Happy weekend! Despite my recent book sprees, this weekend I’m off to a book shop (or four) after a long week, while Lisa’s going to a spinning skill-share session in honour of Worldwide Spin in Public Day. After all, I have some book vouchers I could spend! So, um, maybe I will have even more goodies next time we meet here.
For now, let’s get to this week’s roundup…
Books I’ve acquired this week
I haven’t bought anything since my birthday spree (see the last three StS posts, which cover all that), but I did get two books for review this week, and one book via my British Library Crime Classics subscription.
I’m saving Our Cut of Salt for October, since it fits beautifully into the spooky theme of the Haunted Shelf readathon — but I’ve already dug into The Double Dorothy and Eat, Drink and Be Murdered, and indeed polished them off.
(If you’re curious about Haunted Shelf, it’s running this year on Litsy and Discord, and all the details are at the link above.)
Posts from this week
As ever, I’ve been posting aplenty, so here’s the usual roundup! Reviews first:
- Manga: Cat + Gamer, vol 6, by Wataru Nadatani (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
- Fantasy: Brimstone Slipstream, by Matt Weber (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
- Mystery: Suicide Excepted, by Cyril Hare (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Art history: Twelve Caesars, by Mary Beard (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Fantasy manhwa: Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, vol 2, by Sleepy-C, Umi & singNsong (4/5 stars, “really liked it”)
- Poetry: Love Sonnets & Elegies, by Louise Labé (3/5 stars, “liked it”)
As ever, don’t forget that even 2/5 stars is a book that I found “okay”, and when I say 3/5 stars means “liked it”, I’m not joking! And as per usual, these aren’t books I’ve necessarily read recently, since I have a huge backlog of pre-written reviews that I post slowly to avoid spamming everyone.
With that, let’s move on to the other posts:
- Fantasy with Friends: Fantasy and Tech
- Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I’ve Met
- What Are You Reading Wednesday
- Book Blogger Hop: Overlooked Book
Comments on any of my posts are always welcome, of course, even if they’re older!
What I’m reading
I’ve been focusing on just reading according to my whim, and that’s been paying off this week with a bit of a pick-up in the number of books I finished. There have been some disappointing moments (Illumino, sadly), but mostly I’ve had a fun week, enjoying all of my other reads. Here are the books I’ve finished this week:
This weekend, I’m not actually sure what I might read; I only have one book on the go at the moment, the third volume of The Villain’s White Halo. I’ll probably spend some time with that, and otherwise… who knows? As ever, I’ll stick with my whims.
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.
I’ll be checking out Suicide Excepted. I always pay attention when you rate something a 4/5 when it’s in one of my preferred genres.
Olivia recently posted…Weekly Reading Update 9-19-2026
It was pretty clever! I didn’t love the first book in the series as much, but I’ll definitely be reading more by Cyril Hare.
Wow, you’ve already read The Double Dorothy? I’m really looking forward to it. I’m hoping to read Our Cut of Salt this week. Enjoy your books!
Yup, had a bubblebath and mainlined it on Friday night, hahaha.
You’ve clearly been having loads of reading fun this week – I love the look of Eat, Drink and Be Murdered:)). That cover is so good. Enjoy the book buying with the vouchers!
The British Library Crime Classics always do such good covers, they’ve really come up with a good thing there.
Happy Sunday! Eat, Drink and Be Murdered looks fantastic, love the cover and the title!
It’s a fun collection; the British Library Crime Classic series is so great.
I hope you have tons of fun book shopping!
Aj @ Read All The Things! recently posted…The Sunday Post #404
I did, thank you!
Book vouchers and a weekend visiting several bookshops sounds like a pretty perfect combination—I have a feeling your shelves may be a little fuller next week! Enjoy following your reading whims and all those new discoveries. Happy Reading!
Kat @ Forever Book Lover recently posted…Sunday Recap #12: Smoky Mountain Memories, Cozy Reads & Home Again
Just a little… hehe.
I had to stop right in the middle of reading your post to go request The Double Dorothy. I love that series.
It’s a great series! I liked this installment, hope you enjoy it too!
I always seem to do best with my reading when I read by whim. I’ve been amazed at all the good short books I’ve read this September.
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz recently posted…The Sunday Salon: Shorty September
Sometimes I do better with lists, sometimes on a whim… it really depends on what kind of mood I’m in.
It’s been a while since I have been book shopping. Sadly, or maybe it’s a good thing, but I haven’t been in the mood to shop for more books. I hope you find some goodies this weekend. Have a great week!
Cindy’s Book Corner recently posted…Sandwich, With a Side of Romance
No use going to buy books if you’re just not really in the mood, and risk getting books just for the sake of getting books!
Have fun book shopping! Even better to have book vouchers. Sounds like my kind of shopping trip. Have a great week!
Yvonne @ Socrates Book Reviews recently posted…The Weekend Review – September 19th-21st
Haha yes, I had fun!
Hope you have a good week!
Bree @ Bibliophilebree recently posted…Sunday #60
Thanks!
I’ve no doubt you’ll be adding to your bookshelves soon.
Thanks for sharing your week, happy reading!
Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: Books On my 2026 Spring To-Read List
Haha, definitely. I made some good new book-shaped friends in York…
I was wondering how on Earth you were popping out all those reviews lol. Still very impressive having such a backlog though! You are a great reader 🙂
Ashley Kittrell recently posted…The Botanist’s Secret – ARC Review
I mean, I read a book a day or more, so I’m still writing reviews this fast, they just don’t get posted for a while!