Happy weekend! I had a bit of a bleh week, so I’m determined to fill the weekend with joy, books, and video games.

Books acquired this week

First up, and somewhat inevitably, I really, really needed book three after finishing book two, so I snagged the next volume of After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine…

I’ve already plunged in, of course! I’m going to be so sad, having to wait until November for volume four… but I hear in this volume some of the slow burn pays off.

I did also borrow two poetry collections from the National Poetry Library, so here those are:

And that’s it for this week, since I’m still very much in “reading the backlog” mode to try to make space for birthday books. (Not so much physical space, there’s still plenty, but given I limit the number of books I can buy in the current year without starting them.)

Posts from this week

As ever, let’s do a bit of a roundup of my posts from the week. It’s been another busy one!

First, the book reviews:

• Historical mystery: A Case of Fear and Favour, by Sally Smith (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Essays: Winter Hours, by Mary Oliver (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
• Manga: Cat + Gamer, vol 2, by Wataru Nadatani (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
• Fantasy novella: A Palace Near the Wind, by Ai Jiang (1/5 stars, “didn’t like it”)
• Fantasy romance: Mistakenly Saving the Villain, vol 1, by Feng Yu Nie (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
• Classic mystery: The Magic-Lantern Murders, by Carter Dickson (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)

As ever, three stars isn’t a bad rating, and I didn’t read these books this week. I wrote the reviews weeks/months ago when I read the books, but spread out when I post them to give a variety. If you want to check out what I’ve been reading this week, it’s the next section below!

And non-review posts:

• July Reading Wrap-Up
• Fantasy with Friends: Fantastical Sidekicks
• Top Ten Tuesday: Danmei and Baihe Covers
• What Are You Reading Wednesday
• Book Blogger Hop: Writer, Reader, Editor?

What I’m reading

It’s been a quieter week reading-wise than I’d expected/intended, given the bleh feeling… but oh well! I was also working on ongoing reads of some slow-paced non-fiction, so it’s not as “bad” as it looks, even though three of these are very short. Here are the books I’ve finished this week:

As for this weekend, as usual I have many plans involving reading some manga, finishing volume three of After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine, finishing the non-fiction I’m reading, etc. Game-wise, I’m planning to finish Whisper of the House, which is a cute game combining Unpacking-style organisation and some exploration… and of course, play some Final Fantasy XIV.

But in the end, it’ll be wherever my whim takes me, of course!

Hope everyone else has 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.