We made it folks! Went slightly off course with this graphic novel I had to read my son who has been Turning Red obsessed lately 😍. Maybe I have 2 years left of correlated years to hours birthday challenges left in me, yet! Thanks to everyone who joined! And thanks for the birthday wishes! It really is a marvel that we get to exist at all and I‘m glad to have made it through another year. 🩷 #NFN #NonfictionNovember #36by36

Half Price Books haul from yesterday. I‘ve been meaning to read First Wives Club for years and now she‘s mine! I also found some Bailey School Kids books. Some years ago I recollected the original series, but now I need the super specials, the Jr. series, and (not pictured) the Bailey City Monsters series too. I used to own more of these but I‘m sure they got cleaned out when I first went away to college a lifetime ago 💔 Ooh and book lights! 🤩

I hope everyone enjoyed pickle day yesterday! I finished Part of Your World which I enjoyed despite the act 3 break up. My Libby hold for Reasons to Stay Alive actually ended before I got to finish it (this always happens to me because I am always reading too many books at the same time 😅) but I was able to get a print copy from my library that I will finish today. #36by36

Didn‘t make a #36by36 update yesterday, so here‘s a twofer. I finished The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows on Monday. Nick Allen would love this book. 🖊️ I am glad I read it and am actually surprised that these are not “actual” words because I have found myself relating to so many of these, some frighteningly specific to my own experience. I hope to own it at some point in print because a lot of these concepts deserve further introspection. ⬇️

Yesterday was full of bowling and Mario Kart as Sundays tend to be 😄 So I didn‘t finish any books but I am halfway through The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows which I am enjoying as much as everyone who has recommended it thinks I will! I also found a Kensington edition of Pucking Wild at my library so I started Tess and Ryan‘s bonus epilogue yesterday too. 🥹 Almost to the midpoint of this challenge. #36by36

Finished the tagged book yesterday. It was kind of a cross between One Last Stop and What If It‘s Us with fairy tale references throughout. I did feel a little shameful about the potential plot twists I was cooking up in my brain that didn‘t end up happening. Afterward I felt like bad Amanda those characters would never!! 😆

Starting day 3 of #36by36 with just over 13 hours. Hoping to get to 16+ hours by the end of the day. ⬇️

Finished Pumpkinheads finally while waiting for my earbuds to charge. This panel cracked me up. 😅 I think I‘m going to need to find some frito pie and caramel apples today. 😋 #36by36 #ReadAway2024

Starting Day 2 with just over 8 hours in for #36by36. The goal for today is to finish The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers and Pumpkinheads. I actually didn‘t realize a pumpkin embroidered jacket was going to be a plot point in the first book so this kind of reminds me of the #ThingsInCommon challenge that @Clwojick did last year. It‘s so fun when you find links between reads.

Happy Friday! Finished the last 1:10:00 of the tagged book to kick off #36by36. I‘m glad I read this rec. I related to it so much. If you‘re a fellow chronic overthinker, this book will make you feel less crazy.

Going to try to even out my reading by format Print/Kindle/Audio, but we will see how it goes, as I‘m a mood reader through and through 😅 #10BeforeTheEnd #NFN #ReadAway2024

Hey that‘s me lol 🙋🏻‍♀️🎭

Book 2/10 for #10BeforeTheEnd
I was marked at “several months” on Libby for this hold when it surprisingly came through the other day. 🙌 I think this book is worth the hype, I really loved it. I think a lot of ppl are intimidated by the long trigger warning list for list one. But I think this book is on the same level as Butcher and Blackbird. Josh is the most cinnamon roll of Dark Romance MMCs IMO. 🥰🔪 #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024

First pick of the month! I listened to the audio but this would be a good book to own to revisit. I especially appreciated the section How to be Sane on the Internet. #NonFictionNovember #10BeforeTheEnd

I hope it‘s not too late for me to jump on this #10beforetheend challenge. The Litsy algorithm was barely showing me this tag today. Here are 10 books I am hoping to finish before 2025. Great idea @ChaoticMissAdventures 🤩

November #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks. For my DoubleSpin I had marked as a #ReadYourKindle book so I am choosing Morbidly Yours which was a pick from October and also fits this month‘s #TBRTarot prompt for a book that begins with the first letter of your middle name.

