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    Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url.  Welcome back again!  Today, I'm featuring Elemental Soundworks .  I've come across the channel on YouTube and I like the sound of their instrumentals, many of which have a dark academia atmosphere.  Give a listen to Dracula's Courtyard and Dracula's Ship: The Demeter :  You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to ...

Happy Sunday everyone!  Today I'm sharing my seventh and final update for my July progress on the year long  Beat The Backlist 2025  reading challenge, hosted by  Austine Decker .  You can see my original tbr  here .  In July, I completed 2 books for a total of 24 read so far out of 24 total books on my tbr.  Go me for finishing this year long challenge in July! Without further ado, keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read in July to finish up my challenge: ❋   ❋  ❋   ❋ Why did I put off reading  The Twelve  ( The Passage  #2) by Justin Cronin  for so long?  I think I might have liked this a bit more than book one.  Plus, I really appreciated that unique recap at the beginning.  I've said it before and I'll say it again, but I wish more book series had recaps at the beginning of each progressive book.  I can't wait to read the finale and hopefully I won't put it off for as long...

          Happy Saturday everyone! Today I'm sharing my thoughts on the book I read in July for  Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Adelia, The Boardgame , an additional challenge to  G. @ Book Roast 's  Magical Readathon .  You can see my full tbr  here .  Without further ado, check out my mini review below: ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋  Incidents Around the House  by Josh Malerman  is a new favorite!  Although it took a bit of getting used to, the format and overall atmosphere of this really ended up working for me.  I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, but I will say that in the best way possible Bela and her family should have called the Winchesters for help with whole situation, or maybe even the Warrens!  Also, I'm very excited that this is being adapted into a movie - the movie will be called Other Mommy and it will be released on May 8th, 2026.  I already can't wait to see it! M...

      On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, currently hosted by  Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books , and Book Beginnings, hosted by  Rose City Reader .  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader.  Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my  2025 Popsugar Reading Challenge  books,  A Demon in Silver  ( War of the Archons  #1) by R.S. Ford .  I've had this book sitting on my shelf for way too long and this sounds pretty good to me...

  Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the weekly linkup I'm taking part of which is hosted by  Carole's Random Life in Books .  This is a great way to put a spotlight on books that I've had sitting on my shelf for awhile.  I don't know when I'll get to my weekly featured book, but I hope to some time hopefully soon. This Week's Neglected Book: Devil's Wake ( Devil's Wake #1) by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due Published: February 21st, 2012 Genre: YA sci-fi horror My Copy: Format: Paperback Pages: 278 Where I Acquired It: A local new and used indie book store  Summary (From Goodreads):  An exciting paranormal novel from two award-winning authors about what happens when an alien race brings Earth to the brink of the Apocalypse. What happens when an unprecedented infection sweeps the world, leaving the earth on the brink of the Apocalypse? But this infection goes far beyond disease. Beyond even the nightmare ima...

      Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books with Honorifics in the Title.  The honorifics I've selected from for my list today are Mrs., Mr., Miss, Ms., and Dr.  All of these are books I've read, enjoyed, and would recommend.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Lewis Stevenson Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library ( Mr. Lemoncello's Library #1) by Chris Grabenstein Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl Miss Moriarty, I Presume? ( Lady Sherlock #6) by Sherry Thomas Mr. Penguin and the Catastrophic Cruise ( Mr. Penguin #3) by Alex T. Smith Mr. Mercedes ( Bill Hodges #1) by Stephen King Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore ( Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore  #1) by Robin Sloan The Talented Mr. Ripley ( Ripley #1) by Patricia Highsmith Ms. Marvel, Vol. 10: Time and ...

      Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday! Let's share some songs we've been enjoying lately!  If you would like to play and I really hope you do, please see the rules and link up below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying lately.  It doesn't have to be a specific genre, new, or one of your favorites - just something you'd like to share with others.  If possible, share a music or lyric video of the song and your thoughts on the song(s), artist(s), and/or music video(s). If you would like to participate in Music Monday, please join the link up by sharing your post's url.  Welcome back again!  Today, I'm featuring five tracks from Hans Zimmer's score of  F1  (2025) . The soundtrack has some great music, but Zimmer's score is outstanding.  Both it and the editing of the movie really make it.  Give a listen to F1 , Built for Combat , Drive Fast , Elbows Out , and Three Laps Is A Lifetime ...

Happy Sunday Funday everyone! Today, I'm sharing my Six In Six 2025.  I spotted it over on Jamie @ Keeper of the Wood Between Worlds and thought I'd give it a try myself.  I've seen it floating around for awhile, but I've never actually taken part myself until now.  Anyway, Six in Six is hosted by Jo @ The Book Jotter and it's a way to feature some of the books we’ve read in the first six months of the year (January-June). You choose six categories and then share six books to fit in each category. Jo's blog features a long list of categories you can choose from, or you can even create your own. Without further ado, here are my categories and my picks for each one: Six Covers I Love Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit ( Moribito #1) by Nahoko Uehashi The Tainted Cup ( Shadow of the Leviathan #1)   by Robert Jackson Bennett Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Wildwood ...