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Review - A Palace Near the Wind, by Ai Jiang: there were really interesting ideas here, but it all felt so vague. The main character knows almost nothing and her motivations make little sense. Rating: 1/5 ("didn't like it"). Full review: breathesbooks.com/2026/08/05/revie… #booksky 💙📚

WWW Wednesday: The usual weekly update about my current reads, featuring some danmei, some non-fiction, and some planned fantasy reads. breathesbooks.com/2026/08/05/www-w… #booksky 💙📚

Review - Cat + Gamer, vol 2, by Wataru Nadatani: still cute and silly. It's a little bit cringe with the "gamers don't understand the real world" thing going on, but still... mostly cute. Rating: 3/5 ("liked it"). Full review: breathesbooks.com/2026/08/05/revie… #booksky 💙📚

If you're in a particularly shit normal raid with a RDM working hard, consider giving us a damn commendation or saying thank you rather than just leaving the instance instantly. At one point I rezzed five people IN A ROW! Gimme a pat on the head at least, geez. 👿 (I am not super serious.) #FFXIV

Top Ten Tuesday: Danmei and Baihe Covers. People often comment on the pretty covers of the danmei I read, so today's freebie cover prompt seemed like a good time to chat about them! breathesbooks.com/2026/08/04/top-t… #booksky 💙📚

Review - Winter Hours, by Mary Oliver: this was a weird mix, including an essay with some bizarre imagined history that I wasn't sure how to take. Rating: 2/5 ("it was okay"). Full review: breathesbooks.com/2026/08/03/revie… #booksky 💙📚

Fantasy with Friends: Fantastical Sidekicks. This week's prompt had me thinking about some old favourites, and some much newer ones. breathesbooks.com/2026/08/03/fanta… #booksky 💙📚

Over the weekend I read a book that had me literally wailing for the next volume. I ordered it. It is in the nearest postal distribution centre. The Royal Mail are not giving me any estimated delivery date/time. Give it to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. 😭

Review - A Case of Fear and Favour, by Sally Smith: another enjoyable mystery in this series. I have come to really love Gabriel, despite his stuffiness. Rating: 4/5 ("really liked it"). Full review: breathesbooks.com/2026/08/02/revie… #booksky 💙📚

July Reading Wrap-Up: The now-usual monthly wrap-up, discussing non-bookish things... and then lots of book and blog stats, highlighting my favourite posts of the month (both my own and others'). Also, there's a bunny pic and a crochet update! breathesbooks.com/2026/08/02/july-… #booksky 💙📚

Stacking the Shelves & The Sunday Post: The usual weekly roundup, with some unexpected new books and, of course, a rundown of all the reviews and discussion posts I've done this week. breathesbooks.com/2026/08/01/stack… #booksky 💙📚

Review - A History of the World in 50 Pieces, by Tom Service: this made me pretty curious about the pieces of music discussed, but it mostly doesn't work very well as a history of the world. Rating: 3/5 ("liked it"). Full review: breathesbooks.com/2026/07/31/revie… #booksky 💙📚

Book Blogger Hop: One Single Genre. This week's prompt is about what genre you'd pick if you had to read a single genre forever. I... was very reluctant to make any choice, haha. breathesbooks.com/2026/07/31/book-… #booksky 💙📚

Review - The Sea Hides Its Dead, by Megan Bontrager: some very... uneven writing, and some very predictable elements, but a couple of scenes that were genuinely powerful and a good female friendship. Rating: 2/5 ("it was okay"). Full review: breathesbooks.com/2026/07/30/revie… #booksky 💙📚

Today I have an emergency dental appointment and an evening commitment for the fourth night in a row (and will be committed on Friday night as well). But on the other hand a new book has shipped to me and I managed to finish most of my work for the day by midday, so... yay?

Review - Life Changing, by Helen Pilcher: pretty light pop-science on how humans have altered the earth. I found it very readable, though it lacks references etc. Rating: 3/5 ("liked it"). Full review: breathesbooks.com/2026/07/30/revie… #booksky 💙📚

WWW Wednesday: The usual weekly update on what I've been reading, discussing manga, danmei, and a lot of non-fiction. breathesbooks.com/2026/07/29/www-w… #booksky 💙📚

Does anyone know a good blogroll add-on for Wordpress (self-hosted)? I used to have one but it got way out of date and caused compatibility issues. It was good because it showed recent posts from the blogs in question, so it was always fresh. Something like that would be good!

Review - Brigands & Breadknives, by Travis Baldree: mostly had a lot of fun with this, though it's a change of pace: more of an adventure than Legends & Lattes. A couple sour notes, but liked it overall. Rating: 4/5 ("really liked it"). Full review: breathesbooks.com/2026/07/28/revie… #booksky 💙📚

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I HAD To Have... This week's prompt is about books you had to grab immediately, but still haven't read, and boy am I historically very guilty of this. (Less so now!) breathesbooks.com/2026/07/28/top-t… #booksky 💙📚