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Happy Halloween everyone!  Today, I'm sharing my Halloween Reads wrap up and mini reviews.  I had a pretty great reading month this October.  If you like, you can check out my original tbr here.  Without further ado, keep reading to see my thoughts on what I read: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋ Angel of the Overpass  ( Ghost Roads  #3) by Seanan McGuire  is a great series finale.  I love Seanan McGuire's brand of urban fantasy and this series from her is totally underrated.  If you're at all interested in ghost stories, I can't recommend it enough.  By the way, I listened to the audiobook edition of this story and Amy Landon does a great job of bring Rose and her world to life. My review is also on  Goodreads  and my  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge - October Update . ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋   ❋ I was not at all expecting  Blood Pact  ( Vicki Nelson  #4) by Tanya Huff  to do what it did, but 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 The Thirty-Nine Steps ( Richard Hannay #1) by John Buchan Published: 2015 (This Edition: 1964) Genre: Adventure My Copy:  Format: Hardback Pages: 145 Where I Acquired It: An antique shop with a big book section Summary Per Goodreads: Adventurer Richard Hannay, just returned from South Africa, is thoroughly bored with London life-until he is accosted by a mysterious American, who warns him of an assassination plot that could completely destabalise the fragile political balance of Europe. Initially sceptical, Hannay nonetheless harbours the man-but one day return...

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I hope everyone's been doing well.  I've now completed 20 tasks for  Book Riot's 2024 Read Harder Challenge .  The tasks I completed in October required me to read a   genre book (SFF, horror, mystery, romance) by a disabled author   and a  middle grade horror novel.   I selected  Angel of the Overpass  ( Ghost Roads  #3) by Seanan McGuire  and  The Whispering Pines  ( Exit 13  #1) by James Preller  respectively.   Read on to see my mini reviews and my plans for next month: ❋   ❋  ❋  ❋ Angel of the Overpass  ( Ghost Roads  #3) by Seanan McGuire  is a great series finale.  I love Seanan McGuire's brand of urban fantasy and this series from her is totally underrated.  If you're at all interested in ghost stories, I can't recommend it enough.  By the way, I listened to the audiobook edition of this story and Amy Landon does a...

    Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is a Halloween Freebie and I decided to feature Horror Favorites I've Read Since Last Halloween.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Before the Devil Knows You're Here by Autumn Krause From Below by Darcy Coates The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland The Last One by Will Dean Mister Magic by Kiersten White The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Slewfoot by Brom Starling House by Alix E. Harrow Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas What are your recent favorite horror books?  Have you read any of these books?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!

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 five of my favorite tracks from the Talk to Me (2022) soundtrack.  I had no expectations going in to this horror movie, but it ended up becoming a favorite.  I'm glad I went into nearly blind - it really had me on the edge of my seat.  I can't wait to see what the directors will do next.  Give a li...

    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  and  Beat The Backlist 2024  books,  Strange Weather: Four Short Stories  by Joe Hill .  I've been meaning to get to this collection for so long! Beginning:  Snapshot...

    Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome back to  Books from the Backlog , the newer 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 A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge Published: September 1, 2017 (This Edition: June 11, 2019) Genre: YA Historical Fantasy My Copy:  Format: Trade Paperback Pages: 432 Where I Acquired It: Ollie's Bargain Outlet - Every now and then they have books for a cheap price that I've had my eyes on. Summary Per Goodreads: A teen is on the run from ghosts during the English Civil War in this YA historical fantasy from award-winning author Frances Hardinge. Sometimes, when a person dies, their spirit goes looking for somewhere to hide. Some people have space within t...

    Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is How My Reading Habits Have Changed Over Time, but I decided to continue my letter series and am featuring Favorite Books Beginning With The Letter H.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The Hacienda by Isabel Canas Hawkeye, Vol. 1 by Matt Fraction The Hazel Wood  ( The Hazel Wood #1) by Melissa Albert Heartstopper: Volume 4  ( Heartstopper #4) by Alice Oseman Hell Bent ( Alex Stern #2) by Leigh Bardugo Hild ( The Hild Sequence #2) by Nicola Griffith The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ( The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1) by Douglas Adams The Hod King ( The Books of Babel #3) by Josiah Bancroft The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher Home Before Dark by Riley Sager What are your favorite books starting with the letter H?  Have you read any of these books?  As always, thanks f...

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 the full soundtrack of  The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) .  I loved this Edgar Allan Poe adaptation from Mike Flanagan and it had a great score.  I was really surprised to see that the whole thing is available in one video on YouTube right now!  Anyway, the music is from the Newton Brothers wh...