⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I put this down last month with 50 pages left because I wasn't emotionally prepared for the end. Finishing it today, Henry asked "Mommy why are you reading that book if it makes you cry?"
#wintergames2021 +106 #mistletoemaniacs
1+15(tbr)+(1hourx9thonsx10)
@Clwojick
#wintercosy @PuddleJumper #wrapitupreadathon @keys_on_fire #averymerryreadathon @TheSpineView #bookspin #christmasfilms #merrybookmas #comfortandjoy

#botm day!

My December #bookspinbingo

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Finished my reread of the first 8 Expanse books. Now I can start Leviathan Falls. I'm so excited but sad to see it end.

#wintergames2021 +1,116 #mistletoemaniacs
1+15(tbr)+(11hoursx10thonsx10)
@Clwojick
#wintercosy @PuddleJumper #littenlisten @aperfectmjk #wrapitupreadathon @keys_on_fire #averymerryreadathon @TheSpineView #bookspin #christmasfilms #merrybookmas #comfortandjoy #clearyourshit #csreadathon

#wintergames2021 #festivephotochallenge Day 3: Silver Bells
+11 #mistletoemaniacs @Clwojick

#wintergames2021 #festivephotochallenge day 2: red and white
+16 #mistletoemaniacs @Clwojick

Probably my least favorite of the series, but I still love it. Jefferson Mayes does a phenomenal job with the narration as always. Starting my re-listen of Tiamat's Wrath this afternoon.

#wintergames2021 +1,216 #mistletoemaniacs
1+15(tbr)+(12hoursx10thonsx10)
@Clwojick
#wintercosy @PuddleJumper #littenlisten @aperfectmjk #wrapitupreadathon @keys_on_fire #averymerryreadathon @TheSpineView #bookspin #christmasfilms #merrybookmas #comfortandjoy

Today's red and green #festivephotochallenge pic was one that popped up in my Facebook memories this morning. Six years ago I tried to create a bookish tree, but honestly green book jackets are just hard to find, so it was pretty squatty.

+16 #wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs @Clwojick

This is my #bookspin list and my #wintergames tbr for team #MistletoeManiacs

My focus is mostly on finishing my rereads of the Expanse books so I can read Leviathan Falls, which comes out tomorrow! 😁 I've got a couple holiday books planned, but I'll probably add more as we get more into December. I'm hoping to get my reading mojo back soon. I've only finished 3 or 4 this month, all of them audios.

@TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick

Yay for #botm day! Malibu Rising was the only boty finalist that I didn't have, so I picked that even though I'm not especially interested in it. But Holiday Swap was on my Santa wishlist, so I'm stoked to get that one. 😀

What's in your little blue box?

I have a signed copy coming from Poisoned Pen, but no way am I waiting for it to get here to start reading. So excited!!! 😁

Happy Halloween from me and my little dino wrangler. 🎃

Omg, that was SUPER fast! #botm is on fire this month. 😃

My daughter and I were in Target doing some early Christmas shopping this morning. We passed another mother and daughter. The daughter says "clothes are my happy place." And the mom sighs and says "books are my happy place." My daughter laughed and said to me "it's your twin."

I only got one book this month. Hoping it's a good one.

I'm hoping to get the full 20 hours in this weekend. I'm finishing Shadow of Night on audio, a Doctor Who in print and the tagged book on my kindle. I'm struggling to find the emotional fortitude to finish Whispering Door. I've only got about 50 pages left, but I keep putting it off because I'm afraid it's going to wreck me.

#20in4 @Andrew65

Woohoo! I didn't even have to stalk the app this month. Happy #botm day!!

TVD is one of the few instances where I prefer the show to the books. Watched 4 episodes today.

+21 #scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious

Week three's total included:
5 audiobooks
1 print book
2 picture books
10 game points

Total for first 3 weeks: 23,331

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious

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Managed to finish one non-audio book this week. And it was a great one (for what it is). Collins is really good at these TV tie-ins. He gets the characters right, and it reads like an episode.

