Monthly Wrap-Up: July 2026

 

Monthly Wrap-Up is my once-a-month post recapping all the books I’ve read.
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LOOK AT HOW MANY BOOKS I'VE READ THIS MONTH! It's been sooo long since I read that many so I'm really glad about it. I also had quite a few 5 star reads so that's even better!

Bookish Stats:

books read: 10

physical books: 1

ebooks: 4

audiobooks: 5
rereads: 1

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu — 4/5★
Ravager by Karina Halle — 1/5★

A Curse of Beasts and Magic by Jeaniene Frost — 5/5★
The Odyssey: A Modern Retelling by Liv Albert — 5/5★

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey (reread) — 5/5★
The Brides by Charlotte Cross — 5/5★ (review to come)

When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone — 4/5★
Seduces by the Werewolf Highwaymen by Eva Leigh — 3/5★ (review to come)

Agrippa by Robert Harris — 2/5★ (review to come)
As an Earl Desires by Lorraine Heath — 3/5★

Have you read any of these books?
What was your favorite book of the month?

Monthly Wrap-Up: June 2026

 
Monthly Wrap-Up is my once-a-month post recapping all the books I’ve read.
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This month has been A LOT. I became unwell and had to go to the ER, moving to a different apartment two days later and on top of that we landed in a 10 day heatwave that was pretty extreme for Belgium. 😩 It's a wonder I read anything at all. At least all the books I read were really good!

Bookish Stats:

books read: 5

physical books: 1

ebooks: 1

audiobooks: 3

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus — 4/5★
Sparking Fire Out of Fate by Brigid Kemmerer — 5/5★

The Governess Game by Tessa Dare — 4/5★
Homer's Odyssey by Barry B. Powell — 4/5★

The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare — 4/5★

Have you read any of these books?
What was your favorite book of the month?

Monthly Wrap-Up: April 2026

 

Monthly Wrap-Up is my once-a-month post recapping all the books I’ve read.

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I'm back on track after I had a less positive month in March but April was quite the hit. And I even ended the month with a well-deserved 5 star read!

Bookish Stats:

Books read: 6

Physical books: 3

Ebooks: 2

Audiobooks: 1
Rereads: 1

Dark Arts and a Daiquiri by Annette Marie — 4/5★ (reread)
Berenice: Queen in Roman Judea by Bruce Chilton — 3/5★

Half City by Kate Golden — 4/5★
Hoe Wendy ben jij? by Elias Verwilt — 3/5★

Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi — 4/5★
The Temptation of Charlotte North by Camilla Bruce — 5/5★

Have you read any of these books?
What was your favorite book of the month?

Monthly Wrap-Up: March 2026

Monthly Wrap-Up is my once-a-month post recapping all the books I’ve read.

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Nooooo the curse has come back and once again only read 4 books. To be fair to myself, I did get sick twice and I'm looking for an apartment so that cut into my reading time. At least all books were good!

Bookish Stats:

Books read: 4

Physical books: 1

Ebooks: 1

Audiobooks: 2

Lady Ruthless by Scarlett Scott — 4/5★
Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie — 4/5★ (reread)

King of Ravens by Clare Sager — 4/5★
Daughter of Exile by Tana Rebellis — 4/5★

Have you read any of these books?
What was your favorite book of the month?

Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2026

Monthly Wrap-Up is my once-a-month post recapping all the books I’ve read.

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It was not a good reading month, you guys... but I guess I should be glad to have read some books at least. It just has been a month. Hopefully February will be a better one for me.

Bookish Stats:

Books read: 4
Physical books: 1
Ebooks: 1
Audiobooks: 2
Rereads: 1

The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley — 2/5★

Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen — 4.5/5★

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid — 4/5★
Circe by Madeline Miller — 5/5★ (reread)

Have you read any of these books?
What was your favorite book of the month?

 

Monthly Wrap-Up — June 2018

I can't believe it's already the end of June. How did we get here so fast? I had a pretty good reading month. Four out of seven books were ARCS for review/blog tour and I got to read some of the latest books by my favorite authors so I'm happy with how June went. My only regret is that I didn't get around to re-reading the Artemis Fowl book of the month, which was book #6: Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox. Which is why I have both that book and book #7: Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex on my TBR for July. Wish me luck!

