Welcome to Litsy!

My #HauntedShelf Check-In: 5422 points total.
Team #HexesandCrows @Catsandbooks
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Participated in:
#Spookoween @TheSpineView
#31by31 #readathon goal: read for 31 hours in October
#TwinPeaksReadingChallenge #TPRC
#GottaCatchemAll #SpookyEdition - completed prompts for Misdreavus & Spectrier; caught: Cubone
#PumpkabooHunt caught: 2 small, 1 medium, 1 super
@PuddleJumper
#BirthdayBashReadathon @TheAromaofBooks
#PSReadathon @bookwormjillk
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My final #PumpkabooHunt tally for #HauntedShelf!

@PuddleJumper @CatsandBooks @HexesandCrows

I‘m very surprised by how many pumpkaboo I caught! Luckily I read a short story collection and was able to catch some small ones. Reading Shadow of Night caught me the super!

#pumpkaboohunt #hauntedshelf #flerken

I am amazed I got any large or super Pumpkaboos for #PumpkabooHunt

#HauntedShelf #Flerken

🥳🎂 Happy Birthday Sarah! 🎂🥳
I just had a delightful yummy breakfast with chocolate chip muffins with cinnamon pumpkin spice coffee in your honour ☕🤗😋
Have a beautiful cosy day! @TheAromaofBooks

Those are the books I'm reading this weekend for your #BirthdayBashReadathon #PSReadathon and my #weekendreads @rachelsbrittain @bookwormjillk
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I'd read both the 1935 and 1972 versions of this book for #NancyDrewBR. The two stories were completely different, the first set in the Canadian North and the second at an archeological dig in Ohio. I much preferred the 1935 version, which had more action and a somewhat more plausible storyline.

@Librarybelle
#CozyReads @Bookwormjillk
#HauntedShelf #Flerken #BodyDoubleReadathon @PuddleJumper

Low pick for me, because honestly, I'm not a huge fan of horror -- especially when it comes to gore, and this book has plenty of that! That said, I did enjoy the premise and the quasi-epistolary format.

#HauntedShelf #HexesandCrows @PuddleJumper @CatsandBooks #PumpkabooHunt #Witchathon @TEArificbooks

I was so glad I was able to get back to this book after having to return it to the library last month! I kept turning the pages (loved the short chapters!), hoping for some happiness for these characters who seemed to face nothing but heartbreak. Definitely one of my favorites this year.

#HauntedShelf #HexesandCrows @PuddleJumper @CatsandBooks #PumpkabooHunt #SupernaturalBookBingo @outsmartyourshelf #Witchathon @TEArificbooks

Trying to catch up points and posts for #HauntedShelf for team #Flerken!

2 words, R for @texreader's #HalloweenAtoZbingo 22 readathon or bingo squares including #BodyDoubleReadathon and #CozyReads #31by31 plus 1 medium #PumpkabooHunt and a move on the #promptmaze, a book cover...

Book rec: chilly night, paranormal, jump scare, snuggles, series. Read The Forgotten Dead first! It's actually a CHRISTMAS book if you want spooky for December. ;)

#PumpkabooHunt stats I'm getting everything ready for #Hauntedshelf check in as I'm not sure I'll get a chance to log things before then

I'm really pleased. I got one large! Terrible book but I read it

#Flerken

I enjoyed the writing of this. It was a standard human trapped on an alien planet romance. I liked the world building and all the characters felt different.

I'll carry on with the rest of the series as I'd like to see what happens to the other characters.

Mpreg is not my thing. It was not really a big part of the book, it happens at the end and is speedrunned through which worked for me!

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This series has never been strong on plot and this one just gives up entirely. The plot is nonsensical and doesn't serve much of a purpose.

This is my least favourite so far because they inconvenienced people paying for language lessons to have sex in a closet. Everyone was so understanding because they are mates. No. You unprofessional ninnies.

#HauntedShelf #Flerken

I finished this second book for the #CatsAndDogs readathon, featuring a bookshop owner, a faithful dog, and lots of Hallowe'en themed fun.

I liked the setting and the characters but the reading experience was marred by very slopping editing. Still, this book fulfilled a lot of #HauntedShelf challenges!

@Bookwormjillk #Flerken @PuddleJumper

This is a romance book with serial killer trappings. That aspect is treated like a quirky part of their personality rather than a driving force in the book.

When it is featured it's gory for the sake of being gory and disturbing. I would have preferred to focus on how they found them, verified they were killers etc Rather than the violence but that's a personal preference.

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There were a lot of characters and background given at the start of the book. It felt a bit much. I thought I was reading a mid-series book but no.

Personally, I don't think you can have a cosy mystery when the victim is the character's close friend. It changes the dynamic.

This was fine. It was predictable and safe but an easy read.

I've had issues with this author before in terms of length. This book is long and it's packed full of unnecessary moments and details. I don't care what the MC has for dinner and their thought process behind it unless it has something to do with the plot.

It is simultaneously fast paced and so incredibly slow. I ended up skim reading the majority of it because so much of it was unnecessary.

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I buggered my knees this weekend so I indulged in IWTV season 2 and a lot of KU books. I'm playing catch up now with posting.

This was another fun instalment. It is slowly moving towards a throuple which I love and I just want to know what Adam is!

This series is so much fun! I love the mix of witches, vampire and knitting in the Oxford UK setting. This installment also featured the cast of a Shakespearean production and romantic chaos when love potions get administered to the wrong targets.

#CatsAndDogs @Bookwormjillk
#HauntedShelf #Flerken @PuddleJumper
#GottaCatchEmAll (66. Rapidash: Romance)

This sci-fi/horror story is creepy and atmospheric but the plot dragged along and there wasn't much character development. It's too bad, as the sci-fi elements were interesting and had lots of potential for a great story.

#LitsySciFiBookClub @TheSpineView
#HauntedShelf #Flerken @PuddleJumper

An enjoyable historical novel set in 1920's London. It started slow but I liked how the various plotlines eventually wove together, and I also found the morally ambiguous characters (which, frankly, were almost all of them) interesting.

My first book finished for #HauntedShelf! #Flerken @PuddleJumper
#52bookclub (A revenge story)
#AfterDarkBingo #BodyCountBingo #PumpkabooHunt #GottaCatchEmAllSpooky

This is a spin off from another series. I haven‘t read it and I didn‘t think I missed much. It‘s a mash up of ghosts, romance, save this failing business, and surprise grandchild.

All of the characters were awkward and adorable. I really hope this develops into a series as there were some interesting ideas and plots that weren‘t fully developed in the book.

Finally got around to my Carmilla re-read. Gets me into the autumnal feels

#HauntedShelf #Flerken

Today has been a shit show with buses being late, clients cancelling and generally being shitty. I was in the right mood for paranormal silliness.

#HauntedShelf #Flerken

I stayed up quite late last night reading this 😅

I loved this, I actually preferred this to Legends & Lattes. Restoring a failing bookshop, creating a sense of community and fighting a necromancer are just more my thing.

This had way more plot. The book recommendations given to Viv matched what was going on in the story which I loved.

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This was a reread from last year. Lots of points to be made for # HauntedShelf. This is also my #Bookrec for #Dark.
#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 #BookSpinBingo #31by31 #HalloweenAtoZ #HalloweenAtoZBingo #Spookoween #PumpkabooHunt #GottaCathEmAllOctober

#WickedWhispers #October2024
#pumpkin
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

This one has some action in it! This is probably my favourite couple so far. The dynamic was different and they were both military.