Holidays can be hard for a lot of people for a lot of reasons. If any of you out there need to talk, to vent, to chat or just meed a little pick me up or distraction this holiday season - Reach Out. Use the #HolidayHugs or you can tag me if you want to talk right to me. I'll be here for all of you.

Final tally for #Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix @StayCurious

Week 3 I didnt get too much, mostly I didnt feel good so we lounged and watched spooky shows and movies all day. I tried a come back for the end and did pretty good.

So my son was telling his teacher about how we've been watching a TON of spooky stuff and reading spooky books while we packed up my books upstairs and how many I had to keep vs giveaway... Which led to them asking him "Does he have a book about...(random topic here)?" And Im not awake enough for this to be how the day goes.

I might have to ban him from participating in spooky stuff for #Scarathlon2021 with me ???? @StayCurious @CrowvanHalen

I wasnt sure at first how I felt about reading a novel that actually focused on COVID and the quarantine but this one sounds so good, I think I will like it.

#Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix @staycurious #Bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

I really liked this book. I like The Giver so I was sure I would. Apparently there are more that look at some of these characters too? Im gonna need to read those too.

Points update for #Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix @staycurious

Not as good this week as last, but I had a decent amount of both migraine and mental health things going on. Im just happy I made it this far.

Jocelyn looked out the passenger side window and thought, This is where you go to receive a head in a box.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Week 1 Points update for #Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix

I made it to 9,873 points this week. The first game being anagrams 100% helped with the points this week.

@StayCurious

Been reading a lot of kids spooky books today and yesterday. Now back to my #bookspin list and this is the next one chosen by the wheel. Also a good paranormal theme for #Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix @staycurious @TheAromaofBooks

Up next is this book for a blog tour. I meant to post this earlier but I totally forgot. Its not on my book spin list but works great for #Scarathlon2021

Oh my God, this book. This is the month of books that leave me so stunned apparently. A young girl has a seizure to wake and find her friend killed by a train. But cant remember if she was pushed or if it was an accident. I never saw any of the later plot coming!

Another regular read but a dang good one for #Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix @staycurious and book 2/25 for #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

The random wheel has selected this as my next book. It really wants me to read off theme books for #Scarathlon2021 doesnt it? But oh well, it is at least clearing my TBR and getting through the #bookspinbingo

Oh my God this book was absolutely amazing. When a trip to see some birds ends in one man dead and another the killer, you'll never guess who is the bad guy and why. And even when you find out who was the killer, theres even more behind it! That ending was perfect.

Just a regular off theme book for #Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix @StayCurious and Book 1/25 for #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

I have been in such a reading slump the past couple days but I took that time to work out some anagrams for #TeamHendrix for our week 1 game. Anagrams are one thing I am really good at. Two days of work led to 930 words and I finally feel up to reading a bit more now.

#Scarathlon2021 @StayCurious

I took the extra time I had in the kitchen (HAHA) to make my BINGO board for #bookspinbingo. I had 25 books because once I added all the books I wanted, plus the two team books for #scarathlon2021 I had 23... So I gave up and picked two more little books for an even 25.

@StayCurious @TheAromaofBooks

I was going good today until in the middle of doing something, my knee popped. I have a chronic condition, so I'm kind of used to it but never know ehen to expect it. My wife decided it was a great way for me to keep her company while she finished my portion of the chores though!

At least I can read for #Scarathlon2021 from here @StayCurious

I'm 32% of the way through Hide for #Scarathlon2021 and I am so into this book right now. Love seeing accurate Deaf representation in a book, this author gets it! Also, for the first time in a while I got really excited for something - potato croquettes, and @anewton91 helped despite it being like 4AM. True love gets up at 4AM for fried potatoes.

#TeamHendrix @StayCurious

Book number 1 for the month by random draw is Hide by Nell Pattison. It is part of the #bookspinbingo and #Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix

Its a #Netgalley read I meant to get to since August, finally getting there.

@StayCurious

#bookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

#Scarathlon2021 #TeamHendrix @StayCurious

My October TBR of books I want to read to get my Netgalley shelf cleared up, Kindle Unlimited cleared up, and some extras.

@RamsFan1963 Congrats on the Litfluence and the #K100Kgiveaway

I hope to see you stick around for a whole lot more 100K's 💜

@wanderinglynn #BFC21 #July

This month I am doing the #BookSpin the first time. I will read at least 10 books.

Also I am doing a fundraiser to walk 30 miles this month to earn donations for the American Cancer Society. So I'll be doing a mile a day.

@TheAromaofBooks I gave in amd did an actual TBR for #BookSpin July. I have so many specific books this month, so I went for it

"It would seem that 'for all' has a different meaning to those who sit in Congress than to the rest of us."

Okay, this book from #NetGalley is one I dont like, but I cant put it down. I keep hoping it gets better but it gets worse. It cant get worse again... Its the Parent Trap in ebook form with adult sisters and magic glitter bombs.

1. My name is Jesse Nicolas Presgraves. I was like 12 and looking for a username for AOL and went with jessinikkip. And kept using it, now Im 30.
2. Anytime I have a minute free
3. So far, An Unkindness of Ghosts
4. 4 people 1 dog. Oops, 5 people. I forgot my son.

Thanks @Eggs I'll tag @CrowvanHalen @ElizaMarie @anewton91 and @Riveted_Reader_Melissa if they havent played already

@Bookish_AF @Dragonfairykats @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Picked this up out of the mailbox today and opened it. I am so excited to get reading. My son @CrowvanHalen goes "is that a gift? It looks cool, can I read it first?" Like, boy, I waited since like January 2020 for this thing NO DANGIT

@bibliobard Hello from pre-COVID mailing times. I am soon to be fully vaccinated and getting back in touch with those I lost some contact with during the worst of it. I have this book of yours. Can you email me at jpresgraves@ferrum.edu?

