Sunday Post/Weekly Wrap Up plus Monthly Wrap Up/What’s On My Plate August/September
1 September 2024
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Tags: August/September, blogging, Books Bones & Buffy, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Monthly Wrap Up, Review Books, Sunday Post, Weekly wrap up, What's on my Plate
Today I’m combining my Weekly Wrap Up with my Monthly Wrap Up plus What’s on My Plate for September.
Books read this week:
I didn’t manage to fit in as much reading this week but I’m still getting ahead with reviews and comments/blog hopping so I’m relatively happy. I’ve also posted my second batch of cuts for SPFBO which leaves me with five titles to explore further. I think some of my more recent reads have slowed me down a little. This week completed and reviewed The Mercy of Gods by James SA Corey. I then picked up one of my September books, The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart – this is good, the writing is excellent, but I am finding it a little slow but I think maybe I needed to fit a quick, light read inbetween.
Next Week’s Reads:
I’ll be continuing primarily with my SPFBO books this week and also hoping to pick up So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison which I’m really looking forward to.
Reviews Posted:
- Storm Child by Michael Robotham
- The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
- The Mercy of Gods by James SA Corey
Outstanding Reviews
- The September House by Carissa Orlando
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Monthly Wrap Up/What’s On My Plate August/September
So, below are the books I read in August and what’s on my tbr for September – inspired by Books Bones and Buffy’s What’s on My Plate.
Here’s what I read during August:
- A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher
- Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
- A Poisoner’s Tale by Cathryn Kemp
- Tales of a Monstrous Heart by Jennifer Delaney
- The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno Garcia
- The Mercy of Gods by James SA Corey
- Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
- The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow – DNF
- Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan
- The Voyage Home by Pat Barker
This month I read and reviewed all my review books, even a late addition with The Voyage Home (although one of those was a DNF). I’ve also nearly completed the Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie (I was hoping for it to be this month’s Backlist book but I couldn’t quite fit it all in – perhaps I’ll have two books next month).
What I’m hoping to read during September (with links to Goodreads).
- The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart
- Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
- This Girl’s a Killer by Emma C Wells
- So Thirsty By Rachel Harrison
- The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
- The Haunting of Moscow House by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
- Gorse by Sam K. Horton
- The Ravening by Daniel Church
- The Wilding by Ian McDonald
Hopefully I can squeeze in a backlist title during September.
This month I read no Backlist Books -boo (but I have nearly finished The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie).
Bookforager‘s Picture Prompt book bingo
This month I’m ticking two books off my Picture Prompt bingo card. The picture with the old Roman coin and the picture of a crown
For the Roman coin I’ve chosen The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno Garcia. This is a story of three different women, two from 1950s era Hollywood and the other Princess Salome, a character straight out of the bible who is being used politically and torn between her own desires and those of her mother. This was a time of Roman rule and in fact one of Salome’s suitors is an ambitious Roman.
For the picture of a simple crown I’ve chosen The Voyage Home by Pat Barker. This is a retelling of Cassandra’s tale (herself a princess and daughter of King Priam) and her arrival in Mycenae as King Agamemnon’s trophy bride.
PICTURE PROMPT BOOK BINGO 2024 (TEXT VERSION)
| A microscope | A partially unrolled scroll and a pen | ||
| A beehive (with four bees flying around it) | Fluffy cumulonimbus clouds |
I must say I don’t know how I’m going to cross the next four books off, I have the time but the bees and the microscope I’m hitting a block with.
So far this year I’ve read a total of 83 books so I’m on track to read my 100 books for a year. Also this year I am only behind with two of my review books. Both are books that I didn’t quite get time to, and when I did pick them up they weren’t quite working their magic – but I’m hoping to return to them soon.
How did you get on during August?
April: My Month in Review
1 May 2016
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Tags: April : My Month in Review, Books Bought, Covers, Events taken part in, Review Books
April appeared and then I blinked and it was gone. I’ve had some great books this month. Plus I’ve been on a short break to Cornwall for a few days which was lovely.
