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Monthly TBRs

March TBR

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Happy Friday Bookish people! I hope you are all doing well today! It is March, the best month, the beginning of Spring, and my birthday month. I have my fingers crossed that this month is full of only good things, I think we all need a little bit of that at the moment.

What books are you hoping to get to this month?

In terms of my reading, I am excited about all the options and it actually took me a while to make the final decision for my TBR this month but this is what I eventually decided on.

Death and the Harlot by Georgina Clarke

The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster

A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith

A Grave Inheritance by Felicity Epps

The Burning Issue of the Day by T E Kinsey

A Game of Scandal by Laura Wood

Murder on the Prince Regent by Irina Shapiro

Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them, if you have?

Monthly Wrap Ups

February Wrap Up!

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Happy Monday Bookish People! I hope you’re all having a lovely day today. It is the end of February, for being a short month a lot has happened. I won’t share all the details but I will say that because of everything that has happened this month, my reading took a big dip around halfway through the month. Which is a shame because I am excited for a lot of books so hopefully I can get back to reading soon. In saying this, the first half of the month was great – I made progress on my goals for the year of enjoying the books I am reading and also reading down my series’.

How has your reading been in February?

Let’s get onto the books I managed to read this month!

From my TBR:

  • As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson – I did read this! Finally, after putting off this final book in the series for so long I did read it and I enjoyed it, though I was shocked by how dark it was for a YA book.
  • A Death in Diamonds by S J Bennett – I did read this which brings me up to date with the books that I own in this series, I believe there is one more after this that is out already but I don’t yet own it. This was one of my favourites from this series so far.
  • Throne of Nightmares by Kerri Maniscalco – One of my most anticipated books of 2026, I am currently reading and loving this book. Prince Sloth! I have been waiting forever for Sloth’s book. His castle is literally one massive library.
  • Murder on Platform Four by Irina Shapiro – Book five in the Tate and Bell investigation series. I did read this.
  • Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo – another series complete because I did read this. This one I was also putting off, I didn’t love the first book in the series but I did enjoy siege and storm and I liked this one overall.
  • The Midnight Carousel – Oof! I did technically read this… I read 100 pages or so before I ended up DNF’ing it. It was just boring and there were time skips that didn’t make sense, it just was not for me.

Outside of my TBR I read: Gallant by V E Schwaab, A Picture of Murder by T E Kinsey and the fourth and fifth installments in the Pages and Co series by Anna James.

This means, I read all six books on my February TBR (yay!) and I read another four books outside of it which gives me 10 books overall for the month. That is actually a lot more than I thought it would be because of how my life has been this month but I am very happy with that. Currently, my favourite read this month is Gallant by V E Schwaab but… this could change as I am not very far into Throne of Nightmares yet.

What is your favourite read of February?

Monthly Wrap Ups

January Wrap Up!

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Happy Monday bookish people! I hope you are all having a good day today. It is February and that means it is time to discuss what I read in January. I had my Phd Viva exam in the middle of January (which I passed!), so I was worried that I wouldn’t get much reading done this month but I was happily surprised that I had a good month of reading, sprinkled with some disappointing reads too.

From my TBR:

  • Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber – I am currently reading this, I am only a few chapters in so far but I am curious to see where the story will go next.
  • Restore Me by Taherah Mafi – I have not yet read this, but I still have a week until the end of January as I am writing this so I should have plenty of time to get this one read also.
  • A Disaster in Three Acts by Kelsey Rodkey – technically, I did read this. Unfortunately it was a DNF for me quite quickly as the main character was too unlikeable for me to become invested in the story.
  • A Matter of Murder by Tirzah Price – I did read this, it was my first full read of January and I very much enjoyed the conclusion to the Lizzie and Darcy duology.
  • A Season for Scandal by Laura Wood – I loved this book, it is my first and so far only five star read of this year and I am excited to continue with the rest of this series.
  • Bloodlines by Richelle Mead – I did read this, it was a nice, quick reread for me.
  • Book of Night by Holly Black – Again, technically, I did read this. This was another DNF for me, it was taking too long to get into the story and I was losing any enthusiasm for it.
  • The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood – One of my most anticipated reads of the year, it did not disappoint, it was a strong read for me this month.
  • The Mythmakers by Tamzin Merchant – I read this.

Outside of my TBR I also read: In the Market for Murder and Death Around the Bend, books 2 and 3 in the Lady Hardcastle Mystery series by T E Kinsey. This means I managed to read 9 or hopefully if I can read Restore me in time, 10 books this month.

What books have you read in January? Which ones did you enjoy?

Monthly Wrap Ups

December Wrap Up!

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all having a good day today, and Happy New Year! For this, my first post of 2026, I am bringing you the usual monthly wrap up for December, but later in the month I will be sharing an all-encompassing 2025 Wrap Up that covers genres, favourite books etc. Check back later for that if you are interested.

December was a month that felt insanely busy and yet, I couldn’t tell you what I spent the month doing, it is all just a blur. Plus, I was sick for the whole month with different things. Hopefully January will be better.

From my December TBR:

  • Murder at the Orpheus Theatre by Irina Shapiro – I did read this.
  • Pages and Co: Tilly and the Lost Fairytales by Anna James – I did read this.
  • The Dog Sitter Detective: Christmas Tails by Antony Johnston – I read this too.
  • Miss Beeton’s Murder Agency by Josie Lloyd – I did start to read this but unfortunately, I ended up DNF’ing it quite early on. I did not enjoy the writing style of this book and I struggled to be able to tell which time period it was set in.
  • Traitor’s Legacy by S J Parris – I did read this.
  • Fearful by Lauren Roberts – I did read this.
  • Death and the Harlot by Georgina Clarke – I did not read this.
  • Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards – I did read this.
  • A Quiet Life in the Country by T E Kinsey – I did read this.

So, from my TBR I read 7 books from my TBR, DNF’d 1 and I did not manage to read 1. Overall, that’s pretty good, even though I did not complete my TBR. Outside my TBR, I read The Austen Christmas Murders, The Mythmakers by Tamzin Merchant, Murder at Christmas, A Dangerous Train of Thought by Faith Martin and, I FINALLY read Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas.

That means, in December, I read a total of 12 books and I DNF’d 1.

What did you read in December? What did you think of the books you read?