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  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Book Titles That Describe Me/My Life.  I've decided to feature Books I Need To Read That Inspired Movie & TV Shows I Love.  I usually like to read the book before I see the adaptation, but that's not always the case.  The movie and tv shows link back to their title pages on  Letterboxd  and  Serialized .  Anyway, all of these movies and shows are adaptations that I've really loved and would like to try the source material to see how it compares (for better or worse).  Without further ado, here we go by book title: Broken by Don Winslow - I saw Crime 101    with Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry at the movie theater and was a lot more invested than I was expecting to be.  I'll have to check out the novella that inspired it in this collection of shorts. The Devil's Advocate by A...

  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 five of my favorite tracks from  Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004).  I prefer the Netflix tv series overall, but I do enjoy the 2004 film as well.  Thomas Newman's score for the movie is amazing and really suits the story.  Give a listen to The Bad Beginning , The Reptile Room , An Unpleasant Incident Involving A ...

Happy Saturday everyone!  I hope everyone's had a good April so far.  I've now completed 6 tasks for  Book Riot's 2026 Read Harder Challenge .  The tasks I completed in April required me to read a   nonfiction book about resistance   and a  nonfiction comic .   I selected  Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler  by Lynne Olson  and  Hyperbole and a Half  by Allie Brosh  respectively.   Read on to see my mini reviews and my plans for next month: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋ Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler  by Lynne Olson  is a book I'd been eyeing at the library for a few years now and I'm glad Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge finally got me to check it out.  Honestly, I should have learned about Marie-Madeleine Fourcade earlier.  She ...

      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 Anne'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  Beat The Backlist 2026  books,  A Language of Dragons  (A  Language of Dragons  #1) by S.F. Williamson .  This sounds really cool to me. I haven't heard a whole lot about it though. Beginn...

        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: Serpent in the Thorns ( Crispin Guest Medieval Noir #2) by Jeri Westerson Published: 2009 Genre: Historical Mystery My Copy: Format: Hardback Pages: 288 Where I Acquired It: Thrift shop Summary (From Goodreads): Convicted of treason, Crispin Guest was stripped of his title, his land, his money and his friends. Now with only his considerable wits to sustain him, Guest works the mean streets of 14th century London, building a small reputation for his skill.  In 1384, a simpleminded tavern girl comes to his door—a body was found where she works and she’s the...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books About/Set In Places on My Bucket List, but I've decided to feature books by authors from my home state of Ohio with Books From Ohio Authors I've Never Read I Want To Try.  It's fun to spotlight books by authors from my home state, especially if their stories are set in Ohio since I might actually recognize locations at least a little bit.  Anyways, here we go in alphabetical order by title: All Is Fair by Dee Garretsen  - This 2019 YA historical fiction standalone is set during WWI and the main character gets pulled into the world of spies and international intrigue. Crime and Poetry ( A Magical Bookshop Mystery #1) by Amanda Flower - Cozy mysteries aren't always my thing, but this fantasy inspired one sounds like fun.  I've been eyeing some of the author's other mysteries at the library as well. The Demon King ( Sev...