Books read: (with links to reviews)
- Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
- Eleanor by Jason Gurley
- Masks and Shadows by Stephanie Burgis
- The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Silent Army by James A Moore (reviewed on Speculative Herald)
- Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
- The Warrior Witch by Danielle L Jensen
- An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
Last month’s covers are here
Backlist books
Okay – I’m not doing well with this – but I still have faith! I will read some of my long waiting and very patient books!
Unfinished series completed:
Another blip – but not one that cannot be conquered!
Books Bought:
- A Room With a View by EMForster
- And Then There were None by Agatha Christie
- Five Children and It by E Nesbit
- Sawbones by Melissa Lenhardt
- The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
I admit I went a bit silly this month BUT in my defence I had gift vouchers – and it would be rude not to spend them and look at the lovelies.
Review Books (loads to look forward – I’m so excited for these):
- The Shadowed Path by Gail Z Martin
- The Deadhouse by Harry Bingham
- Company Town by Madeline Ashby
- Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
- The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire Hope
- The Wheel of Osheim by Mark Lawrence
Which cover?:
This is a difficult one to choose between but I actually really like the one with the mobile phone on the cover – gives me the chills – review of HEX to follow and author interview can be found here!
Events:
Backlist Backburn is an end of month event organised by Lisa at Tenacious Reader. If you’ve caught up on any of your backlist then call over and link up. I find this a good incentive to dust off some of my books although I’ve not done very well recently.
Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and Bookish (every Tuesday)
Waiting on Wednesday is an event hosted by Breaking the Spine where every week we get to shine the spotlight on a book that we’re looking forward to.
The Friday Face off by Books by Proxy
Announced two readalongs for March:
- Kushiel’s Justice by Jacqueline Carey – now up to week 7
- An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuide now completed – readalong of Book No.4 to be announced shortly
Classic Clubs read:
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Once Upon a Time by Stainless Steel Droppings (details here):
Books already read for OUaT:
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
- Fellside by M R Carey
- The Everything Box by Richard Kadrey
Previous months in review:
Also: The next Self Published Fantasy Blog Off 2 (SPFBO2) is about to commence (detail to follow)
May brings flocks of pretty lambs…(monthly round-up)
31 May 2015
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Tags: Cover spotlight, Events, Monthly round-up, Review Books
My monthly round up – what I’ve read/plan to read, any events, etc:
Books read:
- Hexed by Michael Alan Nelson
- Two Serpents Rising by Max Gladstone
- The Waterborne Blade by Susan Murray
- The Liar’s Key by Mark Lawrence
- When the Heaven’s Fall by Marc Turner
- Angellfall by Susan Ee
- The Awesome by Eva Darrows
- Resistance is Futile by Jenny Colgan
- Eternity by Elizabeth Miles
- Hero Born by Andy Livingstone (review to follow)
Backlist:
- Eternity by Elizabeth Miles
Unfinished series completed:
- Eternity by Elizabeth Miles (how to kill two birds with one stone!)
Books Bought:
- Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
- The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes
- Written in Red by Anne Bishop
Review Books:
- The Insect Farm by Stuart Prebble
- The Devil’s Only Friend by Dan Wells
- Iron and Blood by Gail Z Martin, Larry Martin
- Hero Born by Andy Livingstone
- Skin by Ilka Tampke
- Darkhaven by A F E Smith
- Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
Books Gifted:
- None
Cover Spotlight:
US or UK cover:?? (US for me with this one)
Events:
Once Upon a Time event being hosted by Carl at Stainless Steel Droppings
Readalong of Max Gladstone’s Two Serpents Rise – completed three weeks – Concluded
Readalong of Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Dart (3 weeks in)
Backlist Backburn is an end of month event organised by Lisa at Tenacious Reader. If you’ve caught up on any of your backlist then call over and link up. I find this a good incentive to dust off some of my books! This month I read
Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and Bookish (every Tuesday).
Tough Travel by Nathan at the Fantasy Review Barn (every Thursday)
Books and travelling with Lynn 