Bk8 of November & Bk1 of #20in4 #readathon is done! I actually read this before but it was more skim read at the time coz brainfog meant I didn‘t grasp the science well, and this is full of it. As well as being one of the best heist novels I‘ve read! Is #SpaceHeist a genre? It bloody should be. I loved the gang formed to pull the con off, I love the con itself & I really enjoyed the science this time around. Needs repeat reads👍 #BookspinBingo 👇

Today‘s #Bookmail is highly appropriate considering the weather Australia is having right now. We‘re in the grip of another La Niña & it‘s been constant rain for weeks with a lot more in sight. Normally it‘s thunderstorm season but this is just wet. At least there should be no major bushfires this summer?The tagged book is by an environmental journalist about the origins of rain, types of rain & it‘s significance to human cultures?⛈?

Bk6 & 7 of November are done. I managed to finish these by audiobook mostly while I was in hospital. I started the tagged book which is the 2nd in the series but couldn‘t remember the MC so went back to reread The Long Call first. I love the new setting for this, North Devon is not a place written about much so Google Maps was my friend. Highly recommend this & all Cleeve‘s work. The tagged was my #Doublespin bk for November‘s #BookspinBingo

It seems I‘ve been released from hospital just in time! Hi everyone, sorry I‘ve been MIA but I‘ve been in a horrible little bed on a lot of strong stuff to get over this flare. I‘ll be using #20in4 #readathon to get in a last few November reads as I haven‘t read much this month. Though I did finish two audiobooks while in bed. My goals for this weekend are:
📚Read 2 books
⏱Read the 20hrs
🎧Read 2 formats
🎉Have Fun!

Bk5 of November & Bk3 of #NovelNovember #Readathon is done. The last few days have been a nightmare, worst flare I‘ve ever had has made me unable to even hold a book and I‘ve been trying to sleep through most of it. So I had to switch to an audiobook the past two days & finished the 8th book of the WOT instead. The Seanchan are in Ebou Dar, Rand has taken Illian & Elayne, Nynaeve & Aviendha are on their way to Caemlyn. #BookspinBingo👇

Bk6 of my recent #BookMail included this beautiful signed edition of Klunes new novel. Isn‘t it pretty? I love this colour in books, I think I have another ones with the same colour sprayed edges, The Butchers Hook I believe. This is supposed to be another sweet story on the same lines as the last one. Guess I should get around to reading that first!

Bk5 is the last Seasons Edition-Fall that I received today, Dracula has been held up, I assume it‘s been popular, but I preordered so🤞Then I shall have the complete series of all four seasons to look pretty on my #ShelfForPrettyBooks Ah Shakespeare. What can I say about Wil that hasn‘t been said before? Not much. This contains Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummers Night Dream, The Taming Of The Shrew, As You Like It, Twelfth Night & the complete Sonnets.

Bk4 of today‘s #BookMail is another Seasons Editions-Fall, this time a highly regarded middle grade book. I think nearly every Litten would probably have read this at some point during their reading life? It‘s a story about family and love but it‘s mostly about hope I think. And doesn‘t the world love it! I was just on GR to add this to my shelves, there‘s almost 1,100 editions in many different languages😲

I‘m over 600pgs into The Reality Dysfunction by Peter.F.Hamilton but I‘m having a SciFi overload, so I‘m switching to some British crime for a few hours then I‘ll go back and finish it. I‘ve been looking forward to the new Cleeves for awhile, I really miss her Shetland books already & am hoping there‘s a new Vera coming soon🤞 #NovelNovember #readathon

Bk3 of today‘s #BookMail is one of the Seasons Editions-Fall, which is the last season to be released. They are gorgeous limited edition quartets of classic novels, each story set in the season it was released in. They have amazing laser cut paper jackets over leather bound covers & they all come with these beautiful matching bookmarks. I‘m just waiting on Dracula & then I‘ll have the full set of Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter🌱🌵🍂❄️

Bk2 of today‘s long overdue #Bookmail is the 2nd in Ann Cleeves new crime series. Set in the south of England this time(Vera was NorthUmberland & Shetland was the most northern part of the UK),Detective Mathew Venn lives & works in Devon, just above Cornwall on the SW coast of England. In an unusually hot summer, he‘s called to an artists retreat where he finds Dr Nigel Yeo fatally stabbed with a piece of one of his daughters blown glass vases.

Finally got some of my overdue #bookmail today! Auspost has a huge backlog since the lockdown forced half the country to embrace online shopping. Which for us housebound people means huge waits for items we can‘t get out to get at any time.I‘ve seen photos of their warehouse😱Xmas may be moved to January this year!This is the new novel by an Aussie author set in the south of Tasmania about drug running & pirates.His debut last year was brilliant.

