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Happy Friday everyone! Today I'm sharing my thoughts on the book I read in September for Choose Your Own Adventure: Year In Adelia 2026, The Boardgame , an additional challenge to G. @ Book Roast 's Magical Readathon .  You can see my full tbr here .  Without further ado, check out my mini review below: September - 9B - Inspect frost (the mountain walls glimmer with an odd frost that is illuminated by your Truelight.  It's a very peculiar type of frost, you've never seen anything like this, it seems to dance and move with you... how odd.  You must collect some investigate later.) - read a book with a light blue cover  ❋ ❋ Celtika ( The Merlin Codex #1) by Robert Holdstock  is my first book by this author based on my experience with this, I doubt I'll be back for more. This sounded like it would be right up my alley, but it was incredibly underwhelming. I realized fairly early on that I wasn't interested in the characters or the world. It had its moments, bu...

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,  Managing Death ( Death Works Trilogy #2) by Trent Jamieson .  This sounds really cool.  It's the second book in the series and book one isn't available at my library.  I'll give this a try and see if I want to buy the rest of the books. Beginning: There's blood behind my eyelids, and in my mouth. 56: Phones ring throughout the office. Are you participating in this challenge...

        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: Race to the End of the World ( The Mapmaker Chronicles #1) by A.L. Tait Published: October 14, 2014 Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure My Copy: Format: Paperback Pages: 239 Where I Acquired It: Goodwill Summary (From Goodreads): A map of the world? Why did the King want that? Everyone knew if you went too far in either direction you'd fall off the edge, into the jaws of Genesi, the fire-breathing dragon. A reluctant adventurer. A ship captained by a slave. A mysterious sea monster. And a race to the end of the world. The first thrilling book in The Mapmaker Chronicles ...

  Happy Tuesday everyone!  Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week's topic is a Fall Themed Freebie, so I'm going to share some of my Favorite Fall Movies.  Some of these are spooky but others just fit the season for me.  Each movie title will be linked back to its Letterboxd page.  Without further ado, here we go in alphabetical order by title: The Addams Family   - I love these characters and this (and the 1993 sequel) is probably my favorite iteration of this kooky family. Arsenic and Old Lace - This movie is so unhinged and chaotic and it's an all time favorite Cary Grant movie.  Plus, it happens to be set at Halloween!  The movie poster doesn't quite do the story justice in my opinion.  Also, on a side note, last week someone was telling me that if there was ever a remake or new adaptation of this story that they would like to see Ryan Gosling play Mortimer.  I wasn't expecting that pa...

  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 four favorites from the soundtrack of Yellowjackets , Season 1 (2021).  I'm glad I finally decided to start in on this rollercoaster because it's been something else.  I can't wait to get caught up on the rest of the series.  Give a listen to No Return (Main Title) , Plane Crash , Laura Lee , and Let The Darkness Set Us Free : You are inv...

  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 SeasonAthon Academy Semester Five books,  Dead Iron ( Age of Steam #1) by Devon Monk .  It's been awhile since I've read any steampunk westerns and I've missed it.  This might be a fun series opener. Beginning: Cedar had stared straight into the killing eyes of rabid wolves, hungry bears, and charging bull elk, but Mrs. Horace Small had them all topped. 56: She didn't look a thing like her mother or father. 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: Damnation ( The Burned Man #3) by Peter McLean Published: May 2, 2017 Genre: Urban fantasy My Copy: Format: Mass market paperback Pages: 349 Where I Acquired It: Goodwill Summary (From Goodreads): Shambolic demon-hunting hitman Don Drake is teetering on the edge of madness in this smart, witty urban fantasy novel. Don Drake is living rough in a sink estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh, doing cheap spells for even cheaper customers while fending off the local lowlifes. Six months ago, Don fled from London to Glasgow to track down his old girlfriend Debbie the alchemist. With the Bu...