Good morning, folks! It’s been a busy week, and I have a lot of new books to show off!
Acquired this week:
First up, I have a bunch of eARCs thanks to Tor, so it’s only fair to showcase them first:
And then I have a bunch of new books after heading to Sheffield to meet friends from afar. The bookshop was naturally the obvious place to take them!
Books read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–The Five, by Hallie Rubenhold. I found this much more riveting than I expected. I only had one quibble and that was the emphasis she placed on repeating over and over again that the women weren’t prostitutes, as if that changed how much we should care about them. 4/5 stars
–Fell Murder, by E.C.R. Lorac. Rather slow; I just didn’t get into it the way I did with Lorac’s other books. It had some great elements, but… sort of meh? 3/5 stars
–A Curious Beginning, by Deanna Raybourn. Unbelievable, and yet kind of riveting anyway! 4/5 stars
–The Great Pretender, by Susannah Cahalan. An investigation into a famous study, which may in fact have been partially faked. 5/5 stars
–A Perilous Undertaking, by Deanna Raybourn. Enjoyable as heck, just like the first book. 4/5 stars
–How to Argue with a Racist, by Adam Rutherford. It’s okay and informative, but I’m not sure it’s really enough. 3/5 stars
Other posts:
–#ReaderProblems. An entertaining tag that I spotted elsewhere. Learn how I pick my next read, how I feel about not loving books everyone else does, etc.
–WWW Wednesday. Featuring a little preview of my thoughts on Hearts of Oak — my review won’t be up for a couple more days.
How’re you guys doing? Got any awesome new books?
A copy of Drowned Country landed in my mailbox this week too – it looks so good, but I was sad to see it was a sequel and I haven’t read the first book. But I guess I can catch up, since Silver in the Wood looks like a quick read!
It was a quick read! And it was lovely. Worth catching up with, in my opinion!