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Happy Monday everyone!  Today I'm sharing my wrap up and mini reviews for the Autumn Equinox 2026 classes at Orilium for the Magical Readathon , hosted by G. @ Book Roast .  This challenge ran all of September and I took 4 courses: getting an O in Elemental Studies, a Q in Astronomy, a Q in Restoration, and and O in Spells & Incantations (that's 6 books in total).  Check out my original tbr here .  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read for this challenge: Elemental Studies O - Enchanted Forestry: Forest ❋ ❋ ❋  ❋ ❋ Hunted by Darcy Coates  is a new favorite from the author!  This novel doesn't really have the supernatural horror elements, but it is a very effective survival thriller.  I wasn't expecting the cast to be as much of an ensemble that rotates around several characters, but the format really worked for me.  What a ride! My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph . Astronomy O - Birthchart Numerology: Pop...

  Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to Music Monday!  Let's share some songs we've been enjoying!  If you would like to link up with me, please see the rules below. Rules: Every Monday share a few songs you've been enjoying.  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.  Hello everyone! Today, I'm featuring the soundtrack of  Coyote vs. ACME (2026) composed by Steven Price. I absolutely loved this movie and the soundtrack was excellent. The full album is available on YouTube so check it out: You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

  Happy Sunday everyone!  Today I'm sharing my my ninth update for my progress for the year long reading challenge called the 2026 Popsugar Reading Challenge .  In September, I completed 6 books for a total of 50 read so far out of 50 total books on my tbr.  I'm so happy I finished this challenge up early! You can see my original tbr here .  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read in September for this challenge: 28. A book about debt ❋ ❋  ❋ ❋  ❋  The Blacktongue Thief ( Blacktongue #1) by Christopher Buehlman  is a new favorite dark epic fantasy.  I'm glad I decided to listen to the audiobook production of this because the narrator is amazing.  I was genuinely surprised to learn that the author himself performed it himself.   The story itself and the world-building are great, but the production makes this one of the best audiobooks I've listened to.  I can't wait to read the prequel and also the upcoming ...

Happy Sunday Funday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing some of the horror tv shows I want to watch this month.  I've picked out six different series to get ready for Halloween!  Who knows how much of these I'll actually watch and/ or complete, but either way I think I've got a pretty great watchlist made up for myself.  I'm also participating in this year's round of Hooptober over on Letterboxd (which started back on September 15th) - you can check out my watchlist here . Without further ado, let's get to my tv watchlist: Below (2026, Limited Series) - Josh Hartnett is always fun in horror and thriller and the preview for this looked very enticing.  I can't wait to see what it's all about when it is released on Netflix on October 8th. Carrie (2026, Season 1) - As soon as I heard Mike Flanagan was involved with adapting this Stephen King story, I was very interested to see where it would go.  I don't have long to wait because it starts on Prime Vide...

Happy Saturday everyone! Today I'm sharing my September progress for both the year long reading challenge called The 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge  and Read Queerly 2026 which is hosted by Alexx @ Enthralled Bookworm .  You can see my original tbrs  here  and  here .  In September, I completed 2 books for a total of 48 read so far out of 52 total books on my tbr for my The 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge and 1 book for a total of 15 out of 16 on my tbr for Read Queerly.  I would usually share these updates separately, but one book I read for both of these challenges (To Ride A Rising Storm) was a book I read for both challenges, so I thought I'd combine these two.  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read in September: ❋ ❋ ❋  ❋ ❋ To Ride A Rising Storm ( Nampeshiweisit #2) by Moniquill Blackgoose  was easily one of my most anticipated reads and the year given how much I loved the first book in the series.  L...

Happy Friday everyone!  Today I'm sharing my ninth update for my September progress for the year long Beat The Backlist 2026 reading challenge, hosted by Austine Decker.  You can see my original tbr here .  In September, I completed 1 book for a total of 19 read so far out of 24 total books on my tbr.  5 to go!  Without further ado, keep reading to see my thoughts on the book I read in September: 21. the most beautiful cover: the art on this book cover stands above the rest to you ❋ The original book, The Phantom of the Opera novel, the movies, and the musical are some of my favorite things. That said, this YA reimagining,  Phantom Heart ( Phantom Heart #1) by Kelly Creagh , did not work at all for me for a lot of different reasons but the main reason is that the characters don't have any chemistry in any way and are hard to keep separate. I feel like I should rewatch the musical adaptation or another one soon to recover. My review is also on Goodreads ...