It’s been a pretty normal week, as things go, which is nice after feeling pretty busy and frazzled of late! It’s been a quieter week reading-wise, but that’s fine.
Books acquired this week
Without further ado, let’s finish off looking at my birthday haul (part one was last week, if folks are curious). As usual, it’s a mixture. Here’s the rest of the fiction…
A bit of romance, a bit of murder — as you do (at least around here).
And here’s the rest of the non-fic:
As ever, quite the mix. 🙂
Posts from this week
Aaand here’s the roundup of reviews posted:
- History non-fiction: Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox, by Victoria Finlay (3/5 stars)
- SF/F comic: Dominion vol 3: The Fist of God, by Thomas Fenton et al (2/5 stars)
- SF/F cosy romance: Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea, by Rebecca Thorne (3/5 stars)
- Chinese light novel, fantasy/romance/mystery with a dash of horror: Heaven Official’s Blessing, vol 2, by MXTX (4/5 stars)
Other posts:
What I’m reading
As I mentioned, it’s been a quieter week reading-wise, but it’s been nice. I’m deep into Heaven Official’s Blessing, of course, and not taking long between volumes as it’s really designed as one continuous story (it was a webnovel). I also started using an app called Serial Reader again, which means I’ve been reading some Agatha Christie, small segments at a time. I’ve read a lot less Christie than you’d imagine, given my love for Golden Age crime. I’m now onto The Murder on the Links.
In any case, here are the books I’ve read this week which I’ll be reviewing on the blog sooner or later…
And th-th-that’s all folks! I hope everyone’s had a good 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!
The Ocean in 80 Fish looks interesting. Have a good week.
I actually just finished it! It has some interesting facts, but a major part of it is the gorgeous illustrations.
Valkyrie – The Women of the Viking World sounds very interesting. I’ll be eager to see what you think.
I’m looking forward to giving it a shot!
I’ve read the Valkyrie one and liked it, but there was so much focus on the Sagas, those parts got a bit dry for me. Have you read The Real Valkyrie by Nancy Marie Brown? I liked that one also.
Okay when I posted my initial comment it said there was a critical error so let’s try this again!
I liked the Valkyrie book, though the focus on the Sagas wasn’t my favorite. After you read this I would also recommend The Real Valkyrie by Nancy Marie Brown. Both are good books on the subject!
Looks like it actually came through anyway! Weird. I’ll have to keep an eye out for that.
I’ve read The Real Valkyrie, weird that I never posted my review here… I’ll have to get on that. I found it a bit too fictionalised. I’ll probably enjoy the focus on the sagas in this one — I studied them at university for a semester, even did some translation, so they’re very familiar.
Another book about Viking women is The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown — I wonder how it compares to the same topic in the book you read.
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I haven’t read that one yet — or this one, actually, I only just got a copy. 🙂 But I liked one of Nancy Marie Brown’s other books well enough, so I might pick up The Far Traveller eventually!
Can’t go wrong with a murder mystery here, either.
Definitely not. 😀
I hope that you had a lovely birthday. I enjoyed The Last Murder at the End of the World.
I’ve read a couple of Agatha Christies this summer. I have a shelf of them. I bought all the Miss Marple ones at one point years ago to ensure that they had the same cover (still over a period of time but not long enough that the cover would change!)
Have a great week!
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I’m looking forward to reading that one! And thanks, I had a good birthday.
I definitely want to read more of Christie’s work. I should get back to going to the library, really — they should have plenty, haha.
The Last Murder at the End of the World sounds intriguing. I have a few books from the Object Lessons series on my list! They look so neat.
I love the Object Lessons series! Not every book in it has been a win, but it’s a fascinating idea.
Oceans and Lagertha! Both sound promising.
Yes, I’m looking forward to them!