Good morning folks! Today me and the wife are off on a trip to see a friend, but I’ll be dropping by to see people’s weekend posts when I get back. It’s been a quiet week… except, you know, the bit where I got my exam results. A distinction and a grade 2 pass — in other words, I kicked butt.
In the meantime, here’s two new books I got using the credit from a Kobo Price Match (if you use Kobo and didn’t know about Price Match, when Amazon seriously beats Kobo’s prices, definitely consider asking them to price match!).
Books bought:
Books read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence, by Michael Marshall Smith. I wanted a lot more from this, really; there’s just something off about it, like it doesn’t know what it wants to be. 3/5 stars
–Scarweather, by Anthony Rolls. Atmospheric and rather creepy, and I think I enjoyed it more just reading it than I do thinking it over afterwards. Then it gets rather threadbare — and also tropey. 2/5 stars
–The Boy Who Lost Fairyland, by Catherynne M. Valente. Very clever, if perhaps a little repetitive of the previous books — intentionally so, but nonetheless, when you’ve read the others recently it’s very obvious. Fun, as always, though. 4/5 stars
–Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life, by Nick Lane. Good on both mitochondria themselves and what they mean in terms of the origin of life. 5/5 stars
–The Deep, by John Crowley. I kind of… don’t get it. I mean, I get the story, but I don’t get why it’s a Masterwork. 2/5 stars
–The Notting Hill Mystery, by Charles Warren Adams. Fairly typical, and mostly of interest if you’re interested in the classics of the Golden Age (and before, since this was a first) in a more academic sense, I think. 2/5 stars
Other posts:
–Discussion: Book Fandom Friends. Sometimes we’re all so close it’s like we know each other, and then you remember you haven’t a clue about the basics of someone’s life.
–WWW Wednesday. The usual update!
So how’re you? How’s your week been? Got any plans for the weekend?
When I got my Kobo they refused to let me buy any books from them because I don’t have a credit card. I don’t know if this has changed but the woman I complained to was very snooty about my ‘lack of finance’. Amazon are more than happy to have my business with a debit card though so it’s Kobo’s loss! Congratulations on your exam results! That’s great!
How weird! I use my debit card — I don’t have a credit card I use for purchases like that.
Thanks for the congrats. 😀
Spectered Isle has an eye catching cover. It has a Mad Men vibe.
Hmm, I think you’re right!
Oh, A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe! I’ve heard so many great things about that one, and I’m curious to give it a try. Looking forward to your thoughts! 😀
I’m curious too, I really should pick it up soon! But you know me and my backlog…
I loved A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe!! Hope you’ll enjoy it too!! 😀
Thanks! We’ll see!