26 for 2026

DundeeDoll

Back from my trip - had a taste of Woodford whiskey for W for whiskies and finished Red Queen for Q for colours

Dakota_Rose

I have finished the second book in the Throne of Glass (TOG) series and despite being unsure whether I would get into it in the same way as the ACOTAR series, I’m now in 😂. The second half is where it really picked up for me and a lot of the earlier detail started to make sense. What I’m realising as a new-to-fantasy reader, is that it takes me a really long time to understand and construct the worlds in my mind. Once I have, I’m then absorbed. Now I need to decide what order I’ll be reading the next books in.

26 books for 2026

1.You Are Here (easy read) 9/10

2. The Seven Murders of Evelyn Hardcastle (time-travelling murder mystery) 9.5/10

3. Love Untold (ending made a middling read worthwhile) 8/10

4. Way Back (engaging easy read with a farm theme and a few typos) 8.5/10

5. The Cuckoo’s Calling (first of the Strike detective novels) 8.5/10

6. Yellowface (‘too awful to look away’ page-turner) 10/10

7. A Thousand Splendid Suns (emotive, heavy but worthwhile read) 10/10

8. Before the coffee gets cold (Japanese coffee-shop time-travelling scenarios) 8/10

9. Us Three (screenplay-style friendship story) 9/10

10. The Twyford Code (a puzzle within a puzzle) 9/10

11. The Shock of the Fall (first person narrative with flashbacks - includes childhood trauma told sensitively and with humour woven throughout) 8/10

12. Guilty (lots of shock factor details, but predictable storyline) 7.5/10

13. The Falls (Scottish detective novel) 8.5/10

14. The Examiner (murder mystery told through emails and messages) 8.5/10

15. First Blood (prequel to a favourite detective series) 10/10

16. We Solve Murders (cosy murder mystery) 8.5/10

17. A Court of Thorns and Roses (fantasy romance) 9/10

18. A Court of Mist and Fury (second in the ACOTAR series) 9/10

19. A Court of Wings and Ruin (third in the series, loved it) 10/10

20. A Court of Frost and Starlight (fourth in the series, bridging book - easy read) 9/10 since found out this was a Christmas special.

21. A Court of Silver Flames (fifth in series - loved this one exploring different characters with big attitudes 😂) 10/10

22. A Throne of Glass (first of what promises to be a new epic series - blood, guts with a bit of magic and majesty) 8/10

23. Close to Home (heartbreaking and heartwarming Irish novel) 9.5/10

24 Crown of Midnight (second in the TOG series - enjoyed this one more and the second half was particularly good) 9/10