Finally finished “Neverwhere“ on last Wednesday. The rest were read during #DeweysReadathon. It's been a good week.

My hold for “Toxic Prey“ came in this morning and I started it over lunch. Love Lucas and Letty Davenport!

Next is a Gray Man novel-these books on average take 7-10 days to read so I'm prepared for a lot excitement and intensity.

#WeeklyForecast #BookReport

This is in my top five of Sackett novels. I love this story of Tell Sackett fighting with everything he has and kinfolk come riding in to save his bacon at the last minute.

Yes, I am aware that L'Amour is formulaic but I enjoy these westerns like I enjoy John Wayne movies. Just something about them is comforting.

My #Doublespin for March #Bingo was Perpetual Challenge.

@TheAromaOfBooks

Book 2 of #DeweysReadathon done!

This was super cute and something I would have adored as a kid. I seem to have gone from Nancy Drew to “In Cold Blood“. I just missed a lot of kid's book and classics like this one.

Short story shorter: read this one. It's short, it's cute, and it's magical.

Urban fantasy is hit or miss with me (mostly miss) but I keep trying. I am not a fan of vampire books and a lot of urban fantasy has vampires in it.

This one though has nary a vampire in it. Fae and witches plenty which is cool. I really enjoyed Alex, Death, and Falin.

I really didn't need another series but here we go. I'm looking forward to the six other books in the series.

#SeriesLove2024
#DeweysReadathon
@Andrew65 @TheSpineView

#DeweysReadathon is tomorrow and I'm excited!

This is my overly ambitious, plenty to choose from, variety pack of books to choose from for the Readathon.

There's not one in particular I'm looking forward to as they all look good! I'll post reviews here and post on Instagram (coffeymuse) throughout the day.

And no, I won't last the 24 hours but I'll take 12-15 hours and consider it a win.

I don't know if I'm reading slower or reading Gaiman slow. Either way, this 330 page book took me a month to read. However, I still loved it!

I've discovered there's a miniseries and can't wait to get my hands on it and see this world brought to life.

The was my #GenreChallenge for March. Contemporary fantasy was the randomly chosen genre. This subgenre is a fantasy story in a modern-day setting. It often contains magic but it is not obvious.

Working oh so hard! Almost done with Gaiman and enjoying afternoon baseball in between calls.

My #readyourkindle selections. Fun note, “Strange Case of Finley Jayne“ is an actual eBook but Amazon only has audio now of the book.

Was reading on “Velvet Ribbon“ last month an am about 50% of the way through so that will be at least one read this month.

Thanks @CBee for getting me to read my Kindle books!

April's #BookSpin is here! I should get these (and March's picks) easily read with Dewey's Readathon happening in a couple of weeks.

Library book will be a novella I have our OR a mob book. Perpetual Challenge will be either Stephen King or Louis L'Amour-which ever I get to this month.

Thanks for hosting @TheAromaOfBooks!

Still working on “Neverwhere“ slowly but surely. Hoping to finish by the weekend and dive into my next read.

Love Gaiman but man, I read his works so slow. They are so good though!

#weeklyforecast #bookreport

Thank goodness the rest of the series is on Amazon Unlimited cause book 1 ends on a cliff hanger. I'm probably going to read the rest of the series ASAP as I'm intrigued.

This is fun novella with fae and mates and mythical creatures. Fun, breezy read that I probably won't remember come December.

This was one of my March #ReadYourKindle Books.

@CBee

Can't believe it's almost April! I haven't gotten to my March reads yet-my current book is taking me a bit to read.

Excited to see what my April #Bookspin is this coming month!

@TheAromaOfBooks

Playing catch up and haven't gotten to March's #Roll100 but here's April's selection.

Honestly, all three look good-how am I supposed to choose? I may pull all three, read the first chapter, and go from there.

#FirstLineFriday is from a great book I just started.

Love Gaiman and already enjoying this one.

Happy Friday!

February was a tough month for me and as a result I didn't read anything last month.

New month and I'm actually finishing books!

This was February's #Bookspin and #Doublespin picks.

Just finished “Kiowa Trail“ this afternoon. It was an enjoyable read but ultimately forgettable. I'm a completest when it comes to L'Amour so it was nice being in his worlds.

Now, it's on to March's Bookspin!

@TheAromaofBooks

First book finished since January! I am not much a cozy mystery gal but I really enjoy this series and the setting.

This is book 5 in the series.

#SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

I'm about halfway through and really enjoying this book!

