The book industry is full of dismaying news lately. Lots of book bloggers thinking about abandoning ship, Amazon buying Goodreads (although since I mostly use LibraryThing, this isn’t a huge issue for me), uproar about the Hugo awards; it doesn’t seem like anything good has happened in the last few weeks.
So, instead, I will tell you about the first proper walk of the year. Last weekend we went to Robin Hood’s Bay on the Yorkshire coast, a lovely little seaside town, and walked down the old railway path and then along the shore.
The railway path
The coastline looking towards Robin Hood’s Bay
The coastline looking back from Robin Hood’s Bay
I didn’t actually do much reading despite having four days off with the bank holidays, but I’ve been making up for it since. Here’s the pile of what I am looking forward to in the rest of April:
Apologies that the picture is a little bit blurry, but I think you can see that the urban fantasy focus is still strong. I’m up to date on a few of my favorite series, so I’m both trying new ones and continuing with some that weren’t necessarily my favorite on the first read, and there are lots of small ones that I can take on the train with me.
I’m also going to try and power through all the books I’ve acquired over the time I’ve been using Amazon Vine. In the US, they’ve tightened the rules so that everything you’ve received must be reviewed before you can request anything else, and I imagine the UK can’t be far behind. The program is useful for actually selecting books that I don’t get offered for review but am anxious to read as soon as I possibly can (see The Crane Wife above), so I’d prefer to stick with them while I can.
How’s your April going?
I’ve heard that Amazon owns Library Thing and Shelfari too. I think they basically own us. That town does look lovely!
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Awesome route for walking! Even in less sunny weather it must be pretty nice (though I guess if windy it’s not so). The Amazon Vine change sounds fair, if many people are using it they’ll want to see a return of sorts.
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I’m glad to hear you managed to spend some quality time outdoors walking. As much as I love snuggling up with a book it always good to get some fresh air. My April is going well I’ve finished off the monster A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin and I am now taking some time to catch-up on review copies. Happy reading through that mighty pile
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Looks like a beautiful walk! Good for you to be outside instead of reading. It can be good for the soul.
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It is a lot of doom and gloom lately, so thanks for the reviving shots of a pretty place. I’m so looking forward to seeing you next weekend by the way
Lovely photos of your walk! I would love to be so near such a beautiful spot.
In the midst of all the depressing news, that walk looks rather lovely! Thanks for that! I’m forever behind on fantasy, so I don’t recognise many of those titles, but I do have two of your books on my immediate TBR pile too: the Patrick Ness and Eugenides.
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Love those photos of your walk! And that the place is called Robin Hood’s Bay!
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