The Sunday Post #9: Everything’s science fiction until someone makes it science fact

Hi guys, how’s your week been? How’s October been for you so far? I had most terrible reading and blogging slump last month -_- I barely read anything. This week I luckily got back to my usual speed and finished 6 books:

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I don’t think I’ve ever read a book on such peculiar topic as falconry. I don’t know how it’s even possible to write a book on that as beautifully as MacDonald has.

“There is a time in life when you expect the world to be always full of new things. And then comes a day when you realise that is not how it will be at all. You see that life will become a thing made of holes. Absences. Losses. Things that were there and are no longer. And you realise, too, that you have to grow around and between the gaps.”
― Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk

I warmly recommend this if you want to read a different kind of a biography.

Warcross by Marie Lu
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Virtual reality + games where players compete for fame and fortune.
What could be better. I think it could have been better honestly. Everything was very wonderful, I loved how Lu described the virtual reality until we reached the ending of the book. Seriously why did she have to do it. I’m team Hideo for now though…

“But beauty can make people forgive a thousand cruelties.”
― Marie Lu, Warcross

Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I like Chaol and all. But why did Maas have to write 600 pages about him? I guess this was just not my cup of tea. This has so far been my least favorite Sarah. J Maas book. I mean the whole series is about Aelin. And now she was barely mentioned. I did like Fireheart epilogue even though now it’s just harder to wait for the next book. This should have been a standalone book, not a part of Throne of Glass series.

Then I read Boundaries and Other Horror Stories from Finland by Samuli Antila because it’s October and I need horror in October. Also, I finished Jean Le Flambeur series by Hannu Rajaniemi: The Fractal Prince & The Causal Angel.

What else. This week was pretty quiet, I recovered from Dublin trip. Origin by Dan Brown has come out…can’t wait to read it! Then, I bought the awesomest Deadpool mug :D and enjoyed my pretty little pretty bottles I bought myself from Dublin.