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @staycurious
5+1+(5hours×10×6)=306

#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #wickedathon #spookoweenathon @thespineview #monsterstheyreadathon #outstandingoctober @Andrew65 #fallintoreading

I've been really sick this week with new med side effects, and my go-to activity when I feel pukey is listening to my comfort rereads, like Sookie and Dresden. I listened to these 5 this week while wallowing. (I've also had my TV set to Hallmark for cheesy Christmas movies all weekend 😁).

Points for #scarathlon #teamhendrix:
(5×15)+1+(30 hours×10×11)=3,376
@StayCurious
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #outsandingoctober @Andrew65 #wickedathon

Feeling kinda pukey today, so Henry's reading to me. 🦄

(Excuse the mess. We made a fort over the weekend, and it's droopy but still up.)

Sorry I'm late. Been under the weather the past couple of days. #teamhendrix @StayCurious

Week two's #scarathlon total included:
5 audiobooks
1 picture book
3 print books
1 graphic novel
87 game titles
16 shows
540 bingo points

Week 1+2=19,588

Cute, but forgettable, witchy mystery.

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
25 (took place during halloween)+1+(3hours×10×10thons)=326
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #outstandingoctober @andrew65 #spookoweenathon @thespineview #littenlisten @aperfectmjk #wickedathon #itsbritneywitch #fallintoreading #freeyourshelfathon #fraterfest #halloweenhorrormoviemania

Last night's binge included 6 more Supernatural episodes from season 9.

+31 #scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious

Yay! It's #OutstandingOctober. My goals are pretty generic. I'd like to finish at least 7 books.

Hope you're feeling better, @Andrew65 😊

Talk about coincidence. I'm reading this during the day and my ebook copy of Under the Whispering Door (a book that could hardly be more different from this one), and last night the just published UtWD mentioned Kübler-Ross. Today, she's in this 20 year old book. Weird.

I blacked out a couple bingo cards today.

Total points not yet counted:
Bingos 10 (×20 points)=200
Blackouts 2 (×100 points)=200
Total: 400 👻
#teamhendrix #scarathlon @StayCurious

Short but pretty awful.

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
5+1+(1×10×10)=106
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #littenlisten @aperfectmjk #spookoweenreadathon @thespineview #wickedathon #frightfall #murdertheyread #bowathon #fraterfest #somethingwickedfall #panspookathon

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Probably my least favorite of the coffee house series so far. Maybe it's just run its course. Just sort of meh.

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
5+1+(5×10×9)=456
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #spookoweenathon @thespineview #littenlisten @aperfectmjk #wickedathon #itsbritneywitch #freeyourshelfathon #fraterfest #readlikehellathon #thewitchinghour

I watched 5 episodes of season 9 Supernatural last night. Love me some Crowley. ❤

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
+26

I struggled to finish this one. Probably my least favorite King novel.

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
5+1+(6h×10×7r)=426
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #littenlisten @aperfectmjk #spookoweenreadathon @TheSpineView #panspookathon #wickedathon #realikehellathon #frightfall

⭐⭐⭐
Not the best, but a fast and fun tenth adventure.

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
15+1+(4h×10×7r)=296
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #wickedathon #spookoweenreadathon @thespineview #thewitchinghour #readlikehellathon #freeyourshelfathon #itsbritneywitch

It's a zombie kind of night. Watching some season 4 TWD. 🧟‍♀️

+21 points #scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
7 bingos×20(it is 20 per bingo right?)=140

Watched some spooky TV today. First 3 episodes of season 3 Stranger Things and one episode of Curious Creations, where she does these amazing creepy treats. First episode she made these crazy realistic bone 🦴 cookies. If I put that much work into a cookie, no way I'd let anybody eat it.

