Hey all! It’s been a fairly quiet week, seeing my family, playing video games, reading… Hurrah for exactly that kind of week. And here’s Breakfast relaxing to go with it…
Received to review:
Just last week I read the first one and complained I didn’t have the sequel right away. Hurrah, now I do!
Bought:
I probably love reading about diseases a little too much.
I also got a whole suitcase full of books from Bastian’s Book Reviews, but while they’re all awesome, I’m not adding them to my cataloguing right now.
Read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–The Naming of the Shrew, by John Wright. Amusing at first, but starts to drag because it becomes too much of a list. 2/5 stars
–Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Pretty much just a taster, so it genuinely is for people who aren’t fans of astrophysics already. 3/5 stars
–The Language of Thorns, by Leigh Bardugo. Interesting invented fairytales, some of them retellings, and it doesn’t matter if you already know Bardugo’s Grisha world. 4/5 stars
–The Tiger’s Daughter, by K. Arsenault Rivera. I wanted to love this for the queerness and the elegant writing, but I was turned off by the depiction of the cultures borrowed from here. 2/5 stars
–The Gods of Olympus, by Barbara Graziosi. Not much of a surprise for me, but a good survey of the Olympian gods and what people have believed about them over the centuries. 3/5 stars
–Damn Fine Story, by Chuck Wendig. Good advice on how to tell stories, though there’s quite a lot of filler padding it out. 3/5 stars
–Under the Pendulum Sun, by Jeannette Ng. It’s hard to know what to say about this one — it’s fascinating and twisted, playing with stories about the Fae and bringing Victorian realism to it. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–WWW Wednesday. What’s hot and what’s not on my reading pile.
So how is everyone? Let me know and I’ll try and swing by and comment back ASAP, though I’m quite busy today!
Wow you really read lot of books this week And I am amazed with the number of reviews you have written in a week
I hope you enjoy all your books
Thanks! Not my most productive week, actually — the book on flu took a lot of digesting!
Your furball is so cute. How to survive a plague does actually look kind of…fun. Happy reading!
Natalie @Natflix&Books recently posted…Weekly Rewind 10.28.17
He’s such a good boy, too. <3 Thanks for dropping by!
The Sisters of the Crescent Empire looks really interesting.
Have a great weekend.
Katie @Just Another Girl and Her Books recently posted…*Stacking the Shelves* 28 October 2017
The first book was really fascinating, so I’m looking forward to it! Thanks for dropping by.
Yay, you read the Hanging Tree! Now you can join in my impatient wait for the next book 😀
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum recently posted…YA Weekend: The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
Very, very impatient!
Its name is Breakfast? Yay, so cute. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your new books. Have a wonderful week and happy reading. ❤️
Yes, and his friend is Hulk (and she’s a girl-bun), haha.
Pictures of your bunnies are always such a joy to see!!
Haha, you know what kind of comments they like to see. 😛
Hooray! That kind of week is always welcome here. 🙂 Have a great week!
Nina recently posted…The Hidden Legacy by Christine Rees
Haha, definitely! Thanks. 🙂
I love visiting and seeing your bunnies. Looks like you read a lot of good books this week. I always love visiting and seeing what you’re reading. Have a great week.
Barb (boxermommyreads) recently posted…Stacking the Shelves (134)/Sunday Post
They love being seen, the cheeky little things! *grin* Thanks for dropping by!
I should get The Hanging Tree as well. I was a little disappointed with Foxglove Summer, so maybe that’s why I’m stalling. Was it good?
Evelina @ AvalinahsBooks recently posted…How To Be A Lady And Win At Adventuring
The Hanging Tree gets back to the main plot with the Faceless Man, so yeah, I think it picks up a bit.
I AM HERE FOR THE BUNNY PHOTOS. 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 Post some every weekend and people will always come back. 😉 Hopefully you enjoy that sequel novel – luckily you didn’t have to wait too long to get it. Happy reading!
Have a wonderful week. =)
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
Alyssa Susanna (The Eater of Books!) recently posted…Review: Captive Bride by Katharine Ashe
Haha, I do post some every weekend I’m away from the bunnies, at least! Which is more often than I’d like…
I think diseases are fascinating in that horrific kind of way. If I had more time I would probably read a few of those kinds of books. Ebola in particular ‘interests’ me. Scares me crapless too…
chucklesthescot recently posted…Halloween Creatures Book Tag
Eh, Ebola doesn’t scare me too much because it’s too easily contained. I know books like The Hot Zone make it sound like it’s unstoppable, but it really isn’t. Influenza, though…
How to Survive a Plague sounds like something I would really like. You had a great reading week. I hope this week is going well for you as well.
Carole @ Carole’s Random Life in Books recently posted…New Releases – October 31, 2017 #newreleases #newbooks
Thanks! 🙂