I read all my #CasttheDie picks. Completed spooky #GottaCatchemAll and then nearly completed #AfterDarkBingo and #BodyCountBingo
I do Trick or Treatathon on Discord too and completed one big board and nearly completed a small board
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pickThis was an interesting twist on the haunted house story. Four novelists get an offer to spend the night in a haunted house for publicity. They all had weird experiences there but when they leave that's when the craziness starts 🐈⬛
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pickOhhh that was very infodumpy.
It feels like MXTX got more complex and serious than with SVSSS, but didn't yet have the craft that made TGCF shine. I can see lots of stuff I like the idea of here, and there are some fun scenes, but holy mackerel, I cannot keep this backstory straight.
I basically treated it like a Norse saga though: let the names wash over you, you'll get it later. It has potential, though I don't *love* it.
pickMagic candles, a snarky talking cat, a small town populated by friendly witches… what‘s not to love? First book in the series, and I look forward to reading more.
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pickThis vintage mystery was a great deal of fun, but a bit too repetitive for it to be a 5* read. Still, a pick for being engaging, humorous, and all around good fun.
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pickThis book, based on the Essex Witch Trials of the 1640s, was truly spellbinding.(Forgive the pun; it‘s the most appropriate word I could think of.) I highly recommend listening on audio. I found the narrator‘s voice to be quietly mesmerizing, and was perfectly suited to this story. Although the story is sad, it conveys a real sense of what it was like to live in England during the witch craze of the Cromwellian era. Petrifying.
panI hated this book and would like to formally apologize for picking it as a team read. Plot: a group of jealous witches get together to punish a gross man that for some reason they have all been fawning over 🤦🏼♀️
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pickManaged to read this during sprints so that was fun!
This is a lot denser than the first book. There is so much mythology and information that it got a little bit overwhelming.
I'm excited to see what happens next after that cliffhanger.
Will there be #castthedie in November? Things went off the rails in October, but I did read one of the selected books. For me, the smaller number is easier to manage, so I‘ll continue on my own if applicable. Here‘s my list, containing standalone books published in 2025 that I never got around to reading. Number 11 is part of a series, but it works for Native American Heritage Month and will be the bonus pick.
