I‘m honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed this having read another book by this author that I didn‘t really like at all. Fast paced, creepy and at times a little graphic but it wasn‘t overwhelming. I found myself glued to my seat as I was trying to figure out what was going on. “The Siren” is misleading which is unfortunate and the MC was slightly irritating but the mystery surrounding the Alexander House was a page turner. #teamslaughter

#ChillingPhotoChallenge Day 12 #graveyard I actually really like graveyards 🤷🏼‍♀️ I find them to be peaceful and I love the look of the tombstones. This is a picture of Davis Graveyard down in Oregon which isn‘t a true graveyard it‘s actually a yard haunt but this was too cool of a picture to not share. #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick

I don‘t know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn‘t a grimdark Redwall set in the Wild West, but I loved every page of it. For being so short I got rather attached to several of the characters. I mean, a possum in a sombrero with a sniper rifle, who wouldn‘t love that? I wish there was more set in this world! I‘d love to hear more about the crew‘s previous jobs before everything went wrong. #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick book +1

Day 11 of the #ChillingPhotoChallenge is #October and we finally had a nice albeit very cold October day here. I love the colors the leaves turn up here and couldn‘t resist sharing them as I‘m sure many others have done today as well. #teamslaughter @Clwojick #scarathlon

Day 9 of the #ChillingPhotoChallenge when I saw that the prompt for today was #raven I immediately thought of these end pages. They‘re just gorgeous 🖤 #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick

Actually had the perfect book for today‘s #chillingphotochallenge prompt which is #ghostly . Haven‘t read this one yet but I‘ve been itching to pick it up. Maybe once I‘ve finished my next round of library books. #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick

So to help myself keep track as to what categories I have completed for the #scaryscavengerhunt and because what else would I do when I can‘t sleep, I made myself a little bingo board. Not sure why I like bingo boards so much, but I do. Can‘t wait to start marking some of these things off now that I feel slightly more human after my road trip. #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick

#ChillingPhotoChallenge Day 7 #Orange #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick Forgive the uninspired post but the only thing I could come up with for this is my little orange pumpkin. Just got back from an impromptu flight to LA on Saturday and 22 hour road trip back up to northern WA this weekend. Hence the radio silence on here. After I get some sleep I‘ll catch up on all the games I missed if I‘m allowed to catch up? Not sure how all that works.

I love this print by LornaLaineArt over on Etsy! All their prints are gorgeous but this one was especially suited for today‘s #chillingphotochallenge prompt #blackcat and it was just too pretty to not share. #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick

Taking a break from a rather creepy read to do some cleaning I‘ve been neglecting while listening to my Halloween music playlist 👻 Sweeping may or may not have devolved to me dancing around with my broom 🤷🏼‍♀️ you know, as one does. I also picked up some new spooky/thriller-esque reads from the library. Like I need any more to read 🙈 Excited to read the tagged book. #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick

I loved this! This discusses horror and speculative fiction in its earlier incarnations all the way to present day and shows that female writers have been in the genre since the beginning and have helped shape it into what it is today. Broken into sections, this book talks about both forgotten and well known authors and gives reading recommendations. Fun, informative and I‘m so glad to know more about these badass women writers. #teamslaughter

Had a hard time figuring something out for today‘s #chillingphotochallenge because surprisingly despite my love for all things spooky I find myself short on anything #coffin like. Then I remembered this book which is still on my TBR. Forgive the unmade bed in the background. If you spy Daisy, you‘ll also figure out why despite my best efforts it remains unmade 😅 #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick

When I saw that today‘s prompt for the #chillingphotochallenge was #spell this t-shirt immediately came to my mind. It‘s the incantation the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus recite in the beginning of the movie and I adore it 😊 I wear this thing to death in October. #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick

