Showcase Sunday - Return to the Library!

Showcase Sunday is hosted by Vicky and Books, Biscuits and Tea.

Hi everyone! I have been a little bit absent in the last few weeks, but yesterday I finally handed in my thesis (!!!) and now I have some time to actually devote to relaxing... which involves a lot of reading! It might also involve some Nintendo... and eating this cake, which I made yesterday:

Unpretty (but very tasty!)

I got out all the ingredients and then realised I hadn't got any eggs, so the sponge cake itself is made to a  vegan recipe (no butter, just oil), but there is butter icing in the middle, so it's not actually a vegan cake. It is, however, the spongiest cake I have ever made. Normally when I make chocolate cake it turns out kind of dry, but this one is super tasty and I will probably stick to this recipe in the future.

Anyway... moving on from cake, and on to books.

From the library:

Agatha Christie - The Moving Finger
Poison pen letters in a sleepy village - and a late appearance from Miss Marple.

Camilla Läckberg - The Hidden Child
Swedish crime thriller - I read The Ice Princess a few years ago, and am hoping for another good mystery! This will also count towards my Translation Challenge.

Simone Elkeles - How to Ruin a Summer Vacation
Impulse pick up, based on the fact that I have never read a YA novel set in Israel before.

Louise Rennison - Luuurve is a Many Trousered Thing
I read ...And Then It Fell Off In My Hand recently, and this is one of the latest volumes of Georgia's adventures.

Jo Brand - It's Different for Girls
I am a big fan of Jo Brand's comedy, and this is a story about growing up as teenagers in the 1970s, in Hastings.

Terry Pratchett - A Hat Full of Sky
Another Discworld story involving Tiffany Aching, who was the protagonist of The Wee Free Men, which I read last year.

Via Netgalley:

Nicole Hayes - The Whole of My World
Love this cover! Thanks to Random House Australia for my copy.

Mark Goldblatt - Twerp
A kids' novel that I wasn't sure whether or not I would read, but Celine from Nyx Book Reviews did a great review on Goodreads so I'm going to give it a go!

Ally Carter - Double Crossed
A crossover between the Gallagher Girls and Heist Society worlds.

Free Kindle download:

L. Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Recent reviews:

Katie McGarry - Pushing the Limits - 3/10 (So. Many. Issues.)

I have a review of Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil coming up this week (preview: GO READ IT), and a weekend of uninterrupted reading to look forward to - have a good one!