Happy weekend, folks! I have plans for the day, so I’m looking forward to that… but I’m hoping for a quiet Sunday to go with it. For now, let’s look at my week in books, though it’s been a pretty quiet one.
Books acquired this week
I thought I hadn’t got anything, but actually I was wrong! I got offered the first one to review, and I’ve been curious about this author for a while and enjoying other pre-release reviews. Plus, my British Library Crime Classic for this month arrived!
I’ve already tucked into Puzzles of the Parish, since short stories sounded exactly my speed this week. What a contrast in those covers, ahaha.
Posts from this week
First up as always, the reviews:
- Fashion history: Japanese Dress in Detail, by Josephine Rout (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Poetry: A Dress of Locusts, by Safa Khatib (1/5 stars, “didn’t like it”)
- Romance manga: The Stranger in the Hoarding House, by Joe Aruku (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
- Manga: Dinosaur Sanctuary, vol 4, by Itaru Kinoshita (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Fantasy short stories: Seasons of Glass & Iron, by Amal El-Mohtar (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
None of these were read this week, since I have a long backlog of reviews ready to post and try to mix it up and keep a range ready to post!
Other posts:
- Fantasy with Friends: Series or Standalones
- Top Ten Tuesday: Handwriting on Covers
- What Are You Reading Wednesday
- Let’s Talk Bookish: Pride Month Reading
What I’m reading
This week, the line-up of books I’ve finished is very small, because I’ve been busy with a new work thing and also just letting my brain rest and do whatever in my downtime. I did finish one book, though — a random pick from Kobo Plus!
I’m not sure how much reading I’ll get done today, since I’ll be out for most of it, but I hope to finish Puzzles of the Parish. Other than that, I’d like to finish up volume two of Mistakenly Saving the Villain, but we’ll see! I’m still trying to let myself settle down and just read whatever’s fun to me in the moment.
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.
Sounds like a solid week! Thank you for sharing.
Stopping in from Sunday Salon: https://brewingcoffeetwistingwordsbreakingpencils.ca/2026/06/12/the-daily-pour/
Have fun today! I’ve had a strange reading week myself. I just finished a book I didn’t like much, and then couldn’t get into the one I picked up after that, so ended up switching again.
The contrast of covers is certainly very stark. I sometimes need to read short stories because I am too distracted to pay attention to longer books. Cheers!
Both those books look good. Enjoy your quiet day today. We are also having a quieter day today cleaning the house to get it ready for upcoming birthday parties. When I say cleaning I mean cleaning the carpets and sofa so big things
Have a great weekend!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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I planned to have a quiet day, but my brother came down for a visit. I hope you will read the dragon book soon and report back to us!
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I love that reading what sounds good at the moment. Because I take ARCs and I want them, so I hold my self to reviewing usually within a week of release. But this month and next I didn’t have as many ARCs I selected so I was able to do a bit of picking things I own or from the library that I just want to read.
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
John Wiswell books always have such fun covers!
I’ve had the Rubenstein book on my TBR for aaaaages but out ibrary doesn’t have it.