Good afternoon! I’m writing this in somewhat of a hurry, as I have a date with a bunch of library holds waiting for pickup, but let’s see…

What have you recently finished reading?

I juuust finished the second volume of the light novel The Apothecary Diaries (not the manga). I really liked it, and it really turns out that I shouldn’t have gone to bed last night without spending another 5-10 minutes to finish it, because my brain kept oooon turning over the conclusion of the story, wondering if I’d understood what was going to happen right. (I had.)

I guess I need to order volume four, lest I mainline volume three just as quickly.

What are you currently reading?

I’m a chunk of the way into the third Hilary Tamar book, The Sirens Sang of Murder, by Sarah Caudwell. I’m really enjoying this series and its wit, and this pack of ridiculous lawyers. I have posted jokingly elsewebs that I think it’s very rude of the author to have only written four books in this series, and to have died, and I maintain the joke while feeling compelled to remind everyone firmly that it is, indeed, a joke. (Yes, someone took me seriously and yelled about it.)

The introduction to this one was very tantalising and I’m very curious how Julia’s going to get arrested. Again.

I’m also reading The Unmaking of June Farrow, by Adrienne Young, but it’s not really sticking with me… and Unlikeable Female Characters, by Anna Bogutskaya, which I’m finding frustratingly obvious (which makes me re-evaluate how much I liked her book on horror).

What will you be reading next?

Signs generally point to the next (and last) Hilary Tamar book, honestly. It’s comparatively rare for me to read a series in close sequence, but these books have been suiting my mood beautifully. There are also a number of books I need to get to for the “BookSpin” and “BookSpinBingo” challenges on Litsy, though, so I might pick up one of those.

How about you?!