A very fitting read for the weather today.

You can‘t really tell by the picture, but we are having our first snow today. It was raining earlier, but it changed to snow about 2 hours ago. I don‘t think it‘s going to stick though.

This is the current pick for the #swordandlaser Podcast. Someone also recommended this book to me on Litsy, but I don‘t remember who!

This book was so good! So dark and creepy. I had to finish it so I hopefully won‘t be creeped out at bedtime.

Clare is a teacher and her coworker/friend is killed. Someone is writing in Clare‘s diaries that are kept in her house. The story is told from Clare, her daughter and the police woman‘s perspective.

I really like Elly Griffiths, I just got annoyed with her Ruth Galloway series so it was nice reading a book in a different world.

#BookMail - I just recently started using LibraryThing and I discovered they do monthly giveaways! I requested a copy of this book and I got it!

I‘m really excited for this book because it‘s written by the writer of A Christmas Prince!

I‘m trying to hold off on reading any Christmas books until AT LEAST the week of Thanksgiving 😂 (I know so many people that have already put their Christmas trees up! 🤦‍♀️)

Here‘s my #BookReport - I finished 3 of the books I wanted to this week.

I officially bailed on the audio of A Blade So Black
And I‘m still reading the tagged book on ebook.

Sigh, has anyone read this book? I‘m about halfway through and I‘m just struggling to turn this on and listen.

It‘s just so YA! And I don‘t really care about Alice‘s journey unfortunately.

This was supposed to be my book for POC Main Character paranormal read for #Booked2019 but I don‘t know if I have another 5 hours in me.

Is this book worth it? If not, suggestions welcome (not YA).

Wow, this book was so good! It drew me in with it‘s dark, mysterious setting. Set in Ireland, the Deeprath castle has been in the Gallagher family for over 800 years. There are 3 different timelines, the 1800s, 1990s and present day. The mystery gets solved, there is romance, books and an old library.

Probably one of my favorite reads of the year!

You should add this to your TBR right away!!

My latest #bookhaul

I had a free book on #ThriftBooks that was going to expire this month and then I obviously had to get enough books to get free shipping 😂😂

I support my choices 💚

1. Clue/Harry Potter Clue
2. London/Ireland/Scotland
3. Finished GR goal. Hoping to finish #Booked2019 challenge and possibly Reading Women challenge, but not forcing myself on the latter.
4. Outlander (intimidated by size) but 💚 it. Haven‘t read any other books in series though.
5. Are you a mood reader or stick to your TBR?

#friyayintro

Getting some snuggles in 🐶💚

I‘m really enjoying this book. It‘s multiple timelines surrounding the Deeprath Castle. The Gallagher family has owned it for over 700 years. It‘s dark and mysterious. The perfect November read 🍂

I‘ve been debating on whether or not I would respond to this.
* I like the community feeling, how I feel comfortable posting, and everyone has the same love of books I do
*Nothing really, I like the diversity
*I try to post every day, but sometimes I don‘t or will have multiple posts in a day
*I like everything listed. I also like the photo challenges. I sometimes participate, sometimes don‘t
*I wish the tag feature was better on the app. 👇🏻

Unfortunately I didn‘t love this. I felt like it dragged on and was very convoluted. They kept throwing things at you and I felt like I had to constantly catch up. I didn‘t like how he wrote like it was a newspaper article, but nowhere else did it seem like an actual newspaper column. I also didn‘t care for all the language censorship, though I did understand what he was doing.

This was definitely a unique take on Holmes & Watson so 👍🏻 4 that.

Book mail is the best Mail! 💚

I love when I get my #BOTM books super fast! I‘ve added the tagged book to my TBR for the month! I always soak up Lisa‘s books so quickly!

#bookmail

Sunday evening snuggles - starting to get into this book. It‘s pretty good so far - we are exhausted after all the yard work today.

