RYBSAT Wrap Up

Sadly, another round of RYBSAT is at an end. Let's see how I made out with the reading!

1. Trial By Fire (Worldwalker #1) by Josephine Angelini
2 stars. An interesting premise boggled down by mediocre writing and some troublingly problematic elements. If you want parallel worlds and universe jumping, I'd recommend Tandem by Anna Jarzab instead.

2. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
DNF. I read 50-70 pages and was already skimming along. This just didn't end up being what I expected--which is too bad, because look at that cover.

3. Fortune's Pawn (Paradox #1) by Rachel Bach
4.5 stars. Oh man I LOVED this one. I had a feeling I was going to enjoy it, but I didn't expect to like it as much as I did! Watch out for a review coming soon!

... And then I cheated a little bit.

Listen. My inter-library loan came in and they sign them out to you immediately and you can't renew them, so I had to shuffle things around a bit.

4. Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
2.5 stars. I wanted to like this more than I did. The content is so important, but the writing never immersed me. I've got a full review of this one scheduled as well.

5. An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes #1) by Sabaa Tahir
2.5 stars. Another cheat since this is also a library book, but shush. Ultimately, this one let me down. I just finished composing a review for this, so watch out for that a little later on. (And read The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski instead, tbh.)


And there you have it! Not bad for only a week of reading, even if I did deviate from my shelf a bit. Oops! I love this readathon a lot, so you can bet I'll be up for round 8, whenever that is!

Have you read any of these? What did you read this past week? Let's chat in the comments!

RYBSAT TBR

Read-Your-Bookshelf-A-Thon (aka RYBSAT) Round 7 runs January 19-25 and was started by Miranda @ BooKss101. (See the official twitter here as well.)

The idea is simple: pick a spot on your bookshelf and start reading. Once you finish a book, pick up the next one in order and continue throughout the week. You can skip over sequel books in a series if you need to though.

It's such a fun idea for a readathon and I've participated quite a few times in the past, so I knew I had to give it a go again this time around.

I took a good hard look at my shelves to try and decide where to start, and I think I've figured it out.

I'm going to start off with Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini. I've had this book on my shelf for a while now and it's just time to get around to it. Plus, I really like the idea of alternate worlds, so I hope this ends up being fun.

We're skipping the Everworld books because I've read them already and moving on to Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. The premise here seems to be sort of reincarnation/time travel/something? I'm not entirely sure, but it sounds intriguing!

Then I'm going to try out Rachel Bach's Fortune's Pawn. I've heard good things about this one and I'm in the mood for some exciting sci-fi, so hopefully this hits the spot!

I doubt I'll get to The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, but you never know. This is post-apocalyptic speculative fiction set in the same world as his Ship Breaker duology, which I read book one of and thought it was okay. I've heard there's more done with the world here, so we'll see!

And that's my TBR! I'm hoping to read at least two books this week, maybe all four if I'm really ambitious, but I'm not sure. I'm suffering from a dreadful cold right now and it's sapping all my energy.

Have you participated in RYBSAT before? Are you giving it a go this time around? What books do you want to get to next on your own shelves? Let's chat in the comments!