At the end of #33by33 #readathon I‘ve read:

📚2 1/2 books (over 500pgs into the tagged book)
⏱Read over 24hrs
🎧Read 2 formats (audio & physical)

It was a very SciFi weekend & I still have over 500pgs left plus two more books in the trilogy just as big😳 How was your weekend reading?

Happy Birthday to our host @MatchlessMarie May your day be filled with love, happiness & lots & lots of books!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎂🎁🎈

Bk4 of November & Bk2 of #NovelNovember #33by33 #readathon & the last of #AnyWayYouReadathon is done! Read as an audiobook on Scribd, I came to this as a new Asimov reader and on the back of the series now on AppleTV so I don‘t know if it‘s the narrator or because it‘s so different from the screen adaptation, but I much preferred that🤭I know, gasp shock horror. Maybe if I‘d read this first it would be different? I‘ll try Asimov again though.👇

“At the core of the nutrient-production globe, the zygote called Syrinx began to gestate inside a womb-analogue organ, supported by a cluster of haematopoiesis organs.”

The No1 reason I love SciFi is it forces me to use my brain and to learn new facts to add to my knowledge. I‘ve now added the word haematopoiesis to my bank of trivia!

“Space outside the attack cruiser Beezling tore open in five places.”

#FirstLineFridays

Your turn @CarolynM @Cinfhen @Freespirit @thegirlwiththelibrarybag

My Saturday night is looking very futuristic so far! In bed with yet another breakdown, instead of quality nanny time I‘ll be switching between the tagged chunkster, which is the 1st in a very large trilogy, and the audiobook of the 1st Foundation book. My very first Asimov, I‘ve been watching the adaptation on AppleTV & loved it, but the book is very different isn‘t it? Which do you prefer Asimov lovers? #NovelNovember #33by33 #AnyWayYouReadathon

Bk4 of November & Bk1 of #NovelNovember #AnyWayYouReadathon & #33by33 #readathon is done. I loved this book! Set at the edge of the universe, a decommissioned 200yr old spaceship & its crew of misfits & courtmartialed soldiers are the only thing standing between humanity & the blackness called the Divide which is now threatening to swallow the universe whole.The 1st in a new series, I can‘t wait to read the next! #Doublespin bk of #BookspinBingo👇

Today is the start of the #NovelNovember #Readathon which I definitely need to so I can catch up on my reading this month! I‘ve been helping with bub so much that reading has been an afterthought. My goals are:
📚Read 3 books
⏱Read for 40hrs
🎧Read at least 2 different formats

I‘ve just about finished my first book, it‘s already 2.30pm Saturday here, but remembered I hadn‘t posted my goals yet. Who else is joining in this weekend?

I think my bedside table #stack may have gotten a bit out of hand lately, I‘m in danger of being concussed by falling books in my sleep! It‘s mostly books I‘ve started but haven‘t gotten past the 1st chapter & books I‘ve read but haven‘t put away yet. I‘m having another rough start to my reading month, the beginning of a slump plus bubs reflux being so bad his mum needs my help has combined to nix any reading plans. Any suggestions my Litsy peeps?

Bk2 of November is done! The conclusion to the Practical Magic series was as beautifully written as the previous books & it was bittersweet to see Franny, Jet & Vincent‘s story come full circle. Not everyone lives but they all got their happiness in the end. Love is the magic that makes the world go round after all❤️ #BookspinBingo #PennyPerPage #FinishingTheSeries2021 #StackingTheSeries #SeriesRead2021 #Pageathon #Pop21

A few books on my radar for November. There‘s a few for #BookspinBingo & a couple that‘ll fit some of the prompts of #NauticulNovember for #RoaringWolf Have you read any of them? Which do you recommend I start with?

1. Endless! Sleep deprived would also do🥱
2. Definitely looking forward to the tagged book, if Auspost get their bloody thumbs out their butt and start working on their backlog! Please and thank you🙏

@CarolynM @LeeRHarry @Freespirit Tag you‘re It!

My #BookspinBingo board for this month! I‘ve substituted Once There Were Wolves for The Witch‘s Heart as I‘ve managed to finish it for October‘s board. My #Bookspin book is a FREE SPACE & my #Doublespin book is The Last Watch. Good luck to everyone in November, May you have many empty spaces on your TBR shelf/shelves!🙌

And my final post tonight is my #20in4 #Readathon wrap up. For this #Halloween ‘thon I read:

📚4 books total
⏱Just on 47hrs
🎧Read 3 different formats(audiobook, ebook, physical)
🎃Finished Scarathlon2021 with a bang!

