Reading log time once again! Not a lot to share in the way of a preamble this time around, mostly been busy with work and last week I was ill so I think my reading has taken a bit of a hit. At least in terms of my poor light novels. Let’s take a look!

Bold = completed series
Italic = dropped

= recommendation

Manga:

1. An Archedemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride volume 11
2. A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life volume 2
3. 成瀬は恋が証明できない (Kiss)
4. エメとヒメ (Kiss)
5. Number Call
6. 琥春くんの細胞を (Hana to Yume)
7. Senpai, This Can’t Be Love!
8. The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World volume 1
9. Just Like Mona Lisa volume 1
10. The Invincible Summoner Who Crawled up From Level 1 volume 2
11. Death’s Daughter and the Ebony Blade volume 2
12. A Wild Last Boss Appeared volume 2
13. A Brief Moment of Ichika volume 2 
14. Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple volume 4
15. Drifting Net Café volume 6
16. Kaiju no.8: B-Side (Manga Plus)
17. Undertaker (Monthly Shounen Magazine)
18. Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns 2 volume 1
19. Gushing over Magical Girls volume 10
20. March Comes in Like a Lion volume 2
21. He’s Expecting volume 3
22. 放課後帰宅びより volume 2
23. A Condition Called Love volume 8 
24. Tales of the Tendo Family volume 2
25. Sword Art Online: Kiss and Fly volume 1
26. Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World volume 8
27. Record of Wortenia War volume 10
28. ByeByeBye (Manga Plus) 
29. ほてる私に恋を教えて (Dessert)
30. 恋のいろはを教えて (Bessatsu Friend)
31. Boy’s Abyss volume 6
32. My Journey to Her
33. Ako and Bambi volume 2
34. Touring After the Apocalypse volume 2 (JP)
35. Suite Room / 0226 (Craft)
36. Kowloon Generic Romance volume 7
37. Rent-A-Girlfriend volume 23
38. Rent-A-Girlfriend volume 24
39. The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess volume 8
40. How I Met My Soulmate volume 2
41. The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess volume 9
42. How I Met My Soulmate voume 3

One-Shot:

1. Fairy Tail: The Path You Believe In (Weekly Shounen Magazine)
2. 或る門番 (Weekly Shounen Sunday)
3. 大怪獣！アカリちゃん (Weekly Shounen Sunday)
4. 一位に願いを (Hana to Yume)
5. 甘いチョコレート (Bessatsu Friend)
6. 恋ぞつもりて (Bessatsu Friend)
7. 魔王の娘は、 死にたくない。(Weekly Shounen Sunday)
8. 鉄脚のリョーコ (Weekly Shounen Sunday)
9. 理想じゃなくても君がいい (Dessert)
10. Lifesaver Witch (Weekly Shounen Sunday)

Light Novels:

1. The Unwanted Undead Adventurer volume 13
2. You Were Experienced, I was Not: Our Dating Story volume 4
3. Butareba: The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig volume 4
4. I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m Not an Adventurer Yet?! volume 6
5. Welcome to Japan, Ms Elf volume 9
6. Demons’ Crest volume 1 – review 
7. The Poison King: Now That I’ve Gained Ultimate Power, the Bewitching Beauties in My Harem Can’t Get Enough of Me volume 1
8. Zilbagias The Demon Prince: How the Seventh Prince Brought Down the Kingdom volume 2
9. Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My Old World Whenever I Want! volume 8
10. Management of a Novice Alchemist volume 2
11. Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian volume 2
12. The Invincible Summoner Who Crawled up from Level 1 volume 2
13. A Surprisingly appy Engagement for the Slime Duke and the Fallen Noble Lady volume 2
14. Holmes of Kyoto volume 19 
15. Dungeon Dive: Aim for the Deepest Level volume 8
16. Days with My Stepsister volume 2 
17. The Royal Hostage Has Vanished: The Black Wolf Knight Yearns for the Persecuted Princess volume 1
18. The Fake Hero Crashes the Party volume 1
19. Schoolgirl (novella) – review
20. The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World volume 1 
21. The Hero and the Sage, Reincarnated and Engaged volume 1

Manga down from 63 last month, light novels up from 14 and one shots down from 10. Honestly not super surprising, but a shame to see manga fall below 50 for the first time since January… The backlog has also risen once more from 607 to 640… Truly I am doomed at this rate.