Time for the other half of my haul from the Hague! Shoutout again to the American Book Center and Stanza Bookshop for being amazing and friendly. This time it’s the SF/F books, so let’s have at it. Note: the bunnies bought me a couple of these.
Books acquired:
Extra shoutout to the bookseller who made sure there was a copy of The Calculating Stars for me. <3
Books read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–Death in the Tunnel, by Miles Burton. A fun and clever mystery; I can’t put my finger on quite why it worked so well for me, but it really did. 4/5 stars
–Amazons, by John Man. A bit of a broader book that it sounds just from the main title alone, I found this a fascinating and surprisingly quick read. 4/5 stars
–The Castlemaine Murders, by Kerry Greenwood. The usual sort of Phryne book, fun enough but not exceptional. 3/5 stars
–The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope. A good adventure story, not too hobbled by being a classic. 3/5 stars
–The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this, and also which parts of the book I found more interesting. It reads like fiction at times, almost. 5/5 stars
–An Accident of Stars, by Foz Meadows. There’s a lot about this that I did enjoy, but… I don’t know. I might rate it higher once I’ve read the second book and I can see it as a whole. 3/5 stars
–Rubicon, by Tom Holland. Less about Caesar than you might expect, and more broadly about the end of the Republic. Pretty enjoyable overall. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–Discussion: Diversity. The perennial question in book fandom these days.
–Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books So Far This Year. What it says on the tin!
–WWW Wednesday. The usual weekly update on what’s on my plate.
So what’s everyone been up to? Good hauls? Quiet week? Horrible warmth and drought like here?
Nothing like a good book splurge! I decided to have one this week so it looks like my next weekend roundup post will be full!
Ooh, yay! I’ll be splurging less soon, I think — until Lisa gets a job in the UK, we’re relying on my income…
Lovely list matey. I hadn’t heard of the thousand deaths of ardor benn or the ember blade. Those sound cool. Thanks. Arrr!
x The Captain
I’m looking forward to them. 😀
Quiet week getting ready to go away (for work) on Monday – but first a weekend of fun as it was our (17th!) anniversary yesterday (yes, we got together on Friday the 13th) and it’s our neighbour’s 80th birthday party this afternoon. Having a little bit of a packing crisis though. I’m not sure I’ve got enough shoes or trousers to see me through this trip, and I REALLY don’t know what books to take! (guess which of these I’m more worried about 😉 )
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Ooh, yay 17th! It’s nearly our… um… 13th? We think. We’re bad at this.
I’m shortly going to be packing books to get back to the UK and start looking for somewhere for us to live. I feel the pain.
Your new books look really tempting. 🙂 Thanks for visiting my blog earlier!
Lauren @ Always Me
I’m looking forward to reading them aaaaaaaaaall.
Wow, a lot of these are new to me! Like Spiderlight and Medusa Uploaded. And Circe just looks gorgeous, I need to get that.
Looks like you read a lot this week too! Wow 5 books.
Hope your weekend is great!
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The cover of Circe really is gorgeous, I couldn’t resist it!
Heh, five books isn’t that much for me in terms of my reading speed, but I haven’t had enough time much recently. It’s been so good to just settle down and have a few nice long reading sessions!