Happy weekend! Yep, it’s that time again already.
Books acquired this week
After the frenzy of Christmas, you wouldn’t think I had any more room for new books (nor my friends and family any room in their budgets), but here we are: my wife got me the next two volumes of the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint manhwa, I assume to assuage my whining that the next light novel isn’t due out in translation until March.
I’ve read them already, so more volumes will probably be acquired soon, one way or another.
Posts from this week
As per usual, let’s do a little roundup! Reviews first:
- Romance manga: Love in the Palm of His Hand, vol 2, by Rinteku (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Fantasy romance (danmei): The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish, vol 3, by Xue Shan Fei Hu (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Classic mystery: Still Waters, by E.C.R. Lorac (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Non-fiction: Spinosaur Tales: The Biology and Ecology of the Spinosaurs, by David Hone & Mark P. Witton (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Non-fiction: The Far Edges of the Known World, by Owen Rees (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
Also as usual, these are reviews from my extensive backlog of reviews that I’ve written but not yet posted (something like 80 in the bank at the moment).
Other posts:
What I’m reading
Now for the preview of books I’ve read in the last week and plan to review on here! I haven’t done as much reading as I hoped, but I still made a decent start to the year!
As for this weekend, I’m not sure. More Solo Leveling, probably, and resuming reading John Rhode’s Death at Breakfast, which is a classic mystery. Other than that… who knows?
Linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz.
My plans for this weekend went south when I woke up sick, so MAYBE I will be able to get more reading in. I also added to the shelves this week…and so soon after Christmas! I hope you have a great week!
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Oof, hope you feel better soon! And that there’s a silver lining of reading time too.
Hope you have a great week!
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I’ve joined the Japanese Reading Challenge and find a lot of Japanese books with cats! Happy reading week.
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Oddly enough I had quite a few cats in my Christmas haul, one way or another! Which is weird since bunnies are ostensibly my thing, but they turn up in fiction less than you’d think.
A good amount of books read there! Even I managed to get a couple read last week!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/stacking-the-shelves-135/
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog recently posted…Stacking The Shelves
Hurrah for getting some reading in! I’ve been slow this weekend, but the books I’ve read have been worth it, so that’s nice.
Yay for more gifts!
Wishing you a great reading week
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I am very spoiled, hehe.
You too!
I love that you and your wife both give each other books. You’re lucky to have a spouse that loves to read too! (Alas, mine does not)
Hehe, I’m definitely the higher volume reader (though not always faster at a specific book/series due to the fact I read several books at once), but we share a good overlap of taste, which is always nice.
We have been traveling or we have had company so I’ve not had as much time as I like to read. But my company has gone home and we aren’t going anywhere this week, so I am hopeful that I can read some books now.
BTW, I think it’s wonderful that you have a nice flow of books into your hands. That’s just as it should be.
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Enjoy those new books!
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