Sunday Summary – 26th April 2026

Posted on April 26, 2026 by fantasyst95

Sunday has come around again – where did that week go? Regardless of my surprise, another week is over and it’s time for another Sunday Summary update.

I feel like I’m breaking out of my reading slump! Now I’m back to somewhat normal. It’s taken a few weeks to get back into my typical routine. It’s not all been work related disruption. I recently got myself a bike and I’ve been out practicing on that. And yes, the word practice is 100% appropriate! I was rubbish at riding when I was 10. Needless to say, rusty is an understatement 😂 However, I’m getting better and making adjustments to my bike as and where I’m figuring out what the causes of discomfort are. I’ll get there 😊

As well, I’ve been building planters for a vegetable garden this weekend. Constructing two trellis planters were the focus of my attention yesterday. Today, I finished filling them with compost, planted in one and sowed seeds indoors to be planted out at a later date for the others. I’ll post a picture once it looks more exciting than a patch of bare soil 😅

Now, onto the blog updates! This week, I posted a list of popular books I DNF’d and shared why I didn’t get on with them. Then, on Friday I shared a First Lines Friday with an upcoming WW2 non-fiction I’m excited to read!

Books Read

1984

As of this Sunday Summary, I can finally report finishing 1984 🎉

It’s taken a lot longer than I imagined. If I’m honest, I think having read this book before actually counted against me this time. Knowing the ending, there’s no incentive to read on and find out more. There’s no newness or appeal to discover something new.

Nevertheless, I did enjoy this re-read! It’s confirmed to me that the only time I didn’t enjoy this book was studying it at school.

Looking at Women, Looking at War

Thankfully, I have a loose deadline for Looking at Women, Looking at War. I think that’s going to do me a favour.

I’m due to return Looking at Women, Looking at War to the library tomorrow. I’ve already extended my loan of this book once, and I don’t want to have to do it again. With this in mind, it’s encouraging me to complete a bit of a binge read!

I started Looking at Women, Looking at War last night and as of drafting this Sunday Summary, I’m 80 pages into this 290 page book. For stats nerds, that’s about 27%. Tonight, I predict a bit of a reading marathon to try and get this finished! 😅

And you know what, I’m not mad about it! The first 80 pages of this book have been effortless to read. The change of book had definitely helped get me back into scouring pages. Plus, I’m invested in the topic as its ongoing history in the Russian/Ukraine war.

If necessary, I have tomorrow lunchtime to finish the book; I don’t usually go to a gym class on Mondays, so I can be flexible and finish it then if needs must. However, my library closes at 5, so I do need to bear that in mind…

Books Discovered

I’ve behaved this week – no new books on my TBR to report! And it’s pay day weekend!

Am I feeling alright? Maybe I need to see a doctor…

Coming Up…

What I’m Reading…

The end of the month is creeping up on us. My TBR is definitely not getting completed this month. However, the books I’m naturally going to prioritise are Looking at Women, Looking at War and Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas.

Blog

At the beginning of this week, I’m going to share a book review with you. I have a right old backlist, and I’m keen to whittle that down. More so, I’m featuring a review for book 3 of Robin Hobb’s The Liveship Traders series. Ship of Destiny was my favourite instalment of this trilogy – I can’t wait to tell you about it!

With the end of the month falling this week, my April wrap-up will go live on Friday. Unfortunately it’s going to be lighter on content and reading progress than I’d have liked, but never mind! It’s honest and it’s life – other things are always going to come up!

Next comes my May TBR. Given April was a bit of a flop, I’m planning a completely fresh start. I think what I want to do is update my old TBR jar and give this another go! Given I don’t have much set that I want to read, I’m willing to let chance decide.

Finally, another Sunday Summary will land on the interwebs same time next week. Fingers crossed a change is as good as a rest and I’m back to usual reading and posting schedule next week!

YouTube

This afternoon, I recorded a video update equivalent of my Sunday Summary. I’ll edit and pop this up tomorrow night – when I don’t have a library loan hanging over me…

Later in the week, I’ll also record a monthly wrap-up post. If you’d prefer to watch instead of read this, go follow me on YouTube so you’re notified when this goes live!

I’ll also record a May TBR here – if I go down the route of a TBR jar, this will be the evidence of the books I draw and my initial thoughts!

Summary

This Sunday Summary is optimistic of change on my doorstep. A deadline has always helped me get a job done, so I suspect finishing Looking at Women Looking at War is the kick up the bum I need to get going with reading.

Do you thrive on a deadline like I do? What are you reading right now?

Sunday Summary – 26th April 2026

Books Read