2026 Summer Library Program

I have been waiting for this since the Spring Reading Program ended! I was so chocked that I actually finished it, but this is the year where I said that I was actually going to try completing reading challenges. We'll see how this one goes, though. Even though I join every year, I don't think I've ever completed one of my library's summer reading challenges 😅 Lol.

Review: Kindergarten Wars (Vol. 2) by You Chiba

Title: Kindergarten Wars Vol. 2

Series: Kindergarten Wars #2

Previous book in this series: Kindergarten Wars #1

Author: You Chiba

Genre: YA, manga, action, humor

Publication date: September 2025

Published by: Yen Press

Source: Borrowed from library

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Synopsis: The new employee, Hana, has suddenly turned traitor! But then she’s shot by the true mastermind behind it all, her own father...Just when all seems lost, Rita, thought to have perished in an explosion, appears on the scene! Who will take charge during the deadliest playtime of all? 

My rating: ★★★★⯪

The last volume ended in a bit of a cliffhanger, so we finally got a resolution to that situation at the beginning of this volume. And all I have to say is that Hanna’s father is insane. Even after everything Hanna did/tried to do, I felt SO bad for her! 😩

Review: Review: Sakamoto Days (Vol. 9) by Yuto Suzuki

Title: Sakamoto Days: Vol. 9

Series: Sakamoto Days #9

Previous books in this series: Sakamoto Days #1 | Sakamoto Days #2 | Sakamoto Days #3 | Sakamoto Days #4 | Sakamoto Days #5 | Sakamoto Days #6 | Sakamoto Days #7 | Sakamoto Days #8

Author: Yuto Suzuki

Genre: YA, manga, adventure

Publication date: August 2023

Published by: VIZ Media

Source: Borrowed from library

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Synopsis: Taro Sakamoto was once a legendary hit man considered the greatest of all time. Bad guys feared him! Assassins revered him! But then one day he quit, got married, and had a baby. He’s now living the quiet life as the owner of a neighborhood store, but how long can Sakamoto enjoy his days of retirement before his past catches up to him?!

Sakamoto comes running to Shin’s aid and clashes violently with Shinaya, who’s being controlled by Gaku! Our heroes are striving to get information on X, who continues to operate in the shadows, but nothing has gone as planned during the JCC transfer test. How will it all end?!

My rating: ★★★★☆

In this volume, we finally find out how Sakamoto and Shin did on the exam and whether they got into assassin school. And let me just say, the results were hilarious.

June 2026 TBR

Things did not go well this month...

Yeah, I know 🫣 I was sick for most of the month, and now I feel like I'm in a slump 😩 It's been rough over here.

I read two books off my tbr, and read 4 books overall. And I only completed 5 prompts across those 4 books 😅

Monthly Wrap-Up: May 2026

May was not a good reading month for me. I was sick basically the entire month, and with the vertigo, I just did not feel like reading. I'm better now, but I still don't feel like reading, and I fear that I have fallen into a reading slump 😩 I ended up reading 4 books, which was about 971 pages. That's 1200 pages LESS than the previous month. Yeah, it was that bad 😬 But hey, at least I haven't failed my 52 books in 52 weeks challenge 😆

• 3 were full-length novels, and 1 manga
• 1 was part of a series, and 3 were standalones
• 3 were books I purchased, and 1 was from the library
• All 4 were finished copies
• All 4 were physical books
• 3 were 4 stars, and 1 was 3 stars
• All 4 were traditionally published
• 1 was by an author I've previously read, and 3 were new to me
• 2 were adult books, and 2 were YA books
• 2 were fiction, and 2 were nonfiction
• 1 was action, 1 urban fantasy, 1 memoir, and 1 history