It’s the weekend, and I at least am very ready for it!
Books acquired this week
My monthly British Library Crime Classic arrived! Not one of the authors I like best, but it should be fun anyway.
I’ve started on it already.
Posts from this week
Time for a bit of a roundup, especially since I’ve been posting extra reviews this week. I still have many more waiting to be posted, but hopefully with a couple extra per week, I won’t get a post backlog that’s too silly… As usual, here are all the links to the full reviews!
- SF novella: Boy, With Accidental Dinosaur, by Ian McDonald (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
- Historical romance: The Duke at Hazard, by KJ Charles (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Science: The Genetic Lottery, by Kathryn Paige Harden (1/5 stars, “didn’t like it”)
- History:Â Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, by Laura Spinney (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
- Mystery: Mockingbird Court, by Juneau Black (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
- Fantasy manhwa: Solo Leveling, vol 7, by Dubu & Chugong (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Fantasy novella: Audition for the Fox, by Martin Cahill (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Non-fiction: The Genius Myth: The Dangerous Allure of Rebels, Monsters and Rule-Breakers, by Helen Lewis (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
- Classic: The Vampyre, by John William Polidori (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
- Mystery: I Could Murder Her, by E.C.R. Lorac (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
Other posts:
What I’m reading
It’s been a bit of a quieter week, reading-wise, with some pretty disappointing reads. Ah well, it happens! Here’s a peek as usual at the books I intend to review on the blog:
Over the weekend… I’ll probably work on finishing up with Christianna Brand’s Death in High Heels, which I have in progress, and I hope to get chance to read more of Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation too. Other than that, I’m not sure; I randomly started on Andrew Ziminski’s Church Going: A Stonemason’s Guide to the Churches of the British Isles last night, and might focus on that.
In the end, though, it’s all down to whatever whim strikes me!
Linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz.
My husband and I both started to read The Genetic Lottery, but did not find it well-written, and did not find the science very satisfying to read about, as there aren’t many conclusive experiments. (note: He’s a scientist.)
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I did try to warn you. 🙂 I have an MSc.
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society is at least a fun title!
Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits recently posted…#SciFiMonth Ancillary Justice Readalong ~ Week 2 Questions
It’s a fun concept too, I enjoyed it!
I’ve been slaking on reading for quite a while. I have plans to restart in ’26 , I have my books ready and waiting.
I hope you have a great week!
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Sometimes a bit of a fallow period helps!
I feel sad when my books disappoint me. I am not one to read on through a book that is not working for me. I have very few two or even three star books because I generally give up before I finish.
Here’s to a better week next time!
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz recently posted…The Sunday Salon: A Happy Bookish Weekend at the Texas Book Festival
I wrote semi-recently about this here, since people keep bringing this up. It’s not that I never DNF, I just don’t typically review/post about books I DNF. It’s also not that I hate-read books on purpose or something; sometimes, the ending is disappointing, something doesn’t turn out to be worth it, etc.
Hope you have a great week!
Bree @ Bibliophilebree recently posted…Sunday Post/Salon #16
You too.
You had a prolific reading week as usual. Glad to see you enjoyed some of them.
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
I haven’t posted about any of them yet, but yes, I did enjoy some of my reads this week. 🙂
I love the range of your reading tastes – and I’m impressed that you soldier on even if you dislike a book. I don’t bother if I canot give it at least 3 stars. Have a great week:).
I don’t, always. It just depends! I wrote recently about this because there are so many comments about it, here.
I hope you had a great weekend!
Aj @ Read All The Things! recently posted…The Sunday Post #390
Thanks!
After finishing two books I really enjoyed last week I’ve struggled to land on my next…until tonight! I don’t often DNF but am willing to do so when necessary! I more often start and pause, then try again later. I guess that might mean I’m officially a mood reader 😉 I hope the week ahead bring you many enjoyable stories!
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Same. 🙂 I don’t know why people keep assuming I don’t DNF! But often I’ll finish a book and see it as a whole before I think in terms of ratings.
Hope you have a better reading week this week!
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Thanks, here’s hoping.
I’m sorry you’ve had some disappointing reads! I hope the books from this week make it up to you 😛 The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society has caught my eye. Here’s my STS for the week:
https://darkshelfofwonders.com/its-monday-lets-catch-up-%e2%94%8211/
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I’m sure I’ll have fun with some of my books this week! We’ll see.