Sadly, this week one of my rabbits died (RIP Hulk, aged 12), so I’m not feeling super chipper. I’ll get to replies when I can, but it might not be over the weekend. Sorry folks.

Books acquired this week

My wife swung by the library for my hold for me — I’ve had this on hold since mid-October, for a reading challenge that’s now ended, but ah well. People have been very keen about it, so I’m curious.

Posts from this week

Let’s do a round-up, as usual! I’ve continued working on posting some of my backlogged reviews, so there are a few extra.

• Classic crime: Death in High Heels, by Christianna Brand (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
• Non-fiction: Tir: The Story of the Welsh Landscape, by Carwyn Graves (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Horror novella: Nothing but Blackened Teeth, by Cassandra Khaw (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
• Fantasy romance: The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish, vol 1, by Xue Shan Fei Hu (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Romance manga: A Beast’s Love is Like The Moon, by Guri Nojiro (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
• Short mysteries: As If By Magic: Locked-Room Mysteries and Other Miraculous Crimes, ed. Martin Edwards (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Non-fiction: The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry, by David Musgrove & Michael Lewis (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Poetry: Death of a Naturalist, by Seamus Heaney (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Historical romance: One Night in Hartswood, by Emma Denny (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)

As usual, for some of these it’s been weeks/months since I read them, due to the way I try to post a mixture of review genres, and the many, many reviews I have ready to post. For this week’s reading, check below!

What I’m reading

It’s not been the best week for reading — though I’ve finished a bunch of books, they’re mostly manga/graphic novels — but oh well, such are my whims and needs, and I go with them. Here’s a sneak peek of the books I finished this week and plan to review on the blog, as usual.

For the weekend… I’m not sure what I’ll read. I haven’t been much in the mood for it (for obvious reasons), but I started on a new book and was suddenly quite into that, so maybe I’ll finish it: it was a bit of a random choice from my Kobo Plus borrows, Clues to Christabel by Mary Fitt. I’m also partway through another murder mystery, Death in Ambush, so I’d like to finish that. Aaaand some more Dinosaur Sanctuary, probably!

If I can get into a book, that would obviously be great and comforting, but if it doesn’t happen… well. That’s fine too.

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