An extremely thinly veiled pastiche of The Hobbit. Amusing, well executed, but not worth seeking out unless you're a completionist of one sort or another.
The Number Ones by Tom Breihan. Quite readable and interesting history of pop music based on looking at 20 number 1 Billboard hits. For someone who has a vague understanding of pop culture it was very fun to read... Especially alongside a music streaming service so you could listen to the referenced music. Recommended! #bookstodonhttps://www.librarything.com/work/book/241616216
Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy Sayers. I had only ever read the short stories of Lord Peter Wimsey, so reading a full length story was fun. Even though the mystery was a bit lacking, I liked the world building and the characters. Now I need to go back and read other books in the series. #bookstodonhttps://www.librarything.com/work/book/241616218
Sound Evidence by June Thomsen. Random British police procedural with a bit of a surprise ending. Quick but interesting read (I read two thirds of it during a softball game tonight). #bookstodonhttps://www.librarything.com/work/book/84994612
01: Mary Robinette Kowel - The Spare Man
02: Becky Chambers - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet
03: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Justice
04: Jule Owen - The Kind
05: Jule Owen - Elidir
06: Stephen Baxter - Flood
07: Stephen Baxter - Ark
08: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Sword
09: Ann Leckie - Ancillary Mercy
I will soon have finished Adrian Tchaikovsky - Children of Memory and have to go back to more books I have already read.
Someone over elsewhere used to do a neat thing with posting a picture of the books they read each week (or maybe each month?). I'm a day late with this, these are the books from 1st-8th Jan, but I think it's neat to share.
Doesn't include the two ebooks I read: Office (Sheila Liming) and Murder at the Theatre Royale (Ada Moncrieff). Of the omnibus, I've only read the second book this week, but I only have it in omnibus format.
Another productive reading week without much to show in terms of a physical stack, so my ereader (in its Infinite Library case) sneaks in again. The ebooks:
And Put Away Childish Things (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
The Scourge of Stars (Ness Brown)
Pulling the Wings Off Angels (K.J. Parker)
Bookshops & Bonedust (Travis Baldree)
The Mimicking of Known Successes (Malka Older)
a boring book on management that I've already forgotten
Looking for something to read on your beach vacation? Julia Rittenberg reckons comics and graphic novels are the best option because of their immersive nature. Here are her picks for standalone stories and ongoing series, including "The Final Girls" by Cara Ellison, "I'm Kinda Chubby and I'm Your Hero Vol. 2" by Nore, and "X-Gender Vol. 2" by Asuka Miyazaki.
Welcome to Camorranta, where chocolate-houses are all the rage, magic strolls the cobblestone streets... and the greedy get their comeuppance.
One calculations dragon, one chocolate-obsessed lesbian mage, one non-binary fae spy, a strapping sell-sword named Bella, a handsome human mastermind, and one mouse equal one cozy adventure!
My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror#books far & wide.
In Brendan Vidito's world of vivid nightmares, various hells climb out of cracks created by choices made & come out to play. Imaginative, unnerving, with some great body horror, imagery, & copious dread, the stories in PORNOGRAPHY FOR THE END OF THE WORLD nimbly disturb & unnerve. (From Weirdpunk Books)
Rina Cummings is visually impaired and a single mother. She is also an active ALU organizer. Due to an illness, Rina applied for an accommodation, which Amazon did not approve and chose to just fire her instead. Please help Rina out with her monthly expenses in Solidarity.
After seeing it mentioned quite a bit around here, I started the #Murderbot series today, and the first installment is amazing. I almost finished it in one sitting this morning, but then real life got in the way, and I had to put it down.
The latest free reviews on Bogi Reads the World: a fantasy graphic novel that was a pleasant surprise, a small volume of queer prose poetry, and a vintage YA science fiction book!
Been slacking on my #reading updates. But last week I did finish the #LightNovel series A Sister's All You Need. Overall it was a great series, but I felt like the final volume was a bit disappointing overall.
I also started the #manga series Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and got through volume 3 so far. Really loving it so far. It's got some great characters and some good humor, but also hitting those emotional notes. Looking forward to continuing it.