Hello, Sunday. Is it it me or are you coming around faster and faster?
Not much to report this week. The socialising last Sunday went a tad overboard and I felt it on Monday, so that was a waste of a day 😳. The rest of the week was full of wonderful tennis. Today is the men’s final. Guess what I’m doing? If your answer is : “watch it”, you’d be wrong because the in-laws invited themselves and scuppered my plans. FFS. 🙄
Have I managed to squeeze in any books? Why, yes, I have. But erm … well, let’s see.
| BOOKS I READ THIS WEEK |
My reading is obviously as hormonal as I am 🤣. Still, three is better than nothing and I’m still ahead of my blog tour schedule and have even managed to read 12 (that’s right, twelve!) books from my 20 Books of Summer list. Feels like I’m winning, doesn’t it? 😉
In case anyone wants to guess : there was only one of those three I really enjoyed. Dun, dun, duuuuuun.
| BOOKS I BOUGHT THIS WEEK |
This was a preorder that arrived on Friday. Of course, I’ve bought a few more in the meantime but since they’re not here yet, they don’t count. Do they?
| BOOK POST THAT LANDED ON MY DOORSTEP THIS WEEK |
With thanks to Transworld and Titan Books. One for a blog tour and one for review. Really looking forward to both!
| ON THE BLOG THIS PAST WEEK |
Monday : Kicked off the blog tour for The Sleepwalker by Joseph Knox
Tuesday : Hosted a stop on the blog tour for The Divorce by Victoria Jenkins
Wednesday : This Week in Books
Thursday : Joined the blog tour for A Fatal Game by Nicholas Searle
Friday : Hosted a stop on the blog tour for I Looked Away by Jane Corry
Saturday : Shared my review for Blood & Sugar by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Sunday : Weekly Wrap-Up
| NEXT WEEK ON NOVEL DEELIGHTS |
Monday : Review | Stop At Nothing by Tammy Cohen
Tuesday : Blog tour | Review | Child’s Play by Angela Marsons
Wednesday : This Week in Books
Thursday : Guest Post | Author Andrew Joyce
Friday : Blog tour | Review | The Last Stage by Louise Voss
Saturday : Taking the day off because everyone and their dog will be at Harrogate 😂
Sunday : Weekly Wrap-Up
That’s not too bad. This is the quiet before the storm. I may need an oxygen tank to survive the week that comes after this one.
Question of the week : Dust jackets! I saw this topic on twitter a while ago and had no idea it was so controversial. So I’m putting the question to you, dear blog readers. Do you remove the dust jacket from a hardback when you’re reading it? I do. Because I don’t want to ruin the jacket, as that is what you see when the book is on a shelf. As soon as I put the book down or finish it, obviously, the jacket goes back on. Over to you!
That’s it for this week. Hope you all have a great one! Until next time. Happy reading! xx
Novel Deelights 
Dustjacket: same! It’s more fragile than the book 🤷♀️
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Yes! Exactly!
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Good question. I actually like to read them with the dust jacket on, otherwise it doesn’t feel like I’m reading the same book! 🤣
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Hahahaha! That’s a reason I’ve not heard before. Brilliant! 😂
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I don’t have book with dust jacket. I mostly buy paperbacks as they are cheap. But surely removing dust jacket will be more convenient. It strange such simple topic can be controversial.
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I agree with you. It is more convenient. The jacket slides up and down, it can get damaged …
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I’m thinking you liked I Looked Away because your review was so positive. Which makes me think you weren’t keen on The Chain (may be way off here). I looked at that one but I don’t think it’s one I’d enjoy, more one I would be reading because everyone else is raving about it.
I always always take the dust jackets off hardbacks. I can’t stand it is they get dog-eared and also they move about all the time when you’re reading. Makes sense!
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You are absolutely spot on! You’re really good at this! I already lowered my expectations about The Chain when I realised it wasn’t a debut but even that didn’t work. 😂
Yes, exactly! I totally agree!
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Wow, congratulations on the progress with your 20 Books of Summer. I’m only at half that number but then I’m always over-optimistic about what I’ll be able to achieve and, although it’s allowed, I really try not to swap books from my original list.
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Thank you! I’m surprising myself, to be honest. My list has undergone so many changes, I can barely remember what the original one looked like.
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I’ve never really thought that much about dust jackets – I leave them on.
Have a great week, it looks like a busy week on the blog 😀
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Oh, this is nothing compared to next week. Eek!
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Shocking! Of course dust jackets should stay on at all times – what are you thinking, woman?? I hope you tied the in-laws up in the garden shed and got to watch the tennis after all – great match! (PS – remember to let them out…)
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WHAT?! But fingerprints and damage and annoying sliding up and down? Seriously?
I followed the score online and turned on the TV for the 5th set. The in-laws were hooked, even though they don’t understand a thing about tennis. 😂
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I do remove jackets – I usually carry books round in my bag and they’d likely get ripped/stained if I didn’t.
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