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Stacking the Shelves

Posted November 25, 2023 by Nicky in Reviews / 6 Comments

Hey all! This weekend I’m away, so I won’t be visiting people back properly until Tuesday… but here I am and sharing my haul for this week. Since I wrote this post (it’s pre-scheduled), I’ll have gone to a bookshop with my wife and one of our best friends, so… shenanigans have probably occurred. All the more reason to do a post this week to make room!

Books acquired this week:

I got a couple of requests from Tor/Bramble this week: after spotting it on somebody else’s StS, I couldn’t resist The Spellshop. It had me at “cottagecore cosy fantasy”, and then I got to the part about the sentient spider plant and I knew I had to request it. I’ve also been meaning to pick up Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea for a while, since it’s been compared to Legends & Lattes, which I loved. So, thanks, Tor/Bramble!

Cover of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne Cover of The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

Reviews posted this week:

Time for a quick recap! Each thumbnail points to the review post for that book.

Cover of Yellow Jessamine by Caitlin Starling Cover of Being Human by Lewis Dartnell Cover of Three Kings by Freydís Moon Cover of The Theft of the Iron Dogs by E.C.R. Lorac

Cover of One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg Cover of Shady Hollow by Juneau Black Cover of Around the World in 80 Plants by Jonathan Drori

So that’s been a week! How’s everyone doing? I promise I’ll visit back once I get back from my trip — but for now I’ve left my laptop behind so that I can’t possibly be tempted to work. And next week I’ll probably have some treasures to share…

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Stacking the Shelves

Posted November 18, 2023 by Nicky in General / 24 Comments

Well, folks, it’s been a looong time since I did one of these! Lately I don’t get books every week, so I’m not sure what I’ll do on “off” weeks — maybe I’ll go back to showcasing what I’ve read that week, instead.

Books acquired this week:

For this week I do have some books to show off: my British Library Crime Classics subscription book came in for this month, which is always exciting. Sadly, there was no bookmark with it this month (I hope they haven’t stopped doing the matching bookmark thing!

Cover of Big Ben Strikes Eleven by David Magarshack

Aaaand I got hooked on the Shady Hollow series, thanks to somebody’s Top Ten Tuesday post making me curious about it, so after devouring the first one, I quickly grabbed the three sequels and the two short stories.

Cover of Cold Clay by Juneau Black Cover of Mirror Lake by Juneau Black  Cover of Twilight Falls by Juneau Black

Cover of Evergreen Chase by Juneau Black Cover of Phantom Pond by Juneau Black

I must confess I’ve already got through Cold Clay, Evergreen Chase and Phantom Pond, and I expect Mirror Lake to follow in short order. And then I suppose I’ll be bereft!

Reviews posted this week:

And while we’re here, a quick recap on the reviews I’ve posted this week. Each thumbnail links to the review of the book!

Cover of Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse Cover of Buzz by Thor Hanson Cover of Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand Cover of Die: Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen

Cover of Basilisks and Beowulf by Tim Flight Cover of Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid Cover of The Seat of the Scornful by John Dickson Carr

So that’s what’s new around here. I expect I’ll miss this post next week, since I’m away and I’m not taking a laptop with me (gasp!), but otherwise… I think I’m back! How’s everyone doing?

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Weekly Roundup

Posted August 21, 2021 by Nicky in General / 2 Comments

Yay, it was my birthday! I mean, um, hi! Look, I have books!

Books acquired:

Cover of The Sirens of Mars by Sarah Stewart Johnson Cover of Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes by Virginia Nicholson Cover of Curry by Lizzie Collingham

Cover of The Chianti Flask by Marie Belloc Lowndes Cover of Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia Cover of Murder by the Book ed. Martin Edwards Cover of The Black Coast by Mike Brooks

All from my wife. 💙 I am a spoilt creature.

Read this week:

Cover of The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien Cover of Velvet Was The Night by Silvia Moreno Garcia

Reviews posted this week:

So how’s everyone doing? Any good books come your way lately?

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Posted August 14, 2021 by Nicky in General / 2 Comments

Greetings, folks, from the end of a busy week! I can’t promise I’ll be under less stress going forward, but my work life will be a little simpler, which is something! How’re you all doing?

Books acquired:

Cover of Stormblood by Jeremy Szal Cover of Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Early birthday presents from Portal Bookshop! 💙 I have actually read Witchmark before and liked but didn’t love it, but something’s been itching at me lately and I’d like to try it again — and read the rest of the series. So this was lovely.

