Round looks so amazing!!!
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I’m definitely intrigued!
I’m really looking forward to Weave a Circle Round. I hope we’ll both enjoy it! That cover is so gorgeous!
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum recently posted…Book Review: Magicians Impossible by Brad Abraham
It really is! Here’s hoping! *crosses fingers*
It’s a little chilly here! I like fall a lot. 😀
I love the cover of A Skinful of Shadows! I keep seeing that book around. I hope you enjoy it, and all of your new books!
Have a wonderful week. =)
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Alyssa Susanna (The Eater of Books!) recently posted…Review: The Knowing by Sharon Cameron
Thanks! I really have to get stuck into this lot, haha. And yay for fall! It’s already hit here, too.