Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
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I hope everyone has had a good start to the week. I have had a busy day of teaching so I am looking forward to my book later.
My chosen book to feature this week is another recent addition to the TBR and a new author for me as well. I love discovering new authors so I am really looking forward to reading this book.
An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative short story by New York Times bestselling and Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Ann Leckie.
On a far-off colony, humans tower over the local species who grow the plants they need. Narr keeps the workers in line—someone has to. But when Narr learns just how short-lived their species is, the little alien embarks on a big adventure to find out why their people die and how to stop it. Stubborn and hopeful, Narr has a plan for the locals, for humans, and for the future.
Ann Leckie’s The Long Game is part of The Far Reaches, a collection of science-fiction stories that stretch the imagination and open the heart. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.
Review
This is the fourth book of The Far Reaches collection which I have been really enjoying so far. The Far Reaches collection features six short stories by different authors. This is my first introduction into Ann Leckie and I was not disappointed.
To begin with I was a little bit confused by this story because it begs the question of what is the point behind it because at first it just seems like a pointless tale about a little alien. However, once I got into this short story I realised it asked quite a few big questions.
Narr is a native species of a planet that humans have colonised. Narr’s species are subordinate to the humans and basically do all the work that the humans don’t want to do. Narr keeps the workers (his own people) in line for the humans. However, Narr soon begins to realise that his species are very short lived in comparison to the humans and that there must be a reason behind it.
This story is only 28 pages long but it packs a punch and asks a lot of questions. I really enjoyed it and I will definitely be on the look out for more books by Ann Leckie. I give this little short story 4 out of 5 Dragons.
This November I have decided to focus on nonfiction reading because I have quite a few new nonfiction books and I really want to read them. I am planning on reading fiction last thing at night but I am hoping to link in the books with my nonfiction reading.
Cleopatra’s Daughter by Jane Draycott – This has been sat on my wish list for ages so I’m really excited to now have a copy to read.
Jane Austen’s Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney – I started this on 1st November and absolutely love it so far.
She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music by Gillian Dooley – As a musician and a huge Jane Austen fan I am really excited to read this book.
Elizabeth The Queen by Alison Weir – Love all things Alison Weir and Tudor
The Stolen Crown by Tracy Borman – Love Tracy Borman and anything Tudor
The rules are answer the questions below and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you will read next?
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I have had another good day of reading and teaching. I am also sorting and moving a lot of books at the moment which means I am discovering a lot of books I had forgotten I owned.
What I am Currently Reading
I am throughly enjoying both of the these books. I feel sorry for my poor husband because I can’t stop talking about both of them.
What I have Recently Finished Reading
I finished this last week and will be writing my review very soon.
What I Think I will Read Next
I’m focusing on non fiction this month but still reading fiction last thing at night so any of these books could be contenders for my next read.
I was really pleased with my October reading as I actually managed to read one book off my planned TBR which is a big improvement on previous months. I also managed to read 5 books which is a good month for me.
In her highly praised The Six Wives of Henry VIII and its sequel, Children of England, Alison Weir examined the private lives of the early Tudor kings and queens, and chronicled the childhood and youth of one of England’s most successful monarchs, Elizabeth I.
This book begins as the young Elizabeth ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary’s disastrous reign. Elizabeth is portrayed as both a woman and a queen, an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. Alison Weir writes of Elizabeth’s intriguing, long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, of her dealings – sometimes comical, sometimes poignant – with her many suitors, of her rivalry with Mary, Queen of Scots, and of her bizarre relationship with the Earl of Essex, thirty years her junior.
Rich in detail, vivid and colourful, this book comes as close as we shall ever get to knowing what Elizabeth I was like as a person.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have had a lovely day of reading and making up Etsy orders. I didn’t do very well with my blogging in October so I am hoping to improve in November and catch up with my book reviews.
I read Northanger Abbey quite a few years ago so it is really nice to return to it again. I am throughly enjoying the descriptions of Bath. Jane Austen’s Bookshelf is proving really interesting so far.
Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Marlene of Reading Reality. It is all about sharing the books that you have recently added to your bookshelves. These books can be physical books, ebooks and of course audiobooks.
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I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. I have had a lovely day of reading today which is just what I needed.
I received another book as a birthday present this week and it is quite intriguing as it is by an author I have never come across before.
One Day by David Nicholls
This isn’t my usual choice of book but I am looking forward to reading it and discovering a new author.
Lady Book Dragon 