Gooood morning, folks! How’s your week been?
A few weeks ago, I let you know I was applying to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Well, thanks for all your well wishes — I’m in! I’m still working out whether I can take some prior credit in so I can skip the intro to biology module (given I have an entire biology degree), but I should be commencing my studies (part time, via distance learning) in September. I’m really excited!
Linking up with The Sunday Post @ The Caffeinated Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves @ Reading Reality & Tynga’s Reviews.
Books acquired:
Thank you to Moon Kestrel for A Declaration of The Rights of Magicians, Malou for Dangerous Remedy, and the bunnies for The Extraordinaries. I am being spoilt lately, and I love it! Also, thank you to K.B. Wagers for recommending Burnout — I’m normally pretty allergic to any kind of self-help stuff, but a) I need to read a self-help book for a reading challenge prompt, and b) there’s good stuff out there, it’s just hard for the genre to rise above some of the blatantly bad books.
Books finished this week:
Reviews posted this week:
- A Ruin of Shadows, by L.D. Lewis. The main character is really badass, and the fight scenes are really vivid and well choreographed. I wasn’t 100% sure the Djinni character worked, though. 3/5 stars
- The A.I. Who Loved Me, by Alyssa Cole. Lots of fun — more SF-y than I expected, and I suspect the audio version is even more fun. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
- Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Make Me Smile. For a whole variety of reasons, from content to happy anticipation to good memories.
- WWW Wednesday. My usual weekly update, featuring mostly the dinosaur book I’m reading and The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu!
I have a book voucher in need of using… and an order incoming from Portal Bookshop… so it’s going to be a busy week for my letterbox. What books have you been grabbing lately? Anything you’re ready to shake down the postman for?
Ooh, I really enjoyed Burnout! As you say, most self help books are bleh or worse, but this one grabbed me.
Sarah recently posted…Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murders – Aliette de Bodard
Ooh, it’s good to hear multiple endorsements of it!
Yay! Congratulations!! I’m sure you will love it.
I’m really excited to read A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians.. it sounds really interesting! 😀
Hope you have a wonderful bookish week ahead!
I’m really excited! I loved studying infectious diseases during my BSc, and writing my dissertation, and the little bit of lab work I got to do… 😀
I still need to read the author’s other book; so many books, so little time!
Nicky recently posted…Review – Like a Gentleman
Well I look forward to your updates! Have you ever tried distance learning before? I imagine it’s all the more prevalent now!
Some great books here, happy reading!
Heather Duff recently posted…The Sunday Post #66 – 19th July 2020
It will be. 😀 Though goodness knows how I’m going to keep up with the incoming books, ahaha.
Llongyfarchiadau, Nicky! Hope you get what you want out of the course, and more besides.
Thank you! You know me; primarily I want to learn ALL THE THINGS.
Congratulations on getting into the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine! I’m proud of you.
Lydia recently posted…Hopeful Science Fiction: Overlay
Thank you! 😀
Woooo congrats on the place!
Highlight of my week (much to the bemusement of my beloved, who didn’t know what to do with me literally jumping up and down squeeing) was the arrival of A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians. Very much looking forward to that one.
imyril recently posted…Goldilocks: in search of the greater good
Thank you!
I still need to read The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, too… but this one seems a bit more my thing.
Congrats on getting into the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine!
I have been wanting to read the A.I. who loved me. It looks like a cute and fun read.
Andie @itsareadingthing recently posted…Stacking the Shelves 07/18/20
Thanks! I’m sorry I missed this comment last week… backlogs, so many backlogs! 🙂
I hope you enjoy all of your new books 🙂
Hayley at RatherTooFondofBooks recently posted…Audio Book Review: Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall
Thank you!