I started this book last night (Sept 30) because I was so excited to read it. This is one of my most anticipated books for #scarathlon2021 and #screamathon . I saw this book on a list of folk horror classic reads, and folk horror is right in my wheelhouse 😊.

I don‘t do very well with horror (I scare easily!), so II‘m going to await to read the last 100 pages during the day time.

+30 pts for 1 hr of readathon reading for 3 readathons: 👇

I discovered the first few books in this series a few years ago, and wished then that I‘d read it as a child. I was a vey klutzy and accident-prone child, and I would have related very much to Mildred Hubble (a.k.a “the worst witch”).

I‘m going to reread the first four books in the series this month, and then read (for the first time) the last four.

+25 pts for a book that references Halloween #scarathlon2021 #teamhendrix 👇

I started off #scarathlon2021 by audiopuzzling to the tagged Agatha Christie short story, which I borrowed from my library‘s Overdrive. It was read by David Suchet, who is my favourite Poirot. I think I‘ve watched this episode before on TV, so I did remember early on how the mystery was solved, but it was still an enjoyable listen because of the narration.

+5 pts for the book(not #teamhendrix related, unfortunately), plus 👇

I don‘t typically listen to audiobooks because I find it hard to concentrate. But I‘ve decided to try out audio puzzling for my October #bfc reading goal, so I thought that I would also sign up for the #littenlisten readathon in order to maximize my stackable points for #scarathlon2021 😊👍. I just checked out a few spooky audiobooks from the library to go along with my two puzzles.

I doubt that I‘ll achieve a bingo, but I‘ll give it a try 😊.

I haven‘t participated in #bfc yet, but thought that that October would be a good time to start, to coincide with the other readathons I‘m participating in (e.g. for stackable points in #scarathlon2021 😊👍).

My book goal is to try out audio puzzling. I don‘t typically listen to audio books (I find it hard to concentrate), but I thought this might be worth a try. I have 2 puzzles to try & have borrowed a few spooky audiobooks from the library.👇

I posted my list of books that I plan to read for October‘s readathons (including #scarathlon2021 and #screamathon ), but I wanted to also post a reading goal for the #spookoween readathon.

My goal is to read 4000 pages, which I think is doable because I have lots of books on my TBR that are middle grade chapter books. I also have a 3 day weekend in Oct that I‘m going to spend hiking & reading 😊, plus I‘m signing up for the #Dewey 24hr readathon

Here are my picks for #screamathon ‘s weekly prompts.

Week 1- Kiki‘s Delivery Service book and movie
Week 2- The Good House
Week 3- Witch Week
Week 4- I don‘t typically dress up for Hallowe‘en but I‘m going to do my best to dress up as Mildred Hubble from the Worst Witch books- I‘ll make a witch‘s hat and go from there👍

I‘m starting to gather my October #bookspin now- a mix of books from my shelves, Value Village finds, books from Overdrive, and holds from the library. I‘m including lots of middle grade fiction in the hopes of making a few bingos 😊. These are the books I‘ll be reading for #screamathon ##scarathlon2021 #spookoweenreadathon as well- I‘ll post a photo of my physical stack TBR once I have everything in hand . Looking forward to October! 🎃 👻🧙‍♀️

#CuriousCovers Day 30 #Lovers - I was having some difficulty finding a cover to illustrate this prompt (not sure what this says about my bookshelves!) until I found this book with Adam and Eve on the cover 👍. This is a very thin (less than 100 pages) history that was used as a textbook but is a very easy-to-read narrative history.

#CuriousCovers Day 29 #pets- Well, you can‘t go wrong with the pet vampire rabbit Bunnicula! I love this cover and this book 💕❤️ 🐇

Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😊❤️💕

#thinkpositivebepositive

I just discovered the quote above a little bit ago. I‘m not sure where it‘s from, but i love it because it‘s true 😊.

#CuriousCovers Day 28 #Mountains - The Dark Mountain Project is a collective of artists founded by Dougald Hine & Paul Kingsnorth. DTP is attempting to document what it feels like to live in a world where there are so many converging and serious crises (particularly environmental). It tries to face head-on this idea of (as they say) “hope beyond hope” as we move into this potentially frightening, potentially richer/ deeper world.

#CuriousCovers Day 27 #Car - I struggled to find any books with cars on the covers until I remembered this book by Bill Bryson. I read this a few decades ago and really enjoyed it then, but when I started a reread a few years back I wasn‘t as charmed. Actually (#unpopularopinion) the second time around this book just seemed tedious and unfunny, and the author came across as a bit of a jerk.

#CuriousCovers Day 26 #Food - I love reading books about food- about different cultures‘ foodways, food histories and traditions, etc. Here are two books by Elisabeth Luard that fill that book hunger for me: The book on the left contains recipes for traditional celebration foods, many very old, in various European countries. There‘s groaning-cake (England) for a christening feast, seven-herb soup (siebenkrautersuppe- Germany) for Palm Friday, 👇

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks #Thinkpositivebepositive

“The impeded stream is the one that sings” - Wendell Berry

#CuriousCovers Day 25 #Flowers - Kate Atkinson is one of my favourite authors, and this is my favourite book by her. I found the Flora Thompson book at a used bookstore a few years ago and picked it up because it sounded exactly like something I would like, but it‘s still on my TBR.

Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😊 #thinkpositivebepositive

This is a quote by Joanna Macy that makes me feel very at peace 😊.

Would you like to play @Laughterhp @ChaoticMissAdventures ?

#CuriousCovers Day 24- This book provides a disturbing but necessary #close-up look at Western culture and history.

Thanks for the tag @Andrea313 😊 #ThinkPositiveBePositive

I love everything that Rebecca Solnit has written 😊 ❤️. Her book A Paradise Built in Hell is one of the most hopeful books that I‘ve read 😊.

