Stacking the Shelves & The Sunday Post

Posted August 16, 2025 by Nicky in General / 24 Comments

Weekend again, wooo! Not sure yet what (if any) plans I have, other than helping move some unpacked boxes to our storage unit and some old packaging and boxes that can’t be re-used to the tip (the house looks so much bigger now we’re getting more unpacked!). Probably mostly reading and gaming, which will be nice.

Books acquired this week

A few library books first, from an impromptu trip to the library!

Cover of Monsters: A Bestiary of the Bizarre, by Christopher Dell Cover of A Brief Atlas of the Lighthouses at the End of the World Cover of Queer as Folklore by Sacha Coward

I actually read the first two sat at a coffee shop after a long bike ride that ended with a stop at the library before going home. They were quick reads, but also I was there a while due to tiredness, ahaha.

I’ve been meaning to read Queer as Folklore for a while, so that was what I was at the library to pick up. The other two were incidental. I haven’t dug into it yet, but I’m curious for sure.

Other than that, I also got this month’s British Library Crime Classic, this time by an author I knew but not for crime fiction!

Cover of The Odd Flamingo by Nina Bawden

I’ve already finished this one; it was fun, but not special.

Posts from this week

As usual, let’s do a recap! Here go the reviews:

And other posts:

What I’m reading

It doesn’t feel like I’ve been reading a lot this week, but I did finish a few books, so let’s see the sneak peek of the ones I plan to review for the blog:

Cover of A Brief Atlas of the Lighthouses at the End of the World Cover of Monsters: A Bestiary of the Bizarre, by Christopher Dell Cover of Most Delicious Poison: From Spices to Vices - The Story of Nature's Toxins by Noah Whiteman Cover of The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton Cover of This Is Not Propaganda by Peter Pomerantsev

Not sure what I’ll be reading this weekend, but as ever, I’ll be following my whim. It might feature reading more of T. Kingfisher’s Paladin’s Strength, rereading volume three of The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System… or something else entirely.

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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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24 responses to “Stacking the Shelves & The Sunday Post

  1. I’d like to check out the Lighthouses at the Edge of the World but can only find it in Spanish via Goodreads. Will keep looking. That Turton book sounds good to me as well.

    • It does look like it might be out of print or something! It was such a random choice at the library, unfortunately I don’t know much about it.

    • I don’t do it a lot (especially since the pandemic started), but it was nice to sit outside in a shady spot and enjoy the bright weather!

  2. I didn’t know that Nina Bawden had written crime fiction either. I’ve just finished reading T. Kingfisher, I’m finding her books are hitting the spot just now. Have a great week:).

    • It was definitely an interesting one! I read it almost all in one go, I think it might’ve been a bit thinner/less satisfying if I’d given it more time/thought.

  3. Glad you are settling in well. Looks like you read some books you enjoyed!

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    • It’s a very fun idea for a mystery! I think it comes apart a bit if you think too hard about it, but I read it all in one go so it was pretty compelling.

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