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    Happy Saturday everyone and welcome to my ninth  2024 Popsugar Reading Challenge  update with mini reviews!   In September, I completed 1 book for a total of 41 so far this year out of 50 books.  9 to go!  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the book I read in September: ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋  The Fifth  Elephant ( Discworld #24) by Terry Pratchett  is now one of my favorite books in this series.  I love the series, but this is possibly in my top five.  It's just nice to see Sam Vimes again. My review is also on Goodreads . Have you read this book?  Are you taking part in this challenge?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

    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  books,  The Party  ( Final Friends  #1) by Christopher Pike .  I think this series opener will start strong. Beginning: I should never have gone on vacation in Europe, Jessica Hart thought. After climbing the Matterhorn, s

Happy Thursday everyone! Today I'm sharing my eighth update for my August progress on the year long  Beat The Backlist 2024  reading challenge, hosted by  Austine Decker .  You can see my original tbr  here .  In September, I completed 1 book for a total of 42 books completed out of 52 books on my tbr.  That's 10 books left!  Without further ado, keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read in August: ❋   ❋  ❋ Windswept  ( Windswept  #1) by Adam Rakunas  should probably be a 3.5 rating, but since Goodreads doesn't have half stars I'm rounding down to 3. I really liked how this opened, but it didn't quite hold my attention as much as I wished it did. I doubt I'll be back for book two, but I will say that this somewhat reminded me of The Expanse just a little bit. My review is also on Goodreads . Have you read any of this books?  Are you participating in this challenge?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

Happy Thursday everyone - I can't believe it's already October! Today, I've decided to start taking part in a new weekly linkup hosted by Carole's Random Life in Books .  I've seen Books from the Backlog around for quite a while now and it looks like a great way to put a spotlight on enticing 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 Sword At Sunset ( The Dolphin Ring Cycle #5) by Rosemary Sutcliff Published: January 1, 1963 (This Edition: May 15, 1987) Genre: Historical Fantasy  My Copy:  Format: Mass Market Paperback Pages: 498 Where I Acquired It: I got a this from the Friends of the Library Book Warehouse sale.  I loved going to this place, but unfortunately the couple that ran it decided to retire and it closed permanently back in May.  Surprisingly, no one else with that Friends of the Library has decided to take

Happy Wednesday everyone!  As a part of my Halloween Reads , I thought I'd share 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 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 for that  here . Without further ado, let's get to my tv watchlist: Agatha All Along (2024) - Disney+ - I don't know about you, but this seems like the perfect miniseries to watch this month.  It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. American Horror Story: NYC  (2022, Season 11) - Prime Video - This is the most recent season of this series that's available on Prime that I haven't watched yet.  I really liked Double Feature , so I hope this one will be as go

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I hope everyone's been doing well.  I've now completed 18 tasks for  Book Riot's 2024 Read Harder Challenge .  The tasks I completed in September required me to read a  book about books (fiction or nonfiction)   and a book  about media literacy.   I selected  The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary  by Simon Winchester  and  True or False: A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News  by Cindy L. Otis  respectively.   Read on to see my mini reviews and my plans for next month: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary  by Simon Winchester  has been on my reading list for a long time and I'm glad I finally decided to try it.  There's so much I didn't know about the OED and all I can say is madness, genius, and obsession is right!  I wasn't expecting this to be so fascinating, but it worked for me. My rev

    Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books I Read &  Want To Read Because Of The Hype.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Read  1984 by George Orwell  - Definitely should have read this one earlier than I did! The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger  - Welp, at least I can say I crossed it off my tbr, but otherwise I couldn't stand this.  At least I read it on my own terms instead of having to read read it in high school for weeks on end. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden  - Uh, it was fine I guess, but it came across as a lot more American than I was expecting. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid  - Loved the characters and the Old Hollywood element, but wasn't nearly as interested in the present day set scenes. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens  - I think I loved the setting most of all. Want To Read  The Alchemist by

    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 a track each from  Kim Robertson & Michele McLaughlin  which really complement each other really well.  I discovered both of these while listening to Pandora Radio.  Give a listen to The Selkie by Kim Robertson  and A Celtic Dream by Michele McLaughlin : You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

    Happy Saturday everyone!  Today, I thought I'd share my reading plans for the month of October.  I plan on reading a bunch of spooky books throughout the month to get ready for Halloween!  Who knows if I'll be able to read all of thirteen of these, but either way I think I've got a pretty great tbr.  I also plan on checking out some cool movies for 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 the reading material: Angel of the Overpass  ( Ghost Roads  #3) by Seanan McGuire  - I'll be reading this for  Book Riot's 2024 Read Harder Challenge  and I can't wait to see how this trilogy ends. Blood Pact ( Vicki Nelson #4) by Tanya Huff - I didn't quite like book three as much as I was hoping but this series has still been fun so I'm looking forward to what's next.  The Dance ( Final Friends #2) by Christopher Pike - Why not

    On Friday's I take part in two weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by  Freda's Voice  ( Anne @ My Head Is Full of Books  is currently managing hosting duties), 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  Mythothon  books,  Whisper of Death  by Christopher Pike .  Doesn't that cover look awesome! Beginning: I sit alone in a dead world. 56: We broke into Baskin-Robbins. Are you taking par