Whew, it’s the weekend! It’s been a long week, since my teeth issues haven’t entirely settled; we’re hoping it’s a bite issue that will start to settle soon… Anyway, let’s jump into the good stuff.

Books acquired this week

First up, two library holds came in, which my wife kindly picked up for me since my wrist is still in no shape for cycling:

I can’t actually what prompted me to put a hold on There Is No Antimemetics Division? Maybe a review in New Scientist, I think? Anyway, I was curious about it — and I’ve had a hold on Mythica forever, since I love the idea of it.

I got a book to review this week, too — requesting it was a long shot, so I was very pleased to receive a copy.

I’ve really enjoyed Emma Southon’s work before, so I’m looking forward to this.

I also snagged two guides for London just to see if there were some niche joys that we might explore. Predictably, I went for museums and bookshops…

I’ve reviewed both of those already and posted that here, while it’s topical!

Posts from this week

Reviews first!

• Non-fiction: Repast: The Story of Food, by Jenny Linford (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
• Graphic novel: DPS Only! by Velinxi (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Fantasy romance: Stay for a Spell, by Amy Coombe (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• SF mystery novella: Nobody’s Baby, by Olivia Waite (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Poetry: Wain, by Rachel Plummer with illustrations by Helene Boppert (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
• Non-fiction: Hadrian’s Wall, by Adrian Goldsworthy (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
• Non-fiction: Opinionated Guides to London… Museums & Bookshops, by Emmy Watts and Sonya Barber & James Manning (4/5, “really liked it”, and 3/5 stars, “liked it”, respectively)

And some other posts:

• Fantasy with Friends: Oz
• Top Ten Tuesday: Green Covers
• WWW Wednesday

What I’m reading

I’ve been head-down in some quite long books this week, but I do have some finished books to report. Here’s a sneak peek at the books coming up for review… eventually.

As for this weekend, I’d like to finish Steve Roud’s Folk Song in England before I go away on Monday, since it’s a chonker of a book… and I’d like to finish R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis as well. Other than that, I don’t know, though.

Linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz, and It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? at The Book Date.