February 2026 Wrap-up 4 Books 1,422 Pages 3.75 Avg. Rating

Scores out of 5 The Wicked Princess and Her Twelve Eyes: The Legendary Villainess and Her Elite Assassins by Daken - 3.5 Nibiiro no Hana by Narise Konohara - 3.0 Lout of Count's Family Vol. 6 by Yu Ryeo-Han - 4.0 Finding My Way to (You) in This MMO World - LN 1 by Chiwako Fujiwara - 4.5

February 2026 Reading Calendar

My February 2026 Reads:

Here's what I thought of:

* Light Novels
* Nibiiro no Hana by Konohara Narise



Started:

* Divine Incursions v01by Oumi Kifuru



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7 Books 3,247 Pages 4.43 Avg. Rating

January 2026 Reading Calendar

Scores out of 5 Mother of Learning: ARC 2, 3, and 4 (final) - 4.5, 4.5, and 5. After the Disabled God of War Became My Concubine (Novel) Vol. 1 - 4.0 The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman: Volume 3 Part 2 - 4.5 Lord of Mysteries, Vol. 2: The Clown, Part II - 4.5 Buying You on the Day You Were to Die - 4.0

My January 2025 Reads:

Here's what I thought of:

* Light Novels
* Mother of Learning Arc 2, 3, and 4 by Domagoj Kurmaić



Started:

* The Wicked Princess and Her Twelve Eyes: The Legendary Villainess and Her Elite Assassins by Daken



Wow I read a […]

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November 2025 Wrap-up 5 books 1,543 Pages 4.05 Avg. Rating

Scores out of 5: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 3 - 4.0 Welcome to Monstrous Miss Sophie’s Enchanted Salon of Healing Volume 1 - 4.0 Welcome to Monstrous Miss Sophie’s Enchanted Salon of Healing Volume 2 - 3.75 Lout of Count's Family, Vol. 5 - 4.0 Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (novel), Vol. 2 - 4.5

November 2025 Reading Calendar

My November 2025 Reads:

Here's what I thought of:

* Light Novels



I sure got a lot of reading done over Thanksgiving!

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October 2025 Wrap Up 7 Books 2,152 pages 3.96 Avg. Rating

October 2025 Reading Calendar

October 2025 Reads - Scores out of 5 The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 15 by Natsu Hyuuga - 4.5 The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu - 4.0 Expedition Cooking with the Enoch Royal Knights, Vol. 7 by Mashimesa Emoto - 4.0 The Twelve Kingdoms Book 1 - Shadow of the Moon, Shadow of the Sea: Part 1 by Fuyumi Ono - 3.75 The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System Vol. 2 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu - 4.0 Planet - 3.5 Lout of Count's Family, Vol. 4 by Yu Ryeo-Han - 4.0

My October 2025 Reads:

Here's what I thought of:

* Light Novels.
* Planet by Konohara Narise



I didn't want to lump Planet in with the other light novels since it's more literary fiction anyways. You can tell by the calendar that I really didn't want […]

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September 2025 Wrap-Up 4 Books 1,343 Pages 4.13 Avg Rating

September 2025 Reads: Scores out of 5 The Despicable Duke Settles His Affairs by Miori Kayamoto - 3.5 Lout of Count's Family Volume 3 by Yu Ryeo-Han - 4.0 Agents of the Four Seasons, Dance of Summer Part I and II by Kana Akatsuki - 4.5 and 4.5

My September 2025 Reads:

You can find out my thoughts about these on my ranobe blog.

I've decided to stop listing and linking to each light novel book since it's tedious. I think my blog is organized enough to find the books if you're curious. I might still […]

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8 Books 2,514 Pages 3.97 Avg Rating

Scores out of 5 Ishura, Vol. 3: Voiceless Calamity by Keiso - 4.0 Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin - 4.0 Verse Book 3 by Sam Beck - 2.5 Lord of Mysteries, Vol. 1: The Clown, Part I by Cuttlefish That Loves Diving - 4.5 The Water Magician: Arc 1 Volume 3 by Tadashi Kubou - 3.75 Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint (novel), Vol. 1 by singNsong - 4.0 The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman: Volume 2 Part 1 by Kamihara - 4.5 The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman: Volume 2 Part 2 by Kamihara - 4.5

August 2025 Reading Calendar

My 2025 August Reads:

Here's what I thought of:

* Ishura, LN 3: Voiceless Calamity (Keiso)
* Hunger's Bite (Robin, Taylor)
* Verse Book 3 (Sam Beck)
* Lord of Mysteries, Vol. 1: The Clown, Part I (Cuttlefish That Loves Diving)
* The Water Magician […]

