Good morning, folks! I’m back in Belgium with the bunnies, and they are precious clingy creatures right now. It’s the best. And I had quite a book splurge this week with my sister, celebrating the end of our exams. I’m going to split it up into a couple of posts by category, though, just so I don’t have to spend too long uploading things and such. So this week, here’s a review copy received this week, and the SF/F books I picked up.
Received to review:
Lucky as ever — thank you, Tor and Rebellion! <3
Bought:
I’ve heard mixed things about all three of these, actually, but they intrigue me all the same, so we’ll see!
Books read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–Murder in Piccadilly, by Charles Kingston. Not the best of the British Library Crime Classics so far, definitely. I found the characters unpleasant, almost all of them, so it was no fun, and the mystery itself was never a mystery, yet nor was it never satisfactorily wrapped up. 2/5 stars
–Koko Takes a Holiday, by Kieran Shea. Bloody gorey fun, but not really more than that. And the portrayal of depression doesn’t really bear a longer look. 2/5 stars
–The Telling, by Ursula Le Guin. It was nice to revisit this as an adult and understand more of what it was driving at. I got distracted by all the wrong things, as a kid. 4/5 stars
–Against Empathy, by Paul Bloom. A fascinating dissection of why empathy may not be the best guide to morality. 5/5 stars
–The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente. A reread, and I’m so glad to spend time with the narrator again! 5/5 stars
Other posts:
–Discussion: Blog Tours. When they work for me, and why they often don’t.
–WWW Wednesday. The usual weekly update on what I’ve been reading.
–Blog tour and giveaway for Jacqueline Carey’s Starless. There’s an international prize as well as a US/Canada one! There’s also an excerpt exclusive to this blog tour.
Oooh I love the cover of The Black God’s Drums.
Moonshine was an irritated DNF for me, and I had mixed feelings about Rotherweird, so I look forward to your take in due course!
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Tor have such gorgeous covers so often!
I knew you didn’t love both of those, but I’ve been meaning to give them a try, soooo… we’ll see!
I hope you enjoy your bunnies and new books!
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I am, very much so!
I’m curious about Death of a Clone, but my NetGalley pile being so big these days, I had to stop myself from requesting. I look forward to your thoughts!
I… probably should stop myself more often. I’m pretty much down to only requesting from favourite publishers and authors, but. But.
Finishing your exams is a great excuse to go book buying!
Any excuse, right?!
Book splurges are always the best!! Enjoy your new haul!
Angelica @ Paperback Princess
Indeedy! 😀 Thanks.
Its always fun getting books, you have some great looking reads, have a great week!!
Thank you! 🙂