It’s the first reading log of the year and after making some sizeable purchases this month, I’m hoping I’ve managed to read away some of my January sins. At the very least this gives me an interesting data point to draw from going forward since starting this year I will be noting down my backlog count as well as my reading/arrival counts month to month. This should make for some nifty charts come years end, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet!

Bold = completed series
Italic = dropped
No volume number = one shot

Manga:

1. Gacha Girls Corps volume 3
2. My Love Mix-Up! volume 2 (JP)
3. Pretty Boy Detective Club volume 2 (omnibus) – review
4. JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World volume 2
5. The Downstairs Resident is Mr Fudanashi volume 3
6. Kizuna: Bonds of Love volume 2
7. Just Do As I Say volume 1
8. A Kiss, For Real volume 4
9. Dakaichi: I’m Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man Alive volume 1
10. My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World volume 1 – review
11. Hitorijime Boyfriend volume 1
12. My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom! volume 1
13. Hitorijime My Hero volume 11
14. The Apothecary Diaries volume 4
15. The Delinquent Housewife volume 3
16. Nosatsu Junkie volume 11 (JP)
17. The Delinquent Housewife volume 4
18. Daily Report About My Witch Senpai volume 1
19. With Your Guidance volume 1
20. The Rogue in Room 3 volume 1
21. Fox-Colored Jealousy volume 1
22. Beast’s Storm: Hug Me Baby volume 1
23. Bloom Into You volume 7
24. Bloom Into You volume 8
25. Sofure Buka volume 1 (JP)
26. Again!! volume 1
27. Junjou Drop volume 1 (JP)
28. And Yet, You Are So Sweet volume 5
29. Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest volume 8
30. Tell Us How You Really Feel, Demon Prince! volume 1
31. Sweet: His Sweet, Sweet Taste volume 1
32. Mr. Student Council President! You’re a Hot Mess! volume 1
33. Love Story of Hoshino Zoo volume 2
34. Caramel Espresso volume 1
35. Yamada Kitntetsu Tenpenshuu: Zengun Funtou! volume 1 (JP)
36. Demon Slayer: Kimitsu no Yaiba – Stories of Water and Flame volume 1
37. The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting volume 3
38. Vampire Dormitory volume 1 – review
39. Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest volume 9
40. Sweat and Soap volume 10
41. Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun volume 12
42. Mou Tamago wa Korosanai volume 1
43. A Kiss, For Real volume 5
44. My Love Mix-Up volume 3 (JP)
45. A Kiss, For Real volume 6
46. A Kiss, For Real volume 7
47. Eromanga Sensei volume 10 (JP)
48. Orange: Naruse Kakeru (JP)
49. Those Not-So-Sweet Boys volume 5
50. Tesla Note volume 2
51. My Hero Academia: Team Up Missions volume 2
52. Deku and Bakugo Rising
53. Magus of the Library volume 5
54. The Night is Short, Walk on Girl volume 1 (JP)
55. Nosatsu Junkie volume 12 (JP)
56. Again!! volume 2
57. Unfazed by the Disaster in My Life volume 1
58. Sweep! volume 1
59. Mahoroba Chronicles volume 1
60. Love Me, Love My Dog volume 1
61. A Break from Japan volume 1
62. Fullmetal Alchemist Fullmetal Edition volume 15
63. Blue Sky Complex volume 3

Light Novels:

1. Durarara SH! volume 2
2. Magical Explorer volume 1 – review
3. Rascal Does Not Dream of volume 6 – review
4. Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks volume 11
5. Saint? No! I’m Just a Passing Beast Tamer! volume 1
6. Bond and Book volume 1 – review
7. The Greatest Magicmaster’s Retirement Plan volume 12
8. Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside volume 4 – review
9. Fantasy Inbound volume 1
10. The Tales of Marielle Clarac volume 8
11. When Supernatural Battles Become Commonplace volume 1
12. The Undead King’s Reign of Peace volume 1 – review
13. My Stepmom’s Daughter is My Ex volume 1
14. The Devil is a Part-Timer! volume 15
15. Ascendance of a Bookworm volume 17
16. My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World volume 1
17. My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer volume 3
18. Holmes of Kyoto volume 8
19. Full Clearing Another World Under a Goddess With Zero Believers volume 2
20. The Executioner and Her Way of Life volume 3 – review
21. Konosuba: An Explosion on this Wonderful World! Bonus Story volume 2
22. Prison Life is Easy for a Villainess volume 1
23. Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World volume 4
24. Magic Knight of the Old Ways volume 1
25. The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat volume 3

So that brings us to 63 manga read and 25 light novels, compared to 68 and 23 last month. Around about the same, which I always like to see! My backlog meanwhile has increased from 59 to 130, so hopefully, that comes down somewhat in the months to come…