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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.

First off, it was interesting that the book was a story within a story and had 3 narrators (Walton, Frankenstein, and the Creature). That was something I wasn‘t expecting but it worked.

The star of the story was the Creature (aka Frankenstein‘s monster). The Creature was the epitome of being othered. He was so misunderstood and just wanted to belong and feel loved.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/review-frankenstein/

September #bookspin staged and ready to start this weekend!

@TheAromaofBooks

I may have shed tears on my physical copy of this one. This is a slow-burn hug of two love stories - man/woman and parent/child, 1925 and 1936. There was no excitement or mystery to anxiously finish a chapter, but there was this weight of undeniable love holding me in my comfy chair and crushing on Lawrence Weston.

Sept #BookSpin Category: Across an ocean @TheAromaofBooks

I prefer Scalzi's more humourous sci-fi. This was my #BookSpin for July. I got a couple of chapters in before I gave up.