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My 9th #10beforetheend book & “Starts w/ your initial” for #OffMyShelf

For fans maybe of Karen Russell. This was a fantastical novel about a whaling family in the mid 19th century. Mercy goes on a quest to find her long missing father who has been at sea for almost a decade. With her is her cousin, Mordecai, who has not left his attic room perhaps ever? Weirdness and adventure ensue as Mercy learns the truth about her family and their history.

#weekendreads

It‘s the home stretch! These are the four books I “have” to read by the end of the year.

📕A Fatal Grace for #OhCanada and #ChristmasCrimeChallenge

📗The Rathbones for #10beforetheend + it‘s on my #Roll100 list

📘I am not Sidney Poitier for #10beforetheend

📙Six Wakes for the #ChristmasCrimeChallenge

Murder, She Wrote: The Body in the Trees is a sensational addition to this series.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/12/11/murder-she-wrote-the-body-in-the-t...

I had the privilege to hear this author talk about her book at the #TexasBookFestival and I immediately had to track it down. It tells the true story of a murder that was the inspiration for Hawthorne‘s The Scarlet Letter and the woman who tried to bring the likely killer to justice. It examines true crime, the victims, their families and the storytellers bringing everything to light. Really good on #audio

This book was meh for me. Maybe blurbs on the cover and back oversold the hilarity? 🤷‍♀️

The multiple POVs were a little much at times, and I found the miscommunication trope that drives the "heartbreak" part of the story a little ridiculous. Overall, though, I found the story engaging and readable. This was my October #Bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

#BeautyBreak @ImperfectCJ

This is the time of year when I say, I could never leave New England, while realizing that by January I will wonder why I live in a place that hurts my face and halfway through March I will seriously question my sanity. It‘s for this, this perfect fall.

Found one word in Incubus.

The Sword in the Stone▪️
Rosemary‘s Baby🔸
Incubus🎚

#HauntedShelf #WordFinder

+16 points #BlackCatCrew

Something invisible is preying on the townswomen of Dry Falls. Every victim refers to it as “he”. It is clear to Church rector Henry Lieber, that the Dry Falls invader is both one and many.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#SPNBookBingo2025 #Crossroads
#Witchathon #AfterDarkBingo #ErasGhostBingo
#OneSnackToRuleThemAll #TeamPumpkinSpice
#PumpkabooHunt (Md) #Read2025 #Pages4Rest
#JustOneMoreChapter #HauntedShelf #TBR 11 hrs

+271 points #BlackCatCrew

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#TBR #HauntedShelf #OneSnackToRuleThemAll
#Witchathon #SPNBookBingo2025 #Crossroads
#AfterDarkBingo #ErasGhostBingo #Read2025
#PumpkabooHunt #JustOneMoreChapter
#Pages4Rest

+1 point #BlackCatCrew