Last night we unexpectedly had to say goodbye to our Sparrow. She wasn‘t feeling well and wouldn‘t eat. We took her to urgent care where we were told she had developed a very rare complication from diabetes that required a very aggressive treatment with a low survival rate. She was declining so quickly we had to make the hard decision to let her go. She was a good reading buddy; the kitty who liked to sleep with my books. She will be missed. 💔💔

#BookReport for May

📚 Finished
The Crimson Crown ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beltane ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Stand ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 In Progress
Protection Spells - Read five chapters. On page 181.

#WeeklyForecast

I‘ll be starting The Long Walk in The Bachman Books, and continuing with Writing Poetry in the Dark this week.

My May wrap up. 📚🌼

May was a slow reading month. Hoping to get more accomplished this month.

Finished one for #FairytaleReadingChallenge (2024)
Finished one for #SeriesLove2025
Finished one for #LosersClub

Still in Progress:
Writing Poetry in the Dark
Protection Spells

Finished this in January.

Wanted to read this because I love the movie. There‘s so much story not included in the film. This is a very dense story that can take a little while to get through. It‘s well written with amazing descriptions, magical realism, and an awesome horse. There is some horse cruelty I didn‘t like.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#TwinPeaksReadingChallenge #KatherineMartell
#TPRC

‘A high school show-and-tell session explodes into a nightmare of evil...‘

Read this in January for the #LosersClub.

Starts with a shooting then turns into something that reminds me of a twisted version of The Breakfast Club. Great writing. Strange twist.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#KingFromTheBeginning #Rage

#BookReport for April

📚 Finished
Hooked ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 In Progress
The Crimson Crown - Read forty-six chapters. On page 421.
The Stand - Read eight more chapters. On page 636.
Beltane - Read three sections. On page 97.
Writing Poetry in the Dark - Read eleven chapters. On page 105.

My April wrap up. 📚☂️

I‘ve been horribly slow with reading and posting. Only finished one book in April.

Finished one for #FairytaleReadingChallenge and #SeriesLove2025

Still in Progress:
Beltane
Writing Poetry in the Dark
The Crimson Crown
The Stand

Starting next. I have a sleeping Boon keeping me company for now. This was my November pick for the #FairytaleReadingChallenge (2024).

#SnowWhite

#Read2025

Two week #BookReport & #WeeklyForecast

📚 Finished
Night Shift ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ostara ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Lady Vanishes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hooked ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 In Progress
The Stand - Read forty chapters. Reading a few chapters a day. On page 376.

📚 Next Up
The Crimson Crown

A lot of good films on this list. Way to hard to pick three.

26/100

Favorites:
Dead Poets Society
Beauty and the Beast
Pulp Fiction
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
The Sixth Sense
Chocolat
The Lord of the Rings
Moulin Rouge
Seabiscuit
Juno

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

My #ReadYourKindle picks for April:

4. Grave Talk - Nick Spalding
13. Friends in Napa - Sheila Yasmin Marikar
20. When the Rain Ends - Mary Ellen Taylor
12. The Thirteen Black Cats of Edith Penn - Sean McDonough

My #ReadYourKindle list for April. 📚🌸

My March wrap up. 📚☘️

All five books were favorites for March. Starting to catch up on challenges and buddy reads.

Finished two for #LosersClub
Finished two for #SeriesLove2025
Finished one for #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge

Still in Progress
The Stand

Starting next, to read alongside The Stand. This was my October pick for the #FairytaleReadingChallenge (2024).

#PeterPan

#SeriesLove2025 #Read2025

Thanks for the tag @dabbe

12/100

Favorites:
American Graffiti
The Exorcist
Jaws
Star Wars
Indiana Jones
E.T.

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

1. Meditate, sleep, bake, take short breaks from socializing, burn incense/scented candles.

2. I usually go for fantasy, magical realism, fairytale retellings. Harry Potter, anything Sarah Addison Allen, childhood favorites like Alice‘s Adventures In Wonderland.

#Two4Tuesday

Starting next for the #LosersClub. Sparrow is keeping me company while the kittens run amok.

#KingFromTheBeginning #TheStand #Read2025

Getting a late start on this one.

#HitchToScreen #Read2025

This #BookReport covers the last few weeks.

📚 Finished
The Dark Descent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Let the Right One In ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Shining ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 In Progress
Night Shift - Read eleven stories. On page 186.
Ostara - Read two sections. On page 65.
We, the Drowned (Kindle) - Read a little. Still at 1%

I‘ve been horribly slow with posting lately. These are my #ReadYourKindle picks for March. I‘ll start these after I finish February.

16. We Ate The Dark - Mallory Pearson
14. White Out - Danielle Girard
19. The Night Raven - Johan Rundberg
1. The Warbler - Sarah Beth Durst

Continuing with my #LosersClub catch-up. Starting next.

#KingFromTheBeginning #NightShift

#Read2025

3/100

Favorites:
The Song of Bernadette
The Ten Commandments
To Kill a Mockingbird

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

1/100

Favorite:
The Wizard of Oz
(The only one I‘ve seen on this list 😂)

Last week‘s #ThreeListThursday #TLT

Catching up on #ThreeListThursday
This is from two weeks ago.

