Happy new year! Yep, time for the first STS/Sunday Post of 2025. It’s been a busy week for me and 2025 has so far been tired and meh, on balance. I don’t believe that that has to set the tone for the whole year, luckily!
A bright spot (as ever) is books, so let’s get to talking about those…
Books acquired this week
Time for the second installment of my Christmas haul (the first part being last week’s post here)! Here’s a selection of the non-fiction…
As ever, a weird mix, as ever! I’m trying to decide where to start, since I’m a bit spoiled for choice…
And the fiction selection:
I really liked the sound of all these — I’m hoping I’ll be in the mood to continue Rebecca Thorne’s series soon, since I know the third book is out relatively soon (and the fourth in August, I think?). But as ever, I’m going to let my whim guide me!
Posts from this week
As ever, let’s have a bit of a recap. I’ve stepped up my posting schedule a bit due to a backlog of reviews (though mostly for graphic novels and manga!), so there was plenty going on!
- Christmas romance comic: Snowflake Kisses, by Jordan Greene & Yayira Dzamesi (3/5 stars)
- Classic mystery: Dramatic Murder, by Elizabeth Anthony (4/5 stars)
- Archaeology: Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King, by Mike Pitts (3/5 stars)
- Romance manga: A Side Character’s Love Story, vol 5, by Akane Tamura (4/5 stars)
- Science/history: Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps and Matter, by Matthew Shindell (5/5 stars)
- Horror novella: Crypt of the Moon Spider, by Nathan Ballingrud (2/5 stars)
- Historical mystery: Murder at the Ashmolean, by Jim Eldridge (2/5 stars)
And there were a couple of other posts!
What I’m reading
As ever, time for a sneak peek at the books I’ve finished recently which will be coming up for review… eventually (I mentioned that backlog, right?!).
For this weekend, I want to really settle into my 2025 reading! Only one of the books just above was read in 2025; I’m a bit bogged down in my second read, Jonathan Silvertown’s Selfish Genes to Social Beings. I’m hoping to finish that and read a couple of volumes of A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation, at the least!
But we’ll see how it goes… How’s everyone’s 2025 so far?
Linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz, as usual!
Sounds like you’ll be busy….Enjoy your reading in 2025!
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Yep, always a never-ending TBR to enjoy, haha. 😀
Great haul! Sheeplands looks like a book I should pick up, as well. Happy reading!
I’m quite enthused about it! I hope it takes it fully seriously without any stupid Welsh jokes. Or if there are any, they better be good ones.
I will be very curious to see what you think of Cull of the Wild. I wonder if it is a book that my naturalist group book club would like. I’m also curious about The Green Ages.
I hope you are able to settle into your 2025 reading this weekend.
I think I came across that Cull of the Wild on Shepherd; it’s a topic I’m very interested in, and not sure what I think about it, so looking forward to it! I hope it reflects the nuance in the subject.
The Victorian Female Detective keeps catching my eye when I see it on people’s lists. I hope you like it!
Heh, same, that’s why I put it on my wishlist! I’m very curious.
What a big book haul. I haven’t heard of any of the books so I am no help in helping you which to read first.
I’m spoiled for choice, but I’m sure I’ll manage, haha.
Sheepland looks cute and educational at the same time. For 2025 I started reading my first true crime novel ever and so far it’s been a creepy good time.
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I’m looking forward to reading it! And ooh, sounds good. 😀
I hope you consider signing up for the Nonfiction Reader Challenge, those great 6 nonfiction titles you hauled put you at the Nipper level without any additional effort on your part!
Your fiction titles are terrific too.
Wishing you a great reading week
I’m not really interested in challenges at the moment, as I’ve mentioned before, but thanks for reminding me about it. 🙂
Sheeplands looks really interesting!! I read The Teller of Small Fortunes before Christmas. I really enjoyed it! I hope you do as well!
I’m looking forward to it, it sounds lovely!
oh you got The Teller of Small Fortunes. I loved it and your cover is different, still lovely.
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I’m looking forward to that one, I hear lovely things!
Sometimes the more choices we have, the harder it is to choose. It looks like you have some great books there, Nicky! I haven’t started the Rebecca Thorne series, but I have the first two books when I’m ready. I hope you are enjoying your reading so far this year. I feel like I haven’t made enough time to read and need to carve out more reading time. Hopefully once the year falls into a regular rhythm it’ll be easier to do. Have a good week and Happy New Year!
Yep, I’m terrible for that. XD So many options. But mostly it’s life stuff been keeping reading a bit quieter so far this year.
What a fabulous collection of nonfiction! I’ve added them all to my must read list. Happy reading in 2025!