Here‘s what my day is looking like. Not feeling too good so I‘m going to curl up and try to get through all of these. Don‘t think they fit with the #teamslaughter overall theme, I‘ll have to check Goodreads and see what genres they‘re categorized under, but they are due back to the library tomorrow (except for Monster, She Wrote) so I need to get through them. We‘ll see how well I do but I‘m going to try! #scarathlon @Clwojick

How about a book about a haunted house in front of a canvas depicting a haunted house for today‘s #chillingphotochallenge prompt. Little too literal? 😅 Hoping to get to this book this month. I‘ve been dying to read a Darcy Coates novel and I finally managed to get my hands on one!
Day One: Haunted #scarathlon #teamslaughter @Clwojick

It‘s the first day of October, the #scarathlon has officially started and I am so excited!! So excited in fact that I don‘t have the first idea what I‘m going to read so here‘s a picture of most of my owned “spooky” books. This does not include the heap of spooky books I have checked out from the library that are currently taking over my nightstand. I know you can‘t see the titles very well, but any suggestions as to where to start? #teamslaughter

#7days7covers #covercrush Day Three

I think by now everyone has been tagged (or so it seems) but if you see this and have not been tagged and want to take part, consider this an invitation to do so.

Colors are much richer in person, not sure why my camera didn‘t pick up on them. Probably the light.
#7days7covers #covercrush Day Two

I shall tag @ravenlee (sorry if you‘ve already been tagged or if you have no desire to do this!)

One of the best things about this was the characterization of Daisy and Claire. I would read a book just about them. But overall this was just meh. Wasn‘t as creepy as I was hoping but was very atmospheric. It was solid but felt like it could have used more time to develop, more explanation in some places and the end left me with way too many questions. It works but I‘m unsatisfied.

#7days7covers #covercrush Day One

I have no idea who has been tagged already and who has not, so sorry if I tag someone that has already been through this. But I don‘t think I‘ve seen you do this yet @Clwojick so if you‘d like to join in consider yourself tagged!

A psychological slow burn with a supernatural edge. I loved the pre-WWII backdrop and the overall atmosphere of Prague. The author did a really good job weaving the storylines of the psychiatrist and the police inspector together and I was not expecting the ending. It was a little slow but I had a hard time putting it down. This is what I wanted The Silent Patient to be! If you‘re looking for a Halloween read, try this.

This is basically what it looks like. A fast read about a haunted IKEA-like furniture store. This was fine for what it was but I was hoping for more. Didn‘t connect or like any of the characters, the reasoning behind the “haunting” wasn‘t written in a way that I could completely buy into. I guess that‘s my major issue, clearly you‘re not meant to take this book seriously, but I just couldn‘t suspend my disbelief enough to have fun with it.

What a fun romp. Read this a while ago and just now getting around to posting something so my memory is a little fuzzy, but I do remember enjoying this immensely. I love the world Clark has created. The characters were entertaining and I just want to read more! Ultimately the mystery wasn‘t as good as I was hoping but I am eager and desperate for more stories in this world. Fingers crossed he visits it again soon.

I really enjoyed the teen detective aspect of this. But the rest I felt was a little lackluster. It wasn‘t nearly as creepy as I was hoping for, and I think I know what was going on....I think? I‘m still not 100% and for some books that uncertainty works but with this particular one, for me, it doesn‘t. I felt the writing went in circles at times and could have benefitted from some more editing but overall it wasn‘t bad. But not my favorite.

A new favorite! I definitely was not expecting there to be as much humor in this as there was. Quick, familiar yet refreshingly new. I loved the writing style and even though some of the physics went over my head, it never bogged down the story. I wish there had been a little more explanation in places but overall I loved this. Will be keeping my eye out for a copy to add to my collection as well as the next book in this series.

Can always tell when I‘m stressed because I usually find myself wandering into a thrift store and wandering out with books. Here‘s my latest haul. These have all been on my radar for a while but I was surprised to find any of them second hand. But I‘m excited to get to them. You know, when my anxiety calms down and allows me to read again.

