📚April 2026 recap📚

💛💛💛💛🖤My Love Mix-Up!, Vol. 2 by Wataru Hinekure and Aruko
💛💛💛💛🖤Semantic Error, Vol. 1 by J. Soori and Angy
💛💛💛💛🖤Countdown to Yes by Roji
💛💛💛💛💛Our Dining Table by Mita Ori
💛💛💛💛🖤Minato’s Laundromat, Vol. 2 by Yuzu Tsubaki and Sawa Kanzume
💛💛💛💛🖤SOTUS, Vol. 2 by BitterSweet and Kei Shichiri
💛💛💛💛🖤SOTUS, Vol. 3 by BitterSweet and Kei Shichiri
💛💛💛💛🖤Until I Meet My Husband by Ryousuke Nanasaki and Yoshi Tsukizuki
💛💛💛💛🖤10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
💛💛💛💛🖤Minato’s Laundromat, Vol. 3 by Yuzu Tsubaki and Sawa Kanzume
💛💛💛💛🖤Minato’s Laundromat, Vol. 4 by Yuzu Tsubaki and Sawa Kanzume

I also read the short story 'Chip' by D.A. Xiaolin Spires.

I’ve mostly been reading manga / manhwa volumes so far this year because that’s all the energy my brain has left after university each day. However, I’m really proud of the fact that I’ve been keeping pace with the volumes that I’ve bought so far this year and also slowly chipping away at some of the piles of books from previous years. I’ve been trying to make more of an effort to read this month though, because May is going to be another insane month with my two final essays due and an exam.

I’ve still mostly been watching BL series and falling asleep on the sofa, with the Thai drama ‘Duang with You’ being the absolute stand-out for realistic portrayals of neurodivergence and trauma alongside romance and the most wholesome friendship groups. I also really enjoyed ‘Fourever You Part 2: The Sun from Another Star’.

Family finished watching the anime series ‘Gachiakuta’, and started watching ‘Akane-banashi’.

Songs I’ve been obsessed with recently include ‘Bad Shawty’ by PROXIE, ‘No Roots’ by Alice Merton, ‘I Wear The Crown’ by Liam Geddes, ‘We’re In This Together’ by Nine Inch Nails, and ‘Attention’ by Charlie Puth.

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📚Book Review📚

📖 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall

This one has some cracking lines in it, including: “That’s not cooking, it’s desecrating a corpse.”

Northern lads with emotional baggage figuring out how to open up to one another, just the right amount of swearing, complicated family dynamics, a grumpy cat, and a misunderstanding about amnesia.

The story is set in December in the run up to Xmas, so it would make a nice seasonal romance for those who abide by such things. As for me, I enjoyed immersing myself in wintry imagery instead of thinking about how much pollen is in the air right now.

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📚Book Review📚

📖 Until I Meet My Husband by Ryousuke Nanasaki and Yoshi Tsukizuki

Originally released as a novel of collected essays, this manga adaptation of the memoir of a Japanese gay rights activist was incredibly moving. Difficult topics were handled with sensitivity and I felt a lot of empathy for the various life experiences that were described.

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