Would you like to play @Tattooedteacher @DarkMina ?

#CuriousCovers day 23 #building- I bought this book many years ago & had forgotten that it was on my shelves…It‘s a fascinating coffee table-style photography book that had 16 photographers travel to 30 countries/ 30:representative families & take photos of both daily life and & a photo of each family outside their home along with all of their possessions. The book is from the early 1990s, so it is a bit dated, but interesting nonetheless.

#CuriousCovers Day 22 #multicolored - I just borrowed this book from the library and thought that it was a very good choice for today‘s prompt! I love the cover 😍, and the pictures inside are beautiful as well.

#CuriousCovers Day 21 #water- I think I first heard about this book from one of Robert Macfarlane‘s books, I think in his book The Old Ways. This book is about Tim Robinsons‘s walking experiences around the perimeter of the islands (I think the main island). It explores the islands‘ geology, wildlife, history, folklore, language etc… It sounds very good (and very Macfarlane-esque , which is why I bought it!) but it is still on #mttbr…

#CuriousCovers Day 20- Here is my collection of books with #trees in the cover. I bought the tagged book a few years back because I wanted to identify trees in a park near my home- it has some unusual trees for our region.The Charles Eisenstein book I read and enjoyed, the other two are on my TBR. 🌲 🌳🌲🌳

#CuriousCovers Day 19 #blueandyellow - This is another children‘s book author that I discovered as an adult, but wish I‘d discovered when I was a kid. British ✅ children‘s books ✅ set in the 1950s-1970s ✅ involving magic or ghosts ✅ plus some history ✅ is my jam 😊

#CuriousCovers Day 18- I discovered the #Green Knowe books when I was an adult, but I wish that I had discovered this series as a kid! Green Knowe is an ancient home/ castle that is haunted (in a good and not scary way!) by the spirits of past residents. The first book is set at Christmas and one of my traditions now is to reread it every year (along with John Masefield‘s The Box of Delights 😊).

Thanks for the tag @Eggs 😊 #thinkpositivebepositive

This quote is one of my favourites 😊.

I‘m tagging @peanutnine and @persephone1408 if you‘d like to play too 😊

#CuriousCovers Day 17 #patterns- I bought this book years ago when it first came out based on its reviews and some good interviews with the author, but it‘s still on #mttbr

#CuriousCovers Day 16 #pink- These are my absolute favourite children‘s picture books 💕💗💖.

#CuriousCovers Day 15- This book on big history by David Christian has #stars on the cover. In this book he starts with the Big Bang and over 500+ pages takes you up to the twentieth century.

Photographed in front of my wall chart of big history 🙂.

#CuriousCovers Day 14- These are two editions of one of my favourite books by one of my favourite authors.

The edition on the left is a Folio Society edition that I found second hand for a dollar at a thrift store. The book has beautiful colour plates but it also has a coffee ring stain on the front cover 😱😱😱. The #woman in red on the cover is Mildred Lathbury, the book‘s narrator & one of the excellent women referred to in the title.

#CuriousCovers Day 13- I love the illustration of the green #man on the cover of this book!

#CuriousCovers Day 12- This book that fits today‘s #gold prompt is one of my favourites 😊. It‘s a huge and beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of British folklore, covering everything from magic lore about trees to traditional music to traditional childhood games to an overview of seasonal festivals, etc. It also has a huge section on myths and legends specific to each region of Britain.

#CuriousCovers day 11- I have taken care to bleep out part of this #orange book‘s title for the photo, but sometimes depression deserves a few choice words! This is a very small book/ zine (60 pages) that the author has described as “an anti-depression guide/ guide to a more lawless life”. It is a good quick read that I probably would have enjoyed reading even more as a teenager, but I enjoyed it well enough when I read it a few years ago.

#CuriousCovers Day 10- This book by the German theologian and poet Dorothee Soelle has #AbstractArt on the cover. This book has been on my TBR shelves for a very long time, but reading through the table of contents I am reminded why I bought it in the first place 😊.

#CuriousCovers Day 9- The tagged book fulfills today‘s prompt for a #purple cover. This is an interesting book, kind of an anthropological history of beer and fermentation practices. Buhner‘s main point is that traditionally beer was made from a variety of plants, and typically included medicinal and psychoactive plants (Buhner is an herbalist). There are recipes here too (including one for wormwood ale!), but I haven‘t tried any of them.

#CuriousCovers Day 8- These books feature stone #circles on their covers. The tagged book has been on my TBR shelves for several years- pulling it off the shelf for this photo has reminded me that I need to read it!

#CuriousCovers Day 7- These books on human history fit today‘s #gray prompt. The tagged book is ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.

Day 6 #CuriousCovers- Here‘s my stack of #yellow spined books for today‘s prompt. (I couldn‘t decide on one!).

Day 5 #Curiouscovers- I discovered Joan Aiken‘s Wolves Chronicles children‘s books as an adult, and I love the ones that I‘ve read so far. Her books are so much fun to read!

This is another one of her books (not in the Wolves Chronicles series) that is still in on my TBR, about a little girl and her mischievous pet #bird named Mortimer. The illustrations in this edition are terrific.

Day 4 #CuriousCovers- This book on Indo-European language and culture contains many references to the #horse, including this image on the cover.

#CuriousCovers Day 3- I really enjoyed his #BlackandWhite covered book by Rebecca Solnit when I read it a few years ago. 🖤🤍🖤🤍

#curiouscovers Day 2: I love the titles of these #redandwhite covered books ❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️

#CuriousCovers Day 1: When I think of #BlueandRed covers I think of these Oxford reference dictionaries.