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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  Magical Readathon: Orilium - Lightfall: Old Favour Pass 2024   reads ,  The Haunting of Gillespie House  by Darcy Coates .    Darcy Coates has quickly become one of my favorites so I'm really lookin...

          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 The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch Published: November 1, 2009 Genre: Sci-Fi Mystery Thriller My Copy:  Format: Hardback Pages: 338 Where I Acquired It: An craft/ antique mall Summary (From the book jacket since the one on Goodreads is like one line long): A mesmerizing thriller - told in reverse! The 13th Hour is the story of a man given the chance to go back in time in one hour increments to prevent a vicious crime from destroying his life. Nick Quinn is being held in jail, accused of the murder of beloved wife, Julia.  He knows she's dead; he s...

Happy Wednesday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing my potential TBR for the  Beat The Backlist 2025  reading challenge.  I took part in this challenge ages ago - way back in  2018 ,  2019 , and 2024  - and I decided that I ought to participate in  Austine Decker 's year long challenge again this year.  The rules for the challenge are really easy - read books published in 2024 or earlier and read them during 2025.  Also, any format, genre, rereads, and stacking it with other challenges all count for this challenge.  You can either choose to read any amount or anything at all, or you can opt to follow the either 24 or 52 book prompt list which require you to select only one book per prompt.  This time around I've decided to tackle the 24 book prompt list and all of my choices are books that I haven't read before.  If you're interested, here is the  BlueSky account  for the challenge and if you share your progress o...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books On My Winter 2024-2025 TBR.  All of the books on my tbr are books coming out this winter.  Without further ado, here we go in order by release date: A Cruel Thirst by Angela Montoya - Release date: December 17th, 2024 Among Serpents ( Above the Black #2) by Marc J. Gregson - Release date: January 7th, 2025 Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear ( Wayward Children #10) by Seanan McGuire - Release date: January 7th, 2025 Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix - Release date: January 14th, 2025 Onyx Storm ( The Empyrean #3) by Rebecca Yarros - Release date: January 21st, 2025 The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton - Release date: February 25th, 2025 Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey - Release date: March 4th, 2025 They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran - Release date: March 4th, 2025 The Buffalo Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - Relea...

    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 everyone!  Today, I'm featuring three of my favorites from Naomi Scott's Skye Riley in Smile 2 (2024) .  I really enjoyed this horror sequel, even more than the original movie.  Naomi Scott has a great voice.  Give a listen to New Brain ,  Blood on White Satin , and Death of Me : You are invited to the Inlinkz link ...

Happy Sunday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing my tbr for a new challenge I've decided to try in 2025 (or for as long as it takes), the Read Around the World Challenge .  I've seen this challenge on several blogs I enjoy reading and have decided to take it on myself.  To start off with, I'm going to focus on the 46 European countries.  You can check out my profile here on the challenge website here .  Keep reading to see what I hope to read for this challenge: 1. Albania My choice:  Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta  edited by Brian Kolodiejchuk  - I don't know a lot of detail about Mother Teresa, so I suppose I'll learn something here. 2. Andorra My choice: The Teacher of Cheops by Albert Salvado - I've seen a lot of lower and mixed reviews of this, but I'll try it.  It's the only one I have easier access to. 3. Austria My choice:  Blackout  ( Blackout  #1) by Marc Elsberg - This sci-...