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Book #67 of 2026: Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone

4.25/5 ⭐️

For a romance this was a pretty heart wrenching book. The portrayals of grief were well done but very intense. I feel like we did not learn much about Miles as a character. The couple felt realistic & I was rooting for them.

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Book #65 of 2026: The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer

4.25/5 ⭐️

This was so creepy & trippy. I was stressed reading it, I just wanted to jump into the story to fix everything. I loved how Macys thoughts were what her sister would say if she was watching the events as a horror movie.

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Book #64 of 2026: The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso

4.25/5 ⭐️

This was beautiful & interesting. I l liked how the answers were revealed in the dual timelines. The CIA parts were a bit spy thriller for me. The theme of who gets to write history was really well handled & important.

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Book #63 of 2026: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

4.5/5 ⭐️

This book is so much fun - this was a reread before going to see the movie and I loved it just as much the second time. As a chemist, I will say that the science doesn’t always make sense, but it works in the context of the story.

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Book #62 of 2026: The Fourth Wife by Linda Hamilton

3.75/5 ⭐️

This was a really interesting premise but it didn’t quite follow through. I wanted more tension/gothic vibes. I also found the religious elements too heavy handed, especially at the end. The ending was also too perfect

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Book #61 of 2026: If You’re Seeing This it’s Meant for You by Leigh Stein

4.25/5 ⭐️

The premise is weird & unrealistic, but a good set up for a weird book. The characters are messed up & interesting. This was fun & an interesting commentary on fame/ the internet but not particularly deep

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Book #60 of 2026: Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino

4.5/5 ⭐️

This was an insane story in all the best ways, I felt legitimately stressed by Margo’s choices. The tension kept ratcheting up and the payoff was worth it. I wish some of the research in the middle had more of a conclusion

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Book #59 of 2026: Heather by Caitlin Mullen

4/5 ⭐️

This was engaging, but it wasn’t anything special. I liked the small town vibes & the setting but there were way too many POVs & timelines. There were almost no side characters wither personalities & the romance side plot was unnecessary.

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Book #58 of 2026: All to Play For by Josie Juniper

3.5/5 ⭐️

I hate bully romances so I really hated the way this started. I liked the way the relationship progressed, but I didn’t feel like the characters had any emotional chemistry. The F1 setting didn’t add anything to the story

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Book #57 of 2026: Driven by Susie Wolff

4.25/5 ⭐️

I liked how she talked about the interaction of femininity & athleticism & how being a woman was an important but not all-encompassing part of her career. There were a lot of sections that I thought could be more fleshed out

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April 2026 TBR

📚 Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
📚 The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
📚 Woodworking by Emily St James
📚 Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
📚 Isola by Allegra Goodman

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March 2026 reading wrap up, 23 books read, 7908 pages, averaging 4.07, highest rated: the correspondent, all the light we cannot see and project Hail Mary. Ave book length 346 pages, ave time to finish 4 days. 96% fiction, 4% nonfiction. 78% audio, 13% print and 9% digital. 6 thrillers, 5 literary, 5 horror, 4 contemporary and 4 fantasy. At least one page read everyday

March Reading Wrap-up

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Book #56 of 2026: The Anniversary by Alex Finlay

3.75/5 ⭐️

The one-day-a-year format felt forced & I didn’t love the dual narration. The story really wandered at times & the characterizations were just ok. Part of the mystery felt obvious but I was still surprised at the end.

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Book #55 of 2026: The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde

3.5/5 ⭐️

This was a weird read - there was way more conversation about philosophy & life than there was plot, and the plot could be summarized in a few bullet points. I’m glad I read it, but I won’t reach for more Wilde

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Book #54 of 2026: Book of Night by Holly Black

4/5 ⭐️

This was fun, and the shadow magic system was interesting but not fleshed out. There was a lot of inner monologue to explain things rather than showing. I like the characters and their relationships but they all needed more backstory

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Book #53 of 2026: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

4.5/5 ⭐️

I love & hate Sybil, she’s a complicated and real character. I loved the epistolary format and the small window into the mind of Sybil and the side characters. There were times I wish we had more backstory or explanation

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Book #52 of 2026: The Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings

4.5/5 ⭐️

An interesting look at complex family dynamics & religious trauma. The plot relied heavily on Georgia reading facial expressions, which was interesting but got old. Most of the characters were realistic & complex

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Both

Yes, I love her writing and her characters

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Book #51 of 2026: Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher

3.5/5 ⭐️

I liked the story & I loved the vivid descriptions of the scenery & how Sonia would paint each scene. I loved the intertwining of local superstitions & mystery. But the gruesome body horror in the second half really turned me off.

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I completely agree - even just talking to different types of readers. Some of my best recommendations came from my grandmas friends.

I loved this book! So well written

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Book #50 of 2026: The Compound by Aisling Rawle

3.75/5 ⭐️

This had such an interesting premise & the tension kept building throughout the story but I don’t feel like it really went anywhere. The themes were clear without being too heavy handed, but there wasn’t much resolution/growth

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I vote for alchemised! I liked it a lot better than arcana academy — I hadn’t read the slaying vampires book

Cover art for all the light we cannot see by Anthony doerr showing a a town next to the ocean with the sky full of clouds taking up most of the image

Book #49 of 2026: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

4.75/5 ⭐️

This was beautifully written, both in style and in topics. I loved each of the relationships depicted and how they were explored. I thought the two storylines worked really well here.

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I use StoryGraph instead

I loved it through the ending - curious to see how you find it!

🌸 March TBR Update

✅The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow 4.75/5⭐️

✅ The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 4.5/5⭐️*

✅ The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4/5⭐️*

✅ The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 4/5⭐️

*review coming soon!

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Books #48 of 2026: The Wicked and the Damned by Rebecca Robinson

4.5/5 ⭐️

I enjoyed this book more than the first in the series, which is unusual. I liked that we got to meet a wider cast of characters and see more of the world and magic. The plot line was predictable but fun

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