It’s been a quiet week — hurrah! And I’m pretty caught up on comments and blog visits too. It’s a shame that in a few weeks things will ramp up again for my exams, but hey, at least I’m on an even keel right now.
So, as usual, I’m linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz.
Books acquired this week:
Technically, there are no books acquired this week, but here’s the rest of last week’s haul! First off, the non-fiction:
I’ve started on Mountains of Fire; I’m finding it a little slower than I expected, but maybe that’s just my mood. It has a pretty cover, though; it’s actually shiny.
And here’s the rest of the fiction!
It definitely isn’t the season for Crimson Snow — I’ll probably keep that for December, but it gets me closer to completing my British Library Crime Classics collection. As for the other two, I’ve been curious about both for a while!
Posts from this week:
And here’s the usual roundup of the books I’ve been reviewing this week!
- Non-fiction graphic novel: Book Love, by Debbie Tung (3/5 stars)
- Classic mystery: A Telegram from Le Touquet, by John Bude (3/5 stars)
- Non-fiction: Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time, by James Suzman (2/5 stars)
- SF novella: Navigational Entanglements, by Aliette de Bodard (4/5 stars)
- Non-fiction science history: A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth, by Samantha Weinberg (4/5 stars)
Other posts:
What I’m reading:
This weekend I have all kinds of cute plans to read a lot, but goodness knows if I actually will, or whether I’ll read the things I’m intending to read. I’m content as long as I have fun. A lot of my reading this week was manga I don’t intend to review here (the Fairy Tail series by Hiro Mashima), but I did finish up two other books which I will review, or already have:
So, back to my books! Hope everyone else has had a good week, and some lovely books to read.
Crimson Snow winter mysteries looks like I’d enjoy it. Have a good reading week.
It’ll be a good collection, I think — the British Library Crime Classic selections usually are! Thanks for dropping by. 🙂
An interesting mix of books there. I was explaining to my dad what Manga was the other day. I was surprised that he didn’t know as he is younger in heart that I am and much more down with the kids
Have a great weekend!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/13/stacking-the-shelves-library-loot-22/
Ha! I read manga a lot when I was a teen, or I don’t know if I’d still read any now… but it does make for easy reading sometimes.
Great mix of books. I put a hold on the Oxford one at the library. Happy Reading!
It looks a bit dense, so I’m not starting it yet, but I do love books about books…
That Sticky Science book was a big disappointment when I tried to read it. The rest of your list is interesting. I wish those British crime novels were less expensive over here.
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Aw, how come? I quite liked the chapter on geckos at least, but I was less interested in the stuff about F1 cars, so it didn’t work as well for me as I’d hoped.
A Fish Caught in Time sounds like it could be interesting.
Have a great reading week.
It was surprisingly riveting! I only had a sort of minor interest, going in, but I got really fascinated.
I borrowed a couple of Object Lessons books from the library because of you but they only have a few of of the titles. The email one looks interesting! I hope you manage to achieve your cute plan of reading this weekend!
I haven’t loved all of the books, but it’s such a fascinating idea for a series!
The subject of Mountains of Fire sounds like something I’d like to read about. I am sorry it is going slowly. I am eager to hear more before I add it to my list of books to read.
I have high hopes that I will be reading more this week. An ocean of activities arrive here in April, and I seem to feel like I need to take part in them all.
I think in the end I’m just not as into volcanoes as I think I am, sadly. Clive Oppenheimer is certainly enthusiastic about the subject, though!
I’ve been curious about Sticky, I look forward to learning your thoughts.
Wishing you a great reading week
I found it interesting! But a lot of the focus was on stuff I’m not that interested in, e.g. how F1 car tyres work. It’s a great way to illustrate some concepts, but it didn’t drag me in as much as I’d hoped.
Nonfiction books either grab me from the start or I can’t make myself read them and I do like nonfiction so that is a huge job for their authors. Enjoy your reading week!
Haha, yeah, there are some non-fic books that I really don’t gel with, no matter how I try.
I’m curious about that email book!
It’s okay so far, but not one of my favourites of this series!