Tag: Stacking the Shelves

Stacking the Shelves

Posted June 5, 2021 by Nicky in General / 6 Comments

Good morning, folks! It’s been a while since I did any kind of weekly roundup, and I figured I’d get back into the swing of things a bit more gently and just do a Stacking the Shelves post — especially since I don’t really have any posts to highlight yet, though I’m starting to format the backlog of reviews and get ’em ready for public consumption.

So here we go, the fruits of my post-statistics-exam shopping spree!

Cover of Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes Cover of Gastrophysics by Charles Spence Cover of The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth by Thomas Morris Cover of Elephants on Acid by Alex Boese

Cover of Burning the Books by Richard Evenden Cover of How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett Cover of Ancestors by Alice Roberts Cover of We Are Not Amused by David Crystal

A rather random-looking selection, I’ll admit, and all non-fiction this week — but my non-fiction stack was getting a bit threadbare, while my fiction stack seems to grow and grow and grow.

Look out for the Stacking the Shelves linkup over on Reading RealityAnd do drop a comment here if you’ve read any of the books above; I’ve heard mixed things about one or two!

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Weekly Roundup

Posted January 25, 2021 by Nicky in General / 2 Comments

Greetings, folks! This is very slightly late, but I’m determined to get it out of the door anyway and get back into the habit…

Books acquired:

Cover of Slay by Brittney Morris

Books read this week:

Cover of The Books of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin and Charles Vess Cover of Sabine's Notebook by Nick Bantock Cover of The Golden Mean by Nick Bantock Cover of A History of the Paper Pattern Industry by Joy Spanabel Emery Cover of He'd Rather Be Dead by George Bellairs

Reviews posted this week:

How’s everyone else doing? Lots of reading?

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Weekly Roundup

Posted January 17, 2021 by Nicky in General / 6 Comments

And here we are, a proper weekly roundup. At a ridiculous hour, because apparently we’re reliving our teen years and making bad sleep decisions on the weekends.

Books acquired this week:

Cover of Defekt, by Nino Cipri Cover of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Emma Southon

Thanks to Arbieroo, since it was his Christmas gift that got me A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (plus Griffin & Sabine, which arrived a bit sooner).

Books read this week:

Cover of The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs Cover of The Bookseller's Tale by Martin Latham Cover of The Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de Bodard Cover of Blood and Circuses by Kerry Greenwood Cover of Ruddy Gore by Kerry Greenwood

Cover of The Books of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin and Charles Vess Cover of Defekt, by Nino Cipri Cover of Life in Miniature by Nicola Lisle Cover of The Tightrope Walker by Dorothy Gilman

Reviews posted this week:

So how’ve you folks been doing?

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Weekly Roundup

Posted January 10, 2021 by Nicky in General / 7 Comments

Well, it’s been a while! I’m not going to do a full roundup, because it really has been too long, but this will serve as a placeholder for hopefully getting back to business as usual. So here’s a selection of books I got recently/for Christmas…

Books acquired:

Cover of A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark Cover of She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Cover of The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

Cover of The End of Everything by Katie Mack Cover of What Stars Are Made of by Donovan Moore Cover of A History of the Paper Pattern Industry by Joy Spanabel Emery Cover of A World Beneath the Sands by Toby Wilkinson

Cover of The Nobody People by Bob Proehl Cover of A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins Cover of Long Live the Post Horn! by Vigdis Hjorth

As ever, a pretty eclectic mix, and I look forward to ignoring them all equally while I reread older books… okay, okay, not really — I hope to read some of these very soon! But we all know what I’m like…

So, how are you all doing?

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Weekly Roundup

Posted November 1, 2020 by Nicky in General / 1 Comment

Well, folks, it’s been a couple of weeks since I did a roundup! I’m not going to try to be exhaustive here: I’ll post the covers of some of my new books, some of the books I’ve been reading, etc.

I keep thinking I’m on top of things and then things get on top of me again, but that’s 2020 for you. I’m trying to take it one step at a time. So that said, let’s get on with this!

New books:

Cover of Ruby by Nina Allan Cover of Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Cover of Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner Cover of Dragon Physician by Joyce Chng

Cover of Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Cover of The Port of London Murders by Josephine Bell Cover of MetaZoa by Peter Godfrey-Smith Cover of How to Tame a Fox by Lee Alan Dugatkin and Lyudmila Trut

A weird mix, as ever! I’m looking forward to Ruby especially. I know I won’t get to Return of the Thief for quite a while (I haven’t read Thick as Thieves yet)… but I’m looking forward to all these! I also got a copy of Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott, from winning the SciFi Month giveaway — I forgot to grab an image of the cover, though! Thank you to imyril and Head of Zeus for this one.

