Miss me? I’ve been kind of MIA the last part of this month (thank you essays) but I did still manage to get some reading done!
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Overview from the Storygraph
You can really see evidence of a re-read binge in the middle of the month there…
Books Read
Despite being pretty awful at blogging this month, I did do a decent amount of reading – helped out by a trusty Ilona Andrews reread session. I also read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy books this month – which I’m definitely not complaining about!
- This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews (Maggie the Undying #1) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 (Review)
- A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Review)
- The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel) Vol. 2 by Natsu Hyuuga | ⭐⭐⭐.5
- Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher (Saint of Steel #1) | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov | ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 (Review)
- If We Cannot Go At the Speed of Light by Kim Choyeop | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Review)
I also reread all of the books that are currently out in Ilona Andrews’ Innkeeper Chronicles series:
- Clean Sweep (#1) ⭐⭐⭐.5
- Sweep in Peace (#2) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- One Fell Sweep (#3) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Sweep of the Blade (#4) ⭐⭐⭐.5
- Sweep With Me (#4.5 Novella) ⭐⭐⭐.5
- Sweep of the Heart (#5) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Books Progressed or DNF’d
I also read one more short story from the Korean short story collection I’ve been reading for the past 8 months or so, as well as the first half of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries. I started doing some dissertation reading in Herself An Author but didn’t do as much as I had hoped, so that will have to be a focus for my May TBR.
Finally, I started reading The Witch and got about 40% in to the book before I just couldn’t deal with it anymore and decided to DNF. The main character was extremely frustrating with illogical behaviour that was clearly a cry for help but which never seemed to get addressed, the fat phobia was rampant and I was just not enjoying anything about the book. Especially I’ve found recently that due to things in my personal life, I’m very sensitive about children (especially adult children)’s reactions to their parents’ divorce and this was just not in any way a healthy reaction…. You can find my review of The Witch here.
On the Blog
I did really well at the beginning of the month before pretty much dropping of the face of the blogging world thanks to a holiday and three essays that I had to write. I’m hoping to bring back the energy of the beginning of April in May though, so please look forward to the many fun posts I have planned.
![[Review] This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews](https://keirasbookmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/featured-image-size-48.png?w=600&h=450&crop=1)
Song of the Month
To finish off the wrap up, here is what I’ve been listening to this month:
I listened to a lot of the band Xdinary Heroes this month – partially because they released a new album and partially because I managed to get tickets to go to there concert at the start of June.
For a bit of a different vibe, I’ve also been enjoying AKMU’s new album.
What was your favourite book of the month?
If you did a wrap up post of your feel free to link it in the comments and I’ll check it out!
Keira x
![[Review] Two Women Living Together by Kim Hana and Hwang Sunwoo](https://keirasbookmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/featured-image-size-39.png?w=600&h=450&crop=1)
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