Thanks as always to our fearless host @Andrew65 o captain my captain✊

My #Scarathlon2021 & October🎃 wrap up. My stats this month was:
📚Read 21 books
✨Read 11 Magical Realism books
🔪Read 5 crime/mystery books
👻Read 4 horror books
🎨Read 1 graphic novel
🎧Listened to 7 audiobooks
📱Read 3 ebooks

I‘m very happy with how this month turned out, especially considering I read nothing for the first week! Outdid my expectations & more🙌 #TeamSlaughter🔪

Bk4 of #20in4 #readathon & the last is done! Managed to finish this just before midnight Monday so it‘s just scraped in under the wire. And it‘s another #bingo on my #BookspinBingo board for October(we have till the 3rd right?) I loved this book❤️I have a huge weakness for Norse myths, the hubby & son wish they‘d been born Vikings, so it was very much in my wheelhouse. Plus it was told so beautifully & it had witches. Perfect🙌 #RagnarokForever

And finally(for now) my #Bookspin #Doublespin & #BookspinBingo list for November. A few that have been on previous boards, extra FREESPACE as usual & a few new books that should be delivered by the end of the month(they bloody better anyway. Damn you auspost😠) Hoping for another good reading month with any luck 🍀🤞

My final #PointsTally for #Scarathlon2021 At the end of #Week4 my points were 12,889pts which gives me a #GrandTotal for the month of:

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉44,177pts!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Not bad considering the poor start to it courtesy of my grandbaby Jaxon. Still, it was worth it to spend time with that gorgeous little chunker! How‘d your Scarathlon go?
EDIT: Once again I forgot some extra points. My updated final tally is now above 👆

My #BookspinBingo board for October. I may sneak in one more book before the 3rd, maybe two if I‘m lucky! I read both my #Bookspin & #Doublespin books this month & have 4 #Bingos & one book off at least 7 more🙌 October was a pretty awesome month all up🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

Roundup of all the Halloween themed October #Bingo boards. I didn‘t manage to completely clear any of them but I did get at least one bingo on all of them. Not a bad month considering I didn‘t start anything for the first week! Now I‘ve just got to make my #Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter final tally & post my monthly roundup. Plus #BookspinBingo which I also almost cleared🙌

Bk40 of #LittensDressedInBlood Bk3 of #20in4 & Bk21 & last of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon #Wickedathon #Necronomathon #LittenListenBingo #HalloweenReadathon #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #BookishBingo #BooksAndTeaChallenge #ChapterBreakBingo #OutOfComfortZoneBingo #VampathonBingo cont👇 is done. And what a book it was! A different take on vampires,if you loved Nevernight you‘ll love this.Profanity warning 10🤭 5,535pts #TeamSlaughter

“A life without books is a life not lived”

Truer words have never been spoken.

#20in4 #readathon #Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter 1pt

Spending Halloween and the last day of #Scarathlon2021 and all the other October ‘thons #audioknitting to the new Jay Kristoff book. I‘ve been switching between book & audio as it‘s over 26hrs & I read much quicker. Trying to decide which colour is next in Jaxon‘s blanket, I‘m not happy with the green next to the mustard(Hubbys choice🙄)and I‘m leaning towards the navy blue or silver🤔 1pt #TeamSlaughter

I also watched this throwback horror film from 1999. Trading heavily on both the bible, satanic worship & the fear around the end of the millennium(everyone born before ‘85 will understand)it‘s kitschy schlocky & lots of fun & chills. 6pts #TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon2021

Bk39 of #LittensDressedInBlood & Bk2 of #20in4 & Bk20 of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon #Wickedathon #LittenListenBingo #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #BookishBingo #LitsyAtoZ2021 #SeriesRead2021 #StackingTheSeries #HistoricalFiction #NerdReading2021 #AudiobookChallenge2021 #MountTBR2021 #BacklistChallenge #FinishingTheSeries2021 #CozyMysteriesChallenge #CloakDaggerChal #Pageathon #PennyPerPage #BookspinBingo is done.Loved the 6th book👇

Spending this humid afternoon here in Sydney getting some #audioknitting done to the 6th book in the Josephine Tey historical crime series. This one is set during the 1937 coronation of King George VI in London. Josephine is caught up in the murder of a famous broadcaster while trying to deal with her love for Marta, a woman who happens to be in a relationship with her friend Lydia. #Scarathlon2021 1pt #TeamSlaughter #20in4 #readathon

I cannot believe how fast this year has gone, even with our never ending lockdown! But it‘s almost time for this years #WinterGames that start Dec 1st till Dec 31st. Sign ups are now open with all rules & points system explained in the form. Come join our amazing hosts for some holiday fun & a chance to finish your 2021 TBR🤶🏻🎄

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJpfj48aGuDProBADJulgDDCqci493YQvs7QYN...