"Handcuffing a sign language user is like gagging a hearing person. You cant just take away his ability to communicate."

So, it took me this long to get a new physical book this year. It was a bit tough not bringing in a lot, but I've held on to my plan to read a lot more than come in. Also pictured is my 55 pound dog. Can you find him?

January was a decent month for books. I read:
- 11 books for the #121in2021
- 3 books for #TBRDeckofCards with @Clwojick
- 8 Letters for #LitsyAtoZ with @BookishMarginalia

Alao, my mood tracker has 15 days that were good moods/good days. @anewton91

An old copy of Jurassic Park is next up from the #TBRDeckofCards with @Clwojick

I've been enjoying at least seeing what is chosen next. This one I have never read or seen the movie. I dont know what to expect besides dinosaurs. Also this copy is old as evidenced by the tape holding it all together.

Finally a really good book from the #TBRDeckofCards. This book full of mass hysteria and teenage obsession was really good. It wasnt supernatural causes like I expected. I mever knew til the end what happened
#121in2021 @Clwojick

It's funny how you never think about your heart. About your real heart, I mean. Not when you're young like us. I heard her heart stopped for a minute. I've never thought about my heart before, have you?

A good pick from the #TBRDeckofCards after a couple that weren't my favorites. At least they are off my TBR now which is what this is about: good bad or ugly, lower my 516 book TBR. This one is described as dark, disturbing, and chilling. Seems right up my alley
@Clwojick #121in2021

Good Lord this book took forever to finish reading. It wasnt my type of book but I was reluctant to put it down and DNF it because a friend liked it. Good on them, but it just wasnt for me.
#121in2021 #TBRDeckofCards @Clwojick

I went ahead and did another draw from the #TBRDeckofCards for a lighter book than the last one. Drew the tagged book, which has been on my shelf since about this time last year. Definitely lighter topics than the last draw it seems. At least it isn't true. @Clwojick

Overall, it took forever to read this, not because it was bad but the content. Its the story of a man who around Chrostmas 1987 murders 16 people and injures 4 more, between the ages of 46 and 20 months. Of those 16, 14 were his own gamily including wife amd 7 kids, in laws, and his child from an incestuous relationship with his daughter.

#TBRDeckofCards #121in2021 #TrueCrime
@Clwojick

My first draw of 2021 is Zero at the Bone. This is a true crime story that has been on my shelves since.... Probably 2017 or 2018? I tried it once and it ended up DNF due to him molesting his daughter being too triggering to read. Trying again now that I'm doing better than I was then

#121in2021 #TBRDeckOfCards @Clwojick

This is another book in the Faraway Collection and in this story, a man named Gui inherits his fathers cleaners. They dont clean clothes but instead memories from objects. A woman named Clara comes in wanting her entire house cleaned, but Gui knows people tend to change their minds. Will she?
#121in2021 #Faraway

It wasnt quite as good as The Prince and the Troll but I might be biased for anything by Rainbow Rowell. I woshed I had more of a warning about the sex trafficking going on though.
#121in2021 #Faraway

Well I didnt know this book was only like 30 pages. I really enjoyed it. There were really only two characters and one setting. I cant wait to finish the other 4 in the series.
#121in2021 #Faraway

Starting in on a collection of short stories called the Faraway Collection I got on Kindle Unlimited. They are all retellings of fairy tales from popular authors and they are all pretty short. I cant wait to enjoy these.

#121in2021

Okay going into this one, I knew a bit more about the author and her writing style as well as what to expect. I knew this wasnt going to be the creepy horror like Stephen King, but something more psychological. I really liked it. I had so many theories what was going on, talk about an unreliable narrator! I think though, Julian might have been my favorite character.

#Book2of121 #121in2021 @jb72 @Caryl

This is my second book by this author. The first was The Haunting of Hill House. A friend told me that I absolutely HAD to read this book so here I go. #121in2021 #Book2of121

This book was super fun. It is definitely an adult book with a short sex scene but dont hold that against it. Gabriel Stone, a reluctant minister, and Sophronia Carver, a widow turned rumored witch, must come together to solve crimes based on Edgar Allen Poe stories. I never saw that ending coming! Loved it

#Book1of121 #121in2021 #TBRCrew #Gothic #Ghosts #Crime #JanuaryBooks

These are my non-bookish resolutions. I will start a Vlog on YouTube about my life and changes that happen this year. I'll uodate my blog Infinite Pages weekly. I'll exercise more and track weight mood and exercise.

Bookish I will read 121 books #121in2021 (not counting work books), I will finish the #LitsyAtoZ this year, and I have a 24 prompt challenge to complete.

#121in2021

Book Number 1: The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox, 343 Pages

Getting started on this book, one that combines Edgar Allen Poe, a suspected witch, and an author whose work I love.

When its 8 at night on Christmas Eve and you havent wrapped any gifts and you're anxious and trying to stay calm... I might have mixed a touch of pineapple rum into this juice.

#MerryReaders #WinterGames #WinterGames2020 @Clwojick

One good thing about my house is how me, my mother in law and @CrowvanHalen all wear the same size shoes. Walked through your shoes? Just steal aomeone else's!

My dog loves nothing more than to stick his head out in the rain when its like 25 degrees out and have the car windows down. Although I've felt so hot lately I rather enjoyed it too for a bit.

#selfie #dogsoflitsy #MerryReaders #WinterGames #WinterGames2020 @Clwojick