Booking Ahead/Weekly Wrap Up
4 October 2026
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Tags: Book Reviews, Booking Ahead, Books, Caffeinated Book Reviewer, reading, The Weekly Wrap Up
Today I’m posting my Weekly Wrap Up and I’m linking up to The Sunday Post over at Kimberly’s Caffeinated Reviewer. Without further ado:
Weekly Update
Hope you’ve all had a good week. I’ve had a good week, busy with nice weather, with a slight drop in the temperature thankfully. Managed to have a good mix of socials and blogging and reading. I’ve caught up with three reviews and also managed to read three books – which probably sounds much more impressive than it really is because two were slightly shorter, probably about a couple of hundred pages each. I’ve not been able to fit in much blog hopping this week but hoping to catch up with everyone in the next couple of days. So, I finished reading A Waltz of Sinister Import by Stephanie Burgis which is the final instalment (I believe) in her Lady and Lord Riven series and was a lovely note to conclude the series on. I then decided to pick up the latest Joanne Harris book – the ghostly Sleepers in the Snow. This felt quite different somehow, it’s unsettlingly twisted. Then I decided to dive into The Porcelain Sisters by Daryl Gregory. This was very easy to read with great pacing and an absolutely crazily unique tale. My next read will be A Scholar’s Guide to Demonology & Other Dark Arts by Genevieve Cogman, I can’t wait to get started.
Next Week’s Reads
Hopefully complete A Scholar’s Guide to Demonology & Other Dark Arts by Genevieve Cogman and then I’d like to pick up The Thrice Bound Fool by Christopher Buehlman. I loved his last two books so I’m really keen to pick this one up. If you’re interested in this series it gets off to an excellent start with The Blacktongue Thief (first in series with the main character Kinch), it then jumps back to a prequel called The Daughters’ War (No.0 in series) – which was fantastic and rated a full 5 stars from me. Now we’re set for a return to some more of Kinch’s exploits in The Thrice-Bound Fool (No.2).
Reviews Posted:
- Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson.
- Carry Me To My Grave by Christopher Golden
- The Faerie Handmaid by Louisa Morgan
Outstanding Reviews
- The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
- This Blade of Ours by Shalini Abeysekara
- A Waltz of Sinister Import by Stephanie Burgis
- Sleepers in the Snow by Joanne Harris
- The Porcelain Sisters by Daryl Gregory.
Hoping to see you round the blogosphere this forthcoming week
I did the same thing, I read two short books this week but now I’ve got some long ones to get through. I can’t wait to get to the Daryl Gregory!
Yes. I can’t wait to see what you make of it. Crazy is my summary.
It seems like a good week!! I am really curious about Cogman’s book, it’s the one that sounds more like my cup of tea, but I am also very curious about The Porcelain Sisters. I have that one waiting for me and I hope to get to it soon! 🤞
The Porcelain Sisters is crazy! I enjoyed it.
And really enjoyed Cogman’s book.
Lynn 😀
Sounds like you’ve been on a roll with your reading and blogging. I fell into a catch up spiral and haven’t read for days again 🙈 I really need to work on getting the balance right.
I look forward to seeing your reviews your recent reads and hope you enjoy your planned upcoming reads. I majorly need to get to The Blacktongue Thief soon.
I hope you have a lovely week 🥰
I also need to get that balance right too. I’m again trying to catch up! It’s a funny balance to achieve – I’m either reading too much, trying to write reviews or blog hopping, I never seem to achieve all three.
Lynn 😀
Hopefully we’ll both master the balance soon 🤞
Excited to see your thoughts on Thrice Bound Fool! I liked Blacktongue but LOVED Daughter’s War, so I’m hopeful that the good trends will continue. I seem to be in the minority that did not enjoy Between Two Fires though, which I recently DNF’d
I liked all three but if I was pushed to choose I’d say Daughter’s War was my favourite.
Lynn 😊