Stacking the Shelves & The Sunday Post

Posted August 15, 2026 by Nicky in General / 0 Comments

Happy weekend! With my birthday coming up on Thursday 20th, this is my last push to tidy up my TBR a bit ready for birthday books… Wish me luck.

Books acquired this week

I’m still trying to whittle things down so I can get books for my birthday, but I did get a couple of manga this week for some lighter reading!

My Younger Knight Takes Care of Me in Another World is a bit of a silly series (and a very clear ripoff of The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter), but it was a fun palate cleanser. As for Love in the Palm of His Hand, I hadn’t realised that volume three had been out for a while, so I eagerly snagged that!

And of course, my British Library Crime Classic subscription book came in:

This is a new-to-me author, so I’m curious!

Posts from this week

There’s been plenty of wordcount posted on the blog this week and I wouldn’t blame anyone who waits for the roundups or couldn’t keep up this time! So here’s the rundown, reviews first:

Non-fiction: Dressing the Queen: Two Hundred Years of Makers and Monarchy, by Kate Strasdin (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
Poetry: Ambush at Still Lake, by Caroline Bird (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
Manga: Cat + Gamer, vol 3, by Wataru Nadatani (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
Romantasy: An Ancient Witch’s Guide to Modern Dating, by Cecilia Edward (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
Non-fiction: 100 Unforgettable Dresses, by Hal Rubenstein (2/5 stars, “it was okay”)
Children’s graphic novel: I’m a Dumbo Octopus! A Graphic Guide to Cephalopods, by Anne Lambelet (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
Fantasy: The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean (3/5 stars, “liked it”)

As usual, don’t forget that most of these reviews are for books I read weeks or months ago, because I pre-write the reviews and post them in a spread-out way to provide variety. Also, 3/5 is a perfectly good rating, since for me it means “liked it”, and I give 5/5 rarely!

And of course, the other posts:

What I’m reading

First, as always, a quick preview of the books I’ve finished this week which I plan to review on the blog:

And as for my plans for this weekend… well, my birthday/holiday trip approaches, with just three working days left, so I really need to get my read on if I want to finish some more books in order to clear the decks for the trip. I’m planning on finishing up Shen Tao’s The Poet Empress, reading my new British Library Crime Classic, and… I’m not sure what else. Lots, hopefully!

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

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.