Books read this week:

Cover of Behave by Robert M. Sapolsky Cover of Burning the Books by Richard Evenden Cover of The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler Cover of The Paradise War by Stephen Lawhead

Reviews posted this week:

Giveaways:

  • Worldwide Book Giveaway: I’ll be choosing one random person who replies to this tweet to receive one book of their choice. I’ll do the draw on the 21st.
  • UK Book Giveaway: I’m choosing three random people who respond to this tweet to receive a book of their choice via Portal Bookshop. Plus, some other folks are signing up to buy a random person a book, so I think so far there are five chances to win. Also drawn on the 21st!
  • Buy Someone A Book: If you’re interested in joining in with buying a book for a random Twitter user, you can sign up to join in by replying to this tweet. When the time comes, I’ll pick a random winner for you, and get you two connected so you can sort out the purchase. I’ll let you know who you’re buying for on the 21st, with the help of my trusty RNG.

And that’s everything!

So, any good books joined your TBR this week? Thrown any books against the wall in anger? How’s reading going in general?

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Weekly Roundup

Posted August 8, 2021 by Nicky in General / 0 Comments

Welp, busy week here. I keep hoping that “next week” will be less bumpy, but it never seems to be true. Ah well!

Received to review:

Cover of The Necessity of Stars by E. Catherine Tobler

I had this on my wishlist, and then spotted that I was auto-approved by the publisher on Netgalley, so… here we go!

Books read this week:

Cover of Sea People by Christina Thompson Cover of Black Water Sister by Zen Cho Cover of Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Reviews posted this week:

Aaaand that’s all for this week! How’s everyone doing?

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Weekly Roundup

Posted July 31, 2021 by Nicky in General / 2 Comments

Gooood evening! I had a busy day of, um, questing on FFXIV… so I’m only just setting up this post now. Not that I have much to report! No new books, and only a couple of books read.

Books read this week:

Cover of Calamity in Kent by John Rowland Cover of Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Cover of Index, A History of the by Dennis Duncan

Reviews posted this week:

Aaand that’s it for me, for this week. How’s everyone doing?

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Posted July 24, 2021 by Nicky in General / 2 Comments

Good evening, folks! How’s everyone been? It’s been too warm here, but it’s fortunately a lot cooler today. Not much reading this week, alas… too cranky from the heat.

Received to review:

Cover of Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Read this week:

Cover of The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel

Reviews posted this week:

Aaand that’s it from me. Any good books for you this week?

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Posted July 17, 2021 by Nicky in General / 12 Comments

Wow, it’s warm out! And in. Actually, it’s just warm. And today there’s a Lions game and a Wales game, and tomorrow I’m attending a Ceremony of Eternal Bonding on FFXIV, so it’s a busy weekend. 🤣

Anyway, I have no new books this week, so it’s straight onto the recap.

Books read this week:

Cover of Never Greater Slaughter by Michael Livingston Cover of Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes Cover of Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews Cover of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Reviews posted this week:

…And that’s everything! How’s everyone doing?

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Posted July 10, 2021 by Nicky in General / 4 Comments

Happy Saturday! I’m in the middle of watching the Wales v Argentina rugby game, with a British and Irish Lions game to follow later. So much rugby. <3 And books! It’s my day off, so it’s a good day for reading — and I haven’t been doing much of that this week!

New books:

Cover of Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge

I’ve had my eye on this one for a while. It’s actually releasing in hardback in the UK… but Bookshop.org have some paperback editions from a different press, and I snapped one up when I saw it was less than £10!

Received to review:

Cover of Index, A History of the by Dennis Duncan Cover of The Bone Wars by Erin Evan

I was pretty fascinating by a book about working on dictionaries recently (by Kory Stamper), so a book about indices is more exciting to me than it sounds. And The Bone Wars sounds like a lot of fun.

Read this week:

Cover of Ancestors by Alice Roberts

Not much reading this week, as I said… alas.

Reviewed this week:

So that’s everything from me this week! How’re your shelves looking, folks?

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Posted July 4, 2021 by Nicky in Reviews / 0 Comments

I swear, I have the best intentions about keeping up with everything and posting here, but with some of my job stuff changing at the moment… well! It’s a busy time, again, as ever. Will I ever not be busy? I’ll let you know once I’ve just finished this one thing…

Anyway, this should be a quick update — no books added to my shelves, and no reviews to highlight, so it’s just the books I’ve read this week and then I’ll see myself out…

Read this week:

Cover of Seashaken Houses by Tom Nancollas Cover of What it Means When A Man Falls From The Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah Cover of After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang Cover of Walls: A History of Civilization by David Frye

After the Dragons is really my highlight this week: quiet and tender, but with an ache of grief all through it. I recommend it.

And that’s all for me this week! How’s everyone doing?

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