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Monthly Book Recommendations: April 2026

Welcome to our monthly book recommendations for April 2026! When you’re not sure whether to expect rain or shine, it’s always smart to have a book on hand. Here’s what we’ve been reading over the past month!

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Book cover for review. Image shows a black sky dotted with stars above a grey Greek landscape featuring buildings and a temple on a hill. On a wall in front of the landscape, at the bottom of the image, is a teen girl, standing with her back to us. Her arms are stretched out, her hair is wild, and she wears a golden shawl over her dress. In the sky high above is a silver crescent moon. The title 'The Lost Daughter of Sparta' is laid out in gold above the girl.
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The Lost Daughter of Sparta | Book Review

Written by Felicia Day, illustrated by Rowan MacColl (pub. Simon & Schuster, 2026)

“I’ll show him! I promise, I’ll be the best wife–”
“No, you won’t, child.”
“Huh?”
“You are twice cursed.”
“Twice…?”
“The daughters of the house of Tyndareus are fated to betray their husbands. Timandra was first, Helen second, then Clytemnestra. All my girls, powerless to stop themselves.
And you will be next.”

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Monthly Book Recommendations: March 2026

Welcome to our monthly book recommendations for March 2026! Over the last couple of weeks we have been very busy – and so has our postie! We’ve had a number of book posts arrive over the past month, so we thought we would include them in our round-up.

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Monthly Book Recommendations: January 2026

Welcome to our monthly book recommendations, and it’s our first post for 2026! Depending on where you are in the country, the weather has been pretty grim, so we believe the best thing to do is settle in with some fantastic reads. Here’s the ones that got us through January!

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83 Days in Mariupol graphic novel cover for review. Image shows a family, mother in the middle holding hands with a child on each side, with their backs to the viewer. They are silhouetted against city buildings in the distance that are crumbling and burning. The image is mostly in shades of grey, with the fires in bright reds and oranges. The title is in dark red at the top.
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83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary | Graphic Novel Review

By Don Brown (Clarion Books, imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, this format 2025)

Could Mariupol, and Ukraine, survive? As Russian rockets threatened the city, Ukrainians resisted, and with a heroic combination of sacrifice and bravery, the besieged city endured…for months. But it all came at a steep cost.

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Our Top 5 Books of 2024

We read some absolutely fantastic books over the past year, and we’ve enjoyed sharing them all with you! Some books didn’t make it into our recommended lists however (there were some crackers released at the end of the year!), and they were some of the best – so here we’re sharing with you our top 5 books from 2024.

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