The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.
Hope you’ve had a good week!
I know in my last update I said I wanted to read my 6th book of March….but it didn’t happen!
What did happen was that I caught the virus my son had and I was fit for absolutely nothing! I crawled to my desk to work from home, logged off early and flopped into bed each day! Then on Thursday I lost my voice and it’s still not back! I think I may have laryngitis!
But I did manage to squeeze in the small last part of my audiobook!
I always keep track of my books read in the year but, for 2026, I decided to keep track of my monthly reading stats as they help me understand my reading habits and to try and help me stay motivated.
March turned out to be a surprisingly strong reading month!
The graphic below has a page count error, am guessing because they were user added? The correct total was 3300 but, as I listened to 100% audio, I have only left the time listened below!
📖 Books read: 6 🎧 Listening time: 96 hours 42 minutes ⭐ Average rating: 4.42 🎙️ Format: All audiobooks 📚 Genre mix: All fiction, primarily romantasy
Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Topic: Buzzwords or Phrases That Makes Me Avoid a Book
I don’t have many ‘Buzzwords or Phrases’ that make me say nope…..apart from…..
Love triangle Cheating Erotica Billionaire Coming of age Miscommunication
The Sunday Post is a blog news meme hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received.
Hope you’ve had a good week!
So here we are, coming to the end of March. The clocks went forward last night and Spring is well on the way!
It’s been quite a normal week for me, really. Just work, playing Mum’s taxi, and reading!
So far in March, I’ve read five books and I’m hoping to finish a sixth by tomorrow. I’m really pleased with my total pages read… a mammoth 3300 pages read! (That’s mammoth for me!!)
Shield of Sparrows Cage a Wild Bird
🎧 Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🎧 To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
See my reviews soon!
Review – The Dark Lords Guide to Dating by Tiffany Hunt Review – Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry
Calendar – Hello April Feature – March Storygraph Stats
The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.
I’ve spent my life kneeling―to their will and to my father’s. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king.
I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood.
But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father’s throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life.
Now I’m crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him―bound to a future I didn’t choose and a husband I barely know.
Everyone wants me to be something I’m not―a queen, a spy, a sacrifice.
But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there’s power in being underestimated?
And what if―for the first time―I reached for it?
Despite owning this author’s MC series, I’d never actually read her work before — but I can safely say this won’t be my last! As a romantasy lover, this book ticked every box for me!
A marriage born from an ancient treaty, an overlooked princess, creepy priests, plenty of monsters, a prince, and a seriously hot character known as The Guardian… does it get any better than that?!!
The story was packed with action, banter, and a slow-burn romance that was absolutely delicious.
I was completely hooked from start to finish.I even managed to guess one of the big reveals about three-quarters of the way through — which never happens, because my predictions are usually way off!
And that ending… what the heck?! I need the next book immediately.
When Dark Lord Kazimir Blackrose kidnaps Lady Arabella for a forced marriage, he expects an obedient, trembling bride. What he gets is a knife to the throat and a furious woman with her own terms. He may need her heroic bloodline to achieve ultimate dominion, but she’s not about to make this easy for him.
Arabella has already survived her father’s tower prison and a lifetime of being treated like property. Being abducted by the realm’s most notorious villain is just another Tuesday. If she must be married to the infuriating (and infuriatingly attractive) Dark Lord, she’ll do it on her terms: freedom within his fortress, hands strictly to himself, and complete honesty about his plans.
But when his plans go awry, Kazimir faces his most terrifying challenge yet. He must actually date his own wife. Between magical training sessions, playing golf with the eyeballs of his enemies, and aphrodisiac dinners gone spectacularly wrong, his villainous seduction plans are failing at every turn.
As they navigate magical explosions and jealous exes, they discover a far more terrifying prospect than war or magical catastrophe:
They might actually be falling for each other.
‘Step One: Kidnap someone cute. Step Two: Force her into marriage. Step Three: Try not to get feelings.’
The dark side of my heart loved this! The light side also did! The romantic part defo did!
It was funny, it was dark and there was banter. There was action and drama and, of course, schexy parts!
Dark Lord Kazimir was everything I wanted in a villain and I loved how cinnamon roll he went for Lady Arabella, just for her only!
It also has an animal familiar and a bit of found family which is always a plus!
Top Ten Tuesday is featured by That Artsy Reader Girl. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Topic: Books on My Spring 2026 To-Read List
I’m a mood reader at heart but I am trying to read my tbr this year (same as every year though!) so these are the books I hope to read!
Faraway InnWolf wormInnamortaTricky Bus Faerie Bargains
One Small Echo by Jane Washington Innamorata by Ava Reid Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains by Reena McCarty
How Fake It in SocietyYour Knife My HeartCrown So Silver Raven Scholar
West of Wicked by Nikki St Crowe How to Fake it in Society by KJ Charles Your Knife, My Heart by KM Moronova A Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
CJRTB Books 