#sundaynightreads #sundaynight

Listened to this today while I was leaf blowing. My least favorite part of fall. 😴😴 now

This mystery was good. I thought I knew who was part of it, but of course I shouldn‘t have. Christie is too good! Though I can‘t stand Hastings and definitely think he “falls in love” way to easily.

#agathachristieclubr2

Here‘s my #weeklyforecast - All library books that I just picked up. All historical fiction/mystery and 1 nonfiction.

Plus not shown, my current audio listen The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

Had to wait a day to post this because I wanted to get the books from the library!

These are the 3 books I‘m looking the most forward to reading in November.

2 of them are 2 week loans so oh man, I have to read them first 😂😂

#GratefulReads

Hi friends, can you recommend some good books about addiction? It can be fiction or nonfiction. I‘m hoping to listen to it on Audio.

I started listening to the tagged book and it‘s read by the author and I don‘t think I can stand to listen to it for 10hrs.

#booked2019

I devoured this book (no pun intended 😂). I wanted a dark historical fiction and this fit the bill. A darker version of the Donner party with a supernatural element.

Has anyone else read other books by this author? Are they all dark like this because I‘d be interested in reading more stories like this.

#fridaynightreads

Wow, this book was great! I can‘t believe I‘ve never read this series before. I was so drawn into this world and Lyra‘s journey, I was finding stuff to do around the house so I could finish this!

I can‘t wait to read the rest of this series.

#probooknerdschallenge - 2019 TV/Movie adaptation

Fun fact, you can only fit 20 books in a pic collage.

I read 22 books for October.
8 were graphic novels
6 were audiobooks

Favorites: Tagged, Stardust and Cathedral of Myth and Bone

Pretty much all my books were fitting for #screamathon
Ended teamstoker #scarathlon with 1594pts

#octoberwrapup #octoberstats

1. Popcorn
2. Yes to audiobooks
3. I guess, but it just means we are closer to winter 🥶☃️
4. 1 (we don‘t have trick or treaters)
5. Green

#friyayintro

Alright, I was able to get my hubby to take my picture before we got into bed.

Here‘s my entry for the #costumecraze - I‘m a book dragon 🐉

#teamstoker #scarathlon

Onto the next movie of the night! I watched this for the first time last year! I love Tim Burton!

#teamstoker #scarathlon +4pts

I‘m not feeling very social today, too crampy. I‘m spending Halloween watching movies and drinking wine. Maybe I‘ll have a piece of chocolate or 2!

Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻

#teamstoker #scarathlon +4pts (1590pts total)

1. Tagged book & The Golden Compass on Audio
2. The Familiars by Stacey Halls
3. 22! That‘s more than I typically read.
4. I‘ll probably read The Darkling Bride or The Mysterious Affair of Letters, whichever comes in from the library!

#teamstoker #scarathlon

Picked my #BOTM November books! I love Lisa Jewell, so that obviously had to be my pick!

I also filled up my add-ons! I didn‘t realize the Beautiful was available in October, so I had to make sure I got it this month!

And I‘m trying to get more into nonfiction and The Great Pretender sounds very interesting!

Here‘s my answers for #thisorthat

Some of them were tough to decide like fish eyes or frogs!
And some were very easy to decide! Comfy costumes all the way! I‘m at that age where I go for comfort over sexy 😂

#teamstoker #scarathlon

This book was great! It really sucked me in and couldn‘t put it down. Fleetwood‘s story was so frustrating, heartbreaking and heartwarming. It was such a crazy time and I can‘t believe the men that went witch-hunting.

So glad I got this book from the #screamathonswap

#screamathon #teamstoker #scarathlon +11pts (theme) 1108pts

Such a great package! Thanks so much @Avanders !!
I can‘t wait to read both of these books! I also love the mug and can‘t wait to drink some tea out of it! Everything is great!

#AllHallowsReadSwap

Now it feels like Halloween! Finally got a chance to watch one of my favorite Halloween movies! 💕

I got it on dvd last year, but my player isn‘t working, so luckily it was on AT&T TV Now to watch!

