Good morning, folks! It’s ridiculously late as I’m queuing this up and I’m rather tired, and I really haven’t got to read enough this week. How’re you guys?!
Received to review:
I’m excited to read more in that universe from Tchaikovsky, and I couldn’t resist the description of The Undefeated…
Bought:
New pop science from Nessa Carey? Yes, please!
Received from a swap:
This should be fascinating! Thank you to Tatiana for my Litsy SFF swap box! I need to tuck into the fudge I got, too. Nom nom nommm…
Read this week:
Reviewed this week:
–Clouds of Witness, by Dorothy L. Sayers. Whose Body is a fun book, but it doesn’t have quite the same emotional hook as Clouds of Witness, and that connection to the case for the defence makes this rather more engaging. 4/5 stars
–Without a Summer, by Mary Robinette Kowal. A lovely blend of history and fantasy that’s really well thought out, and far from what I expected from reading the first book! 4/5 stars
–Enchanted Glass, by Diana Wynne Jones. Another reread! In style it’s rather typical of Diana Wynne Jones’ work, and that means it was a lot of fun. 4/5 stars
–Life in a Medieval Castle, by Frances Gies and Joseph Gies. Not bad, and probably good writing resource, but Marc Morris’ book on castles would be my preference! 3/5 stars
Other posts:
–Top Ten Tuesday: Rainy Day Reads. Five books I go back to for comfort reading, and five that I’ve been saving for a rainy day.
–WWW Wednesday. The usual weekly update on what I’m reading.
–Wyrd & Wonder 2019. A giveaway!
Out and About:
–NEAT science: ‘IN MICE.‘ Highlighting an excellent Twitter account, and the reasons to applaud it.
–Once Upon A Blue Moon: ‘A Hard Day’s Work for a Very Small Librarian‘. The short story written to go with this bookmark I stitched for my SF/F bookswap partner.
So that was my week! How was yours?
All sympathy for your over-tired. I’m still yoyo-ing between London and Copenhagen, and sidling up towards full-on sleep-deprived. It’s meant comfort reads for me – I’ve devoured the first two books in Swords and Fire (Melissa Caruso) so that I can tackle my ARC of The Unbound Empire this weekend. And hooray for it being a long weekend (although I’m seeing double indoors today, as my light-sensitivity has kicked in and my brain is generating glare _indoors in the shade_ just to mess me up ) – my plan is life admin, resting up and (apparently) staying in the shade.
I fancy the Carey book myself. I thought her previous two were exceptionally good pop sci books and gene editing and CRISPR are interesting topics I know next to nothing about.
Agreed! Her book on CRISPR is a bit short/simplistic for me, but it explains the method very cogently and explores some of the issues around it.
Does it go in to the detailed chemistry at all?
No, it’s on the level of “it recognises and binds to the base pairs”, not, “a hydrogen bond is formed between…”
Pretty much the same level as her other books, then?
Yeah, I’d say so.
YES, Children of Ruin! Glad I’m not the only one who’s super excited to get back into that universe!
Definitely! It was such an interesting setup.