Happy weekend! It’s been a rollercoaster of a week for me — new bunnies, degree results, dentist appointments… But in the end, it’s pretty good. And worth celebrating with an immense book-spree, obviously, because hey! I’ve gone and graduated with first class honours (again).
Also, these guys. Meet Biscuit and Eclair! The left pics are Eclair, our new baby boy, and right is Biscuit, a girl who is already planning to rival Hulk in size.
It was super hard to pick which photos to share. They’ve had their first vet checkup and are doing well.
Received to review:
Aka AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I am so excited.
New books:
Read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–The Winter Garden Mystery, by Carola Dunn. A good follow-up to the first book, though the phonetic Welsh accent is a bit comical (and bad) and I wouldn’t be inviting Daisy round to my house anytime soon… murders follow her! 4/5 stars
–The Incas, by Craig Morris, Adriana Van Hagen. This is great — detailed, but absorbing all the same, and richly illustrated too. 4/5 stars
–In The Vanishers’ Palace, by Aliette De Bodard. I didn’t get it, alas. 2/5 stars
–Daughter of Mystery, by Heather Rose Jones. This might’ve been mediocre as a fantasy, mystery or romance story on its own. The combination of the three made it really absorbing. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–Discussion: Likeable Characters. How do you feel about the importance of characters in fiction? Super important, or is the plot or the writing quality more important to you?
–WWW Wednesday. The usual weekly update!
Out and about:
–NEAT science: ‘Gravitational Waves’. Have they really been detected? What about that controversial article and coverage saying that there’s something up with the results?! Answer: the team are being tardy in full publication, but… well, read the post!
This post was brought to you by WifePress, aka Lisa did most of the formatting and left me free to do other things. Much gratefulness.
How’s everyone doing?
Soooo liking your selection of NF titles, and very intrigued by the science ones as well as the historical. Is the Nick Higham book a paperback reissue or a new title, by the way?
It’s new. It’s a sort of review of all the different competing theories of a historical Arthur on their own merits. I haven’t actually done that much reading on the theories of a historical Arthur (since I was always focused on literature), so I thought it’d make a good top-up!
Oh such cute new bunnies! What a gorgeous brown colour! Nice book haul too. I’ll be reading Exit Strategy today to get my latest Murderbot fix!
They’re so SMALL, too. And they already have such personalities.
I should read that! Maybe today! Who knows…
Oh my ggaaaaaahhhhhh those bunnies are too darn adorable! They look so soft and fluffyyyyyy, eeeek the cuteness!
And oh right, the books, LOL! Now that I’ve gotten a grip on myself, I hope you enjoy your new Seanan McGuire additions! 😀
They aaaare. They are so small and so precious.
I’m sure I will! 😀
The new buns are gorgeous <3
I spent the week over in Europe visiting with my Mum – we went to Italy for a few days near Vicenza, which was lovely: very quiet at this time of year, and luckily Venice was back above water by the time we got there on Wednesday! I have eaten all the food, and Mum is now addicted to Italian hot chocolate, so a good trip all round 😉
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They are. <3 And growing way too fast. XD
Oooh, that sounds lovely. I've been to Italy once, but we didn't make it to Venice.