It’s the second reading log of 2025, in which I am determined to make a proper dent in the backlog. And frankly I think I have managed that, but it’s due to not really buying much since…
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Reading Log: February 2020
The second reading log of the year is here. In February I made a decision to try and pour time into getting through some of the pile of…
Reading Log: February 2024
We’re at the end of February, already! A quiet month for me all told, but some exciting stuff coming up in March. With that said let’s jump into…
Reading Log: February 2026
It’s the end of February already, and I feel like my streak of getting the backlog down has probably come to an end since this last week has…
Reading Log: April 2025
April came and went in a rush. Work was busy, so I feel like my ability to read or do anything else decreased quite a bit. Especially since…
Reading Log: January 2025
It’s the first reading log of 2025! This year I am determined to make a proper dent in the backlog, which to be fair I say every year…
Reading Log: November 2025
November means Scotland Love’s Anime time \o/ That does mean less reading (in theory anyway), but I think on the whole it has been a good month. I…
Reading Log: October 2025
Last month, I was celebrating Summer being over, but really October ended up being busy as well. I guess more from catching up with everything I missed over…
Reading Log: December 2025
It’s the last reading log of the year! It feels like it has been a busy year, and I’m looking forward to seeing how my yearly stats have…
Reading Log: August 2025
Another month of the year has gone by in a flash. Another extremely busy one at work, but I have managed to fit in a lot of reading,…
Reading Log: September 2025
Summer is over \o/ Gone is the busy season, too-hot days, and here comes autumn. I say this every year, but I am a creature that loathes the…
Listening/reading log #17 (February 2021)
Sorry for being late this month, work and all that. I’ve been doing these posts long enough now that I had to look up which number this one…
Listening/reading log #28 (February 2022)
Time for the end-of-month post a bit late again. But what a fucking month it was. The invasion of Ukraine isn’t something I’ve commented on here or elsewhere…
WHAT WE’RE READING: February 2025
Welcome back to our monthly reading list, a bit smaller of a selection this time but still packing plenty of punch. We lead with the conclusion of a…
Reading Log: April 2019
Another month, another reading log. I’ve managed to keep these going for four months now so I’m feeling pretty proud of myself. As always the rules I set for…
Reading Log: April 2021
Another month, another reading log~ This past month I decided to go all-in on binging How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord, so it’ll be interesting to see…
Reading Log: September 2021
Unexpectedly September continued to be busy at work, so I didn’t get as much read as I usually would. Nevertheless, let’s take a look at what I managed…
Reading Log: July 2024
Reading log time once again! Not a lot to share in the way of a preamble this time around, mostly been busy with work and last week I…
Reading Log: June 2024
If like me you have no idea where June went, don’t worry you aren’t alone. One minute I was dreading the start of the warmer portion of the…
Reading Log: September 2022
Out of the busy season and into a relatively calmer month. I feel like I read less this month than usual, perhaps because I was playing Soul Hackers…
Reading Log: July 2023
Getting into the busy season at work now, which means a lot less reading time but a lot more money to sink into buying books… Let’s see what…
Reading Log: September 2020
Now we’re headed into October the weather is starting to be colder, which is the perfect time to sit around and binge books! The amount of books in…
Reading Log: January 2020
After successfully sticking to my reading logs last year, I figured I’d continue into 2020. Time to find out what I’ve read in the first month of a…
Reading Log: March 2021
Another month of the year down! However, March includes my birthday so it’s a pretty bad time of the year in terms of my backlog growth. Let’s find…
Reading Log: October 2024
October reading log time! Lacking a good opener this time, not a lot of note has been happening beyond trying to catch up on various things I fell…
Reading Log: December 2023
Final reading log of 2023! This one gives me an excuse to share shiny charts, charts which completely embarrass me I must say as the backlog has only…
Reading Log: July 2022
Into one of the hottest months of the year and busiest times at work, but hopefully despite all that I’ve made some progress on keeping that backlog down!…
Reading Log: September 2019
September came and went in a flash, I’m not even sure where the time went this month! I feel like I read quite a lot of good stuff…
Reading Log: August 2020
August has been a busy month as I finally returned to work properly and therefore had more money to irresponsibly spend on new books… Let’s see what I…
Reading Log: November 2021
Just one more month of the year left! Time flew by so fast, I have no idea where November went! Hopefully, all my energy went into getting the…
Reading Log: July 2020
July was another continuation of the war of light novels and actually I finally cleared off the backlog of 2019!* Now let’s see what all I read this…
Reading Log: May 2024
Already time for the May reading log. The more the months go by the more I don’t see the backlog ever going down, so I’ve somewhat stopped worrying…
Reading Log: April 2024
April reading log time! As always, doesn’t feel like I’ve read as much as I could or should have done to make any dent in the backlog, but…
Reading Log: August 2022
This month has continued to be busy at work, but despite that, some silly part of me agreed to a bet with a friend where I need to…
Reading Log: October 2023
Spooky season is here, well, at least at the time of writing. Perhaps not by the time you read this! I spent a lot of time either under…
Reading Log: May 2023
It has been a busy month! Lots of new manga and light novels arriving, and work picking up again. I’m hoping to have read away a little bit…
Reading Log: January 2024
First reading log of the year! Time to see if I’ve gotten 2024 off to a good start or not. I’ve been doing well with my gaming habits…
Reading Log: January 2023
The first log of the year! This year I’ve decided to change things up a bit and split all the one-shots I read into a separate count since…
Reading Log: January 2021
It’s the first reading log of a new year, so now I need to desperately try to remember to type 2021 while I slowly crumble under the sheer…
Reading Log: November 2024
I have no idea where November went. It vanished in a haze of SLA, friends visiting and being ill I guess. Just one more month of the year…
Reading Log: September 2024
Work continued being busy into early September and just as I got free I came down with a cold, so although I really wanted to get through some…
Reading Log: March 2024
March has been a pretty busy month, between my birthday and a weekend trip away as well as work starting to get busier there hasn’t been as much…
Reading Log: March 2023
Three months into the year, unbelievably. A difficult time for manga fans in the UK as Kodansha revealed US exclusive K Manga. Although I suppose that at least…
Reading Log: November 2023
Christmas looms and it has already snowed before we even hit December 1st. The year has rapidly run away, not helped by this month being busy with Scotland…
Reading Log: June 2023
Six months through the year, the backlog continues to tower but it was a quieter month for new arrivals so I’ve been playing catchup with my reading while…
Reading Log: October 2020
Now we’re headed into October the weather is starting to be colder, which is the perfect time to sit around and binge books! The amount of books in…
Reading Log: June 2022
Given the backlog went up last month, my bare minimum this month is to have reduced the count of that. Let’s see what happened.
Reading Log: August 2019
August has been a fairly hectic month for me. I started a new part-time job, which has eaten up a lot of my time and energy, but things…
Reading Log: May 2020
Time is all mashed together at this point and somehow it’s hard to believe we’re already five months through the year! Here’s what I read in the month…
Reading Log: April 2023
Made it through April somehow! As usual, work got busy over Easter and I spent a good chunk of time gaming as I aimed to (and achieved) finishing…
Reading Log: November 2022
Almost Christmas time again aaaa. November has been a quieter month on the whole, so for once I feel like I’ve read more steadily than usual. Let’s get…