I kept waiting for the suspense to show up but it never did. I loved the atmosphere and the amount of history included in the story, but overall it was pretty boring. The characters didn‘t have any redeeming qualities, the motive behind the murder was a mystery up till the last page and even then it still didn‘t seem to be worth reading the 334 pages for. The plot was slow and moved in circles and two characters held all the answers, if only 👇🏻

I love this series! The stakes just keep getting higher with each volume. This had quite a bit of action in it that I mostly skimmed over since it‘s hard to follow though I‘m sure they depicted it beautifully in the anime. They just don‘t always read well in manga. I have a suspicion who the female titan is but I‘ll be curious to see how they prove it...This is a series where it is best to not get too attached to any character.

If you ever read one book about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, make it this one. Thoroughly researched, I was hooked from the beginning, turning the pages with anticipation and dread because I knew how this all ended. It‘s a little heavy with the technical and chemical side of things but I appreciated it since it showed that the author truly did his homework even if my grasp of what he was saying is loose at best. I enjoyed the human aspect 👇🏻

A new favorite of mine. Utterly engrossing in a very subtle way. I didn‘t realize how invested I was until I legit couldn‘t put it down. I enjoyed the banter between the characters and the look into what it means to be human. This is a survival story, ghost story and psychological thriller against a sci-fi backdrop. I wish that the Tunnelers has been explained more as they seemed a little convenient at times but I loved how character 👇🏻

Forgot to do the final check in yesterday for #BFC but I‘m not being too hard on myself for it considering it was my birthday and I was distracted with other things 😅 Didn‘t meet my book goal or my meal goal but overall just felt healthier during the week with my choices and didn‘t snack on junk food at all this week which for me is a win. Thanks to @Clwojick for being a great team captain! #fitwizards @wanderinglynn

“Magicians think they‘re wise and witty, full of patter and panache, walking around like they don‘t deserve to be shot in the back of the head and dumped in a lake.”

🤣 I am laughing so hard! One thing I didn‘t expect was for this book to be so funny! This entire excerpt regarding the horror book on the facing page is hysterical.

These check-ins sneak up on me every time. Seem to be doing fine for #bfc this week. Went on a walk I think at least 3 nights this week and drastically cut back on my junk food eating. Don‘t crave much in the way of junk food anymore which is great except junk food is cheap and my grocery budget is junk food friendly haha. Went to a book sale today and stood/walked for 4 hours so not a bad way to close out the week. #fitwizards @Clwojick

Been doing okay as far as this week goes for #bfc. The weather hasn‘t been great so I‘ve substituted walking outside with standing and watching tv or just wandering aimlessly around the house much to the confusion of the dogs. Only had one day where I didn‘t get my 3 meals in again due to traveling. I don‘t think I finished any books...started 3 but haven‘t finished any. Hoping to be better this week. #fitwizards @Clwojick @wanderinglynn

This has been the story of the last few months. I start books, yet never finish any of them. I am almost done with 5 of these (within 50 pages) halfway done with 2 and just started the last. Yet I have no motivation to finish any of these despite liking the stories 😪 Anyway, this is why I have been MIA. Can‘t really post if I‘m not reading much 😅

Yet another busy week for my #BFC but hopefully I‘ll be less busy this upcoming week. I don‘t think I made my book goal but I did make a lot of headway with the tagged book. I‘ve fallen behind on my daily exercising but I did go to a concert this week and stood/danced/sweated my ass off for 4 1/2 hours so I‘m counting that as a workout 🤣 met my 3 meals a day goal and...I think that‘s it. I am adjusting my exercise goal since having a set 👇🏻

Wow what a busy week two of #BFC getting this posted a little late but that‘s just how my week seems to be going. Between being away from home, road trips and the 4th the only thing I managed to do this week was meet my goal of eating 3 times a day. Read a couple graphic novels but that‘s about it. Here‘s hoping this coming week calms down and I can get back on track. In the meantime here‘s Daisy again. @wanderinglynn @Clwojick #fitwizards

