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Gissy
Garlic and the Vampire | Bree Paulsen
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Pickpick

Cute middle grade graphic novel. The interaction between these characters is cute. I think novel will be a good resource to discussed different topics with the young ones, like the expression and management of different emotions, friendship, how to resolve conflict etc. I know the palette of colors could be described as one that is in accordance to autumn season but I think is a little too dark to appreciate some detail 3/3.5⭐️

Gissy #HauntedShelf #FreightClub @Jadams89

Autumn read 20 pts
Readathons 9 x 10 pts = 90
#Witchathon (children‘s book)
#graphicnovelreadathon
#SpookoweenBingo (witch)
#FrightFestbingo (witch)
#GootaCath‘emAll (witch)
#AfterDarkBingo (small business-something like that was what they did with the vampire 😜)
#BodyCountsbingo (desolate location)
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader
1 pt post
Total = 101 + 3,330 = 3,441
1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
50 likes3 comments
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Gissy
The Impossible Girl | Lydia Kang
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Pickpick

I really enjoyed this story it has mystery, suspense, romance, drama. Manhattan 1850. Cora Lee is a resurrectionists which means she sells for high price, bodies with strange anomalies to anatomists who will exhibit the bodies to the public. But too many people is dying, do they die for natural causes? And now, Cora also has a price since she is the impossible girl with two hearts.

It was good. It took me 6 years to read this story. 🔽

Gissy I thought it was going to be a fantasy book but it is a HF mystery. 3.8/4 ⭐️
I liked it. Fast pace. The gifts were okay but since the face mask is so old I have to discard it or I will become as the mask is called...dead(by a mask)🤣
(edited) 1mo
Gissy #HauntedShelf #FrightClub @Jadams89

Autumn read 20 pts
Hour read 8 x 10 pts = 80 pt
Readathons 8 x 10 pts = 80 pts
#Witchathon (cozy mystery)
#spookoweenbingo (potion)
#FreightFestbibgo ( murder)
#GottaCatch‘emAll (disguised)
#AfterDarkBingo (betrayal)
#BodyCountbingo (desperate)
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader
1 pt post
Total = 181 + 3,048 = 3,229 pts
1mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 1mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
mabell “Dead by a mask” 🤣🤣 1mo
44 likes5 comments
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Gissy
A House With Good Bones | T. Kingfisher
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Mehso-so

🙁Didn‘t love it. The story began well, liked the mystery of what was going on, spooky in the middle but then that paranormal thing appeared (not spoiler) It was for me even ridiculous🤷🏽‍♀️Again, my fault for expecting too much. 3⭐️

Gissy #HauntingShelf #FreightClub @Jadams89

Spooky read 20 pts
Hours Read 5 x 10 pts = 50
Readathons 8 x 10 = 80 pts
#Witchathon (horror- book classified as horror)
#Spookoweenbingo (scary -it should be scary🤷🏽‍♀️)
#FrightFestbingo (creature the thing)
#GottaCatch‘emAll (bones - in title)
#AfterDarkBingo (fear -what felt main characters)
#BodyCountBibgo (trapped - in the house)
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader
1mo
Gissy 1 pt post
Total = 151 + 2,736 = 2, 887 pts
1mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! 1mo
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Gissy
The Spellshop | Sarah Beth Durst
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Mehso-so

October was not a good reading month for me. Sorry, this is another unpopular opinion. Don‘t shoot me. I found the story not cute enough for me. Found it even boring in some parts. I guess the problem with me is that I expect too much when the book is so hyped. Let‘s say nothing is wrong with the book, just that it is not for me. Maybe if I re-read it later I can forget this
hyped-ish fever and maybe I can enjoy it more🤷🏽‍♀️3⭐️Love the gifts

Gissy #HauntedShelf #FreightClub @Jadams89

Read autumn 20 pts
Hours read 8 x 10 pts = 80
Readathons 8 x 10 = 80 pts
#Witchathon (romance -there is some romance😜)
#Spookoweenbingo (spell)
#FreightFestBingo (treats- something to it😜)
#GottaCatch‘emAll (forest)
#AfterDarkBingo (romance)
#BodyCountBingo (cozy)
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader
1 pt post
total = 362 + 2,374 = 2,736
(edited) 1mo
Prairiegirl_reading I agree. It was just ok. 1mo
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Gissy
I Was A Teenage Slasher | Stephen Graham Jones
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Mehso-so