Bk38 of #LittensDressedInBlood Bk1 of #20in4 & Bk19 of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon #Wickedathon #Necronomathon #RoaringWolf #RIP #HalloweenReadathon #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #BookishBingo #ChapterBreakBingo #OutOfComfortZoneBingo #Pageathon #PennyPerPage #BookspinBingo is done. I‘ve had this on my TBR since last Scarathlon, glad I finally got to it. Creepy&weird but fabulous, I love indigenous horror 1,296pts #TeamSlaughter

🎃 The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. Halfway and it‘s very creepy & weird😬
🎃 Lots and lots of reading, trying to finish up the numerous readathons I‘m doing🤓
🎃 My grandson Jaxon‘s cute face & having so many books to choose from🙌

#WondrousWednesday

@CarolynM @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Clwojick Tag you‘re it!

This months #Halloween #20in4 #readathon is a lot more casual, our host is letting us #Scarathlon2021 participants start from Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st or even to go till Monday 1st & have 5 days! My goals are:
📚Read at least 3 books
🎧Read at least two formats
⏱Read the whole 20hrs
🚀Blast through the last days of October readathons!

As it‘s Thurs in 5mins here in Sydney, I‘ll be kicking off with the last half of The Only Good Indians now🎉

Bk37 of #LittensDressedInBlood & Bk18 of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #Wickedathon #SpookoweenReadathon #Necronomathon #HalloweenReadathon #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #BookishBingo #FreeYourShelfathon #BooksAndTeaChallenge #ChapterBreakBingo #Pageathon #PennyPerPage #BookspinBingo is done. Read as an ebook on Scribd, it‘s not a book to read at night. Especially when the wind makes branches go tap tap on the glass😳1,296pts #TeamSlaughter

Bk36 of #LittensDressedInBlood & Bk17 of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon #Wickedathon #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #BookishBingo #ChapterBreakBingo #OutOfComfortZoneBingo (cont below)👇 is done. The 10th in the Rowly Sinclair series starts with them in Singapore after the last set in Shanghai. A telegram from Boston brings them to the US as executor of Rowly‘s Oxford friend after his murder. My #Doublespin Bk 4⭐️ 2,216pts #TeamSlaughter

My #Week3 points tally for #TeamSlaughter in #Scarathlon2021 is 13,531pts. Which brings my Total so far to 30,468pts! Not bad considering the slow start to the month(though I did have the best excuse. Jaxon is now 4 weeks old & thriving!) I‘ve read 16 bks & almost a 17th, watched 8 different movies/tv shows, read the team #buddyread & had a great time. Let‘s crush the last week team!🙌🎃🔪

Bk35 of #LittensDresssdInBlood & Bk16 of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon #LittenListenBingo #Wickedathon #HalloweenReadathon #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #BookishBingo #ChapterBreakBingo #ReadChristie2021 #ReadItAgainSam #NerdReading2021 #AudiobookChallenge2021 #BritishCrimeClassicsChallenge #VintageMystery #CloakDaggerChal #Pageathon #PennyPerPage #BookspinBingo is done. My #Bookspin bk of October & one of my fave Dame Agathas 1,496pts

I kicked butt this #OutstandingOctober #readathon! This is the best time I‘ve ever had plus I‘m pretty sure it‘s most books read as well. Very very happy with my stats🙌

Bks33&34 of #LittensDressedInBlood Bks11&12 of #OutstandingOctober & Bks14&15 of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #Necronomathon #Wickedathon #SpookoweenReadathon #HalloweenReadathon #Panspookathon #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #TrickRTreatathon #BookishBingo #BooksandTeaBingo #ChapterBreakBingo #OutOfComfortZoneBingo #VampathonBingo #ReadingWithMaja2021 #NerdReading2021 #BooklistQueen #Pageathon #PennyPerPage #BookspinBingo are done!416pts 2,736pts 👇

Bk32 of #LittensDressedInBlood Bk10 of #OutstandingOctober & Bk13 of #Scarathlon2021 #Screamathon #SpookoweenReadathon #Wickedathon #HalloweenReadathon #Panspookathon #ItsBritneyBingoWitch #BookishBingo #ChapterBreakBingo #OutOfComfortZoneBingo #VampathonBingo #PickYourPoison #Pageathon #BookspinBingo #ReadItAgainSam #HistoricalFiction #PennyPerPage is done.The prequel to Practical Magic,it tells the Aunts story in 60s NYC. 1,725pts #TeamSlaughter

Just watched the last five episodes of this on Stan. Gotta say, wasn‘t a fan of the ending at all, it‘s more like Pretty Little Liars or I Know What You Did Last Summer. I did grow to like the actors though, they did a pretty good job all up. 26pts #TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon2021

I also watched The Mothman Prophecies movie today & am halfway through the audiobook it‘s based on. I forgot how strange this movie is, I‘m not sure it makes much sense at the end, the book is a non fiction written by the journalist Richard Gere‘s character is based on but it‘s more about how he thinks UFOs are behind every paranormal event. Weird🤷🏻‍♀️ 6pts #Scarathlon2021 #TeamSlaughter