+21 #scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious

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I listened to the audio of this one, and the narration was fantastic. The story, though, was just ok. Maybe my expectations were too high, but for me this was just so-so.
#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
15+1+(5h×10×11r)=566
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #littenlisten @aperfectmjk #wickedathon #spookoweenathon @thespineview #frightfall #thewitchinghour #halloweenhorrormoviemania #readlikehellathon #fallintoreading #panspookathon

I've been meaning to watch the show that I assume is based on these for a while but haven't gotten round to it. I went in pretty much blind and found it surprisingly good. A bit more YA than I expected, but fun nonetheless. This one started out on Halloween, so bonus for that. 👻
#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
25+1+(1h×10×8t)=106
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #wickedathon #spookoweenreadathon @thespineview #readlikehellathon #frightfall

This was our bedtime book tonight, and while it was funny, it wasn't a kid book. Henry liked the pictures, and thought one part was funny, but mostly he wasn't interested. And he didn't like that Jerry used the word stupid so often. "Mommy, he should say silly instead. Stupid isn't nice."

+25 #teamhendrix #scarathlon @StayCurious

This was sort of a riff on Treasure Island with aliens and monsters. Fast and fun, but not one of my favorites. 3.5 stars ☠

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
15+1+(4hours×10×7thons)=296

#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #spookoweenreadathon @thespineview #wickedathon #itsbritneywitch #fallintoreading #readlikehellathon #frightfall

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I've only listened to 4 or 5 episodes of MFM, but I enjoyed them so I thought I'd listen to this book. It wasn't what I wasn't expecting (more of the podcast, I guess?), but their chemistry and humor is there, and there's a lot of vulnerability and insight into why they started the show.
#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
5+1+(4h×10×6r)=246
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #wickedathon #littenlisten @aperfectmjk #fallintoreading

Total includes:
9 print books
6 Halloween picture books
4 audiobooks
620 words in the game

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious

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Cute witchy romance that takes place around Halloween. It's predictable, but fast and fun and really cute.
#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
25+1+(5h×10×13r)=676
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #wickedathon #spookoweenreadathon @TheSpineView #anywayyoureadathon @kimmypete1 @Eggbeater @MidnightBookGirl #twitchyoctober21 #frightfall #thewitchinghour #bookandbone #halloweenhorrormoviemania #readlikehellathon #murdertheyread #fallintoreading

Hmm. I guess I should adjust it.

This book is totally adorable. Makes waiting for the kid to get off work not too bad. 🐈‍⬛

🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦
I don't generally care for coming of age stories, but this one, maybe because I already loved the character of Robin, was terrific. I love how she became unapologetically the person she was meant to be. There were quite a few mentions of the main characters from the show, but mostly it was Robin's story. And it was a good one.

#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
15+1+(6h×10×10r)=616
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #wickedathon

There are 21 shorts in this collection. I listened to 20 (skipped The Mist because I've read that one already). There were a handful, The Jaunt (one of the shortest and best imo), Uncle Otto's Truck, and The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet, that were quite good. The rest...not so much. As a whole, I'd give the collection 3 stars. This was my #doublespin book.
@TheAromaofBooks
#scarathlon #teamhendrix @StayCurious
(15×20)+1+(10h×10×13r)=1,601

I really liked this illustrated wolfy story. I wasn't particularly shocked by the identity of the beast, but it was still a fun read.

Part of it took place on Halloween.
#scarathlon #teamhendrix
@StayCurious
25+1+(1hour×10×6thons)=86 points

#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #wickedathon
#spookoweenreadathon @TheSpineView #anywayyoureadathon @kimmypete1 @Eggbeater @MidnightBookGirl #frightfall #somethingwickedfall

Meh. I liked the idea of a fast acting rabies virus causing a zombie-like dystopia. But the story itself never went anywhere. By the end I didn't care if the characters got eaten or not.

#scarathlon #teamhendrix
@StayCurious
15+1+(5h×10×11r)=566

#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #spookoweenreadathon @TheSpineView #wickedathon #littenlisten @aperfectmjk
#anywayyoureadathon @kimmypete1 @Eggbeater @MidnightBookGirl #somethingwickedfall #frightfall

#anywayyoureadathon Goals:

💀 Finish Skeleton Crew 🎧
💀 Finish Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay 🎧
💀 Finish Stranger Things: Rebel Robin 📖
💀 Read Finlay Donavan is Killing It 📱

@kimmypete1 @Eggbeater @MidnightBookGirl