I‘ve gone through some graphic novels lately so I thought I‘d lump my review all into one. The Wicked & The Divine vol 3 was my favorite out of these while Afar was my least favorite. Afar was still good, but it‘s a stand-alone and I felt like it crammed a lot of things into this single volume that could have been fleshed out better had there been more volumes. Lady Killer is murderously marvelous,Paper Girls is just as confusing as always 👇🏻

Week one of #BFC is done! It was rough going due to family events and unplanned dinners out. But! I did hit my daily exercise goal for most of the days. I ate at least 2 meals a day and drastically cut down on unhealthy snacking. I finished 2 books and started the tagged book. Even though I didn‘t meet my goals everyday I was more active and more conscious of making healthy choices, so I‘m fairly happy with that. Cont. below 👇🏻#Fitwizards

Didn‘t have time to make a cool graphic for #BFC round two so enjoy my sleeping puppy instead 😊I‘m still solidifying my goals since I decided to do this very last minute but the basics are:
•Exercise at least 30mins to 1 hr a day
•Eat 3 meals a day-1 of which has to be healthy (I am awful at making sure I eat)
•Read 12 books over 6 weeks-At least 6 have to be books, not just graphic novels.
•Limit my unhealthy snacking
#FitWizards @wanderinglynn

I love this graphic novel series! Just can‘t get enough of the world and Morpheus. Though the stories in this volume doesn‘t do much to further the narrative of the first two volumes. We do get to see how Morpheus has impacted the world through the ages and all the guises he uses. Only one story confused me but it included Death who I also love so I was fine with it 😁

I rather enjoyed this collection of quick and clever stories regarding a little old lady named Maud. Maud is just what you would expect little old ladies to be like, except she has a murderous streak. The stories were short but humorous and I wish there was more! Though I‘m not sure how many more bodies Maud could handle. I wasn‘t sure at first, but this small collection came together in the end.

Alright here is my #makemereadit stack for July! Vote on the one you think I should read first and whichever gets the most votes I‘ll read first in July! Second highest I‘ll read next and so on until the end of the month.
Choices are:
Into the Drowning Deep
The Haunting of Maddy Clare
Redwall
Clash of Kings
Places in the Darkness
A Midsummer‘s Night Scream
The Ritual

This is only the second book I‘ve read in this series (this is book #6) and I‘ve already got the formula figured out. Again enjoyable but could have used some more editing. Follows a lot of the same plot pieces as the previous book, just in a different setting. Still it was tense and kept me on the edge of my seat. Very dialogue heavy and I still love Ishmael, but I definitely had some problems with it. Though I might just be nit picking 👇🏻

I enjoyed this for what it was. It was quick and atmospheric and the tension was great. I couldn‘t put it down. But even though this is less than 200 pages I feel like the middle dragged on and the ending/reveal was too short. Like the middle should have been halved and some of those pages given to the end. The ending was a bit of a let down and felt like this could have used some more editing. I love Ishmael and his one liners. 👇🏻

I can‘t remember who I promised to tag when I found out the dates. Maybe it was you @kamoorephoto ? I honestly have no idea, but I remember telling somebody that I would post about it🙈 But anyway, the first Half Price Books warehouse sale in Seattle is June 29 & 30. Second one is July 27 & 28.

His name was Albert a page ago...🤔

Quick and engaging I really enjoyed my time with this one. There are some pieces that are open to interpretation at the end but I rather liked that fact. It's short but atmospheric and I loved the amount of character depth we got. The glimpse into a place and culture different from mine was great and I already miss this story. If you're looking for a quick read about the murderous bond between sisters, for better or worse, check this out.

Gave this a pick because of how beautiful the art was in this. Which is honestly the entire reason I picked this up. It was cool reading about the origins and history of D&D but the writing could be dry at times. Visually though it‘s stunning.

I am loving the art in this! Wish I could frame some of these pieces on my wall. Especially the art including the dragons 😁