Ummm does anyone know why I can‘t add a photo to litsy from my iPad? I can do it on my phone…

I just looked and it says the app is updated.

#litsysupport

This is going out today! Should be delivered early next week I think with the holiday.

#stuffedstockingswap #sss

Here‘s my definitely over ambitious December TBR. This is just the physical pile. I have a bunch of ebooks and audiobooks I want to read as well.

#xmaschacha #wintergames2024

#thisorthat #xmaschacha #wintergames2024

Hot chocolate
Open presents on christmas
Angel tree topper (weeping angel)
Ham
Stay at home

I may have already started my holiday reading! This was a really good second chance Christmas romance. Charlotte was left at the alter and goes to her friend‘s house for Christmas and her ex is also a house guest there. It‘s a very queer romance and a very music based book. Loved it!

I‘ve never read this book before and picked it up because it‘s this month‘s #swordandlaserpodcast pick. I haven‘t been reading a lot of sci-fi lately, but this was like cozy sci-fi and not too hardcore for me to understand. I‘m glad I picked it up!

Heard about this book on a podcast, so decided to pick it up. I think it‘s middle grade, but it‘s VERY silly. Like a little too silly for me. It was really great on audio and it‘s read by Kate McKinnon.

Cozy fantasy with a sentient tree and lots of magic and interesting creatures. Overall I really like this one, thought it dragged a bit in the middle but otherwise an enjoyable read!

Really liked this romance book! Daphne is a write who submits her book under a male name. It gets picked up and now she has to hire someone to be Zane. Mostly set in Canada but they do go on a book tour through the US.

Shocker, behind on book reviews. Read this one earlier this month. My least favorite Nancy Drew book so far, which is saying something because I didn‘t like the last book either.

#nancydrewbr

December #bookspin list! Lots of holiday and winter reads hopefully!

Got to hear Melissa Caruso talk about her new book, out today! It‘s a fantasy, mystery, time loop type of book and I can‘t wait to start it.

I also picked up the 3rd book in her Rooks & Ruin series, as I have the first 2 signed already. (Have only read the first book).

It was a great night! CL Herman was the moderator (I‘ve never heard of her), but she was amazing!

#authorevent #bookevent #anunlikelystory

I tried to stick to the reading schedule but my loan was already expired and I had to put my kindle on airplane mode to finish it. 🤫🤫

It‘s been a while since I‘ve picked up one of these books so I forgot how many different POVs you get. Sorry, I found Phury pretty boring as an MC because it was so internal and he never spent time with Cormia. I did like the way the book ended.

@Pigpen_Reads Here are your #snowedin picks!

Hope these are great books for you! I enjoyed looking at your list!

This is a mystery with magic, mostly set on a boat. Everyone is goddess blessed except D. He lied to everyone, so they think he‘s blessed. Murders start to happen and he‘s the main suspect. Lots of characters and different provinces. I don‘t agree with comparing this to Agatha Christie if she wrote fantasy… can you honestly compare anyone to her? This is a debut novel.

I really liked this book. Inspired by the legend of the 4 beauties of ancient China. I‘m not sure why this is classified as a historical fantasy. There weren‘t really any fantastical elements that I noticed except maybe the end.

Xishi learns how to be a spy and a seductress to bring down the current king who destroyed her people.

Really glad I picked this one up.

#tenbeforetheend - book 3

Bailing for now on this. I‘ll try it again in print. The narrator just puts me to sleep. I immediately start spacing out when I turn this audiobook on.

#doublespin - November

Needed a cozy read so I picked this one up. This is the 4th one in the vampire knitting club series. This one is set at the holidays so they have a booth at an artisan market. They become friendly with another booth and she gets attacked. So mystery is started. Pretty good.

This was good on audio because each character has their own narrator. Though with all the names in the world why did 3 people they talked about have very similar names. The king, the brother and the guy Rio is trying to save from prison.

This was an okay fantasy. Low pick. I‘ll probably continue the series, but it‘s not really a high priority.

My November #readyourkindle picks! I‘m hoping to read at least a couple of these.

I devoured this book! Prince Gluttony, enemy to lovers 💚💚💚💚💚

I am obsessed with this world and this series. I‘m upset I read it so fast and have to wait another year or so for the next one. This was just published 10/29/24. I highly recommend this series. Romantasy.

November #bookspin and #doublespin picks!

This House is haunted was my favorite October book. However, it wasn‘t better than Fall of Ruin and Wrath. And Fall of Ruin and Wrath wasn‘t better than A Tempest of Tea.

Excited to see what it comes up against.

#readingbracket2024

The tagged book was my favorite read of October. I read a lot of books and most were mediocre unfortunately.

Hopefully November will be better.

#bookbracket

Total points for #flerken #hauntedshelf

Lots of books! Thanks for all the fun!

Total points: 11,555

Last book I finished in October. This was a fantasy romance novel where every year a witch is collected from each village to protect the realm. The village is attacked and set ablaze so they go off on a journey to get to the king. A lot happens on the journey. I believe this is the first in the series.

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #31by31 #witchathon

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 somehow read 34 books in October! A lot of comfort/rereads and a lot of audio!

This month was quantity over quality with no 5 star reads. ☹️ So it may be tough for me to choose a favorite book this month.

