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My October TBR for #Bookspin, #HauntedSelf, and #CasttheDie (first 13 with the tagged as my Lucky Book), plus several alternates since I have so many newer titles on my TBR and those are sometimes difficult to acquire in a timely manner without breaking the budget. (And because I was too excited about spooky reading to stop at 20.)

And here's Camille, making sure I'm doing it right.

@thearomaofbooks @puddlejumper

I loved this memoir of a truly remarkable woman who knew early on that focusing on helping others was the way to go. All the respect to her! Now I need to find a copy of her latest! #bookspin

Up next…my September #bookspin pick! I bought this at Ernest Hemingway‘s house on a trip to Key West back in 2020. @TheAromaofBooks

#bookspinbingo #unreadbookshelf

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My hopes were very high for this book, and it absolutely did not disappoint.
Magical, fantastical, romantic, and so cozy, I loved every minute. I bought the hardcopy, but I exclusively listened to the audiobook because MacLaren is one of my favorite readers.
This book has a lot to say about what makes us valuable or worthy and how important our found families are, and it was such a pocket of peace. I highly recommend it.

Next up is an #arc from #netgalley that I‘m finally getting around to.
This was also my June's #bookspin pick.

Such a fun and strange (in a good way) graphic novel!

The premise is very cool. It‘s about a soon to be 13 year old girl who starts getting nightmares of her impending doom filled birthday (she‘s born on 4/4, which is considered unlucky in Chinese culture). These dreams somehow end up in the comic she is creating.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/review-the-many-misfortunes-of-eu...

I treated myself to an overstock Owlcrate Horror selection, a special edition of The Library at Hellebore, with beautiful sprayed edges and creepy cover under the dust cover. This one is definitely going on my October #bookspin list!

My #BookSpin for September is a short Middle-Grade Horror/Mystery. It was only OK, but a decent and easy audiobook to start off #RIP and all things Fall.