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House of Ash and Bone | Joel A. Sutherland

My October TBR is my final point grab for the #grimreaders in the #hauntedshelf challenge!

🤖 A Psalm for the Wild-Built - #BannedBooksWeek
⭐️ Where the Forest Meets the Stars - currently reading
👻 tagged - ARC
👻 Ghost Story &
🔪 We Have Always Lived In the Castle - #keywordreadingchallenge
🦍 Future Home of the Living God - #wian2025

Good luck Grim Readers! 💀📚

PuddleJumper 🖤🧡🖤 2d

BookwormAHN Did you receive your email with your match for ##ModernWitchSwap 🐈‍⬛ 1d

PaperbackPirate Yes I did @BookwormAHN ! Thank you! 🧙🏻 24h

BookwormAHN Okay, great 23h

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ferskner

Haunted: A Tale of the Mediator | Meg Cabot

I think this is my final list for #bookspin #doublespin and #HauntedShelf. Heavy on the horror/mystery/dark academia, but Jane needs to stay in there too if I have any hope of finishing my goal for the year. I'm still trying to figure out #HauntedShelf since it's my first time, but it sounds fun!

@TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper #RestlessSpirits

PuddleJumper That's a fun list! 2d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2d

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BethM

The Neverland Wars | Audrey Greathouse

#bookbracket2025 #readingbracket2025

CSeydel

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Jadams89

Killing Mr. Griffin | Lois Duncan

#WithTheBanned

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Jadams89

Killing Mr. Griffin | Lois Duncan

#WithTheBanned

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Jadams89

Killing Mr. Griffin | Lois Duncan

Can you believe September is almost over?? Here‘s the first discussion question for our September #WithTheBanned read. I‘ll tag everyone in the first post, 3 questions total.

Jadams89 @JenlovesJT47
@BooksBlanketsandahotbeverage
@Read4Life @skygoddess1
@Julsmarshall @Lapreader 4d

Jadams89 @lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @dabbe @5feet.of.fury @TheDaysGoBy @AnishaInkspell @Melismatic @bookwormjillk @KT1432 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 4d

Jadams89 @thewallflower0707 @catsandbooks @megabooks @Kenyazero @CoverToCoverGirl @Bookbuyingaddict @CuriousG @AllDebooks 4d

Jadams89 @SconsinBookyBadger @PaperbackPirate @CogsOfEncouragement @Amiable
@peanutnine @CatLass007 @Karisa 4d

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DebbieGrillo

Under the Same Stars: A Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick | Libba Bray

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Three separate timelines and narrators, during Hitler's reign in WW2, 1980s East/West Germany, and 2020 racial tensions in America. All plots dealing with the importance of resisting tyranny and the abuse of power. Bray is a master of weaving this kind of narrative and all three stories are inextricably linked by the end of the story.

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Allthebookclubs

Our Infinite Fates | Laura Steven

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I went into this one with higher hopes. Every time Evelyn and Arden find each other, is intense and emotional. And each time, he takes her life. The concept and writing are beautifully morbid, but the ending and the why fell flat for me. Book #76 in 2026 ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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guinsgirlreads

October Breezes (October Breezes #1) | Maria Rachel Hooley

My October #bookspin ! #doublespin #bookspinbingo

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TorieStorieS

Promises | Francine Pascal, Kate William

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It‘s the first #SVHCorpse! Tragic Tricia Martin succumbs to leukemia, surrounded by not her own family, but the Wakefields. Her older sister Betsy arrives to the hospital too late to say goodbye & causes quite a scene. Tricia made Steven promise to look after Betsy & she winds up moving into their den, determined to give up her drinking & drugging (& men). Jessica wants her gone & worries that Betsy is falling for Steven. Her scheme almost works!

JenlovesJT47 😅 are you keeping track of how many corpses there are? The list is long and distinguished! 😂 7d

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 I am!! 🤣 I figured a body count would be fun— though, naturally, I will continue to figure out the holiday count too! Technically, this is a two-corpse book since Roger Barrett‘s mom dies at the end, too! 7d

JenlovesJT47 Jess has at least 3 boyfriends die in SVH. No wonder she‘s got issues 😅 7d

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TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Also, they don‘t specify, but I think the Wakefields paid for Tricia‘s funeral since her own dad doesn‘t even go to it… something I don‘t think I would have even noticed reading it the first time around as a kid! 7d

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 I will have to keep a separate count for dead boyfriends! 🤣 7d

JenlovesJT47 How funny, I never thought about that but you‘re probably right! Poor Tricia. I‘ve been doing a mini SV marathon this week and read a bunch of the SVK books yesterday. I‘m surprised how much I enjoy them. The one I read yesterday told what time they were born (Liz at 1:15 and Jess at 1:19 p.m.). Whoever did the kids books paid more attention to details than some of the others. 7d

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 I know what you mean about inconsistencies… Roger‘s father was mentioned earlier as a drunk, but apparently he left sometime between Roger winning the scholarship race and this book… The SVK books are fun though! I am really enjoying these SVH books though! I am trying to go with publication order, so I think the super editions start soon which I always loved! 7d

JenlovesJT47 The super editions are so fun! My favorite one that I had never read when it came out is Falling For Lucas. It is absolutely hysterical 🤣. And yeah, all the inconsistencies, like Lila being a klepto for 2 seconds then it never being mentioned again. And some weird stuff with her dad. I would LOVE to see the so-called Sweet Valley Bible that the ghostwriters used. I think continuity was a bit better in the books that came out in the 90s. 7d

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Is that the one in NYC? Plus there‘s some weird siblings that are mentioned and then not at all— like Todd having a brother?? So strange! But, spotting these little errors makes the re-reading all the more fun because as a kid, I sure didn‘t notice (well except for when dead people show up again alive in SVU!). And yes! I can‘t believe they have kept that referenced Bible a secret still! 6d

JenlovesJT47 Jessica Takes Manhattan is the one in NYC, Falling For Lucas is at a ski cabin in Colorado. I‘ll have to find my review and tag you. Speaking of extra siblings, I read the SVK book yesterday Ellen Is Home Alone. And she has an older sister named Debbie who I have zero recollection of in the middle school books. They mention her little brother Mark, who I know is in SVT. Maybe I‘m just forgetting! 👵🏻 As a side note, airheaded Ellen is ⬇️ 6d

JenlovesJT47 Absolutely hysterical and I really wish she were in SVH. I just read The Unicorns Go Hawaiian last week (for the first time in 20 years!) and omg, Ellen cracks me up. Has the same ditzy personality in the kids books. 😆 6d

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Yes!! Ellen‘s sister definitely doesn‘t make it to the SVT series! Though at least her little brother survives! I was sad that Ellen disappeared too— I really grew to like her— she‘s really funny in the Unicorn Club books, too! 6d

JenlovesJT47 Do they ever explain what happened to her? I assume she moved away or was killed by a rogue serial killer 😅 6d

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Maybe one of the seven Sweet Valley haunted houses swallowed her up?? Along with Todd‘s little brother! 6d

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