#teamstoker #scarathlon +4pts

Watched this movie last night. It‘s so dumb and I don‘t get half the jokes, but I feel like I‘ve watched the horror movies they make fun of!

#teamstoker #scarathlon +4pts

Just finished watching the tagged movie! I‘m slowly marking boxes off this bingo card. I don‘t think I‘ll actually make a bingo though, based on my DVD player not working and Freeform not showing all the movies!

#teamstoker #scarathlon +4pts

Here are the 12 books I would pick for my book club. I‘ve never actually been in a book club. Meeting with a bunch of people I don‘t know, even if it is to talk about books STRESSES me out!

I tried to pick books from all genres. Though as I‘m posting, I realize I forgot NF. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I pulled all these off my TBR.

#MyIdealBookclub

Wow, this was a great book! I had no idea what it was about before I picked it up and it was magical. I loved following Tristran‘s journey and all the characters he met. Great pick @phatsallylee !! This was such a great round for #LMPBC

#teamstoker #scarathlon +6pts (non-theme) 953pts

Officially calling it so I can go to bed. 😴 - Read for 15:02:28

I finished 5 graphic novels, 2 audiobooks. I started another audiobook, have about 100 pages left in the tagged book, and read another few chapters of an ebook.

I‘m happy with the weekend!

#teamstoker #scarathlon #24b4Monday

Finished another graphic novel. I should always have a stack on hand for Sunday‘s! This one was good. I liked the idea of a killer that killed on every holiday. It made it interesting.

#teamstoker #scarathlon +21pts (theme) 872pts
#24b4Monday current time 14:21:27

Tbh, I‘m not a huge fan of Batman. But I enjoyed this novel. It was broken into 3 different stories. One with Scarecrow, one with Penguin and one with the Mad Hatter. Batman even went through the Christmas Carol haunting is on Halloween! All these stories are set on Halloween night/weekend so I‘m counting it for a Halloween read.

#teamstoker #scarathlon +21pts (851 total)
#24b4Monday current total 11:33:38

This story was great! All the women in the family are witches, the men shapeshifters. So why does Aster want to do magic instead of shift? There was a lot of representation on these pages. This was a great graphic novel.

#teamstoker #scarathlon +11pts (theme)
#24b4Monday

This one was much better than the first Volume. A lot less death, but still a lot of messed up stuff!

I‘ve been reading all afternoon, now I‘m taking a break to post all my reads.

#teamstoker #scarathlon +6pts
#24b4Monday

This was a good one. Evil plants in the basement, are they breathing? Are they alive? Is Margaret‘s father a plant creature? Such a fun read!

Finished this one Audio today.

#teamstoker #scarathlon +11pts
#24b4Monday

So we watched the original ghostbusters... Now we watch the remake. Honestly, I like this so much better than the original. Probably because I love all these actresses and Chris Hemsworth 💚

#teamstoker #scarathlon +4pts

Taking a break from reading and spending some time with the husbands because, you know 🙄🤷🏻‍♀️🤪

Spending the night watching movies, starting with Ghostbusters. Honestly, I don‘t think I‘ve actually watched this whole movie. In my defense it came out before I was born and I‘ve just recently gotten into watching adult Halloween movies 😂😂

Currently have 6:37:30 for #24b4Monday

#teamstoker #scarathlon +4pts

Wow, this comic was so messed up! So much death! But you know what, I‘m really glad I already have volume 2 in my stack. I‘m saving the rest of my graphic novels for Sunday, when I‘ll be too tired and hungover to concentrate 😂😂

Book 2 finished for #24b4Monday #Readathon

#teamstoker #scarathlon +11pts (794pts) Finished this around hour 3 of reading.

Finished book 1 for #24b4Monday - started my morning with audio instead of podcasts

So far have read 1:50:13 today.

This book was creepy! Dummy‘s are the worst! Especially after seeing the Goosebumps movies with evil dummies!

#teamstoker #scarathlon +11pts (783pts)