Tiina
Friday again! Time
really flies lately. I have finished two books this week so hopefully the great
slump of 2016 is on its way out. Saying
that, I didn’t read a lick yesterday, so there’s that… Obviously, I’m not all
the way out of the woods yet, but my main aims this weekend is to make a dent
in a review book Tumbledown Manor by
Helen Brown. It’s about a woman whose life is upended so she moves (back) to
Australia to fix up an old manor/farm-house. That’s what I understood from the
synopsis. I’m only one chapter in, but it seems promising, and features a
slightly more mature heroine (I mean, she’s 40, not 75, but most romance novels
feature 27-year-olds). I also started the second novel in the Raven Cycle by
Maggie Stiefvater. This one is called Dream
Thieves and I can’t say anything because spoilers. The first one is quirky
and weird, and the best audiobook experience I’ve ever had. I’m reading this in
physical copy, but if I like where the series is headed, I’ll pick the last two
up on audio. The last book in the series just came out so it’s a good series to
marathon if that’s your jam. That’s about it. Also, for reference, all the
books I’m planning to read this weekend wouldn’t even be half of King’s The Stand that Coll is reading. That
lady is a champ! ;-)
Colleen
Yay Friday! Freedom
from work and time to nerd out on books and video games! This weekend I plan on getting a good chunk
of Admiral read (by Sean Decker), which I talked about in last week’s
#FridayReads (Space Opera! Wooooooo!). I am also reading The Universe in Your
Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond by Christophe Galfard. That
book is, well, pretty much what the title says. It is a non-fiction science /
astronomy book that takes you through quantum physics, black holes, string
theory, the Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, parallel universes, etc. and it
is all explained in a way that is easily understandable. Being a space geek, I
am super amped about this book and have a hard time putting it down, so much so
that I almost missed my subway stop yesterday. This weekend I would also like
to get started on The Demon Girl’s Song by Susan Jane Bigelow. This is a
fantasy book about a young girl whose dream is to escape her small town, but
instead her fate turns out to be having a 1,000 year old demon dug into her
head. She watches as everything around her starts to fall apart and she must go
on a quest to regain her identity and try to save the world and everything she knows.
I have been a fantasy nerd for AGES so I am very excited for this book. I would
like to start more books this weekend, but as Tiina mentioned I am still in a
long—term relationship with The Stand. At least it is a happy relationship.
Come to think of it, referring to a dystopian horror book as a happy
relationship seems a little funny. ;-)
Enjoy your weekend
everyone. We wish you plenty of quality reading time.
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