Happy Saturday! I’m less happy this Saturday because of Wales’ loss to Ireland (there go our Triple Crown/Grand Slam hopes!), but I’ll live. At least it’s been a good reading week!
Books acquired:
Books read:
Reviews posted:
–Flying too High, by Kerry Greenwood. The second book of the series, with the usual acts of derring-do by our all but flawless heroine. 4/5 stars
–Murder on the Ballarat Train, by Kerry Greenwood. The third book! More of the usual fare, with a delightful found-family building itself up. 4/5 stars
–Surfeit of Suspects, by George Bellairs. Typical of the Golden Age crime stories, but I found it satisfying all the same. 4/5 stars
–The Abyss Surrounds Us, by Emily Skrutskie. Interesting relationships and yay, kaiju! But a bit thin in terms of the development; I didn’t always believe how quickly characters got to certain mindsets. 3/5 stars
–West Nile Story, by Dickson Despommier. A nice companion to having listened to This Week in Virology’s episode on West Nile virus. 3/5 stars
–The Edge of the Abyss, by Emily Skrutskie. Wraps up the story well, and keeps the pleasing ambiguities in the relationships/characters. 3/5 stars
–Moontangled, by Stephanie Burgis. The kind of misunderstanding in relationships that happens in this book drives me nuts, but it’s a sweet story all the same. 3/5 stars
–Death at Victoria Dock, by Kerry Greenwood. Again, solid and entertaining, and a quick read. 4/5 stars
–A Morbid Taste for Bones, by Ellis Peters. I forgot quite how this resolved, so it was good to reread it. Still very enjoyable! 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–WWW Wednesday. Discussing the latest I’m reading, as usual; this week featuring Kerry Greenwood, Stephanie Burgis and Andrzej Sapkowski.
Out and about:
–NEAT science: ‘Spillover: Avenues for Zoonotic Disease.‘ Why is a Chinese food market the perfect spillover point for all kinds of animal diseases? I’ve tried to explain!
–NEAT science: ‘Featured in New Scientist! (Sort of.)‘ I answered another reader’s question in New Scientist and it got printed!
How’re you doing? What’s been stacking your shelves?
Happy Saturday! Although sorry about the loss. 🙁 I like the look of Edge of the Abyss- what a nice cover too!
Surfeit of suspects has me curious as I’ve been reading a lot of the British Crime Classics series lately.
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I do love the British Library Crime Classics! They can get a bit samey if I read too many at once, but they’re dependably decent stories and it’s a fascinating window to another time.
I’m pretty excited about Deal with the Devil. Any series called Mercenary LIBRARIANS! has my full attention!
I’ve had my eye on it since Seanan McGuire was complaining on Twitter about there being too many books with librarians saving the world!
Ooooooh Deal with the Devil! I look forward to your thoughts on that one.
I’ve been in Ireland working for the past ten days, so it’s good to get home just ahead of Storm Ciara and curl up on the sofa while the wind howls around the chimney. Today’s book of choice is The Library of the Unwritten, once I get caught up on a review or two!
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How’s Storm Ciara been hitting you? Half our garden’s blown away, and I got hit by part of our fence, but it’s cosy to watch it from inside…
Moontangled has such a pretty cover! I am glad you liked it well enough 🙂
Happy reading!
It does! It’s a sweet series in general. 🙂 Thanks for dropping by!
I don’t read much fiction but I can definitely get behind a series about mercenary librarians!!
Exactly! What’s not to appeal there?! Haha.
Wow! You got so much read. Good job!
It was my busiest reading week for a while! I’m not reading as much this week, but that’s okay too. 😀 Thanks for dropping by!