July went by in a flash and now I’m writing a reading log yet again. I don’t feel like I got a lot done this month but maybe I’ll be pleasantly surprised. Let’s find out!

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Second month of the year! Time is already going by quite fast, but I feel like I spent a bit more time playing games this month than I did reading. Let’s find out!

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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 amount of reading I got done in the last month. Time to take a look!

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It’s time for the final reading log of the year, where I also work out how much time I’ve wasted away reading books instead of doing anything else!

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It’s almost Christmas! This hell of a year is finally winding down, hopefully leading to better things next time around. I don’t think I read quite as much in November as I did October, but time to find out for sure…

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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 my pile of shame is steadily growing, but I’m hoping I’ve made some progress in keeping them under control.

Bold = completed series
Italic = dropped

Manga:

1. Black Summoner volume 1
2. I Shall Survive Using Potions volume 4
3. Record of Wortenia War volume 1
4. I Don’t Know How to Give Birth! volume 1
5. Shortcake cake volume 9
6. Ao Haru Ride volume 12
7. Toilet Bound Hanako-kun volume 4
8. The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess volume 7
9. Given volume 3
10. Toritan: Birds of a Feather volume 1
11. Jumyou wo Kaitotte Moratta. Ichinen Nitsuki, Ichimanen de. volume 1 (JP read)
12. Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town volume 2 – review
13. Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill volume 2
14. Something’s Wrong with Us volume 2 – review
15. Burn the Witch (4 chapter WSJ series)
16. Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai volume 1 omnibus
17. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime volume 13
18. Sweat and Soap volume 3 – review
19. Men’s Life volume 4
20. Heroine for Hire volume 1
21. A Side Character’s Love Story volume 5
22. Rent-A-Girlfriend volume 2 – review
23. Daytime Shooting Star volume 8
24. Weathering with You volume 1 – review
25. Witch Craft Works volume 2
26. My Androgynous Boyfriend volume 2
27. Koi ni Mudaguchi volume 2 (JP read)
28. Silver Spoon volume 15
29. Fly Me to the Moon volume 2
30. Snow White with the Red Hair volume 9
31. Nosatsu Junkie volume 1 (JP read)
32. Witch Craft Works volumes 3-4
33. Bakuman volume 10
34. We Swore to Meet in the Next Life and That’s When Things Got Weird volume 1
35. Bakuman volume 11
36. Animeta! volume 5
37. Farming Life in Another World volume 1

Light Novels:

1. Torture Princess volume 4
2. The Eminence in Shadow volume 1 – review
3. Slayers volume 2
4. 86 volume 5 – review
5. A Lily Blooms in Another World volume 1
6. The Combat Baker and the Automation Waitress volume 8
7. The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy volume 1 – review
8. I Shall Survive Using Potions volume 5
9. Wild Times with a Fake Fake Princess volume 3
10. The Tales of Marielle Claric volume 4
11. Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki volume 3
12. The Epic Tale of the Reincarnated Prince Herccherik volume 2
13. Katanagatari omnibus volume 4 – review
14. Ascendance of a Bookworm volume 9
15. When the Clock Strikes Z volume 2
16. A Sister’s All You Need volume 7 – review
17. Der Werwolf volume 9
18. Bungo Stray Dogs volume 4

So quite a few completed series this month (which is especially nice when it comes to LNs since it feels like so many simply never end). Numbers are down a bit from August being 38 and 18 vs 59/20, but I am pleased I didn’t fall too far behind in my LN reading. Heck if you count Katanagatari as 3 books I actually accomplished more than usual. ^^;

Here’s the backlog atm, looking pretty busy since I bought a number of books off a friend of mine. Hahaha…ha.

Currently reading: Combatants Will Be Dispatched! volume 4 (LN)

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 got through this month!

Bold = completed series
Italic = dropped

Manga:

1. The Way of the Househusband volume 3
2. Contract of Cherry Blossom Guilt volume 1
3. Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World volume 5 – review
4. Demon Lord, Retry! volume 4
5. Himouto! Umaru-chan volume 10
6. A Very Fairy Apartment volume 5
7. An Incurable Case of Love volume 4
8. How Do We Relationship? volume 1-review
9. Daytime Shooting Star volume 7
10. Pokémon Horizon: Sun and Moon volume 2
11. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! volume 3
12. My Love Story volume 1 (JP read)
13. I Love You So Do As I Say (One Shot)
14. Toilet-bound Hanako-kun volume 2
15. Mitama Security (WSJ)
16. Kaguya-sama Love is War volume 5
17. Not Your Idol volume 2
18. Orison: A Wish, a Prayer volume 1
19. Tsubasa volume 4
20. Daremo Kizukanai de (One-shot)
21. Kimi wa Haru ni Me wo Samasu volume 1 (JP read)
22. Men’s Life volume 3
23. Ran the Peerless Beauty volume 8
24. Toilet-bound Hanako-kun volume 3
25. Fly Me to the Moon volume 1
26. Spirit Photographer Saburo Kono (One-shot)
27. Get the Key to My Heart volume 1
28. The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest volume 1 – review
29. Tie Me, Unravel Me, Kiss Me volume 1
30. Time to be Annoyed volume 1
31. Little Miss P: The Second Day – review
32. Possessed By a Ghost volume 1
33. Mirage (One-shot)
34. Anti-Platonic volume 1
35. Touch of a Brush volume 1
36. He’s Mean Because He Likes You volume 1
37. Welcome to the Yoai Research Club volume 1
38. You Are My Princess volume 1
39. Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest volume 4 – review
40. Child x Adult Equation volume 1
41. A House Near the Station with a Wizard volume 1
42. Record of Grandcrest War volumes 6-7
43. Bone Collection (WSJ)
44. Love Me, Love Me Not volume 1
45. Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card volume 7
46. As Miss Beelzebub Likes volume 10
47. Discommunication volume 6
48. In/Spectre volume 12
49. Whimsical Jaguar volume 1
50. Infinite Dendrogram volume 6
51. I Love Yuri and I Got My Body Swapped With a Fujoshi! volume 1
52. Scent of Spring volume 1 
53. Mapping: The Trash-Tier Skill That Got Me Into a Top-Tier Party volume 1
54. The Tales of Marielle Clarc volume 1
55. O Maidens in your Savage Season volume 7
56. Perfect World volume 2
57. Time Paradox Ghostwriter (WSJ)
58. Persona 5 volume 3

