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Does anyone know of a fun #readathon in #September? I fell in love after completing #25infive and I want to do more! I know there‘s the #Screamathon in October, but...I don‘t know if I can wait a whole month!
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The photo is of French Mallow up at Monticello (we went on a tour this weekend with my in-laws). I know the big draw for Monticello is supposed to be the house, but I love the grounds. ❤️

I read 15 books in October. 11 print, 4 ebooks. ➡️ I met my GR goal of 125 books read in 2017! 🎉🎉 ➡️ I finished out the #ripxii challenge with 11 books total. ➡️ I‘m at 47/55 for the #botmchallenge. October included so many fantastic books that I‘m not even sure I could pick a top three. Review of The Dry to come, which I finished at 11:04PM last night. 😂😂 Just in time.

1) Murders, not scary, bad book
2) Scary events but not very halloweeny
3) Seems like something spooky going on but there isn't
4) Scary entities, lightly bated breath
5) Scary comic
6) Not scary comic, vampires
7) Short stories-a few def scared me
8) Apprehension, scary but STUPID ending
9) Dread, minor scare
10) Dark fantasy
11) Not actually scary
12) More dark fantasy
13) Eerie, scary content but not effect
14) Def scary but is it good?

I'm in the middle of a lot of unscary books, so I'm gonna call it and do a #screamathon #ripxii #littensdressedinblood wrap up! Books listed top to bottom in vague order of how fast my heart rate got while reading them. I'll make another post with notes, there's not enough room here. I read 14 in total, 8 in September and 5 in October. 😆 Funny how that happens.
#faceyourfears #uncannyoctober

I am apparently full of surprises this morning. I don‘t like graphic novels. I don‘t like short stories. Yes I loved this and gave it five stars. It is probably the best graphic novel I‘ve ever read. It reminds me of the series I loved as a kid, Scary Stories to Read in the Dark, but with great illustrations. Very well done. 💀 🦇 #ripxii Book 10

I rarely ever finish a series, and it is unheard of for me to read two books from a series back to back. I had to know how it ended though, so I whipped through this one in 24 hours. Blake Crouch is definitely a must read author for me now. His books have a sci fi element that‘s not typically my thing, but somehow he draws me in. #ripxii book 9

If you‘re looking for a quick, fast paced ride, Blake Crouch is your man. I‘m convinced I would love everything he‘s written. This is the second book in the Wayward Pines trilogy, and I love how seamlessly he moved between the first two books. I also love the idyllic, Pleasantville vibe of the town and residents. I typically don‘t read books in series back to back, but I‘m definitely tempted to get to book 3 ASAP. #ripxii bk 8

Wow, I definitely didn't remember the plot from those movies. Way less scary than I expected, probably because you don't actually watch the movie and also there's no creepy kid climbing out of a well. More like investigative journalism...Still disturbing. Frequent toddler interruptions likely broke the suspense. And what the heck is up with ryuji?! #mommyreads #horror #japan #ripxii #littensdressedinblood #librarybooks

Final book deets for #deweysreadathon: some comics, some ghost stories, and a non sequitur. 😆 I had to do a lot of audio in the middle of the day because of tasks I had to complete, which slowed down my reading, and is why I have the little hen book in there--I needed another short audio stat so I didn't waste any time! So that puts my page number total at 1108 pages. All in all, a fun way to pad my GR total with tiny books! 😂😂😂😂

"That's how Karen Carpenter died!" Was this a thing?! I thought I was the only one that got told this when I didn't want to eat my dinner?!!! ? #readathon #RIPXII