Well, it’s been another whole week. Time is flying! I’m reading a little more, though I’m tending towards short books I can read in one sitting!
Linked up with The Sunday Post @ The Caffeinated Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves @ Reading Reality & Tynga’s Reviews.
Received to review:
Yaaay a new book by Katherine Addison!
Bought:
I had a lot of fun with the Reckoners series by Skrutskie, so looking forward to this one!
Books read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
–Knit One, Girl Two, by Shira Glassman. Sweet and low-stakes romance. 3/5 stars
–The Rules of Contagion, by Adam Kucharski. Not as much about disease as you’d think: it actually applies an understanding of infectious disease to other situations, with some interesting results. 3/5 stars
–Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You, by Scotto Moore. Not quite my thing, despite a fascinating start. 2/5 stars
–Cinnamon Blade, by Shira Glassman. Rather too much sex for my tastes, light on plot or development. 2/5 stars
–Miranda in Milan, by Katharine Duckett. I liked this quite a lot; it’s not a hugely complex sequel to The Tempest, but it worked for me. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
–WWW Wednesday. Talking about The Steerswoman, The Ten Thousand Doors of January, and Digging Up Armageddon.
How are you guys doing?
YES!!! Mesopotamia!! I really like it so far, but it would be so much better to have it in my hands instead of digital.
I haven’t really had time to look at it yet, but I’m excited!
It’s a little trying to read on the laptop, being one of those books where the text is in columns, but worth it.
That’s good to know! 😀 Thanks.
I’ve heard REALLY good things about Bonds of Brass, but that cover is just not to my tastes. The colors are so washed out and the faces look strange. Maybe I’ll get it as an ebook…?
Happy reading! Hope you enjoy!
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It sounds so good! I enjoyed Skrutskie’s Reckoners books too, so I’m hopeful.
Is it Sunday already? Our week ‘off’ has been a good mixture of really not doing much (cough re-playing Baldur’s Gate (me) and Lego (him) cough) and sorting out the garden / shed, which was a much bigger job than we hoped and still isn’t quite done. Note: we don’t have a big garden, and it’s mostly paved. We’re just no good at this 😉
But I managed to write some reviews this week, hooray! My blogging rate has slipped from every other day to every six days this month, but I’m trying to get back into the habit and stop letting my brain put me off with it’s Labyrinth False Alarm style pronouncements of Tooooo Haaaaaard. The trade off is that I’ve done very little reading – I finished Devolution by Max Brooks last week, and I’m now about 20% into both Kingdom of Souls (paused for now) and Goldilocks by Laura Lam (which I switched to so that I can get a post up for release week). Goal for the coming week? Finish both AND write 2 reviews. So we’ll see how that goes…
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I keep having to check because I have no idea. I work 7 days a week anyway, so it was always a blurry concept for me.
I sent that before I was done because my brain is dead. I really want to finish Goldilocks soon too!
I like the cover to The Heirs of Locksley. Hope the story is good, too. Enjoy your books!
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I liked the first book, so here’s hoping! Thanks for dropping by. 😀
Looking forward to your thoughts on Bonds of Brass…it wasn’t on my radar before but I’ve been hearing good things.
I’ve been hearing very excited things! I feel like Skrutskie’s previous books were perfect for just zipping through, also, so it feels like a book for my attention span right now!
Robin Hood retellings seem to be popular right now, I think The Heirs of Locksley is the third one I’ve seen this week.
Wishing you a great reading week and good health
Huh, interesting! I didn’t realise that. My English Lit degree is shouting about what that means about our particular cultural moment… 🙂
I’ve also been reading a lot of short books. I don’t have a very long attention span right now. I hope you’re having a good week!
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Yeppp, that problem exactly. Hope you’re having a good week too!
I got a copy of The Angel of the Crows, too! It sounds sooo good! Bonds of Brass sounds really good, too. Looks like you had a good week!
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I loooved The Goblin Emperor, so I’m really excited for it!