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July 2025 Wrap-up 4 Books, 1,507 Pages, 3.88 Avg Rating

July 2025 Reads (Scores out of 5) The Apothecary Diaries Vol 14 - 4.0 Lout of Count's Family Vol 2 - 3.75 Expedition Cooking with the Enoch Royal Knights Vol 6 - 3.75 The Alchemist Who Survived Dreams of a Quiet City Life Vol 5 - 4.0

My July 2025 Reads:

Here's what I thought of:

* The Apothecary Diaries, LN 14 (Hyuuga, Natsu)
* Lout of Count's Family, Vol. 2 (Ryeo-Han, Yu)
* Expedition Cooking with the Enoch Royal Knights, LN 6 (Emoto, Mashimesa
* The Alchemist Who Survived […]

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June 2025 Wrap-up 4 Books 808 Pages 3.31 Avg rating

June 2025 Reads - Ratings out of 5 Ishura Vol. 2 - 4.0 The Expert System's Champion (Adrian Tchaikovsky) - 3.25 Expedition Cooking with the Enoch Royal Knights Vol 5 - 3.5 The Time Machine (by HG Wells) - 2.5

My June 2025 reads:

Here's what I thought of:

* Ishura Vol. 2
* The Expert System's Champion (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
* Expedition Cooking with the Enoch Royal Knights, Vol. 5
* The Time Machine (HG Wells)



I also read a lot of fanfic and […]

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May 2025 Wrap Up 2 Books 871 Pages 3.75 Avg Rating

May 2025 Reads, Scores out of 5. The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life, Vol. 4 - 4 Lout of Count's Family, Vol. 1 - 3.5

My May 2025 reads:

* The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life, Vol. 4
* Lout of Count's Family, Vol. 1 - still working on the writeup for this one, will update this when I post the link
* Ishura Vol. 1-2

April 2025 Wrap-up 3 Books 543 Pages Avg Rating - 4.08 / 5

Scores out of 5 Apothecary Diaries by Hyuuga Natsu Vol. 13 - 4.5 The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster - 4.0 Ishura by Keiso Vol. 1 - 3.75

Here's what I read in April 2025!

And here's what I thought of them:

* The Apothecary Diaries Vol 13 by Hyuuga Natsu
* The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster



Another busy month...I'll write about Ishura after I've read volume 2.

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Here's what I read for the month of March!

And here's what I thought of them:

* The Apothecary Diaries Vol 11 by Hyuuga Natsu
* The Apothecary Diaries Vol 12 by Hyuuga Natsu
* The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter (1-3)



Didn't end up […]

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Books - 6 Pages - 2,309 Avg Rating - 3.79 Avg book length - 350 pages Avg Time to Finish - 4 Days

Scores out of 5 Apothecary Diaries Volume 10 - 4.0 Trials and Tribulations of my Next Life as a Noblewoman - 3.5 Sorcery and Small Magics - 4.0 The Expert System's Brother - 3.25 The Prince and the Dressmaker - 3.5 The Ballad of Sword and Wine Vol 1 - 4.5

My February 2025 reads!

Here's what I thought of:

* Apothecary Diaries Volumes 9-10 by Hyuuga Natsu
* The Trials and Tribulations of my Next Life as a Noblewoman Vol 1 by Kamihara
* Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy
* The Expert System's […]

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January 2025 reads (scores out of 5) The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 9 - 4.0 The Water Magician Arc 1 Vol. 2- no rating Kiki's Delivery Service - 3.75 Heavenly Tyrant - 3.75

My January 2025 reads!

From now on I'll link my book impressions here if I wrote one for any of the books

Here's what I thought of:

* Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
* The Water Magician Arc 1 Volume 2



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December 2024 books (scores out of 5) Blood Sweat and Tears by Jason Schrier (4.0) Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson (3.0) Agent of the Four Seasons volume 2 by Kana Akatsuki (4.5) The Apothecary Diaries volume 8 (4.0)

My December 2024 reads! Didn't read too much this month, but I finally finished Agent of the Four Seasons, Dance of Spring 2 which I put off for a while.

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4 Books 1335 pages 3.67 avg rating

Alien Clay (3.75/5) The Other Worlds Books Depend on the Bean Counter (3.75/5) Elder Race (3.5/5) The Untold Story of Books (unrated)

It's that time again! here's what I read for November.

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The Pirate of Fathom's Deep - 3.25/5 stars The Apothecary Diaries v5-v7 - 4.0/5 stars A Magical Girl Retires - 3.25/5 stars The Water Magican v01 - no rating

Here's what I read for the month of October:

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