Back home now and back to my routines! And back to the problem of somehow making all my books fit on my bookshelves. Hmmmm.
As usual, I’ll be linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz, this weekend.
Books acquired this week:
Getting home and back to the routine means there was some book post waiting for me. Each month I get the latest British Library Crime Classic reissue, along with a little bit of extra swag — in this case, two bookmarks and a slightly enlarged version of the book cover, which I guess could make a nice poster or something. I really appreciate that they’ve made the matching cover bookmarks a bit smaller, so they fit nicely in the book! So here’s this month’s book:
I did enjoy the other book by Ethel Lina White I’ve read so far, though it can verge a bit on the histrionic. I’m looking forward to giving this a shot, anyway.
Posts from this week:
As usual, I’ll do a little roundup of my posts this week. First up, the reviews:
- Non-fiction microhistory: Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close, by Hannah Carlson (3/5 stars)
- Fantasy/gothic mystery novella: The Brides of High Hill, by Nghi Vo (4/5 stars)
- Classic locked-room mystery: Till Death Do Us Part, by John Dickson Carr (3/5 stars)
- Cute school romance graphic novel: Heartstopper vol 5, by Alice Oseman (4/5 stars)
- Fantasy romance novella: A Queer Trade, by KJ Charles (3/5 stars)
- Poetry and non-fiction microhistory: The History of Wales in Twelve Poems, by M. Wynn Thomas & Ruth Jên Evans (4/5 stars)
- Apocalyptic graphic novel: The Panic, by Neil Kleid & Andrea Mutti (1/5 stars)
And the non-review posts:
What I’m reading:
I read a lot on Sunday, and then had a slow few days as I worked my way through Roland Allen’s history of notebooks — which was fascinating, but slow. Almost right after that I started on Bettany Hughes’ The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which is also a bit slow, and will no doubt take a lot of my reading time in the coming days. Worth it, though!
Here’s a sneak peek at the books I’ve read recently which are upcoming for review:
How about everyone else? What are you reading right now? Any great books landed on your doormat or in your shopping cart this week?
You really read a lot of books this week! British Library Crime Classic reissues sound very fascinating — I definitely have to look that up. Also the history of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. Have a great week.
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I got on a roll on a couple of the days, haha.
I really love the British Library Crime Classics! They’re not all winners for me, but a lot of them are, and even the ones that aren’t great are kinda… relaxing somehow.
Thanks for dropping by!
I’m glad that you’re enjoying the history of notebooks. I’m looking forward to that review.
I have quite a few non-fiction reviews backlogged, I should maybe post a couple at a time at this rate. At least they’re all written and just await queuing up!
Looks like a busy and productive week for you. Glad you mostly enjoyed these books.
It was, and I kept myself quite busy with reading this weekend too. Which is nice! Thanks for dropping by.
Wow. What a commitment to a porject getting one book a month of reissues. I bet you’ve run into some great books.
They have a really nice subscription service, so I look forward to the new book each month — especially now I’ve almost read all the ones they’ve previously republished! There are some really good ones.
I would like to receive a good book in the mail every month. I re-joined the Book of the Month Club about seven years ago, and I find that, in general, I should look for another monthly book service that offers books more suited to me.
I hope to hear more about The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
I’m really enjoying it, especially since there’s usually a bookmark and an extra or two along with it! I’m also pretty prompt about reading it, this way… it makes me tempted to look for another book subscription service, but they’re often so expensive. I used to kind of like Illumicrate, but it was pricy, and I didn’t always find the extras useful.
The British Library Crime Classics sounds amazing. I would enjoy that. Have a wonderful week, Nicky ☕
It’s a really good series! I can’t believe how many of them I have now, ahaha. But I’ve had such a good time reading them all.
Book mail is the best mail. Have a great week!
It is! I’m always happy when there’s a new book to be had, ahaha.
I like the look of the British Library Crime Classics. I would also like to read a bit more on the Gothic genre, although I would probably do that over Halloween!
A good mix of books that you are reading. I’m desperately trying to get through my Blog Tour book ready for 2 February – luckily I am enjoying it!
I’m not usually a fan of Gothic novels in isolation, but genre mash-ups like Nghi Vo’s series can be a lot of fun!
Oof, good luck! Reading to a deadline can be stressful.
It sounds like you had a good reading week. I hope you’re able to figure out how to put all your books on your bookshelf. Good luck and have a great week!
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Haha, I’ve got a cart to put some of the overflow on now and I’m hoping that’s just about enough space… Thanks for dropping by!
Another awesome cover!
I remember liking PErmafrost a few years back.
I really love the way they design these covers!
I liked it okay — not a new favourite, but an interesting one.
There never seems to be enough space for all my books on my bookshelves either. Have a great week!
If there was, I’d only fill it to bursting again within minutes, I think… let’s be honest. XD
I love how you devote so much time to reading on Sunday’s. Sounds like the perfect way to end the week and prepare for the next.
I try to make time every day, but Sundays make it easy, haha. Here’s hoping we both have a good week!
There never seems to be enough space for all my books on my shelves either. I haven’t had much time to read lately. Glad to hear that you got a lot of reading done though. Have a great week!
I’m notebook obsessed so I am looking forward to your review!!!!!