It’s been another week already?! Last week I ended up so busy that I didn’t share my post in the linkups, or visit anyone else. It’s quietish around here in terms of visitors/comments, as a result, which is probably good while I’m all wrapped up in preparing for my exams (Parasitology, Nutrition & Infection and Bacterial Infections), but still, I kinda miss being more active.
Anyway, last week me and my wife went off to York to meet up with a friend, so we ended up in the lovely Portal Bookshop, and also paid a visit to Waterstones so I could raid their non-fiction. So I have plenty to showcase this week!
Linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz, as usual!
Books acquired this week:
As usual, since I had the opportunity, I took the time to really root around and look for new reading material. Gotta stock up, after all! First up, the fiction:
I did also get physical copies of a couple of books I had as e-ARCs (and didn’t read in time, oops):
So hopefully I’ll get round to those now!
Aaand the non-fiction which is (as ever) a heck of a mix:
I’ve already read the first three, so I guess I continue to be in a non-fiction mood! With The Doctor Who Fooled the World, I joked that I decided my blood pressure was too low and I need to raise it. It really is going to infuriate me though — Andrew Wakefield is a murderer, in my eyes.
Anyway, this was quite a spree, so for a few weeks I’m going to try and focus on more reading than acquiring, ahaha. Though I don’t do “book bans” these days; I just try to make sure I’m reading more books than I acquire, and it’ll be fine.
Posts from this week:
As usual, here’s a bit of a roundup of the reviews I’ve been posting. I’m building up a bit of a backlog again, especially of graphic novels/comics and history reviews. Anyway, here’s what was posted this week!
- Fantasy romance: Good Neighbors, by Stephanie Burgis (3/5 stars)
- Romance manga: Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, by Shio Usui (4/5 stars)
- Classic mystery: The Ha-Ha Case, by J.J. Connington (3/5 stars)
- Fantasy novella: If Found, Return to Hell, by Em X. Liu (3/5 stars)
- History: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, by Bettany Hughes (4/5 stars)
And I did also have one non-review post:
What I’m reading:
Ever since Bookly’s readathon I’ve somehow found a lot more time in my days for reading, though perhaps not as much when I was trying to read 45 hours in ten days. So this week has been pretty full. Here’s a peek at the books I’ve read which I plan to review soon!
This weekend I have a couple of books I want to finish, but I also want to start on a couple of my new books: I’d like to read A Spindle Splintered (Alix E. Harrow) and start on Hands of Time (Rebecca Struthers). We’ll see!
How’s everyone doing?
Nice haul all round! I do like Foxes in Love 🙂 I’ve been… house hunting o.O Kinda wish it was over already.
Oof, good luck! House hunting is so daunting.
You must be overwhelmed by all those books you’ve been reading! I finally started to read a book after a week away from reading.
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Haha, a little, but it’s nice to have spent more time reading than I was for a while. I feel more like myself now! Hope you enjoy your reading, too!
That’s quite a book haul! Happy reading!
I had to stock up, right? Right???
Now THESE sound fascinating!!!! Parasitology, Nutrition & Infection and Bacterial Infections
It’s a lot of work, but really fascinating classes!
I see you are a lover of fantasy novels. Enjoy.
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I suppose so, though I’m surprised you came to this conclusion based on the single fantasy novel mentioned in this post… XD
I really enjoyed A Letter to the Luminous Deep. I hope you have a good week and enjoy all your new books!
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I really need to get to it as soon as I can! I’ve even promised to review it on Postcrossing’s blog.
Writing on the Wall looks significantly more interesting than the mural book I read last month.
I have high hopes! Really tempted to make a start on it…
I found i am able to really enjoy my reading more with the bookly app. It nice to see my number of days and the reports are so awesome for my weekly and monthly posts. Makes the graphic so nice to add to the posts. have a great week.
Yeah, I like having all the stats at my fingertips! And being able to estimate when I’ll finish a book, too.
Good luck with your exams. The subjects sound daunting!
I’ve been on a nonfiction kick lately. Written in Bone on your shelf sounds especially intriguing.
Thank you! It’s going to be difficult, but I really enjoy parasitology and bacteriology at least. (The topic of nutrition and infection I could take or leave.)
Me tooo. I really want to pick up some more fiction again, but there’s so much fascinating non-fic out there. XD
All those good-looking books…I hope you enjoy them. Good luck with the exams. Have a great week!
Thank you! I’ve had fun diving in so far, haha. And thank you for wishing me luck as well — there’s still a little time, but it’ll be exam time sooner than I think, I’m sure…
I see why you’re into science reading now …. if that is what you’re studying. Nice stash from the bookstores!
Science reading is actually kinda what led me into studying again — I started off as an English literature student, and did two English degrees, actually! But when I got really anxious about just about everything, getting curious about the world kind of helped, and… here we are.
Your nonfiction books look so good! I want them all.
I’ve been digging in already and having a loooot of fun!