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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 Covers That Give Off Fall Vibes.  All of these books are ones I would recommend, and it totally doesn't matter what season they're actually set in so long as the cover says Fall for one reason or another to me.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Before the Devil Knows You're Here by Autumn Krause The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James Cemetery Boys ( Cemetery Boys #1) by Aiden Thomas The Devil's Music ( The Montague Twins #2) by Nathan Page and Drew Shannon How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio The Only One Left by Riley Sager Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell The September House by Carissa Orlando The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher What book covers say Fall to you?  Have you read any of these books?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even c...

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope everyone's been doing well this month.  I've now completed 18 total tasks for  Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge .  I completed two tasks in September which required me to read a  banned book and complete a task on Book Riot’s How to Fight Book Bans guides and  the first book in a completed young adult or middle grade duology and   I selected  Annie on My Mind  by Nancy Garden  (my task was working on planning my library display for the upcoming Banned Books Week ) and  Even the Darkest Stars  ( Even the Darkest Stars  #1) by Heather Fawcett ,  Read on to see my mini review and my plans for next month: ❋   ❋  ❋   ❋  ❋ Annie on My Mind  by Nancy Garden  is a book I should have read years ago. I will admit that parts of it made me so mad and sad, but I'm very glad for the sense of hope. That was much needed. But, you know what I wanted to s...

          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 again!  Today, I'm featuring my favorite songs from KPop Demon Hunters   (2025).  This movie was so cool.  I'd heard it was good and I'm glad I finally watched it.  It definitely lived up to the hype!  Give a listen to Your Idol , Soda Pop , How It's Done , and What It Sounds Like ...

Happy Sunday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing my seventh and final update and mini reviews for my European portion of the  Read Around the World Challenge .  Of the 46 books for the 46 European countries on my original  tbr , I managed to complete 4 in September for a total of 46 completed.  I can't believe I've managed to complete my original challenge tbr!  The challenge website has had some changes/ updates since I created my original tbr, so in regards to it there are now 49 countries and some of the books I selected for the Europe challenge are now classified as other countries in other continents.  All that said, I now have 7 books remaining to complete my challenge.  You can check out my profile here on the challenge website  here  (you can see the my newly available country progress list here ).  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read this month and below I'll also share my tbr to fully complete my Europe challenge...

Happy Friday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing my wrap up and mini reviews for my Autumn Equinox 2025 classes at Orilium  for the  Magical Readathon , hosted by  G. @ Book Roast .  You can check out my original tbr here .  This semester I took four courses: Elemental Studies, Inscription, Restoration, and Lore with an O in Elemental Studies, a D in Inscription, an O in Restoration, and a Q in Lore for a grand total of seven books to read.  I completed all of them and I have now officially graduated as a Master Scribe.  I can't wait to pick a new calling for the Spring Equinox of 2026.  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the books I read for this challenge: Elemental Studies O - Stormcall - Water on the cover ❋  ❋  ❋  ❋ The Devil and the Dark Water  by Stuart Turton  is a solid mystery thriller. I didn't feel as invested in it as I had hoped to given how much I enjoyed The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle . The world...

      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 - Autumn Equinox 2025  books,  The Devil and the Dark Water  by Stuart Turton .  I really liked  The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle , so I'm really looking forward to ...

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: Kagen the Damned ( Kagen the Damned #1) by Jonathan Maberry Published: May 10th, 2022 Genre: Epic Fantasy Horror  My Copy: Format: Trade paperback Pages: 560 Where I Acquired It: Barnes & Noble Summary (From Goodreads): Sworn by Oath Kagen Vale is the trusted and feared captain of the palace guard, charged with protecting the royal children of the Silver Empire. But one night, Kagen is drugged and the entire imperial family is killed, leaving the empire in ruins. Abandoned by the Gods Haunted and broken, Kagen is abandoned by his gods and damned forever. He becomes a wander...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by  That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Books On My Fall 2025 TBR.  All of the books on my list this week are books I'm reading for my  Magical Readathon: Orilium - Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Aeldia 2025, The Boardgame ,  Read Around the World Challenge: Europe , and my  Book Riot's 2025 Read Harder Challenge .  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order: Almost Midnight  by Rainbow Rowell   Baptism of Fire ( The Witcher #3) by Andrzej Sapkowski The Birth of a King  ( The Legends of Kinthoria  #1) by Deborah Marsh and Carol Marsh Dead Man's Hand  ( The Unorthodox Chronicles  #1) by James J. Butcher Digging Up Devils: The Search For A Satanic Murder Cult in Rural Ohio  by Jack Legg The Divide  by Jeremy Robinson The Fisherman  by John Langan Frog and Toad Are Friends  ( Frog and Toad  #1)...