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PlOT TWIST! Mystery with many characters and a good plot. The author is repetitive, and I felt like it made the book drag on at times. If you like "who done its," this is a worthy read.

The introduction to the night Alex‘s family was murdered was interesting. After that I kept waiting for the story to pick up again. Instead there were a lot of side stories and new characters that were not likable and felt foreign to the storyline. I thought about abandoning this book so many times, but it was a fast read so I continued reading hoping it would get better 🙃

I resented I couldn‘t read 1 of my Christmas books for this week‘s challenge, but once started I could not put this book down. Alex is accused of brutally murdering her family one night. In shock, having barely escaped murder herself, the police try to force a confession out of her. When that fails they illegally release evidence in hope of public torture. Filing suit against the police and state, she wins. But still searches for answers.

Bk14 of #Scarathlon & Bk2 of #20in4 & #FinalStretchathon is done! Read as an audiobook on Scribd, I quite liked this #TeamRead about the only survivor of a family massacre who after being accused of the killings, grows up to become a legal investigator. #31x31 #Falling4Books #Spookaween #Rushathon #AfterDarkBingo #BodyCountBingo #LittenListen #ISpyBingo #PromptMaze #BookspinBingo #ScaredyCatRC #OctoberRB #BookishFirst👇#SpookyGhostClub 3641pts

Finished my #Scarathlon #TeamBuddyRead yesterday. Between so-so & pick. I liked the premise of Alex hiding from her notoriety & trying to find out why her parents were murdered & the pacing was good, but there were too many characters & red herrings added in & the big twists seemed pretty obvious to me. Not every #Kill was plausible either but it had enough to warrant using it for today‘s #ScarathlonPhotoChallenge prompt.

A good point getter ⬇️

Still working my way through our #Scarathlon Team #SpookyGhostClub read. 👻🖤👻

Tonight‘s couch dinner is spinach dal—calling it soup for # 5 of my #ScarathlonBucketList “Make a Fall Soup.” It may end up “soupier” tomorrow with more coconut milk but I wanted it with rice tonight. Still a bit too warm for a true fall soup vibe.

Reading a bit more of the book then switching to watch Rosemary‘s Baby while I finish week 3‘s game.

+11 points👻🖤

#AutumnPlease #EyesonCover
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Completed a few of my #ScarathlonBucketList items over the past two weeks:
# 2 - Set out a fall candle (see below 🍎)
# 3 - Set out my fall blankets (pictured is my fave grey with Hamsa hand pattern)
# 10 - Go to craft/farmers market & treat myself to something fall-ish (bought the spiced apple + baked vanilla candle & two apple turnovers (not pictured because I ate them!) 😆

+31 #Scarathlon points for Team #SpookyGhostClub 👻🖤

#Scarathlon @Clwojick

This was one of our buddy reads for the #SpookyGhostClub.

I thought this book started out strong. I was a big fan of the format going back and forth from the night of the crime to the courtroom trial. But then lots of side stories and characters were introduced, and for me, it took away from the main plot.

Forgot to post last night for #scarathlon
I wanted to pull from free association for this game but was feeling dull-brained this weekend so came up with only 25 books matching the buddy reads for team #spookyghostclub to match a slowish start to spooky season reading. I‘m expecting less social engagements this week though, so more reading time to look forward to!

A few more books that I‘ve finished over the last couple of days, along with the tagged book which I forgot to include in the collage. 😵‍💫

Autumn Bleeds into Winter is darker than I expected, but I still enjoyed.

Those Empty Eyes was one of the #spookyghostclub team reads, and again dark, but so so good!

The Great Witches Baking Show books were okay, but I won‘t be continuing the series. 3 was more than enough for me. #scarathlon

Here‘s my #scarathlon tbr and #bookspin list! :) I think (library willing) that I‘ll try the tagged for our #SpookyGhostClub buddy read - what‘s everyone else reading? Most of these are books I own and have never read so I guess I‘m treating this month as a test of whether I will ever read the books I buy… very spooky haha 🫣👻🎃

21 early bird points!

Hello and welcome to the #SpookyGhostClub! If you‘ve been tagged in this post, you are on my team for this years #Scarathlon event. As always, we have two options for a team read, with one a lighter cozy mystery and the other a thrilling suspense. I‘ll continue to tag, as we get more participants. We‘re already halfway through September, so October is quickly approaching 🖤🤭🎃

Book 53/100. Those Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea starts off with a horrifying home invasion scene. Someone kills every member of Alexandra Quinlan‘s family—except for her. I was immediately drawn into the story of Alexandra Quinlan, known as Empty Eyes to the world. This story is spread over ten years.

I literally gasped twice and the twists-OMG! I enjoyed the way this story was told and how the answer slowly revealed. That ending!

This one grabbed me from the start and didn‘t let go!
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