Stacking the Shelves & The Sunday Post

Posted December 14, 2024 by Nicky in General / 27 Comments

A busy week for me, on the book front! Life-wise things have been mostly calm, just work and studying and so on, as per usual.

Books acquired this week

I didn’t expect to acquire any books this week, but… that’s not how it turned out, ahaha. First up, some library holds came in…

Cover of The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke Cover of Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent

Aaand then I also got an early Christmas present from my bosses at Postcrossing, and of course it was also time for the British Library Crime Classic release, meaning I got the new one via my subscription.

Cover of Around the World in 80 Birds by Mike Unwin Cover of Tea on Sunday by Lettice Cooper

And then while straightening out my wishlist right before setting my wife loose on it for Christmas presents, I picked up a couple of ebooks that were going cheap aaaand I also purchased a new light novel on a whim, just to see what this series is like.

  Cover of The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields Cover of This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher Cover of An Education in Malice by S.E. Gibson Cover of My Happy Marriage, by Akumi Agitomi

As you see, I’ve given myself plenty to keep me busy until Christmas (and beyond)!

Posts from this week

Time for the usual roundup! Reviews first, as ever:

And just one non-review post, my What Are You Reading Wednesday update.

What I’m reading

As ever, here’s a sneak peek at the books I finished reading this week which I plan to review on the blog! As you can see, it’s been another busy week, helped along by novellas and manga.

Cover of The Apothecary Diaries volume 1, by Natsu Hyuuga Cover of The River has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar Cover of Murder at the Ashmolean by Jim Eldridge Cover of The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older Cover of A Side Character's Love Story vol 8 by Akane Tamura

Cover of A Side Character's Love Story vol 9 by Akane Tamura Cover of The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke Cover of The Big Four by Agatha Christie Cover of Immortal Red Sonja vol 1 by Dan Abnett et al Cover of The Dead of winter by Sarah Clegg

Cover of A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation vol 1 by Misaki and Momochi Cover of A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation vol 2 by Misaki and Momochi Cover of Cruel Winter With You by Ali Hazelwood

I’m going to be reading more of A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation this weekend for sure, but what else…? Probably some more of A Side Character’s Love Story, and finishing up with Michael Waters’ The Other Olympians, my current serious read, which is about the fascist and specifically Nazi origins of sex testing in sport.

But, as ever, it depends on my whims in the moment.

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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27 responses to “Stacking the Shelves & The Sunday Post

  1. I ought to look into the British Classic Crime Classics. Is the subscription for Kindle books or physical books? I have book envy today , hahaha

    • The subscription is for the physical books! They each come with a bookmark (usually) and something like a poster, postcard, reproduction of a map, etc. It’s direct from the British Library, and each month’s book is whatever they’ve newly published that month (so you don’t get the backlist this way).

      They also often have them up on Kindle Unlimited, at least on the UK version, which can be handy when travelling and such.

  2. I couldn’t resist Around the World in 80 Birds either. I read The Wood at Midwinter yesterday. I was surprised when it arrived, as I wasn’t expecting such a short book. It ended rather abruptly for me. I think I expected a little more.

    • The whole series is really pretty, so I was eager to get my hands on this one!

      And yeah, same experience with The Wood at Midwinter, sadly.

  3. The Around the World in 80 Birds looks delightful. I’ve got it reserved. Also, good to hear about the British Library subscription. I’m going to look into that! Happy Holidays!

  4. Wow so busy! And so many books! Ergh I try to get my partner to do a wishlist but he doesn’t like anything. Anything that he does like I do the gallent thing and let other people get it for him as he is so difficult to buy for. In the end I just get lots of silly little bits and it’s his own fault

    Have a great week!

    Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
    My post:
    https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/14/stacking-the-shelves-library-loot-27/

  5. Nice haul! I personally couldn’t get into This Will be Fun despite liking the premise. That bird book sounds interesting as well as The Honey Witch, will have to look those up. I am currently listening to the first Malka Older book after I got reminded of it thanks to one of your Sunday Posts, I am almost done with it. I hope the series continues to be good.
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    • Ooh, I do enjoy the Mossa and Pleiti books, I hope you love them all!

      I’m not sure if This Will Be Fun will be 100% my thing, but it was worth a try at that price, hehe.

  6. My reading depends on whims too. I start so many books but if it doesn’f fit my mood, I move on to another for the time being.
    Have a good week.

  7. Around the World in 80 Birds looks amazing! I’m glad to see your review for Murder in the Book Shop since I’d been thinking of reading it. Now, I won’t!

  8. I try very hard not to be as biased as I am but I can’t help it, I’m just drawn to any book with the word Witch in the title. The Honey Witch sounds good, and the cover looks good too! I hope you enjoy it!

  9. I have to avoid the ebook sales so I only put paperback on my wishlist. I have hundreds of books on my Kindle I’ve never read because of ebook sales.

    Lots of great reads here. My daughter doesn’t read blogs often but I will send her a link to yours. She loves manga and has been trying to get some of her older kids into it.

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