Happy weekend! And I’m glad to see it, especially since it’s going to be a pretty busy week ahead. Gotta soak up some relaxation now!
Books acquired this week
A couple of books I was excited about came out this week, but so far I’ve stuck to one — and everyone who knows me is very thankful I managed to get a copy, because when Bookshop.org didn’t have it on the release date and Waterstones turned out to not even be listing it as a book that exists, I was very pouty. Buuut Bookshop.org had copies a day after release, so, whew.
I dived in already… and accidentally flicked ahead and saw a new and confusing character name?! So I’m not sure where this is going, and I might regret not waiting for the last book in October.
I did also get an ARC and a library book, which I allllmost forgot about because I’ve already finished both of them!
And that’s everything… for now.
Posts from this week
Let’s do a bit of a recap: reviews first, as usual!
- SF manga: Dinosaur Sanctuary, vol 6, by Itaru Kinoshita (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Graphic novel: Navigating with You, by Jeremy Whitley, Cassio Ribeiro & Nikki Foxrobot (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Myth retelling: Daedalus is Dead, by Seamus Sullivan (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Fantasy romance (danmei): Guardian, vol 2, by Priest (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Non-fiction: Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries, by Stephanie Boonstra & Campbell Price (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
As ever, most of these are books I read a while ago, since I hold reviews back to make sure I get a good mix of genres, rather than flooding everyone with 250 manga reviews at once. (Not quite literally, but the backlog of graphic novel and manga/manhwa/manhua reviews is longer than any other genre.)
As for the other posts from this week:
- Fantasy with Friends: Reading Order
- Top Ten Tuesday: Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2026
- What Are You Reading Wednesday
- June Reading Wrap-Up
And if it tempts you, the June wrap-up has a photo of my bunnies and of my crochet project progress!
What I’m reading
I read a whole bunch of books last weekend, and then slowed down a bit during the week, but it’s definitely been a good week for reading. I got a blackout on the BookSpinBingo challenge from Litsy for the first time in a while, and generally felt really happy and energised about reading, hurrah!
So, a quick peek at the covers of the books I finished and intend to review on the blog…
Considering I haven’t finished a book since Tuesday, that’s quite the collection of titles — I hadn’t quite realised how much I was reading. Here’s hoping this weekend is good for reading too: I know I’m going to read more of Mistakenly Saving the Villain vol 3, and I’d like to finish Charlotte Booth’s Lost Voices of the Nile. Other than that, I’ve got back to Stephanie Burgis’ Wooing the Witch Queen, and have a couple of other non-fiction books on the go that I’ll probably dip in and out of.
I also want to find plenty of time for crochet and gaming, of course, so we’ll see exactly where my whims take me this week! Maybe it’ll be somewhere completely different to what I expect right now, and that’d be fine.
Hope everyone’s had a good week!
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.
Ooh that’s a lot of finished books! I’m just trying to finish one this weekend, ha ha
I’m not sure how it happened! I don’t think I’ll be repeating the feat this week, haha.
I hope that you have a relaxing weekend before the week ahead.
Interesting looking books. Waterstones has been disappointing me lately.
Have a great weekend!
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Thanks!
It was so weird — they have book four listed for preorder, but no listing of book three at all…
Have a great week!
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Thanks!
I have no clue what Mistakenly Saving the Villain is about, but by the title… I have a feeling it’s going to be a very interesting read. <3
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It’s a fun series! Honestly the title is a good mini-summary of the story, haha.
All of your acquired books have such incredible covers. I added Daedalus is Dead to my TBR list. Since we’ve been listening to Stephen Fry’s books on the Greek myths, I think I would enjoy other versions or spin-offs.
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I liked it quite a lot, it took a while to reveal the sting in the tail, but when it did I thought it was super well done.
That’s a lot of books, especially considering the fact that you haven’t finished a book since Tuesday. You always share books that surprise and delight me!
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It was a busy weekend of reading, hahaha.
Find Me Where it Ends sounds and looks quite interesting for sure!
That is alot of books you have finished! Good luck with getting caught up on all the reviews!
Thank you for stopping by my post.
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With Find Me Where It Ends, I ended up rating it higher than I originally had after thinking about it, but I stand by all the trigger warnings I mentioned before!
Happy Sunday!
Thanks for dropping by.
The Home Child caught my attention. It sounds good!
I liked it! I don’t read a lot of verse novels, and I wasn’t sure what I’d think at first, but it comes together pretty well.
Such a great round up. I love the covers all so pretty. Have a great week!
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Thanks! And yeah, I was thinking while posting it was a good week for nice covers!
That’s a lot of reading over a few days! I hope you don’t regret reading Mistakenly Saving The Villain
Thanks for sharing your week, happy reading!
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On one level I know I won’t regret it, ahaha, but I’m so anxious for the last book now…
OMG I am SO HAPPY that you got that one book you were stressing over!!!! Thank you, bookshop.org for coming through!!!
Do you remember details from books you read? Even when you read a ton of them like that? I, sadly, do not. Not even if it’s just one book. I have to make a note of how the book even ended because I won’t remember as soon as the book is closed.
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Haha I was so relieved when I saw it! I’d been marking the days until the book came out.
I do usually! It depends though — ‘meh’ books tend not to stick with me very well…
I know what you mean about the baglog of reviews. I should just drop everything and write once I am done with a book or I lose the momentum.
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Actually, as I’ve mentioned before when you’ve commented about this, mine are all written! I just release them in a different order, to maintain some diversity of titles.
The number of books you finished makes up for my not having finished any books last week! 🙂
Haha, I think I was compensating for my own quiet weeks recently, too!
You had a great reading week! I hope this week is a good one.
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Your bookshop.org book cover is so pretty! My reading fluctuates during the week too, sometimes I’m a reading beast and sometimes I barely wanna pick anything up. I’m also between video games so legit a whole mess over here haha!
Go have a great week and thanks to stopping by from the sunday post!!!
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Definitely, after work sometimes it’s just time to vegetate, haha.
Looks like some good books! But yeah, it can be frustrating to know you have to wait for the next one in a series and then wonder if you should just hold off and wait till they are out and read together. Hope you have a good week!
At least with danmei I know the original series is finished so it’s just the translation that needs to be published… that tends to mean the books come out quickly.
You’re doing great with your reading. The Barnes N Nobles we go to has a large manga section and the covers are always eye catching. I’m in the middle of a corner to corner crochet blanket lately, but it has just been so hot I haven’t picked it up. Enjoy your week!
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Corner to corner crochet is a lot of fun! But yeah, crocheting a blanket in summer is… not always ideal, haha.
YAY for reading!! I hope this week is also a reading week. 🙂
Not so far, haha, but maybe it’ll pick up!
I’m glad you found your book!
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