Oof, that was a busy week! I’ve been making up for it so far this weekend by lazing around: I don’t usually wait so late in the day to compose my weekend post. So without further ado…

Books acquired this week

I didn’t do much shopping while I was in London, since it was a flying visit, but while I was waiting for my train home in the evening, I did pop into Hatchard’s in St Pancras International. I actually had some credit for free books on my Waterstones card, and of course you can use that at Hatchard’s too.

In other words, it was inevitable! I got a few new non-fiction books:

I’ve been looking at the first two for a bit, the first because of my interest in fashion history, and the second because I love that kind of popular history. As far as The Black Death goes… well, given I was in London to receive my MSc in Infectious Diseases, it seemed only right, since the book was right there and so appropriate.

I did pick up a couple of fiction books I’ve been curious about, as well:

I’ve been curious about The Murder at World’s End since I saw it in the shop and then only a couple of days later saw Mogsy’s (very enthusiastic) review; I dove into that one almost right away, and I’m enjoying it so far. Thistlemarsh is one I’ve mostly seen on people’s wishlists, and haven’t seen many reviews (if any?) for yet.

Posts from this week

I didn’t post quite as much this week as usual, since there was no Let’s Talk Bookish prompt, and I was too busy on a couple of days. Still, there’s plenty to round up even so! Reviews first:

• Fantasy mystery: The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society, by C.M. Waggoner (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
• Mystery: Murder at Gulls Nest, by Jess Kidd (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
• Non-fiction: Boring Postcards USA, by Martin Parr (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
• Romance manga: Do You Really Want Only a Meal? vol 2, by Yasu Tadano (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
• Fantasy manga: Delicious in Dungeon, vol 1, by Ryoko Kui (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)

As ever, some of these reviews have been waiting in the wings for a while, since I have a huge backlog of reviews written and not yet posted, and I try to mix things up rather than dump sixteen reviews of a manga series in one go, ahaha.

And of course, there were other posts this week:

• Fantasy with Friends: Future Classics
• Top Ten Tuesday: Power Couples
• What Are You Reading Wednesday
• April Reading Wrap-Up

Really, I think I kept busy enough around here, ahaha.

What I’m reading

It’s been a mixed week, reading-wise; I read quite a bit last weekend, and then only 20 minutes or so per day for the last couple of days. As ever, I have a sneak peek at the books I’ve finished this week which I plan to review:

Lots of non-fiction, as you see! I’m hoping to settle down to some fiction this weekend and finish S.L. Huang’s The Water Outlaws, and I’ve already found myself quite drawn to The Murder at World’s End, so I’ll probably focus on those two. I do want to read more of Kate Strasdin’s Dressing the Queen… and I’ve vowed to finish Gareth Russell’s Queen James as well.

Quite the stack I have before me — oh nooo, what shall I do, etc.

Hope everyone’s got a fun and/or relaxing weekend planned!

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.