Sunday Summary – 21st June 2026

Posted on June 21, 2026June 21, 2026 by fantasyst95

Good evening friends! I don’t quite know how we’re back at Sunday evening already, but there we are. That can only mean it’s time for another Sunday Summary update!

This Sunday Summary post is likely to be a short one. As reading progress goes, I’m light on updates this week. After a busy week at work training, as well as overtime on Friday due to technical issues, I haven’t read much. Even yesterday, my other half was off work. So, a day that would normally have involved at least a couple of hours on the sofa with Pillars of the Earth was not to be. Alas, I can’t be an avid reader every minute of every day…

Before I get onto the usual bookish updates, let’s quickly recap the content I’ve shared so far this week!

Over on YouTube, I shared my thoughts on whether book subscription boxes are worth it, including the pros and cons. Then, later this week I shared a review of Heir of Fire, the third book in the Throne of Glass series I’m hosting a readalong for.

Earlier, I published my weekly vlog which is the equivalent of this Sunday Summary update.

Here on the blog, I shared a Game of Thrones themed quiz on Tuesday. It’s the first time I’ve posted anything like it before. I’m also keen to build upon it casually over time, and maybe write more based on popular books. Let me know if you have any preferences for other books or series.

I had intended a Shelf Control to go live on Friday. However, with the late finish after a busy week, I made the executive decision to give myself a night off and roll this over to next week.

Books Read

The Pillars of the Earth

I confess, physical reading progress has been the slowest this week. As of drafting this post, I’ve barely read 30 pages this week. Even then, most of those were earlier today…

The reasons for this are largely circumstantial and I’m hopeful to put this week to bed and start afresh tomorrow. Does it mean I’m likely to finish The Pillars of the Earth before the end of June. Yeah. Not optimistic about that one. However, that doesn’t mean I’m giving up on it or relaxing on the pace. I wanted to read this one anyway and it’s an entertaining read so far.

Queen of Shadows

Over the course of this week, I’ve listened pretty consistently to Queen of Shadows, around half an hour a day. Overall, I’ve listened to 2 hours 45mins over the course of the week.

Not a whole lot of progress, but I’m pleased that at least one aspect of my reading habits remained consistent this week.

I’m enjoying this book in audio format. It’s certainly helping with some of the issues I had with Crown of Midnight and Heir of Fire in the density of information at the beginning of the books. In the grand scheme of things, it working out better than I hoped. Fingers crossed I can make the most of listening time next week and finish this book before the end of June. It would mean listening to around an hour a day, which is certainly achievable!

Books Discovered

I added more than enough books to my TBR last week. So, I’ve reined it in again this week. No news to report!

Coming Up…

What I’m Reading…

Naturally, priority next week goes to keeping pace with The Pillars of the Earth and Queen of Shadows, aka my current reads. Much the same as last week really…

Blog

My first post of next week is a Top Ten Tuesday. This week’s topic involves sharing my Summer TBR. Looking beyond completing the Goodreads Spring 2026 Challenge (before the end of June, or after), I’ve got plenty of books I’m excited to get to. On Tuesday, I’ll share some of those.

On Friday I’ll post the Shelf Control I didn’t get to this week – have no fear!

Finally, at the end of the week I’ll return with (hopefully) a more productive Sunday Summary post. Let’s hope more reading progress is the theme of that post.

YouTube

I’ve recorded one video for next week, as it’s a reasonable length video. In that, I share a tour of the physical unread books that currently don’t fit on my bookshelves. There’s quite a lot, so I hope you can find a book in amongst these we have in common or that you’re interested in too.

Then, later in the week, I’ll share my next weekly vlog. Again, hopefully with more reading progress than I disclose today.

Summary

Thanks for reading this Sunday Summary update. It may not be the best of weeks, but these things happen. It’s an honest account of what it can be like as a reader and content creator. So, I hope this honesty lands and you can see that I’m not perfect. But, I do my best and hold my hands up when things don’t come to plan.

Have you had better reading progress than me this week?

Sunday Summary – 21st June 2026