As ever, I’m a little behind on comments — I swear one of these days I’ll get back on track with my life!
It’s been a somewhat busy week, with my birthday on Tuesday and my exam results on Thursday, but I was spoiled and the results were good, so all is well.
Books acquired this week
My birthday haul is a little ridiculous, so I’m going to split it into two posts, this week and next week. So first up, here’s the new batch of danmei that I grabbed using birthday money and Waterstones stamps:
But of course my wife also spoiled me a lot, so here’s some of the non-fiction I got:
The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series has a fascinating range of books, I foresee a new collection on my part (uhoh).
Aaand finally, here’s some of the non-danmei fiction:
I really hope that I like A Sinister Revenge (and A Grave Robbery) more than the last book — I didn’t like the nature of the conflict between Veronica and Stoker, nor Veronica hiding things from him, so it’s possible things will get straightened out now.
So that’s a heck of a haul, and like I said, that’s not even all of it!
Posts from this week
As usual, here’s a roundup of my reviews and other posts from this week!
- Dark academia romance: A Study in Drowning, by Ava Reid (2/5 stars)
- Science non-fiction: The Long History of the Future: Why Tomorrow’s Tech Still Isn’t Here, by Nicole Kobie (3/5 stars)
- Chinese light novel: Heaven Official’s Blessing, vol 1, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (4/5 stars)
- History non-fiction: The Book of Looms: A History of the Handloom from Ancient Times to the Present, by Eric Broudy (4/5 stars)
Other posts:
What I’m reading
I’ve started my wife on reading Heaven Official’s Blessing as well — which usually means they quickly overtake me and read the whole thing while I’m still on book two, getting distracted by other books. I’m trying not to let that happen this time, so we experience the story at about the same pace, so I’ve been spending time with volume two this weekend.
That said, I’m also reading Universal Basic Income (Karl Widerquist) and Wormwood Abbey (Christina Baehr), and there’s been plenty of other reading going on too. Here’s the preview of the books I finished this week, which I’m due to review on the blog soon/eventually, or which may already have reviews posted:
As you see, a good week for reading, helped by an impromptu day off work for my birthday.
Now all the birthday festivities and exam shenanigans are over, it’s time to settle down with my book… How’s everyone been doing?
Linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz, as usual!
Quite the nice haul. Looks like you’ve got some great reading in your future.
Yes, I was definitely spoiled! I’m excited to read all these.
I think you have received the biggest birthday haul of anyone I’ve ever seen! Enjoy all those books. I’m especially interested in hearing what you think about the books you received from the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series. That’s new to me.
Haha, yep, my wife likes to spoil me, and then I had a bunch of Waterstones vouchers saved up and some birthday money, so I splurged. 😀
It’s a new series to me too, I’m definitely intrigued to get some more of them. I suspect it’ll be pretty variable depending on the subject, but there’s loads of choice.
Wormwood Abbey looks really good! I am going to have to add that one to my list!
I was really intrigued by it when I saw someone mention it on the Bookly discord! I’m enjoying it so far.
Happy Birthday!! I hope you managed a celebration as well as enjoying your birthday book haul! Those Heaven Official’s Blessings covers are gorgeous!
I did, thank you! I had a day off for my actual birthday and spent that reading, but I also had a museum trip with my wife and a friend, and a family dinner, so I celebrated in style, haha!