Good morning, everyone! I’m in the UK again ready for my exams, and getting up bright and early every day to study. So it’s no surprise that I’ve, uh, had quite a haul and not managed to read much. But before we get into that, here’s the obligatory bunny pictures!
I miss ’em, even though they’re a pile of chaos.
Received to review:
I also now have a paperback copy of Yoon Ha Lee’s Revenant Gun to go with the ebook! Now I definitely must hurry and read it.
Bought this week:
Yay, more British Library Crime Classics! I think there are two more in the post, too… Better be the last of the books for a while, heh.
Read this week:
Yep, that’s the sum total.
Reviewed this week:
–The Great Mortality, by John Kelly. A historical look at the Black Death, how it started and how it spread. Less science details than I’d have liked! 3/5 stars
–Death on the Cherwell, by Mavis Doriel Hay. Entertaining, but not a patch on that other book written in the Golden Age about a women’s college in Oxford. 3/5 stars
–Keeping Their Marbles, by Tiffany Jenkins. One of my more in-depth and conflicted reviews in quite a while. This book examines the case for repatriating artefacts and remains, and the author’s opinion is a resounding “don’t”. I struggle with that. 3/5 stars
–The Fisher of Bones, by Sarah Gailey. Some fascinating ideas, and particularly the ending, but it felt more like a sketch map than a painting. 3/5 stars
–Brimstone, by Cherie Priest. This one worked for me because of the strength of the characters. I’m not sure it’s Priest’s most memorable book, but I enjoyed reading it and definitely got invested. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–WWW Wednesday. The usual update!
And now, studying… What’s everyone else up to?
Wow! You got a lot of books this week. You must have a lot of book shelves. Enjoy!
Haha, lots, but never enough! Thanks for dropping by.
I love your bunny, soo cute!! You have some awesome looking books, I added a few to my TBR pile!! Love the cozies also. Good luck with exams!!
They’re good bunnies. 🙂 Thanks for dropping by!
We seem to have a lot of the same interests! One of the things on my bucket list is to travel the whole of Hadrian’s Wall, as much as possible anyway, so I always love finding books about it. I’m also quite interested in ‘Keeping Their Marbles’, but given the author’s viewpoint, do you have any others to suggest that would err on the side of ‘YES, RETURN ALL THIS STOLEN STUFF ASAP!’ ?
The book on Hadrian’s wall I read this week is a bit of a classic, I think! Interesting stuff, and it’s been updated to new editions about four times. As for the returning stuff, sadly, I have no recs — I’ve actually asked an archaeologist-by-training friend to let me know if they can think of anything! Two things I have seen around are Stealing History by Roger Atwood and Chasing Aphrodite by Jason Felch, but I haven’t read them to be sure!
Funny you mention those – they are both on my TBR but I have not gotten to them yet! I am also interested in Behave, and have added it to my TBR – Lord knows we have a lot of insane behavior going on in the US right now, what with Armageddon practically upon us. Might make for an interesting read while I stand here wondering what the heck is going on!
There are so many tempting Tor books coming up! I see a few of them I really want to read in your haul. The Chrysalis is high on my priority list, that one sounds creepy!
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That first bunny pic does look a bit stern? I think I’d be handing over a banana. 🙂
The Hadrian’s Wall book looks interesting, I’ve always been fascinated by the Wall.Especially by the fact that it’s still standing. Would love to hike around it.
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Aww, the bunnies are adorable 🙂
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Shelter is just my kind of read. I’ve never tried anything by this author so I need to add him onto my list!