Getting this post up bright and early (…compared to usual) because today I’m heading out for a nerdy museum trip to celebrate my birthday (which is on Tuesday). Somehow I’m sure I’ll pass by a bookshop as well…
Books acquired this week
We’re finally on the tail-end of my last haul, just as my birthday hurtles toward us promising yet more books (oh no!). Here’s the last of the non-fiction I haven’t already shown off:
Huh, makes a kinda pattern with those colours. I didn’t do that intentionally, but kinda cool. As ever, it’s a bit of a random mix; I wonder if Fabric is going to cover pretty much the same ground as Worn, which I read recently. I might backburner it for a while for that reason.
And here’s the remainder of the fiction:
I’m excited about A Sorceress Comes to Call, and Til Death Do Us Bard looks fun (if maybe a bit silly).
And of course, I did also receive this month’s British Library Crime Classic. It’s by an author I’ve read before, but I don’t think any of his full-length novels have been republished in this series yet (maybe some short stories):
And finally, a bit on a whim, a bit because I do like having some shorter fiction on hand, here’s a review copy from Tordotcom, via Netgalley:
It sounds pretty weird and maybe not my thing, but it’s always worth a try with Tor’s novellas.
Posts from this week
As ever, time for a bit of a recap of this week’s posts. Starting with the reviews:
- Historical romance: The Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel, by KJ Charles (4/5 stars)
- Literary fiction: Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt (2/5 stars)
- History non-fiction: Worn: A People’s History of Clothing, by Sofi Thanhauser (4/5 stars)
- Romance manga: Turns Out My Online Friend is My Real-Life Boss! vol 1, by Nmura (2/5 stars)
And the other posts:
- Top Ten Tuesday: On the Road (ten books featuring travel)
- What Are You Reading Wednesday
What I’m reading
Right now, I’m most actively reading the first volume of Heaven Official’s Blessing (MXTX) and Invisible Friends: How Microbes Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us (Jake M. Robinson). I’m actually going to head to the bookshop surreptiously to get the next two volumes of Heaven Official’s Blessing while I’m out today, because I can tell I’m going to be annoyed if I run out and I don’t have the next volume ready.
It feels like I’ve done a lot of reading this week, but let’s see… here’s a sneak peek at upcoming reviews:
Plus a manga I don’t plan to review (because I never have much to say about any individual volume of Fairy Tail).
So not a bad reading week!
How’s everyone else been doing? Got anything fascinating on your ‘next up’ pile?
Linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz, as usual!
I have “Dr. Rip’s Beach Essentials” and “History in Flames” from NetGalley, which is about as close to stacking the shelves I get these days, as I’m not going to count library loans! My current reading is whatever for the blog, “Fossils of the South Downs” and “Don Quixote” for Twitch, and no new books for fun (too tired to add to my reading plate).
Boo for not feeling up to reading for fun — or at least, I hate it when I’m too tired to read all-out.
I, for one (and I don’t think I’m the only one), love the acquisition of books almost as much as I love the reading of books. I enjoy seeing what books you have added to your shelves, and I will enjoy seeing what new books your birthday brings.
I am now adding Precious (my husband is a faceter) and The Language Puzzle to my own TBR!
I do really enjoy it, especially when I can go to buy books in person. It’s nice to let serendipity lead me to books I might never get recommended by an algorithm.
I’m looking forward to both!
The Language Puzzle and the Genetic Lottery are two books I might try to get.
The Genetic Lottery is one I’ve been meaning to read for aaages. I’m very curious.
I just finished A Sorceress Comes to Call and really enjoyed it! I hope you have a really good week:-)
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I’m looking forward to it! T. Kingfisher’s books are usually so good.
The Language Puzzle and The Genetic Lottery sound so interesting! I’m eager to see what you think of them. And I didn’t know T. Kingfisher had another new book out – A Sorceress Comes to Call looks really great! Such an exciting haul!
I’m looking forward to all of them! (Super-belated response, I know, oops!)
I love teals and purples, they are fun. I hope you enjoy the stories inside the pretty covers. Have a great week!
Thank you! I’ve been enjoying things so far! 😀
Your books look really good. I hope you enjoy them and have a great week!
Thank you! I’m enjoying them so far.
Happy birthday on Tuesday! 😀 I hope you enjoy your museum trip today. I also hope you have a great birthday on Tuesday.
Both were fun, thank you! (Super belated responses, aaah!)
Hope you enjoy your museum trip! I love visiting museums, so it sounds like the perfect birthday to me. That first row of books has a green color theme and I like it! Green is my favorite color.
Thank you, it was fun!
You had a good reading week. Happy Birthday! I love visiting museums, so it sounds perfect!
It was fun! I do love a museum, especially one with demonstrations and hands on stuff like in the Royal Armouries. 🙂
So many enticing reads here! The non-fiction jumping out at me is: The Genetic Lottery, Worn: A People’s History of Clothing, and How Microbes Shape Our Lives. I will eagerly await the reviews of all of these books.
I really need to pick up The Genetic Lottery and start reading, I’ve been curious about it for ages!
Quite the haul! I always love seeing what non-fiction you’ve acquired, as you are one of my few blog buddies who reads non-fiction regularly like me. I will be on the look-out for all four, thanks for sharing!
It does feel like there aren’t many other people reading non-fiction a lot — we have to stick together, clearly!