Welp, I have deadlines coming out of my ears. I haven’t replied to last week’s STS comments at the point I’m typing this. I’m gonna sit down and blitz through it tomorrow, along with any I get on this post! I am sorry to be a failboat: I blame the fact that I have two (two!) new(ish) jobs and four assignments due within a three week period. And exams coming up.
Ulp.
Still, in cool news, this is my hair now.
(It was teal until yesterday morning, and red for a long time before that. But this was the actual target colour when it ended up teal, more or less.)
Received to review:
Thank you, Tor! But especially thank you Crown Publishing for sending me Foundryside — via express mail, no less!
Books read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, by Dan Ariely. Nothing much new to me, but solid stuff if you don’t know the psychology. 3/5 stars
–Bats in the Belfry, by E.C.R. Lorac. Fun mystery, with a good twist and some very sinister scenes. 4/5 stars
–War for the Oaks, by Emma Bull. It’s the grandma of Kate Daniels, October Daye and their like, and it’s a lot of fun. 4/5 stars
–Evolution in Four Dimensions, by Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb. If you want to learn about non-genetic methods of inheritance, this is a great place to start. Not all of the layout worked for me, but there’s some very good stuff. 4/5 stars
–The Cornish Coast Mystery, by John Bude. If I was just reading this as a random story picked up without context, I might not have enjoyed it so much, on reflection. But being able to place it in the Golden Age of crime fiction, and knowing a little about the influences and so on, I found it an entertaining cosy mystery and worth the time. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–WWW Wednesday: The weekly update!
How’s everyone else doing? Been reading, in a slump, too many other things to think about? Anything amazing hit your doormat as an ARC?
I love the expression ‘failboat’. I’ve never come across it before. Hope you’re soon able to catch up with yourself – then you could be a gloatboat!
Hah, that would be good! 😀
Foundryside and City of Lies are both really high on my anticipated lists for summer reading! I hope we’ll enjoy them 🙂
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Fingers crossed! After City of Stairs and City of Blades, I’d like to think Bennett couldn’t let me down! I say, having not read City of Miracles yet out of a misplaced sense of “oh nooo, what’s gonna happen”.
Wow you sound super busy! Don’t let it stress you out, it happens. And cool hair!
Foundryside definitely looks interesting!
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Thank you! <3
Oh, I LOVE that color for your hair! Looks like a great haul of books this week too. Foundryside seems interesting.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Katie @Just Another Girl and Her Books recently posted…*Stacking the Shelves* 28 April 2018
It’s so much fun having weirdly coloured hair, haha. 😀
You are such a busy person! I love the hair too – awesome color!
Barb (boxermommyreads) recently posted…Sidetracked Sunday #4 – A London Mystery
I wish I was a little less busy, haha! And thank you!
Wow, sounds like a really busy time coming up for you. Good luck with the assignments and the jobs!
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Horribly so! But I’ll make it. 😀
Wah, good luck with all your obligations! At least you’ll look sharp while doing everything with your new hair 😛 I just got my pink redone and now I feel ready to tackle anything haha.
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Haha, thank you!