This was an excellent reading week. Almost all in the A’s of one stripe or another, and the one that wasn’t (Wooing the Witch Queen) just barely missed. And I have a lot of friends who ADORED it so I think the reason it missed for me was a me kind of thing and reading mileage definitely varies, mostly upward. Howsomever, as good as they all were, nothing quite tipped over the invisible line between a ‘mere’ A and an A+. IMHO Of Monsters and Mainframes got the closest to that line because it was just so bonkers.
And in other news, we got new blankets last weekend. Which isn’t, in the grand scheme of things, all that big of a deal. But the reason we NEEDED new blankets is that the cats had ‘tenderized’ the old ones to actual death. The chunky knit blanket had been so kneaded that the poor thing was attempting to reproduce by budding, and blankets just can’t do that. But the cats were encouraging the process EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
We were a bit worried they wouldn’t like the new ones because they’re not as ‘cushy’. The above picture of Luna tells us that our fears were groundless – at least on that score. OTOH they’ve already started pulling threads. Doesn’t she look pleased with herself?
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Blog Recap:
Grade A #BookReview: Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
A- #BookReview: It Takes a Psychic by Jayne Castle + #Excerpt
Grade A #BookReview: The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea by Naomi Kritzer
Grade A #AudioBookReview: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
B+ #AudioBookReview: Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis
Stacking the Shelves (656)
Coming This Week:
Knave of Diamonds by Laurie R. King (#AudioBookReview)
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler (#BookReview)
The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video by Thomas Ha (#AudioBookReview #HugoReview)
Esperance by Adam Oyebanji (#BookReview)
Behooved by M. Stevenson (#BookReview)
