Good morning, folks! It’s been a good week for me — it doesn’t look like I read that much, but actually, The Stone of Farewell and Kushiel’s Dart are rather long, so I think this is pretty monumental.
Read this week:
Perhaps I’ll read just as much in the coming week, since I have suddenly got no books at all on my currently reading list, for the first time in many, many moons.
(Seriously, many.)
Reviews posted this week:
–Ars Historica, by Marie Brennan. This is a great collection, written with Brennan’s usual skill, and made me really want to pick her Onyx Court novels back up (though you don’t need to have read them to appreciate the stories). 5/5 stars
–The Laws of Medicine, by Siddartha Mukherjee. Short, but worthwhile; Mukherjee uses his experience as a doctor to posit some basic rules that govern how he practices. 4/5 stars
–Five Red Herrings, by Dorothy L. Sayers. Not a favourite Wimsey story, but nonetheless it’s clever as heck. 4/5 stars
–Libraries in the Ancient World, by Lionel Casson. Engagingly written, though most of the history wasn’t new to me. 3/5 stars
–The Wanderer in Unknown Realms, by John Connolly. Kind of tailed off without using the background it had built up to the sort of effect I’d like to see. Creepy, though, with a good atmosphere. 3/5 stars
Other posts:
–WWW Wednesday: The usual update on what I’ve been reading in the last week.
I wish I was unstacking and reading lots! I’ve got 5 books to tackle before the month ends but I’m in lazy mode and panic is setting in! Have a great weekend!
chucklesthescot recently posted…Chuckles Weekend Roundup
Panic about books isn’t good! I hate it when reading gets to be an obligation like that. 🙁
Oh some of this look awesome. I love the font for most of them (yes I love covers and now I’m deciding fonts are sexy too lol) but the Master Magician sounds good as Camelot’s Blood. Enjoy!
I did enjoy — I read all these this week. :p I know what you mean about fonts, though. There are some really eye-catching ones.
Love the cover and name for Camelot’s Blood.
Happy Reading
JoLee
Awesome cover for The Black Key. I have heard great things about The Others Series.
Happy Reading
JoLee
Mine
The whole series has great covers. 🙂
The stone of Farewell is a chunkster, that’s for sure! I remember reading that series a while back… they are LARGE books lol.
Greg recently posted…Sunday Post #234
They are! It might be a liiiittle faster for me because it’s a reread, but even so!
Grats on unstacking the shelves, and you’re right, finishing Kushiel’s Dart is nothing to scoff at, that one is a pretty hefty tome! But oh so good! Hope you enjoyed it 🙂
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum recently posted…Mogsy’s Bookshelf Roundup: Stacking the Shelves & Recent Reads
I did! But I expected to — it’s a reread for me. 🙂
I think you read quite a lot, so congrats!
Have a nice week!
Andreea recently posted…The Weekend Post #9: Too Many Books
Yeah, but even more considering those doorstops, heh. Thanks!
Wow you really are unstacking. What an awesome reading week!
Barb (boxermommyreads) recently posted…Sidetracked Sunday – A Special Kind of Annoying
Indeed! Hurrah. Thanks for dropping by!
Wow! That’s loads!! I read 6 books last week too and I still don’t know how that happened, I think that’s the most I’ve ever read in a week xD
Evelina @ AvalinahsBooks recently posted…Sunday post #48
Ahh, not for me — I read a lot when I can’t sleep, haha.
I read Kushiel’s Dart, it’s thick but I liked it. I need to read the rest of the books. Hope you have a great week!
Cricket recently posted…My Sunday Post #53
I read them all quite a few years ago, so it’s revisiting, for me. I really like them!