Weekly Roundup

Posted February 8, 2020 by Nicky in General / 12 Comments

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:

Cover of The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie Cover of Moontangled by Stephanie Burgis Cover of Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha

Books read:

Cover of Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood Cover of Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs Cover of The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie Cover of West Nile Story by Dickson Despommier

Cover of The Edge of the Abyss by Emily Skrutskie Cover of Moontangled by Stephanie Burgis Cover of Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood Cover of A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

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,ย by Ellis Peters. I forgot quite how this resolved, so it was good to reread it. Still very enjoyable!ย 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?

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12 responses to “Weekly Roundup

  1. Happy Saturday! Although sorry about the loss. ๐Ÿ™ 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’ve had my eye on it since Seanan McGuire was complaining on Twitter about there being too many books with librarians saving the world!

  2. 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…

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