Unpopular opinion. I wanted to like this book. I was so excited to read it when I received it in my #Staycation package but definitely it didn‘t work for me😬So repetitive, how many times he said was a slasher? That he shouldn‘t go to that party? and if you forget, it happened in 1989, this was mentioned over and over. So many unnecessary details🙄 rambling story🤦🏽‍♀️I almost DNF. I should sympathize with the character? I was bored 2⭐️

Gissy #HauntedShelf #FrightClub @Jadams89
Spooky read 20 pts
Hours read 8 hours x 10 pts = 80 pts
Readathons 6 x 10 = 60 pts
#Witchathon (2024 release)
#Spookoweenbingo (murder -couple of them😳)
#FrightFestBingo (blood-he is a slasher)
#BodyCountBingo (blood)
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader
1 pts post
Total = 161 + 2,213 = 2,374
1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
41 likes2 comments
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Gissy
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Mehso-so

Inspired by author‘s great grandmother Edie and her twin violet who author discovered were “avid spiritualists and regularly conducted séances”. I enjoyed most parts of this story and the mystery of what was happening with medium women disappearances. Not everyone liked the romance here but I enjoyed it. But it was okay not great executed story for me🤷🏽‍♀️Predictable in some areas. 3⭐️It has higher rating in GR.

Gissy #HantedShelf #FrightClub @Jadams89

Spooky read 20 pts
Hours read 7 x 10 pts = 70 pts
Readathons 7 x 10 pts = 70 pts
#Witchathon (free)
#Spookoweenbingo (black -I hope black font counts😜)
#FrightFestBingo (mystery)
#GottaCatch‘emAll (vengeful)
#AfterDarkBingo (mystery)
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader
Words 2 x 15 pts = 30 pts smoke (p. 42) veil (p. 41)
1 pt post
Total 191 pts + 2,022 (previous) = 2,213 pt
1mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1mo
DieAReader 🥳Great! 1mo
36 likes3 comments
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Gissy
House of Shadows | Darcy Coates
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Pickpick

I know, I‘m late posting this...story of my life🙄

I enjoyed this book...well I enjoy very much Darcy Coates novels because they are so atmospheric. Not horror more mystery and suspense and they are slow pace. 3.8 ⭐️

Gissy #HauntedShelf #FreightClub @Jadams89
Read (Oct 2-4)
Autumn Read 20 pts
Hours read 7 x 10 pts = 70 pts
Readathons (7)
#Witchathon (tbr book)
#Spookoweenbingo (free)
#FrightFestBibgo (haunted)
#AfterDarkBingo (free)
#BookSpinBingo #BookSpin
#ReadAway2024
#GottaCath‘emAll
Word search (5)x 15 = 75 pts night & dark (p. 69) book (p.85) monster (p. 96) ghost (p. 103/173)
1 pt post
Total = 236 + 1,635 (previous) = 1,871 pts
1mo
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OutsmartYourShelf
Untitled | Anonymous
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TheSpineView Excellent! 2mo
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BookwormAHN
Untitled | Unknown
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TheSpineView Wow!! Great job! 2mo
Texreader Impressive!!! 2mo
AnnCrystal Wow! That's a collection 👏🥳👍💝. I worked with one ☺️📚💝. 2mo
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TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fabulous month!!! 2mo
OutsmartYourShelf 🎉Great job! 20 extra entries to the giveaway too. 2mo
PuddleJumper Wow! Great job, that's a lot of bingos! 2mo
33 likes6 comments
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5feet.of.fury
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Pickpick

So Cute! Harlow (a regular human) moves to a supernatural town & meets woman she likes. But that woman is trying to help her deceased ex (a ghost she accidentally summoned) with her unfinished business. A sapphic romcom + cozy mystery. The world building isn‘t that deep & theres only tidbits from the side characters, but it‘s fun, I‘d read more from the town.

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