I will be hosting an 8 day readathon leading up to my birthday. I am turning 36 so I am going to try for 36 hours by my birthday. These challenges get more challenging the older I get! Please join me! You can match my challenge, read 36 chapters instead, or set a totally different goal. Use #36by36 on your posts and tag me so I can see what you are reading. 🧁

#ReadYourKindle list November.

November #BookSpin List. I am going to attempt to read more nonfiction this month for #NonFictionNovember

October #BookSpinBingo wrap up. 10 books read in October is not too bad, but it pains me how close I came to getting a double Bingo 🤣 Crossing my fingers for November, which is also my birthday month! I plan to host a readathon during my birthday week. I will post details soon. 🧁 📖

Final total points check in for #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew We went as this famous duo last night since I already got to be Roz. My reading slowed down after my break in happened midway through October. I was just one book away from a #BookSpinBingo but oh well better luck in November 😜 Thank You @PuddleJumper for making this happen and @Emilymdxn for being a great team captain. Also happy to clock just over 44 hours for #31by31 @Catsandbooks

Not yet in the database…

Kayley Loring and Connor Crais y‘all!!! Billy Boston‘s book did not disappoint and I‘m so happy I got to finish it in OCTOBAH. One of my favorite takeaways is “we‘re all gonna die so don‘t be a dumbass”. Also I never thought I‘d get teary eyed over Tubthumping 🤣 This book also has a Spotify playlist I will link below. I absolutely love this series and I‘m so glad Billy got his HEA. https://tinyurl.com/yff2fkkk ⬇️

Catching up. I finished Coraline on 10/25. Somehow I have never read the book or watched the movie till now. I think the movie might have been slightly creepier than the book, but I enjoyed both. Meme unintentionally also has candles which was my cover hunt prompt for this one. 🕯️ #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31 #LongNights

I might have shamelessly ordered this book so I could justify sending my son to school as a “book character” on Halloween 😅 Fits the beast prompt for the book cover scavenger hunt but sadly didn‘t catch any of my remaining word search words. #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31 #LongNights

Finished Carrie today. Probably did not think my lunch through very well while listening though 😅🩸Took an unintentionally long break from #LosersClub but it was nice to read King again. I can‘t believe I‘ve never read this one till now although I did read a lot about it from On Writing. Claimed 2 more word search words and blood for the book cover scavenger hunt. #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31 ⬇️

Sadly this one got called back to library purgatory before I finished it but it at least crosses Moon off the book cover scavenger hunt. Maybe it will come back to me before the end of the month. 🤞🌙 #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

After finishing the Cruella puzzle, my son and I started a Cinderella one. I couldn‘t help but think about how Cinderella has so many Halloween elements in it. There is evil, magic, a pumpkin, a black cat, and dressing up. Come on! So I took to Google wondering if anyone else thought this and came across this book which is kind of a witchy retelling of Cinderella with dirt. Fits the animal cover prompt and also completes my Goodreads goal 🎉⬇️

Night Sky book cover prompt. This book is going to be on my November TBR as well. #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

Morgan‘s Wonderland is our Halloween tradition but this year they have extended Halloween weekends for the entire month of October so I‘m giving my Roz a trial run. I kind of want to show up to work like this since I also work in HR 🤣 #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

Have not been very active this week. Unfortunately I‘ve been dealing with some real life spookiness.. home invasion/burglary that happened on Tuesday. Feel very fortunate that my son and I were not harmed and we only took a financial hit. Kind of puts a damper on fictional spooks dealing with real life creeps, though.

#HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween ⬇️

#HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

This is the puzzle my son and I finished recently. I enjoy making puzzle progress videos so you can see the one for this puzzle here. They are pretty satisfying to watch after the work is all done. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP88jTQW3/ #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

Made a quick bingo board so I could get some points for some shows. Been saving season two of CM evolution to binge this month and I did it in the past 2 days 😝 Also my son and I have been working on a cruella puzzle since the end of September. Will share that in the next post. Puzzles and #audiopuzzling are kind of my thing lately. #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

Reread this one on 10/10 in anticipation of the sequel that was just published in August (The Frindle Files). Was able to find chestnut in the #HauntedShelf word search. I actually took the oath when I was a kid in 1998 so it was a very nostalgic reread for me. 🖊️ #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31

Just started this one. I already knew this was gonna be my enemies to lovers pick (not between these two) for #ItsATrope but this scene was hilarious 🤣 #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

Finished my October #BookSpin pick this morning. Also you couldn‘t tell from looking at it but there is a Halloween party that happens in this book as well as Christmas scenes just in case anyone wants to justify this as a holiday read. 👻🎁 This has been my favorite installment of this series, but I think a lot of us were dying for a Henry book since Icebreaker. ⬇️

I got to spend some time with @the_wastrel today who recommended this book to me. It just so happens to fit the magical sparks or swirls book cover scavenger hunt prompt. I placed it on hold. If I don‘t get to it this month, I think I may attempt to participate in #NonfictionNovember next month if that‘s still a thing 😜 #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

Orange cover for the #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew cover scavenger hunt and sadly fits the cadaver prompt for #WickedWhispers #BookSpinBingo #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31

Finished on Wednesday. Took me a minute to grasp the Google sheets wizardry for #HauntedShelf 😝 Grabbed 17 word search words on this book alone. Counting this one as a series recommendation. I love these characters! I have really enjoyed this series and hope book 2 isn‘t the end. Also I really enjoyed Rowley‘s narration on audio and was surprised to only find he has narrated his own work. #SkeletonCrew ⬇️

I have zero recollection of placing this on hold, but I guess we are reading about cholera today 😅 #hauntedshelf #skeletoncrew

Here are my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks for October. Been taking my time with Negatives so I can take music breaks for each band mentioned 🖤⚡️ #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

October #ReadYourKindle list #HauntedShelf #TrappedInASpookyHouse #SkeletonCrew 🎃

Part of my October TBR. Will post my #ReadYourKindle list next. #BookSpin #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew 👻

Here‘s my Let‘s Go book rec for #SkeletonCrew #HauntedShelf. I randomly grabbed this one from my library, but I would love to own it. It is a picture book, but adults should read it too. It‘s cute and funny and I think most adults will get teary eyed toward the end. It‘s perfect. 👻🥹🖤

October is nipping at our heels! There is still time (but not much) to sign up for #HauntedShelf if you have enjoyed #Scarathlon in the past this is basically that 👻 Sign up link below ⬇️

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7g2cbAys_w6B9G5HHloV6kRr1yQvXVOptseGn...

I was so excited to read this cozy and low angst MM romance with some much sought after plus size representation / appreciation. Luca is a journalist whose passion is to highlight honest stories about sexuality. This book is placed in the early 2000‘s so this kind of work is not for the mainstream. After an offhanded suggestion to write about celibacy instead, he lands the potential for a huge writing opportunity. ⬇️

Completed my third 🩸 donation of the year yesterday! I usually try to time it so I can do it near Halloween as a bucket list item for spooky season stuff, but I saw they had these awesome spooky glow in the dark shirts so I got it done earlier so I can wear it in October. Please donate if you can! 🫀🫶🏻#HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

So I picked this book up at the library thinking how cute. And then went from that to well the silly thing is it was just published in 2022! This makes no sense! And that‘s when I realized there are kids out there that belong to entire adults that were wee babes when Pluto was reclassified and might not even know the drama 🤯 Anyways it‘s time for my ibuprofen 👵🏻

@MartinaLove Here are your picks for #TrappedInASpookyHouse. I must admit I got a little lost in the blurbs on your TBR. You have a very compelling list! Spooky reading!! May survival be ever in your favor 🪓 🎃

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The Devil Himself was undoubtedly my most anticipated dark romance of August. After the tailspin that was the world of Devil of Dublin I was so ready to come back to Glenshire— so much so that I didn‘t think to brace myself. By the end of chapter one my heart was on the floor and I found the mantra in the back of my mind being—In BB we trust ♾️—as I moved on to chapter two and beyond.

Full review https://tinyurl.com/pc6m4azj

Oh look a glimmer of hope 💀

🤣 IYKYK