Good morning, folks! It’s starting to look kind of like Christmas here — me and my wife have our very first Christmas tree (since this is the first time we’ve lived together and been together at Christmas), and we have the very best (if unconventional) topper.
Books bought this week:
Books read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–Rogue Protocol, by Martha Wells. A fun entry in the series, though I miss ART and feel it’s a little… episodic for my tastes. 4/5 stars
–Requiem for a Mezzo, by Carola Dunn. One of those cosies where the dead person is so awful you can’t really help but root for whoever did them in… Fun, but not demanding. 4/5 stars
–Pax Romana, by Adrian Goldsworthy. Definitely an interesting re-examination of the Roman Empire and its benefits for those under its banner. 4/5 stars
–The Division Bell Mystery, by Ellen Wilkinson. Mostly stands out because of the setting, but has some surprising moments of pathos near the end. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–Habitica Bookclub: Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race. An intro post about my pick for December’s readalong.
–WWW Wednesday. The usual update on what exactly I’m reading right now.
Out and about:
–NEAT science: ‘Gecko Jesus‘. Or, “how exactly do geckos walk on water?”
So yeah, how’s everyone doing? Getting Christmas-y, if you celebrate? Any good books lately? Tell all!
A quiet week for me this week – my beloved is away for work, so I’ve been pottering through errands and catching up with people. I seem to be in a bit of a reading slump post SciFiMonth (either that or I just can’t find the book to suit my mood), so I’ve started and laid aside about half a dozen books this week. I think it’s partly just being unsettled as I’m about to go away so most of my brain is on trip prep; I have a stack of books I’m excited to read, so hopefully once I’m on the plane I can get stuck into one.
imyril recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: wintry childhood reads
I have found that getting settled down for a long journey is the perfect time to get stuck into a book, so fingers crossed!
Yep, did the job 🙂 Romped through To Kill A Kingdom and now I’m settled back into the Voidwitch trilogy (thank you for getting me on to those, I’m really enjoying them!)
We haven’t bothered with Christmas since my mum died-it just hasn’t seemed the same with just the two of us. I used to love the tree and the tinsel, lights in the window etc but not I don’t generally bother. We do still have a good dinner though! I’ve added a few books that I bought a while back but I’m only adding them to the TBR now so they never counted before!
chucklesthescot recently posted…Chuckles 12 Days of Frightmas
Makes sense! My family has definitely scaled back now that me and my sister are definitively not kids anymore, heh.
Adorable tree topper! We only just got our tree up this weekend as well!
It’s meant to be just an ornament, but I couldn’t resist making it our topper. We love hedgies. <3