Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2026

Monthly Wrap-Up is my once-a-month post recapping all the books I’ve read.
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I'm glad to say I had another good reading month. Aside from one book they were all 4 and 5 star reads so that's pretty great. Reviews will be coming in the next few weeks!

Bookish Stats:

books read: 9

physical books: 3

ebooks: 4

audiobooks: 2

Mythica by Emily Hauser — 5/5★ (my review)
Slay by Jasmine Elmer — 4/5★

Chill Out and Cheer Up by Grace Grossmann — 5/5★
Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe — 5/5★

Cursed City by Kate Golden — 5/5★
The Intimate Afterlife of Myth by Venus Gunyeli — 4/5★

How Lumi Learned to Fly by David Michael — 4/5★ (my review)

Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton — 1/5★
A Thief Among Fae by Maddy Calder — 4/5★

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

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?