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    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  Halloween Reads  and  Beat The Backlist 2024  books,  Strange Weather: Four Short Stories  by Joe Hill .  I've been meaning to get to this collection for so long! Beginning:  Snapshot  Shelly Beukes stood at the bottom of the driveway

    Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the newer 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 A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge Published: September 1, 2017 (This Edition: June 11, 2019) Genre: YA Historical Fantasy My Copy:  Format: Trade Paperback Pages: 432 Where I Acquired It: Ollie's Bargain Outlet - Every now and then they have books for a cheap price that I've had my eyes on. Summary Per Goodreads: A teen is on the run from ghosts during the English Civil War in this YA historical fantasy from award-winning author Frances Hardinge. Sometimes, when a person dies, their spirit goes looking for somewhere to hide. Some people have space within them, perfect

    Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is How My Reading Habits Have Changed Over Time, but I decided to continue my letter series and am featuring Favorite Books Beginning With The Letter H.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The Hacienda by Isabel Canas Hawkeye, Vol. 1 by Matt Fraction The Hazel Wood  ( The Hazel Wood #1) by Melissa Albert Heartstopper: Volume 4  ( Heartstopper #4) by Alice Oseman Hell Bent ( Alex Stern #2) by Leigh Bardugo Hild ( The Hild Sequence #2) by Nicola Griffith The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ( The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1) by Douglas Adams The Hod King ( The Books of Babel #3) by Josiah Bancroft The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher Home Before Dark by Riley Sager What are your favorite books starting with the letter H?  Have you read any of these books?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even comme

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. Happy Monday everyone!  This week I'm featuring the full soundtrack of  The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) .  I loved this Edgar Allan Poe adaptation from Mike Flanagan and it had a great score.  I was really surprised to see that the whole thing is available in one video on YouTube right now!  Anyway, the music is from the Newton Brothers who also did

    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  Halloween Reads  and  Beat The Backlist 2024  books,  Reviver  ( Reviver Trilogy  #1) by Seth Patrick .  I've been meaning to get to this for so long! Beginning: Sometimes Jonah Miller hated talking to the dead. 56: I'm one corner

    Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the newer 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 The Kingdom of Slender-Swords by Hallie Erminie Rives Published: 1910 Genre: Historical Fiction My Copy:  Format: Hardback Pages: 435 Where I Acquired It: A local craft/ antique mall Beginning (Since no official summary is available that I can find): Chapter 1 Where the Day Begins Barbara leaned against the palpitant rail, the light air fanning her breeze-cool cheek, her arteries beating like tiny drums, atune with the throb, throb, throb, of the steel deck as the black ocean leviathan swept on towards its harbor resting-place. Why Did I Add It? I've never heard of this author at