March 2026
I don’t always feel like writing a full review for everything. I was inspired by Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Quick Lit posts and decided to do something similar as a way to briefly discuss the books I read in a month but don’t write full reviews for.
March was another kind of slow reading month for me. I finished seven books (and DNFd one). I’ve reviewed two of my March reads on the blog already (Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong and A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz).
Here are my thoughts on the rest of what I read last month:
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Volume 2, Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe (ill.) (library) – 4⭐
I enjoyed this more than volume 1. I liked getting to see Frieren and her apprentice Fern taking on various tasks to assist others, and more insight into Frieren’s past.
Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books, Hwang Bo-Reum (library) – 4⭐
This was such a delightful read for booklovers! It also inspired me to try to annotate my books while reading.
We Are All Guilty Here, Karin Slaughter (purchased) – 4⭐
This is one of those buzzy books I’d heard a lot about that I just couldn’t resist picking up. I’ve never read any of Karin Slaughter’s books before, but I went into this with high expectations, and came out of it wanting to read more by her! I definitely didn’t see the reveal coming, nor did I anticipate View Spoiler ». This was a great read, with small town and family dynamics woven in with the mystery. I am so looking forward to the sequel!
The Ending Writes Itself, Evelyn Clarke (eARC) – 3.5⭐
This was pretty good. I didn’t love it, even though I really wanted to. The premise sounded great, but I think that while the look at the publishing industry was fun, it got in the way of character development. So this was a fun plot-centred story, but the characters felt more like tropes than fully developed characters that I could care about. The writing, in terms of descriptions and evoking a mood, was fantastic, and as a puzzle to solve, the mystery itself was fun, but I struggled in terms of emotional investment in the story, and the ending felt too rushed for me.
Death at a Highland Wedding, Kelley Armstrong (purchased) – 3.5⭐
This was an enjoyable read, and another good mystery, but it was going to be tough to top Disturbing the Dead for me. This story did something fun and moved the setting to the countryside, and I enjoyed the change of scenery. I have an advance copy of the next book in the series and I can’t wait to get into it.
