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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 Books With Handwriting On The Cover and also are all five star reads that I feel like I haven't talked about enough lately.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan The Ask and the Answer ( Chaos Walking #2) by Patrick Ness Dear Martin ( Dear Martin #1) by Nic Stone The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures by N.D. Stevenson I Wish You All The Best ( I Wish You All The Best #1) by Mason Deaver Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore ( Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore #1) by Robin Sloan My Lady Jane ( The Lady Janies #1) by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece by Annabel Pitcher The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness Ship Breaker ( Ship Breaker #1) by Paolo Bacigalupi Have you read any of these?  As always, thanks for visiting...

  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! In honor of Summer of Horror 2026 , a celebration of all things horror running from June through August and hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy , I'm featuring more spooky favorites from  Brandon Fiechter's Music .  I've featured his music 2 other times - here and here .  Give a listen to Spooky Lemondade Stands , Whispers in the Forest , and Riders in ...

Happy Sunday Funday and welcome to my fourth and final weekly update for  Summer of Horror 2026 , a celebration of all things horror running from June through August and hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy .  I'm glad I've decided to take part in this - it's going to be a good summer!  Keep reading to see what I've gotten up to since the beginning of this challenge. My Summer of Horror This Week: Announcement & TBR Music Monday: Fantasy & World Music by the Fiechters, Pt. 7 Movies & TV Shows I Want To Watch The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): House of Shadows ( House of Shadows #1) by Darcy Coates What I've Watched This Week : ❋ ❋  ❋ ❋ If Wishes Could Kill (Limited Series) - Netflix - This started off a bit shaky but by the end I became more invested than I was expecting. ❋ ❋ ❋.5 Episode 1: That was an intense ending of this episode. Dang, I liked Hyeong-wook too! Se-ah and Geon-woo seem like good kids and kind of cute together....

      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 Summer of Horror 2026 (hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy ),  House of Shadows ( House of Shadows #1) by Darcy Coates .  I love this author, so I can't wait to try this first half of a duology.  I'm also reading this...

        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: Ship of Smoke and Steel ( The Wells of Sorcery #1) by Django Wexler Published: January 22, 2019 Genre: YA LGBT+ Fantasy My Copy: Format: Hardback Pages: 367 Where I Acquired It: An antique shop Summary (From Goodreads): In the lower wards of Kahnzoka, the great port city of the Blessed Empire, eighteen-year-old ward boss Isoka enforces the will of her criminal masters with the power of Melos, the Well of Combat. The money she collects goes to keep her little sister living in comfort, far from the bloody streets they grew up on. When Isoka's magic is discovered by the government, ...

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today, I'm sharing my watchlist with you for Summer of Horror 2026 , a celebration of all things horror running from June through August and hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy .  Horror is a favorite genre of mine, so I have a lot of movies and tv shows that I'd like to try to pick from.  Who knows if I'll get to all of these or even change my mind and try something else instead, but this gives me a good place to start!  All of the titles are linked back to their Serialized or Letterboxd pages. TV Shows: The Boroughs - Netflix - Some friends have started this series already and have really enjoyed what they've watched of it.  It looks pretty tempting! Forever Knight (Season 2 and 3) - DVD - Season 1 was so good! I need to know what's next. Goddess Bless You from Death (Season 1) - Netflix - I spotted this Thai series on Netflix and it seems like it could be worth a watch. Gyeongseong Creature (Season 2) - Netflix - Season 1 was ...