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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 Bookish Places I’ve Visited, but in honor of Summer of Horror 2026 , a celebration of all things horror running from June through August and hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy , I'm going to do something a bit different and share Horror Locations I Really Don't Want To Visit.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer - New Creations craft store - no, thanks! Dracula by Bram Stoker - Dracula's castle - nah!  The above gif is from the movie Horror of Dracula (1958) which stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and is one of my favorite adaptations. The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales  by Edgar Allan Poe - The House of Usher - I'll just stay home okay! Fear Street by R.L. Stine - Fear Street and Shadyside - Another one I'll stay away from, thanks!  Readin...

  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! In honor of Summer of Horror 2026 , a celebration of all things horror running from June through August and hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy , I'm featuring music from the Holiday Sweater YouTube channel.  Their music is perfectly atmospheric for the Summer of Horror.  Plus, the dancing skeletons look pretty great.  Give a listen to  Chill ...

Happy Sunday Funday and welcome to my twelfth weekly update for Summer of Horror 2026 (my fourth of August), a celebration of all things horror running from June through August and hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy .  I can't believe there's only a little more than a week left of this! Keep reading to see what I've gotten up to since last week. My Summer of Horror This Week: Sunday Funday: August Week 3 Update Music Monday: Nine Cats One Life Top Ten Tuesday: Horror Book Series I Want to Catch Up On The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Gwendy's Final Task ( The Button Box #3) by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar What I've Watched This Week : ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ The Terror ( Season 3: Devil in Silver ) - AMC+ - This is a pretty good miniseries. It's quite atmospheric and the cast is great. I was hoping for a little more from the finale than what we got though. My favorite part of the series is Dan Stevens. It's fun getting to see him in genre productions. I h...

      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 Anne'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 Summer of Horror 2026 (hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy ),  Gwendy's Final Task ( The Button Box #3) by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar .  I've had this on my shelf for ages.  It's time to finish this trilogy!...

        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 Game by Linsey Miller Published: August 4, 2020 Genre: YA Mystery Thriller My Copy: Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Where I Acquired It: Goodwill Summary (From Goodreads): If you loved American Horror Story 1984 , you'll die for this paperback original thriller mashup of Agatha Christie's The A.B.C. Murders and Riverdale in which a game turns deadly with a killer who picks his victims one by one, letter by letter. Every year the senior class at Lincoln High plays assassin. Lia Prince has been planning her strategy for years and she's psyched that not only does she finally ...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is Book Series I Want to Catch Up On, and in honor of Summer of Horror 2026 , a celebration of all things horror running from June through August and hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy , I've decided to share some Horror Book Series I Want to Catch Up On.  Each title on this list in the next book in their respective series I'll be picking up (eventually).  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The City of Mirrors ( The Passage #3) by Justin Cronin Demon in the Sand ( Titan of the Stars #2) by E.K. Johnston The Dustin Experiment ( Stranger Things #8) by J.L. D'Amato End of Watch ( Bill Hodges Trilogy #3) by Stephen King Ghosts ( Hell Divers #2) by Nicholas Sansbury Smith The Liminal Zone, Vol. 2 ( The Liminal Zone #2) by Junji Ito The Queen of Swords ( Golgotha #3) by R.S. Belcher Ship of the Dead ( Omega Days #2) ...

  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! In honor of Summer of Horror 2026 , a celebration of all things horror running from June through August and hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy , I'm featuring music from the Nine Cats One Life  YouTube channel.  I love their lofi mixes and The Vampurr | 2 Hours of Spooky Lo-Fi for Halloween Nights is perfect for the Summer of Horror. You are invited to th...

Happy Sunday Funday and welcome to my eleventh weekly update for Summer of Horror 2026 (my third of August), a celebration of all things horror running from June through August and hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy .  I had a pretty busy week this go around, but I did make it through a bit more of my watchlist at least.  Keep reading to see what I've gotten up to since last week. My Summer of Horror This Week: Sunday Funday: August Week 2 Update Music Monday: Cozy Ambient Escape The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Angel Down by Daniel Kraus What I've Watched This Week : ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋ Gyeongseong Creature (Season 2) - Netflix - I'm glad I finally finished this series (with episodes 3-7 this week). I wouldn't say season 2 is quite as strong as the first, but I was still invested in our two leads.  My review is also on Serializd . ❋ ❋ ❋ ❋.5 Episode 3: It's really picking up and a lot happened in this episode. I still have so many questions, though! I was gettin...

      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 Anne'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 Summer of Horror 2026 (hosted by Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy ),  Angel Down by Daniel Kraus .  I've heard only amazing things about this, not counting the fact that it won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, so my hopes are ...

        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 Graverobber's Apprentice by Allan Stratton Published: March 6, 2012 Genre: MG Fantasy Adventure My Copy: Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Where I Acquired It: Goodwill Summary (From Goodreads): Hans doesn’t know who he is or where he came from. When he was a baby, he washed ashore in a wooden box and was adopted by the conniving grave robber Knobbe the Bent. Now fate has thrown him together with Angela von Schwanenberg, a young countess fleeing for her life from the evil Archduke Arnulf and his dreaded Necromancer. Together, these friends go on a daring quest to discover Hans’s true...