It's #ReadYourKindle day! @CBee has drawn the numbers and I have two romance and two Amazon First Reads. I am really intrigued by the “Amish Wife“ so maybe that will be read!

What are you reading?

Series won't be hard as I am currently reading book one in the Hell's Belles series. And I have several new books in series that I am eagerly awaiting my library to process.
Perpetual challenge is an ongoing personal book challenge. For instance, I have a list of all the Stephen King and Louis L'Amour books and am slowly working my way through them. Also, I want to read on my 50 States 50 Books list. Then there's presidential bios I want to read⬇️

I have 787 books with pitifully few of that number actually read. So I'm joing @CBee & #ReadYourKindle.

I have mostly romance of varying spice which is hilarious because I'm not a heavy romance reader! But I enjoy these usually quick reads.

I usually pick up free books so this is why my list is mostly romance. However, books 15-20 is either fantasy, Kindle first picks, or mystery.

Here's hoping this is the nudge to get through my Kindle books.

February's #GenreChallenge is science fiction romance!

Science Fiction Romance is: A subgenre that is set in the future and often involves aliens.

I'm going to give “Polaris Rising“ by Jessie Mihalik a try in February!

Here's my #Roll100 selections for February.

I've already decided that the Arthurian Encyclopedia is going to be donated.

“Billy Bob Walker“ is a bit chunky and I've got quite the stack of TBRs for February.

So I'll be reading “The Great Divorce“ by CS Lewis.

@PuddleJumper

My February #Bookspin list! The categories are really working for me and it's something I'll continue through the year.

Thanks @TheAromaOfBooks for this great challenge!

I'm bored with this book and I'm not picking this up to read. I got about halfway through but I have other items I want to read so I'm marking this as DNF and moving on to the next book.

I had this series down on my #Series2024 list as I had the books at home. Now I can send them to the second hand shop for credit.

@Andrew65 @TheSpineView

A little behind but here's my #Bookspin and #Doublespin #Bingo categories!

I have read a library book that would fit already but I'm curious if I read any other “just because“ library books this month.

Roll100 is “Blink“ by Gladwell and I have that scheduled for later in the month.

Here's to another great year of 'Spins!

@TheAromaOfBooks

I like to choose an uplifting and inspiring book to start the new year off with.

This year, it's this book and a great reminder that things to look forward to are both big and small. This really compliments my list of things to accomplish this year-the list is populated with small things to look forward to accomplishing in 2024. No resolutions this year, just things to look forward to doing.

What are you looking forward to this year?

There's no way I can afford my reading habit...thank goodness for the local library!

I do work there but I have a ton of holds coming or being turned in every week. I love my library system!

Other acquisitions is either Kindle or own books. I'd like to see this number increased in the next year.

It was a great 2023!

Ending 2023 Reading Season with a 5 star read!

I savored this one slowly over several days. Ultimately I did binge the last 130 pages tonight to be done with 2023 reads.

I own this book and have been trying to get my owned books down to one bookcase-but this is a keeper and something I'm going to want to come back to and enjoy.

I've thought long and hard about what challenges I want to do in 2024. #Roll100 made the list. As did #BookSpinBingo. #SeriesLove2024 is the only new challenge for the year.

As you can tell, I read a lot of series. I have the first book in the three new to me series scheduled for 2024 and we'll try those worlds. Gray Man series will be a priority to get caught up. Prydain will be done in 2024

Thanks for the challenge @Andrew65 and @TheSpineView!

Here is my #Roll100 for January.

I'm leaning towards “Blink“ by Gladwell as that might be a good first month read. I've got a romance book scheduled for January so “Fancy Pants“ probably wouldn't get read.

Mark Twain-I'm just not feeling it. This might be one I pull, read a few pages, and decide to keep or toss. I don't have to read the classics. I just get so bored with the classics as a general rule.

@Puddlejumper

Here's my list for 2024 #Roll100! I cleared off several books last year in this challenge-some read, some donated without reading. Here's hoping for more success this coming year!

@puddlejumper

Sometimes, just sometimes, the absolute perfect book at the absolute perfect time lands in your hands. It's serendipity.

This book by Cleo Wade was exactly what I needed at this time.

Short essays and poetry talking about tough times and growing through them. I fell in love with this book and added it to my “Christmas gift if you need a last minute idea“ list.

Thank you, Cleo Wade, for these tender words in tough times.

