Welp, it’s been a quiet time on the blog since I’ve been doing plenty of work — and doing NaNoWriMo for the first time in years! Last weekend we went out on a trip to the lovely Portal Bookshop in York, which I thoroughly recommend, so I have a few new books! (Also some dead tree copies of beloved books I only had in ebook, but I won’t list those too. Still, have this lovely pic of Biscuit investigating my haul!)
Books acquired:
Books read since the last roundup:
Reviews posted since the last roundup:
–Ancillary Mercy, by Ann Leckie. This remains a great favourite of mine, and one I’m sure I’ll come back to again. 5/5 stars
–Murder at the Fitzwilliam, by Jim Eldridge. Kind of meh, despite a promising setting. 2/5 stars
–Excellent Intentions, by Richard Hull. Slightly odd format, interestingly carried out but a bit lacking in personality. 3/5 stars
–Women & Power: A Manifesto, by Mary Beard. The first essay is very worth the read; the second a bit less sure ground. 4/5 stars
–Lord Roworth’s Reward, by Carola Dunn. An unsurprising but sweet Regency romance. 4/5 stars
–It’s All In Your Head, by Suzanne O’Sullivan. Interesting discussion of psychosomatic illness, but simplifies things rather through idealised cases, and the chapter on ME/CFS would make folks I know see red. 3/5 stars
Other posts:
–WWW Wednesday. This week’s update!
Out and about:
–NEAT science: ‘Pain and hunger.‘ Can the sensation of hunger change how you perceive pain? Yep, there is good evidence that it can — in both directions.
–NEAT science: ‘The biopsychosocial model of mental health.‘ A pet peeve and a cry for holistic care…
And whew, that’s everything. How’re you folks?
I’ve got a few days off and I’m so pleased! No alarm clocks and while I do seem to have ended up with plans or obligations every day, which I rather regret, it’s mostly for fun so I can’t complain 🙂 My goals were ‘buy some new trousers’ (achieved), ‘read lots of books’ (working on it) and ‘write some blog posts’ (struggling, so we’ll see – apparently my brain wants a few days off too).
imyril recently posted…The Sparrow Read-along: week one
I took today easy and did the bare minimum, and it was the nicest feeling!
(And hey, I’ve started my reread of The Sparrow!)
Oooh I didn’t think you would make it – hooray!
imyril recently posted…Six Degrees of SFnal Separation
Biscuit is just so very cute! I haven’t actually seen the neighbour’s rabbits yet as the hutch is well covered up for the winter. I’m in the planning stages of my December posts. Last year I did so many posts that I was online literally all day with no time to myself. This year I’m blogging ahead!
She is! Has me wrapped around her paw with it, too.
Sounds like a good plan! I’m enjoying blogging more lately with everything being up to date and reviewing things right away. So much less pressure!
Awesome – nice to see Murder on the Titania there! I didn’t get to any used bookstores this week, and didn’t find any interesting ones on our trip last week, but I did splurge a bit at Chapters.
Bob @ She Leads he Reads recently posted…Stacking the Shelves
It’s been on my wishlist for so long!
Best of luck on NaNo! And I’m also looking forward to sinking my teeth into Ninth House.
Going well so far… here’s hoping it continues. 😀