Monthly Blog Review: April 2026

Posts

Book Reviews
♥ Awakened in Blood by Daniel J. Volpe (3★)
♥ Maelstrom by R. J. Joseph (5★)
♥ The Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (5★)

Anime Reviews
♥ Dandadan – Season 1 (5★)

Game Reviews
♥ Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (4.5★)

Manga Reviews
♥ Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You Vol. 3 by Haruka Mitsui (5★)
♥ Anyway, I’m Falling in Love with You Vol. 4 by Haruka Mitsui (5★)
♥ Days of Love at Seagull Villa Vol. 1 by Naoko Kodama (3★)
♥ Days of Love at Seagull Villa Vol. 2 by Naoko Kodama (3★)
♥ Days of Love at Seagull Villa Vol. 3 by Naoko Kodama (2.5★)

Other Posts
♥ May 2026 New Release Horror Books
♥ The Book Snob Book Tag

Books Read

♥ Awakened in Blood by Daniel J. Volpe (3★)
♥ The Taste of Blood: ReVAMPed Edition by Jon Athan (3.5★)

Games Played

♥ Pokémon LeafGreen
♥ Pokémon: Let’s Go Eevee!
♥ Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Life and Other Things

Guess who went and broke her first bone? This girl! Just when I thought April was going to be a good month for me. Lack of sleep and too many blood thinners caused me to faint while I was walking, and the end result was a broke my leg. In three places, in fact. I had surgery and have been in recovery for the entire month. Suffice to say, this whole ordeal has thrown me way off course, as I’ve been a prisoner to my couch with my leg elevated for weeks. Pain has been high and I’ve been struggling to focus on much of anything, so reading has been almost non-existent. I’m just thankful that with the type of work that I do, I can carry out a lot of tasks remotely. That, and my husband for taking care of me and gifting me a Switch 2 to help me with the boredom.

Books Hauled

There were not one but two irresistible HumbleBundles this month, so the ebook haul is massive.

eARCs (Author/Publisher)
♥ Rideshare by James Kaine and Timothy King
♥ The Safe Room by David Lopera
♥ We Were Never Really Friends by Timothy King

eARCs (NetGalley)
♥ It Came From Neverland by Cynthia Pelayo
♥ Marla by Jonathan Janz
♥ The Whitechapel Full Moon Society by Elizabeth DeLozier

Book Boxes
♥ A Spell for Saints and Sinners by Emily Carpenter (Twisted Retreat)
♥ Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker (Evernight)

Ebook Purchases
♥ The Cunterbury Tales by Peter Caffrey

HumbleBundle Ebooks
♥ 48 by James Herbert
♥ A Whisper of Blood edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Alien Sex edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Ash by James Herbert
♥ Black Heart, Ivory Bones edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Black Swan, White Raven edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Black Thorn, White Rose edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Blood and Other Cravings edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Blood Is Not Enough edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Children of Lovecraft edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Creed by James Herbert
♥ Domain by James Herbert
♥ Fearful Symmetries edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Fluke by James Herbert
♥ Haunted by James Herbert
♥ Haunted Legends edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Inferno edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Lair by James Herbert
♥ Lethal Kisses edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Little Deaths edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Moon by James Herbert
♥ Nightmare Carnival edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Nobody True by James Herbert
♥ Off Limits edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Others by James Herbert
♥ Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Salon Fantastique edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Shrine by James Herbert
♥ Silver Birch, Blood Moon edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Snow White, Blood Red edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ Supernatural Noir edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ The Beastly Bride edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ The Big Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ The Coyote Road edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ The Dark edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ The Dark by James Herbert
♥ The Faery Reel edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ The Fog by James Herbert
♥ The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert
♥ The Green Man edited by Ellen Datlow
♥ The Rats by James Herbert
♥ The Spear by James Herbert
♥ The Survivor by James Herbert
♥ Vanishing Acts edited by Ellen Datlow

Physical Purchases
♥ Blood Red by Gabriela Ponce
♥ Open Wide by Jessica Gross
♥ Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
♥ Poor Damned Souls by Charlene Elsby
♥ Spread Me by Sarah Gailey
♥ Statues by Junji Ito
♥ Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper
♥ The Fourth With by Linda Hamilton

Amazon First
♥ Lift Me Up by Milly Johnson
♥ The Dead Room by Catriona McPherson