It’s the weekend, and I’m so glad for it. Much-needed from my point of view! And it’ll be slightly extended, as I’ll be off to the wedding of a friend from university this week. It’s exciting to be seeing everyone again!
So let’s try and get me into a good mood with lots of books and me-time, huh?
Books acquired this week
I went to the library twice this week (since I might not get down there at all next week, and I had a hold to pick up), so it’s a bit of a bumper crop. And my library card is now maxed out, oops! First the fiction:
I actually had eARCs of What Feasts at Night and Sword Crossed, but I didn’t get round to them — ebooks can be a bit “out of sight, out of mind” for me, unfortunately. But now I’ve read both already, and either way now the library knows people are interested in these authors!
I did also find some non-fiction, some of it from my wishlist:
So that was a lovely haul.
I did also get a couple of books from my wife. I haven’t been “cashing in” my Valentine’s gift (a book of my choice each month) for a couple of months, so after I finished Wormwood Abbey, I asked for the next two books:
And that’s it, for now. As if that wasn’t enough, ahaha.
Posts from this week
First, the reviews, as usual:
- Non-fiction: Precious: The History and Mystery of Gems Across Time, by Helen Molesworth (3/5 stars)
- SF novella: Out of the Drowning Deep, by A.C. Wise (4/5 stars)
- SF graphic novel: The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite, by Gerard Way et al (1/5 stars)
- Non-fiction: The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Arik Kershenbaum (3/5 stars)
And the non-reviews:
What I’m reading
Well, let’s start first with the books I’ve finished since last week, or at least the ones I’m going to review here:
As you see, it’s been a pretty good week, with some spooky reads as well (unusual for me). For the weekend, I plan to read some manga/manhua, but also hopefully start on Christina Baehr’s Drake Hall, and possibly finally get started on Sarah Beth Durst’s The Spellshop.
…Probably. As always, I’ll be going based on whatever my random whim tells me.
Finally, just a reminder for folks in the UK that Bookshop.org’s Golden Bookmark competition is drawing toward the closing date. The competition is a prize draw for £250 of book vouchers per year for life. You can sign up via my referral link to enter! Full disclosure: that gets me a few extra entries, and then you’ll be able to grab your own referral link to share.
Linking up with Reading Reality’s Stacking the Shelves, Caffeinated Reviewer’s The Sunday Post, and the Sunday Salon over at Readerbuzz, as usual!