Stacking the Shelves & The Sunday Post

Posted November 9, 2024 by Nicky in General / 19 Comments

Thank goodness for the weekend, huh?

It’s been a tired and discouraged week around here, with work frustrations, interpersonal issues, and of course the result of the election in the US. (It might not be my country, but we have one single world, and it’d be good if we could all take care of it, and of each other.) Personally, I’d really like a dozen new books for comfort…

Books acquired this week

This week I didn’t buy anything new, despite the temptation, though I did have a short trip to the library.

Cover of The Secret Life of the Owl by John Lewis-Stempel Cover of A Mudlarking Year by Lara Maiklem

I’ve already read The Secret Life of the Owl, since it was very quick!

Posts from this week

As usual, let’s have a bit of a roundup.

As a reminder, all my ratings are subjective and personal, about how much I liked the book. So me giving something one star doesn’t mean I think it’s awful, it means it wasn’t for me. Usually my reviews are the best way to dig into why I rated something the way I did!

What I’m reading

I’m having a fair amount of trouble reading at the moment, with being tired and overwhelmed, but I did carve out a little time to read a few books that I’ll be reviewing here at some point.

Cover of The Book Makers by Adam Smyth Cover of Murder at the British Museum by Jim Eldridge Cover of The Secret Life of the Owl by John Lewis-Stempel Cover of The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie Cover of Space Rover by Stewart Lawrence Sinclair

That’s more than I thought I’d been reading, honestly!

As for this weekend, I’ve finally started on Bitter Waters, by Vivian Shaw; other than that, I’m not sure. I’ll probably focus on reading more of the biography of Agatha Christie by Lucy Worsley.

Hope everyone’s doing alright.

Linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz, as usual!

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19 responses to “Stacking the Shelves & The Sunday Post

  1. I have been devouring books and walking in nature, my attempts to console myself in this dark time. I’ve been reading nonfiction in my attempts to understand and science fiction in my attempts to find humor in the world and picture books—just because.

    Do you have room over there for a few lost souls from this land? I’m not sure how much more Make America Great Again I can take.

    • I wish I was in more of a reading mood, but being so tired and worn out by personal stuff hasn’t helped. But we must find joy where we can to fight this kind of thing.

      Sadly, the UK has its own problems — though we did finally kick out the Conservatives, Labour aren’t a lot better, and now we have to keep the Tories out. Especially with their new leader, who is just frighteningly into the culture war stuff.

  2. We are all going through a lot here lately, yes the US but I think of those in the middle of the Russia-Ukraine conflict that are really suffering, it’s just horrible. My heart just breaks for them. This world is getting gloomier every day, so I have been reading happier books to make me smile and watching the Hallmark channel. I get very depressed as it is, I need to smile as much as I can and that is what helps me personally. My heart and prayers are with you, Nicky and everyone else that feels a bit gloomy

    • Much belated answer, due to overwhelm! Yes, there’s awful things happening in so many places, and in this interconnected world we’re more aware of them than ever, which can be both a blessing and a curse.

  3. I wish I had given birth to my daughter in Scotland back in 2013, like I wanted to. I had big plans for this weekend blog-wise, since my daughter is at her father’s house. Instead, I barely have energy to respond to comments. I feel so defeated. I had so many students asking on Wednesday if they would be sent to Mexico. Kids born here, whose parents maybe were not. It kills me.

  4. Plants, from Roots to Riches sounds like a good nonfiction read. I’m a gardener of sorts so I love all things green. Just bought a long wished for spider plant from the local farmers’ market and love it. Lots of baby spider plants hanging off the parent to replant for new ones.

  5. While I like to think I’ll curl up with books for days when I’m sad and want to be alone, really I just play Bus Jam or Candy Crush 🙁 And the elections were definitely depressing. Glad I planned a few fun things this weekend for myself, cuz I knew either way we wouldn’t make it out stress-free.

  6. Mudlarking!!! I just learned about that this past year via another book and it’s something I’d really like to do. I see that Lara Maiklem wrote another mudlarking book before the one you picked up by her, so I have marked Mudlark: In Search of London’s Past Along the River Thames to read first. Two mudlarking books!!! OMG! So excited!

  7. I’m not from the US either but you’re right, we only have one world and we should all take care of it and each other. It’s sad to see the results but I’m hopeful we’ll get through it better on the other side.

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