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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 a Halloween Freebie, so I'm sharing some of my Favorite Horror Books I've Read Since Last October.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter ( Count Crowley #2) by David Dastmalchian Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White Crafting For Sinners by Jenny Kiefer  Feedback ( Newsflesh #4) by Mira Grant Hunted by Darcy Coates Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant The Liar of Red Valley by Walter Goodwater  Lucy Undying by Kiersten White Secrets of the Dark ( Black Winter #2) by Darcy Coates  Voices in the Snow ( Black Winter #1) by Darcy Coates   What are some of your recent favorite horror stories?  Have you read any of these?  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!  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! Today, I'm featuring my favorite songs performed by Sam Reid's Lestat from The Vampire Lestat (or, season three of Interview with the Vampire ).  I loved the first two seasons and I this one was awesome too.  Lestat is a fun narrator and I loved the sense of humor.  Plus, Sam Reid has a great singing voice.  In order of when they appear within the series,...

On Fridays, I participate in the weekly linkup called Friday Book Snippets, co-hosted by Anne @ HeadFullofBooks and Olivia @ Bemused and Bookish .  The directions for are pretty simple.  Share two snippets (a sentence or short paragraph) from a. the book's beginning and b. page 56 (or another page) in the book you are currently reading. No spoilers, please. Join the fun every Friday.  Previously, this was The Friday 56 hosted by Anne @ HeadFullofBooks and Rose City Reader . Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my  Halloween Bingo 2026  books,  Wretch: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw by Eric LaRocca .  I've heard this described as a reverse haunting so that could be interesting.   Beginning: There's a remarkable carnage - a swift kind of cruelty, a haughty sort of viciousness - thrumming beneath the blighted, rotting sinew of the world. 56: Father glances at Porcelain and then back to me with a look of worry. A...

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today, I'm sharing my final update for Bookforager's Picture Prompt Book Bingo 2026 .  In October, I completed this reading challenge by reading 1 book out of 16 books on my tbr.  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the book I read this month and my top 5 favorite reads from this challenge: 16. A pinch-clip purse ❋ ❋  ❋ ❋ The Rage of Dragons ( The Burning #1) by Evan Winters  was on my tbr for way too long.  I'm glad I finally read it now though!  The audiobook narrator, Prentice Onayemi, makes this work as well as it did for me.  Onayemi has a great voice and he did a great job of bringing the world to life.  I'll definitely be back for the rest of the series - and hopefully I won't wait so long before starting the next book. My review is also on Goodreads and The StoryGraph . My Top 5 Favorite Reads From This Challenge : The Deadly Grimoire ( Arkham Horror #16) by Rosemary Jones  - My review can be found here ...

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I'm sharing my final update for the year long Read Queerly 2026 which is hosted by Alexx @ Enthralled Bookworm .  In October, I completed 1 book for a total of 16 read  out of 16 total books on my tbr.  I can't believe I've already made it through the challenge - my final audiobook hold came in quicker than I was expecting.  You can see my original tbr here .  Keep reading to see my thoughts on the book I read this month and my top 5 favorite reads from this challenge: 15. Sapphic Knights: A queer book featuring sapphic knights/swordswomen ❋ ❋ ❋ The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling  had me absolutely hooked for probably the first quarter of the story, but then it just kind of fell off for me. I think I just wanted to know more about certain things that we never did find out.  I wasn't expecting it to be quite as bizarre either. It was definitely worth sticking around, though, even if it wasn't a favorite. My rev...

        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 Nightfall Duology ( Nightfall #1-2 ) by Mickey Zucker Reichert Published: April 3, 2018 Genre: Fantasy My Copy: Format: Paperback Pages: 736 Where I Acquired It: A yard sale Summary (From Goodreads): Legendary thief, lethal assassin, powerful sorcerer... this epic fantasy duology follows the adventures of the elusive man known as Nightfall as he struggles between his criminal past and his present obligation to protect the King. Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.... He has been known by countless names and terrifying deeds throughout the lands of mankind--thief, magic wielde...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Things That Make Up My Perfect Day, but I decided to do something different.  In honor of Halloween, I thought I feature some of my Recent Favorite Horror Movies & TV Shows.  Without further ado, here we go alphabetical order by title: Movies: Dead Talents Society - I had absolutely zero expectations for this Taiwanese Netflix find, but I adored it.  I need there to sequel and I also need the Lucky Hotel Team to meet Adam, Barbara, and Lydia from Beetlejuice .  If you love found families, you can't miss this. Frailty - I went into this one blind and I wasn't expecting it to go where it did at all, but I loved it.  It really made me miss Bill Paxton. Hokum - I really like the director Damian McCarthy's style and I'm so glad I had the chance to see this one on the big screen.  It's very intense and certainly atmosp...

  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! Today, I'm featuring two recent(ish) pop songs that feature vampires in honor of the spooky season. Also, next week I'll be sharing some of my favorite songs from The Vampire Lestat and I think Lestat himself would approve of my picks today. Give a listen to the Jennie Remix of Tame Impala's Dracula and Olivia Rodrigo's Vampire : You are invited to the Inlinkz ...

On Fridays, I participate in the weekly linkup called Friday Book Snippets, co-hosted by Anne @ HeadFullofBooks and Olivia @ Bemused and Bookish .  The directions for are pretty simple.  Share two snippets (a sentence or short paragraph) from a. the book's beginning and b. page 56 (or another page) in the book you are currently reading. No spoilers, please. Join the fun every Friday.  Previously, this was The Friday 56 hosted by Anne @ HeadFullofBooks and Rose City Reader . Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my  Halloween Bingo 2026  books,  The Dracula Dossier by James Reese .  I picked this historical horror thriller featuring Jack the Ripper and Bram Stoker from a yard sale a little while ago and it does sound intriguing even if the reviews are pretty mixed.  I guess, I'll find out! Beginning: Mademoiselle Durand: You do not know me, and you never will. 56: What was I to say to Oscar Wilde? Are you participating in...

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I'm sharing my wrap up and mini reviews for the SeasonAthon Academy Semester Five which was hosted by Completely Melanie , with cohosts BookAndBuJo and AStar Reads .  It ran all of September and I completed all of the prompts on my original tbr .  I meant to share this earlier, but time got away from me.  Without further ado, here are my thoughts on each book I read: Group Book: ❋ ❋ ❋ Half City ( Harker Academy #1) by Kate Golden  has a lot of potential to be a fun dark academia/ urban fantasy story, but it was hit and miss for me. Viv isn't a bad character, but she could be very grating at times. Reid is a character that I wanted to get to know outside of Viv. I wasn't interested in their romance or the spiciness of the story. Personally, I could have done without that element all together. The world-building is interesting and I liked the idea of it, but it should have been much more fleshed out to really grab me. That said, t...