Light Novels:

1. The Greatest Magicmaster’s Retirement Plan volume 6
2. Kokoro Connect volume 10
3. Re:Zero EX volume 3
4. Spirit Chronicles volume 11
5. May These Leaden Battlegrounds Leave No Trace volume 1 – review
6. Holmes of Kyoto volume 1
7. Black Summoner volume 1
8. There’s No Way a Side Character Like Me Could Be Popular! volume 1 – review
9. Mapping: The Trash-Tier Skill That Got Me Into a Top Tier Party volume 1
10. Wataru!!! volume 1
11. Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World volume 3
12. The Extraordinary, The Ordinary, and Soap! volume 3
13. DanMachi: Sword Oratoria volume 12
14. Last Round Arthurs volume 2 – review
15. Rascal Does Not Dream of Petite Devil Kouhai –review
16. I Refuse to Be Your Enemy volume 3
17. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom volume 7
18. Cooking With Wild Game volume 9
19. Do You Love Your Mum and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? volume 6
20. Adachi and Shimamura volume 1

So 59 manga and 20 light novels this month, up from 48/18. Doing well to combat the backlog despite the amount I’ve been picking up!

Speaking of the backlog, here’s how things are looking this month…

(I dug the Bakuman boxset back out so I could finish my reread, also not pictured is a volume of A Sister’s All You Need, Torture Princess and The Eminence in Shadow which I’m reading)

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 month.

*(In light novel form, still some manga boxsets to be read…).

Manga

1. From Me to You volume 4
2. The Job of a (Temporary) Teacher volume 1
3. Nad Venus & My Honey volume 1
4. Rent-A-Girlfriend Volume 1 – review
5. The Perfect Combo volume 1
6. Show Courage volume 1
7. Cherry and Skirt volume 1
8. From Me to You volume 5
9. Teacup Toy Boy volume 1
10. All I Think About Is You volume 1
11. Space Brothers volumes 7-8
12. Wish of God volume 1
13. Kiss My Blood volume 1
14. A Sign of Affection volume 2
15. The Demon Wants to Be a Good Boy volume 1
16. Imperfect Girl volume 2
17. A Sweet Beast volume 1
18. Blue Sky Wars volume 1
19. Imperfect Girl volume 3
20. Public Sex volume 1
21. Love Voice volume 1
22. I Want to Feel You Because I Like You volume 1
23. Foolish Heroine volume 1
24. 1122: For a Happy Marriage volume 6
25. Loner Life in Another World volume 2
26. Ran the Peerless Beauty volume 7
27. Wandering Witch volume 1 – review
28. xxxHolic volume 2
29. GE: Good Ending volume 2
30. Space Brothers volumes 9-10
31. Fullmetal Alchemist Full Metal Edition volume 9
32. Men’s Life volume 2
33. Boring Ninomiya-san volume 1
34. From Me to You volume 6
35. Haikyu!! (WSJ)
36. Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! volume 4 – review
37. From Me to You volumes 7-10
38. The Magic in This Other World Is Too Far Behind! volume 5
39. Bibliophile Princess volume 1
40. Tsubasa volume 2
41. Marginal Operation volume 5
42. Koi ni Mudaguchi volume 1 (JP read)
43. BL Metamorphosis volume 2
44. Combatants Will Be Dispatched volume 2

Light Novels

1. Re:Zero volume 9
2. Torture Princess volume 3
3. Can Someone Please Explain What’s Going On? volume 3
4. I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level volume 6
5. The Tales of Marielle Claric volume 3
6. Altina: The Sword Princess volume 5
7. I Had That Same Dream Again – review
8. When the Clock Strikes Z volume 1
9. The Epic Tale of the Reincarnated Prince Herscherik volume 1
10. Ascendance of a Bookworm volume 8
11. How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom volume 12
12. Defeating the Demon Lord’s a Cinch (If You’ve Got a Ringer) volume 2
13. Slayers volume 1
14. The Combat Baker and Automation Waitress volume 7
15. Wild Times with a Fake Fake Princess volume 2
16. The Unwanted Undead Adventurer volume 6
17. Log Horizon volume 5
18. The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Hey, How About Treason?) volume 1

So for the month of July I managed 48 manga and 18 light novels, which are both improvements on last month (43/13). It’s a good job my pile of shame from 2019 mostly went away since now I’ve started back at work and have more disposable income I’m busy building myself a new pile…