Happy weekend! And happy reading time? Well, for some of us at least.
Books acquired this week
I had no intention of getting anything this week, except maybe some more poetry from the library, but then I realised that volume three of the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint novel was out… and volume ten of the manhwa. How is a person of flesh and blood supposed to resist?
I did also get some more poetry from the library, since I’m trying to use some short books to fill gaps in my day, so there they are:
I’ve already dug into two of those, so I’m sure I’ll have more loans soon. Hurrah for libraries!
Posts from this week
First the review posts, as per usual:
- Horror graphic novel: Home Sick Pilots, vol 3: Three Chords and the End of the World, by Dan Watters et al (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Fantasy: The Grendel Affair, by Lisa Shearin (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
- Fantasy: Solo Leveling light novel, vol 4, by Chugong (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Mystery: The Murder at World’s End, by Ross Montgomery (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
- Non-fiction: The Meteorite Hunters, by Joshua Howgego (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Non-fiction: Craftland: A Journey through Britain’s Lost Arts & Vanishing Trades, by James Fox (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Poetry:Â Somewhere There is a Sky for Us, ed. Joelle Taylor (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
As ever, these aren’t necessarily recent reads, since I store up reviews to spread out the genres I’m posting about as much as possible. See below for the books I’ve been reading this week!
And of course there have been some other posts:
What I’m reading
Things are still a bit quiet on the reading front, and let’s admit it, it’s at least partly due to my newfound special interest in hidden object games. Oh well: I don’t read as part of a curriculum or obligation or whatever, but for my own enjoyment… and these things come and go. And I did do quite a bit of reading this week all the same — here are the books I finished!
This weekend I’m planning to finish up An Ancient Witch’s Guide to Modern Dating and A History of the World in 50 Pieces, for the latter of which I might switch to audiobook, especially if the audiobook has any snippets of the actual pieces. I’m being somewhat hindered in following the text by not knowing all the music, and there doesn’t seem to be a handy playlist or anything.
Other than that, I do also want to dig into volume ten of the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint manhwa, and probably read another couple of shortish reads: a manga or comic, probably, and another poetry collection (the Mimi Khalvati collection is rather calling to me).
That said, I might be slowed up this weekend by the arrival of yarn for a new crochet project. It’s been a while, but I ended up sorely tempted by this beautiful pattern, and I didn’t see any reason not to give it a shot. Listening to the audiobook of A History of the World in 50 Pieces might be a good accompaniment to that, once I’ve got started and sorted out my initial stitch count. The whole width is worked for each row, so I’ll want to concentrate to make sure I get that right.
And of course, I’m sure I’ll be playing plenty of hidden object and puzzle games, too!
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.
Leave a Reply