So I picked this up for #GenreChallenge and can tell you medical mystery is not my genre!

I did get about 50 pages in and was confused by all the doctors listed and the switch from Ava to Noah as narrators didn't do anything for me.

So, yay for trying new genres. Unfortunately, this one didn't work for me!

Last #Bookspin #Bingo for 2023!

I haven't been feeling the Christmas books this year-at least so far I haven't. May be a month of non-seasonal reading. We'll see!

@TheAromaOfBooks

December's #Roll100 selection!

I'll try to get to “The Night Stalkers“ this month and I may go ahead and clear “Orchid Thief“ from my shelves and give away. This month is about clearing out and catching up so I can start 2024 fresh!

Thanks for the roll, @puddlejumper!

Random number generator picked Mythic science-fiction as December's #GenreChallenge!

Mythic sci-fi is defined as: A subgenre of science fiction in which the story is inspired by, or closely imitates, myth and folklore. The story may be a complete retelling of a popular myth or could just draw from tropes and themes that are common in mythology.

I'm going to read “Stardust“ by Gaiman for December!

How about you, @Bklover?

First day of vacation! Got an ASMR going, a cup of coffee, and a new read. Life is great!

I don't read thicker books and this one, at 525 pages, is definitely one of the longer ones I've attempted here lately. It also took me a while to get through-me thing, not a knock against the book.

Gray Man is back and taking a vacation in Syria. If it can go wrong, it'll go wrong.

Was solid read, but that ending has you wanting more of Gentry. I'll pick up with the next one in this series in 2024.

Now that Christmas is up and the house back to rights... time for some pictures books and a book of photography. Little self care this evening.

Here's my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin selections for November.

I have a lot of library books out so that will be easy. Also, I have a ton of Christmas books out so Seasonal will be an easy to accomplish.

Thanks @TheAromaOfBooks for the #BookBingo!

My #Bookspin for October was a Kindle book. I chose the short story “Stockholm.“ It won an International Thriller Writer Award for best short story. So deserving and definitely one that sticks with you. If you have Kindle Unlimited I would recommend this!

My #Doublespin was a library book and I read “Nordic Tales“ for most of the month. It's a collection of fairy tales from that region of the world. I really enjoyed dipping into this book.

I can't believe it's almost November!

Here's my #Bookspin #Bingo for the month!

@TheAromaOfBooks

I found a more extensive list of genres online and decided to rebrand #TBRDeckOfCards to #GenreChallenge.

I drew a random number and the corresponding genre was Doctor Detective. A subgenre of mystery in which a physician plays the role of a detective to solve a murder or crime.

@Bklover I am going with a Robin Cook mystery in November.

Several hours into #DeweysReadathon and I've finished two books.

Time to pick through my pile and choose the next one.

I know I've been quiet this month but I'm popping in to talk about #DeweysReadathon which starts at 7 am, CDT, tomorrow, Saturday, October 21st.

I will not get all these read but I like a wide variety. Some juvenile fiction, some tween books, a few novellas, and a few graphic novels all are represented.

I have my snacks and will make apple butter cake with cream cheese frosting when I get home.

So excited about tomorrow!

I pinched a nerve in my back on Sunday and didn't feel well enough and was loopy from the muscle relaxers so I'm just now getting this posted.

Dewey's readathon is later this month and the library book should be easily knocked out then.

I've got an Amazon First Read book on my Kindle that I'm really intrigued about. So we'll try that for my Kindle read.

@TheAromaOfBooks #Bookspin

Here's my #BookSpin #bingo list.

I did some tweaking as I wasn't using my free spots and came up with some new topics. So now, I have pre-2023 and new release spots along with another Kindle spot.

This is working for me, even if my brain isn't quite cooperating at the moment. I've really been battling for my mental dragons and hoping that new month will work to get me reading again.

@TheAromaOfbooks

The cards have been shuffled for October and what a great genre for the month: Paranormal Thriller.

Often overlapping with fantasy, these stories contain traditional mystery tropes, with a strange crime or murder. However, a ghost or otherwise supernatural being is responsible for a crime.

Off to find a book that fits the genre!

@Bklover

Happy #Roll100 day!

2 great choices this coming month...I did DNF “Search for Significance“ back in July.

I am excited about the other two choices-one British politics and one American politics.

“The Nine“ is 16 years old so some of the information has changed.

Not sure which one I'll choose to read at this point!

@puddlejumper

After a lazy Saturday morning, this is the plan for the rest of the weekend.