Books I’ve finished reading recently:

Cover of Stuck by Heidi J. Larson Cover of How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan Cover of Deadline by Mira Grant Cover of The Little Library by Kim Fielding

Cover of Blackout by Mira Grant Cover of Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk Cover of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaCover of The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware Cover of Dead Man in a Ditch by Luke Arnold

Cover of The CBT Toolbox Cover of Proper English by KJ Charles Cover of Fake Law by the Secret Barrister

Looks like a lot, but that’s 2-3 weeks!

Reviews posted recently:

Other posts:

How are you doing? Any exciting new books you’ve added to your shelves? Anything got you glued to its pages? Let me know!

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Weekly Roundup

Posted October 11, 2020 by Nicky in General / 6 Comments

Hey folks! How’s everyone been doing? I’ve been back at work and busying myself with trying to figure out some better work patterns, like only working during set hours and on a separate laptop. It feels kinda better… and having an offline lunchbreak at least three days in the week is meaning I get a bit more reading done!

I did also get well stuck into my studying, and am currently swearing at the depth in which I need to remember glycolysis/the Krebs cycle/oxidative phosphorylation. Blast!

New books:

Cover of Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell Cover of The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells Cover of The Serpent Sea by Martha Wells Cover of The Siren Depths by Martha Wells

Cover of Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Cover of Stuck by Heidi J. Larson Cover of Over the Woodward Wall by J. Deborah Baker

Technically we got The Cloud Roads a while ago, but I don’t think I ever put the cover up, and it’s a nice set. And thank you to Tor for the eARC of Winter’s Orbit, which I’m looking forward to!

Books read this week:

Cover of Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake Cover of Feed by Mira Grant Cover of Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey Cover of Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian

Reviews posted this week:

Other posts:

How’s your week been? Reading anything good? Stacking your shelves with anything exciting?

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Weekly Roundup

Posted October 3, 2020 by Nicky in General / 8 Comments

Greetings, folks! Well, my time off is over and I’ve been back to work for a couple of days… but I think I did manage to unwind a bit and figure out some better ways of having a work/life balance. I didn’t finish a lot of books, but I managed to go “as my Whimsy takes me” more than usual. So maybe I’ve de-stressed a bit!

On the other hand, my course has now started and I’ve added an hour or two of studying per day to my schedule. Yipes.

Books acquired:

Cover of The Sugared Game by K.J. Charles Cover of The Stone Knife by Anna Stephens Cover of Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Yaaay! Thanks so much to the person who bought me Cemetery Boys<3

Books read this week:

Cover of The Story of Wales by Jon Gower Cover of X+Y by Eugenia Cheng Cover of The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley Cover of The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller

Reviews posted this week:

Other posts:

That’s it for this week! How’s everyone doing?

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Weekly Roundup

Posted September 27, 2020 by Nicky in General / 12 Comments

Greetings, folks! This weekend’s roundup has been delayed by extreme laziness during my holiday (although laziness is perhaps the wrong word when I spent ~2.5 hours climbing up onto the moors today). How’s everyone?

Books acquired this week:

Cover of In the Black by Patrick S. Tomlinson Cover of The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey Cover of Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden Cover of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Cover of Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst Cover of The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez Cover of The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller Cover of The Progress of a Crime by Julian Symons

Finished this week:

Cover of The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers Cover of Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez Cover of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Reviews posted:

Other posts:

So how’re you all doing? Get any great books lately?

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Weekly Roundup

Posted September 20, 2020 by Nicky in General / 4 Comments

Good evening, folks! It’s been a better week for me, with my anxiety medication kicking in and lots of reading getting done. No new books this week, but I’m expecting some from Portal Bookshop any day now…

Books read this week:

Cover of Orfeia by Joanne M. Harris Cover of Digging Up Armageddon by Eric H. Cline

Cover of Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart Cover of Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman

A good week!

Reviews posted this week:

Other posts:

How’re you folks doing? Reading anything great?

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Weekly Roundup

Posted September 13, 2020 by Nicky in General / 14 Comments

Greetings, folks! I think my mood this week is better passed over without comment, and we’ll get straight to the books!

Linking up with The Sunday Post @ The Caffeinated Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves @ Reading Reality & Tynga’s Reviews.

Acquired this week:

Cover of Lost Gods by Micah Yongo Cover of The Four Profound Weaves by R. B. Lemberg Cover of Orfeia by Joanne M. Harris Cover of The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

Cover of X+Y by Eugenia Cheng Cover of In Black and White by Alexandra Wilson

With thanks to Portal Bookshop for Lost Gods, which I’ve been meaning to read for ages. <3

Books read this week:

Cover of Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch Cover of The Belting Inheritance by Julian Symons Cover of The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu Cover of Drift Wood by Marie Brennan Cover of The Four Profound Weaves by R. B. Lemberg

Reviews posted:

Other posts:

So how’s everyone doing? Reading anything good? I’d love to hear from you!

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