I love the smell of books as well, I think it's better than new car smell or even cooking food (most times)! There is also something undeniably wonderful about holding a physical book, I avoid digital copies as much as I can in this day and age. Holding a book brings me more into the story for sure!

I'm glad to hear you're getting yourself these gifts for your birthday, it's nice to treat yourself too. The ones you picked sound fascinating; I actually did not know that women had a significant role in code breaking during WW2! Although I suppose it's meant to be, as many of us are natural detectives haha!