Happy weekend! I’ve had a pretty good week, and even managed to get out on my bicycle for the first time in a while, meaning I’m now signed up and ready to go at the library. For now, I didn’t get any physical books out, but I’m going to look through my wishlist and hope that the Library Extension I use for my browser will pick up something the new library has available…

Books acquired this week

I didn’t get any books for my anniversary (gasp! but I did get a lovely new geeky sweater) — but I did manage to find myself some books in the bookshop, during my trip into town to register at the library, to no one’s surprise.

I also got a new ARC:

I hadn’t noticed it was PDF only, so it can’t be sent to my Kobo, which makes it a bit more awkward to read… but it does sound fun, so hopefully it’ll be alright on my older Onyx Boox device.

And finally, a hold came in on Libby:

Posts from this week

First up, the reviews!

• Historical romance: The Duke Heist, by Erica Ridley (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Fashion history: 18th-Century Fashion in Detail, by Susan North (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Poetry: Selling Manhattan, by Carol Ann Duffy (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
• Graphic novels: The All-Nighter, vol 3, by Chip Zdarsky et al (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
• Fantasy romance: The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter (light novel), vol 2, by Yatsuki Wakutsu (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Children’s fantasy: Finn Family Moomintroll, by Tove Jansson (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• History: The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages, by Sara J. Charles (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)

And of course some other posts:

• Top Ten Tuesday: British Library Crime Classics
• WWW Wednesday

What I’m reading

As ever, let’s start with a sneak peek at the books I’ve finished this week which I intend to review on the blog. I did also do a couple of rereads, which I’m not going to review again, so it’s been a busy reading week!

As for reading this weekend, hmmm. I want to get on with reading Most Delicious Poison (Noah Whiteman), which I’m finding a touch frustrating, but has plenty of fascinating chemistry in it. I also want to dig into my new volumes of Solo Leveling, and probably start on T. Kingfisher’s Paladin’s Strength.

So there’s plenty of options as always… we’ll see what happens!

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