10/96

Favorites:
Dances With Wolves
The Silence of the Lambs
Titanic
American Beauty
The Lord of the Rings

#TLT

Starting next on Kindle.

#ReadYourKindle #10 / February
#Read2025

Time to catch up with the #LosersClub. Starting next.

#KingFromTheBeginning #TheShining

#SeriesLove2025 #Read2025

My #ReadYourKindle list for March. 📚☘️

My February wrap up. 📚❄️

Finished three for #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge

#BookReport

📚 Finished
Deep ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Empire of Wild ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 In Progress
The Dark Descent - Finished twenty more stories. On page 944.
Let the Right One In - Finished Part One and Two. On page 203.

Starting next for #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge

#TheManFromAnotherPlace: Translated from a different language than English

#TPRC #Read2025

Starting next for #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge.

#DeputyHawk: Book by indigenous author.

#Read2025 #TPRC

7/100

Favorites:
1984
The Odyssey
Oedipus Rex
The Picture of Dorian Gray

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

Thanks for the tag @dabbe

10/100

Favorites:
Frankenstein
The Great Gatsby
The Haunting of Hill House
Lolita

Last week‘s #ThreeListThursday #TLT

My #ReadYourKindle picks for February:

10. We, THE DROWNED - Carsten Jensen
13. The Space Between - Larry Hinkle
20. Olivia Strauss Is Running Out of Time
- Angela Brown
6. Falling Down - Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan

Meant to post this yesterday.

My #ReadYourKindle list for February. 📚🕯

January Wrap Up 📚❄️

Was able to finish five books in December.

Finished one for #FairytaleReadingChallenge
Finished three for #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge
Finished one for #SeriesLove2025

Still in Progress:
The Dark Descent
Deep

Starting next for the #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge

#WhoKilledLauraPalmer?: A mystery

#TPRC #JumpStart2025 #Read2025

Two week #BookReport & #WeeklyForecast

📚 Finished
Winter‘s Tale ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Small Favors ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chocolat ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Stir of Echoes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 In Progress
The Dark Descent - Picked up where I left off. Read three stories. On page 532.

📚 Next Up
Deep

Starting next for the #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge

#LauraPalmer: Someone haunted

#TPRC #JumpStart2025 #Read2025

8/100

Haven‘t read many on this list.

Favorites:
The Bell Jar
The Catcher in the Rye
The Divine Comedy
Dracula

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

Starting next for the #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge.

#AudreyHorne: Someone not afraid to appear weird.

#TPRC

8/104

Favorites:
A Wrinkle In Time
The Graveyard Book
The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Some of the books on this list I read a long time ago and don‘t remember well.

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

Thanks for the tag @dabbe

17/100

Favorites:
The Graveyard Book
Black Beauty
The Neverending Story
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Harry Potter
The Hobbit
Alice‘s Adventures in Wonderland

There are quite a few on the list I still need to read.

Last week‘s #ThreeListThursday #TLT

Four week #BookReport & #WeeklyForecast

📚 Finished
The Thirteenth Child ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Strangers On A Train ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Grimoire Girl ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Rage ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 In Progress
Winter‘s Tale - Been reading a little every day. Will be finishing this week. On page 687. #TPRC
Small Favors - Finished fourteen chapters. Hoping to finish this week. On page 163. #FairytaleReadingChallenge

Haven‘t decided what I‘m reading next.

Starting next. This was my pick for #Rumpelstiltskin for the 2024 #FairytaleReadingChallenge.

#JumpStart2025 #Read2025

Didn‘t have time for this in December. Starting next for the #LosersClub.

#KingFromTheBeginning #Rage

#Read2025 #JumpStart2025

December Wrap Up 📚❄️

Between getting the kittens and catching a stomach bug, December was a poor reading month. I spent most of my reading time trying to protect my books, notebooks, and pens from Jinx and Boon, who act like a couple of determined velociraptors when they get their sights set on something they want. Hoping this month is better. 🙂

Finished two for the #FairytaleReadingChallenge

Still in Progress:
Winter‘s Tale

Final Point Update #WinterGames2024

12,695 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

Thank you to @StayCurious and @LiseWorks for hosting. And thank you to all the readathon hosts.❄️

‘Grimoire Girl is a tribute to reaching inward, honoring the magic that lives in all of us.‘

This is one of those books I just felt drawn to. I loved reading this. It was entertaining, a little touching, and she throws in a lot of great witchy tips.

Last book for #WinterGames2024, first book of 2025.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadAway2024 #WinterCosy #Read2025 #JumpStart2025 #ImpulseRead +25 #WGWordSearch (87) +870

+900 pts #ChristmasChapterChasers

‘Haines is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno a mysterious smooth talker with a sadistic proposal..‘

This was really good. I liked how well the characters were written.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#HitchToScreen #ReadAway2024 #WinterCosy
#ChristmasAtoZ #LetterS #WinterGames2024
Holiday/Wintery +75 #WGWordSearch (62) +620

+700 points #ChristmasChapterChasers