I've signed up for three 2025 #readingchallenges already, and it's not even December! #WickedWords is a given of course if it's running, #ISpyBingo I very much enjoy, and I like the look of the prompts for #booklistqueenchallenge25 too. And I'll be running Four Fours again, hashtagged #fourfoursin25 this time.
What are you thinking of signing up for? Or running?
#readingchallenge #2025readingchallenges
Oooo, so dark and creepy! It starts off cozy and then turns on you. A very disturbing read that has many possible interpretations.
#BookSpin #BacklistReadathon #10BeforeTheEnd Number 3
I was a little intimidated by this but was immediately engrossed. Might help that it was inspired by one of my favorite books (though not a retelling, I don't think.)
#10BeforeTheEnd #BookSpin
so-soThis was my #BookSpin for this month. It was only OK. The writing sometimes felt a little off, but I'm not sure why.
pickI loved this book! Middle-aged spinsters get involved with freeing females from an abusive husband, mental asylum, & a brothel. Told in 3 adventures, set in 1812, a historical look at women‘s status in that time. Adventurous with some romance and strong women. This is the beginning of a series—yay! #bookspin for November
pickSoft pick. I'm always torn when it comes to this series. Shall I continue reading it? Shall I DNF? Then something happens and I ask myself, why did I ever think of DNFing. And so it continues. Loved the Billybumblers, as always, and the concept of a story within a story within a story. The rest was a So-So, and didn't really catch my full attention.
#BookSpin @TheAromaOfBooks
pickThis collection of Ray Bradbury‘s short stories was just the right amount of unsettling—a perfect read for October! Bradbury is a master, and there are some gems here. The stories I found the creepiest were creepy for entirely different reasons: “The Next in Line” and “Skeleton.” I loved “Uncle Einar,” “There Was an Old Woman,” and “The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone”—and honestly, those were probably the least unsettling of them all. ⤵️
pickReading this right after the election was an interesting experience. The stories in this book were heartbreaking and the author took an empathetic approach to them. She helps her readers understand how people came to believe in these conspiracy theories and how much damage this did to their families. There isn‘t as much resolution of some of the stories but unfortunately that‘s probably the case in real life. This was my #BookSpin for November
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@Jas16 Do what makes you happy! 12h
@TheBacklistBook Just added #FictionalTraveler to my list. The more the merrier, I can always trim later if I'm not managing.
@willaful #URC I have not heard of before *scuttles off to join* @Faranae
@mariaku21 @BookwormAHN I'll be organising #Pantone2025 over the next week or so. Stay tuned 2h