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Trust Fund by Skye Warren — 3/5★

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The Girl and Her Ren by Pepper Winters — 4/5★ {Review}

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Survival of the Richest by Skye Warren — 4.5/5★ {Review}

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Alphas and Aggression by A. Star — 3.5/5★ {Review to come}

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A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas — 4/5★

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Women Breaker by Avie Adams — 5/5★ {Review}

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{Audiobook} The Pawnee Indians by in60Learning — 4/5★ {Review}

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 Favorite book of the month:

Women Breaker by Avie Adams. — This dark fantasy book doesn't have a 

release date or synopsis yet but as my only 5 star read of the month I clearly 

thought it was amazing. You can read my review on Goodreads.

What was your favorite book of June?

Monthly Wrap-Up — May 2018

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The World Beyond by Sangeeta Bhargava — 2/5★ {DNF}

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Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer — 4/5★ {Reread}

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Twilight Empress by Faith L. Justice — 4/5★ {My Review}

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Lily of the Nile by Stephanie Dray — 4/5★ {Review to come}

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Breakaway by Michelle Diener — 4/5★ {Review to come}

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The Nosferatu Chronicles: Return to Vambiri by Susan Hamtilon — 4/5★ {Review to come}

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Theseus and the Minotaur by Graeme Davis — 3/5★

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The Lost King by Alison Prince — 2/5★

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The Romans: All That Matters by John Manley — 4/5★

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 Favorite book of the month:

Heiress of one empire and prisoner of another, it is up to the daughter of Cleopatra to save her brothers and reclaim what is rightfully hers...

To Isis worshippers, Princess Selene and her twin brother Helios embody the divine celestial pair who will bring about a Golden Age. But when Selene's parents are vanquished by Rome, her auspicious birth becomes a curse. Trapped in an empire that reviles her heritage and suspects her faith, the young messianic princess struggles for survival in a Roman court of intrigue. She can't hide the hieroglyphics that carve themselves into her hands, nor can she stop the emperor from using her powers for his own ends. But faced with a new and ruthless Caesar who is obsessed with having a Cleopatra of his very own, Selene is determined to resurrect her mother's dreams. Can she succeed where her mother failed? And what will it cost her in a political game where the only rule is win-or die?

Have you read any of these books or what was your favorite book of May?

Monthly Wrap-Up — April 2018

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Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff — 4/5★

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Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer — 5/5★ {Reread}

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Amanda Noble, #zoolife by Lesa Boutin — 4/5★ {Audiobook}

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Marcus Aurelius: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History — 4/5★

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The Confessions of Young Nero by Margaret George — 1/5★ {DNF}

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Alexander Hamilton: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History — 4/5★

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My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie — 5/5★

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Catherine de Valois by Laurel A. Rockefeller — 3/3★

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Queen Elizabeth Tudor: Journey to Gloriana by Laurel A. Rockefeller — 3/3★

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 Favorite book of the month:

My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie
Historical fiction

A novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

A general's daughter...

Coming of age on the perilous frontier of revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler champions the fight for independence. And when she meets Alexander Hamilton, Washington's penniless but passionate aide-de-camp, she's captivated by the young officer's charisma and brilliance. They fall in love, despite Hamilton's bastard birth and the uncertainties of war.

A founding father's wife...

But the union they create - in their marriage and the new nation - is far from perfect. From glittering inaugural balls to bloody street riots, the Hamiltons are at the center of it all - including the political treachery of America's first sex scandal, which forces Eliza to struggle through heartbreak and betrayal to find forgiveness.

The last surviving light of the Revolution...

When a duel destroys Eliza's hard-won peace, the grieving widow fights her husband's enemies to preserve Alexander's legacy. But long-buried secrets threaten everything Eliza believes about her marriage and her own legacy. Questioning her tireless devotion to the man and country that have broken her heart, she's left with one last battle - to understand the flawed man she married and imperfect union he could never have created without her...

Have you read any of these books or what was your favorite book of April?