#hauntedshelf #flerken

Here‘s all my bingo boards for #hauntedshelf #flerken

2 bingos for #AtoZBingo
6 bingos for #AllHallowsBingo
6 bingos for #spookoween
Blackout bingo for #gottacatchemall
Blackout bingo for #afterdark
Blackout bingo for #bookspinbingo

This took me way too long to get through and I probably won‘t continue this series. A lot going on in this witchy coven book. Not sure what to say about it but meh.

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #bookspinbingo #witchathon #31by31

Filled up my #BOTM box with a bunch of fantasy books! Really looking forward to all these!

I am so pumped to be starting this one!

Second book in the Prince of Sin series, just came out yesterday! 🎉🎉🎉

#newbook

Really liked this witchy romance. Lucy feels like she‘s in a rut so she and her family make magical wishes. She then has to watch the wish unfold and it stops her from saying no. She has to bake and do karaoke. She also doesn‘t know if the wish is making Alex and her fall in love. I did not like Ursula and the next book is her POV, so we‘ll see if I pick it up.

#hauntedshelf #flerken #bookspinbingo #witchathon #spookoween #31by31

This was an interesting take on the vampire story. They can go out in the day and the sun actually makes them stronger. Malinalli is an Aztec vampire and has lived a long guilty life. She finally decides to visit Europe and finally live. You get flashbacks of her history and why she lives the way she does. Liked it!

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #31by31 #bookspinbingo

This is book 31!! 🎉

It‘s opening day! Thanks so much for all the books and goodies! I love everything so much! 💚😊🎃🎃

#hauntedhallowswap24 #hhs24

Have you ever been reading 3 books at the same time and all the characters have the same name?!

All 3 of these books have male characters are named versions of Alex! Like what is happening?

Alexis, Alex, and Alexander! They‘re all fantasy type romances too. So confusing lol.

That is all. 😆

My least favorite Nancy Drew book of the series so far. It just felt very ridiculous and unlikely. I also don‘t think the ebook was 100% accurate. I felt like I was missing something or there were typos and stuff. Hopefully the next one is better.

#nancydrewBR #hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #31by31 #readmykindle

Nope! All done with this trilogy (2nd in the series). Too much angel/devil/religious rules. She has to be a virgin so she doesn‘t get corrupted and not allowed to touch the guy. And she‘s so ashamed about how turned on she is because she‘s an effin 21 year old and wants to have sex. I know this series is older, but F THAT! To each their own and their own beliefs but this series is over for me.

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #31by31

Read this last week. I‘m not sure if these are getting better or worse… This one a lot and nothing both happened. This one was more about the relationships, which is fine. But I feel like they‘re really dragging out the political situation. I mean, I‘ll keep reading them but meh.

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #31by31 #bookspinbingo #readmykindle

How is it already almost November?! Here‘s my #bookspin list for November!

Low pick. I randomly picked this one up because I needed an audiobook to listen to. It‘s a dark academia (with not really a lot of learning or classes). A lot of sex, drama and revenge. I had no idea where this story was going or what it was really about. But the ending was pretty good. I don‘t know if I‘ll read the 2nd book.

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #31by31 #witchathon

I picked this up randomly because I needed an audiobook to listen to. I did not really like this book. It kind of seemed like there was no point but at the same time all over the place and had a lot going on. For a book called library of the dead, there are not a lot of library scenes.

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #witchathon #31by31

Idk if audio was the best format to read this book. There are a lot of points of view as the MC has DID. They get a job at a remote castle on an island as a caretaker. It‘s a thriller so won‘t say much more. I‘m not sure I like Alyssa Cole‘s mysteries.

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #bookspinbingo #31by31

I‘ve never read this collection of Sookie Stackhouse short stories. I‘ve read one or 2 in other anthologies but most of them were new to me. It was also really nice to finally understand some of the side stories that happen in the series that are referenced.

And finishing this had me meet my goodreads goal of 200 books! Now to see how many more I can read.

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #31by31 #witchathon

Received my #HHS24 package today! #hauntedhallowswap24

Went to an author event tonight at my local indie. Saw Heather Webber and Hazel Gaynor with Jenny Howe as the host. I also bought a couple of other Christmas books.

Let me tell you, it felt way too soon to be buying Christmas books. 😆😆

#anunlikelystory

I absolutely HATED the way this book was written or I guess the way the story is being told. It might be for other people, but not me. I read like 60-80 pages (I already took the bookmark out).

#sorrynotsorry #bookspinbingo #hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween

Second go around of this book was much better. She was still so angry and it was tough to read, but it had a satisfying ending. Now I need to continue this series!

#hauntedshelf #flerken #bookspinbingo #spookoween #witchathon #roll100 #castthedie #31by31

This was a cute story. Living in London, Bella is a witch working at a bookstore which her new boss is draining the magic out of the place. Bella is turning 30 and needs to pass a magic test to stay a witch. She gets a mentor and a protector and sparks fly.

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #31by31 #bookspinbingo #witchathon #castthedie

A Miss Marple mystery. I haven‘t read a lot of this series but I feel like Miss Marple doesn‘t show up a lot in the book. Most of it is the mystery unfolding and then Miss Marple finally shows up. This one definitely surprised me!

#hauntedshelf #flerken #spookoween #roll100 #31by31 #bookspinbingo