An absolute delight! The epitome of cozy fantasy with a romance and a lovely cast of characters. 5⭐️

Getting to the end, what will be my favorite of the year?! No idea, though this month my favorite was The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. I also went through my 5 stars for the year and added two standouts for my bonus - Where He Can‘t Find You by Darcy Coates & Ruin Me By Midnight by Ginny B. Moore. #readingbracket2024

A dark erotic collection of stories, that must have been quite scandalous when published. Very flowery but still readable, with some good for her moments. 4⭐️
2 #bookspinbingos! And a #Roll100 pick done

This is a very fun paranormal story that brings me back to the wonderful paranormals of the early 2000‘s. A fun, snarky main character and some equally delightful side characters. I look forward to continuing the story in the next book. 4⭐️

This is an excellent and horrifying historical thriller based on Southern reformatories. Not an easy read, but so well written. I highly recommend. 5⭐️

This was not good, which is disappointing as I really liked the authors book - We Were Villains.
The characters were not only unlikeable, they were boring. 1.5⭐️
#bookspin pick done!

I have finished my reread of Stormlight Archive in preparation for book 5 coming out next month! It@is my favorite fantasy series, though this is my least favorite of the series. Still 4.5⭐️though!
Another #bookspinbingo

Here is my final #tbr for 2024! Looking forward to finishing some books that have long been on my tbr and some big releases! I will as always participate in #bookspin #doublespin & #bookspinbingo as well as #Roll100

Here are my 100 books for 2025 I hope to remove from my TBR! Thanks @PuddleJumper for #Roll100

Another bail, but this really is the month of chipping away at my owned TBR. Romantasy is one that only occasionally works for me, and this one just felt very young. #hailthebail

Here are my final #Roll100 selections. I feel really good about my progress chipping away at my owned #TBR.
I have read or DNF‘d 78/100 of my list, removing them from my tbr. Working in my 2025 list now!

Another fun romp with Carl & Princess Donut. This one isn‘t quite as good as books 1 & 2, it‘s last third is just bonkers and at times confusing. Still a very fun read. 4⭐️
#bookspinbingo #2!

Yay a win of a read! This was excellent. A retelling of Huckleberry Finn, with a mix of adventure, heartbreak, fear and joy. I really enjoyed it, a quick read too! 5⭐️

My first #bookspinbingo!

Continuing on a bad track of books not for me. I thought this was going to be a thriller/horror but instead it‘s a police procedural with a truly unlikeable protagonist. #hailthebail #dnf

Well this is a bummer to #dnf, as I really enjoyed his previous books which are somewhat connected to this one. However, a reveal at the 50% mark made me no longer care what happened. Up til then I was quite riveted. Is the second half worth continuing? I‘m guessing no as this book has very little buzz. #hailthebail

A genuinely scary collection of stories. My favorites being Ghost Camera & A Box of Tapes. 4.5⭐️

This is not a bad book, it‘s just the humor is not clicking for me. It doesn‘t help that I have been reading Dungeon Crawler Carl which is infinitely funnier. So #hailthebail
A book off my #roll100 off the #tbr

Well this was a bummer. The first 10% basically made the previous book not matter so bailing on this one. #hailthebail

This was just ok. I will always love the wonderful cast of characters, however the mystery in this one was just a little dull. Also I am really over the house renovation side plot, can it be done already?! 3⭐️

On a reading roll today. Another super fun adventure with Carl, Princess Donut & Mongo! 5⭐️

#doublespin pick done

A striking, beautifully written book that leaves you with more questions than answers but said a lot about what it is to be human. 5⭐️

The horrifying true story of the poisoning of hundreds of women. The complete disregard for the health of fellow human beings by big business always breaks my heart. The writing was dry at times, but the story of these women kept me reading. 4⭐️

My reread of Stormlight Archive continues and I finished this one today. Such intrigue, politics, twists and turns. Slow at times but still excellent. 5⭐️

Here‘s my #bookspinbingo board for my #NovemberTBR. I can‘t believe it‘s November already. My #bookspin pick is Graveyard Shift, a new novella by M.L. Rio
My #doublespin pick is Carl‘s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman, the second Dungeon Crawler Carl book.
A few carryovers from October and continuing to focus on reading what I own.

October wasn‘t the strongest month of reading. My favorite was tagged, such a weird twisty thriller. Best to go into this one knowing nothing.

#readingbracket2024

Here is my final #bookspinbingo board for October.
#bookspin pick The Embroidered Book was a DNF but off the TBR
I did get halfway through my Oathbringer reread so #doublespin done
4! #bookspinbingos!

Thank you @wanderinglynn for another great #HHS24 #hauntedhallowswap

I forgot to jot down the person who sent mine and my cat knocked the card somewhere. Thank so much for the wonderful package!

Here is my full #NovemberTBR. Just a few carry overs from last month. Participating in #Roll100, #bookspin, #doublespin & #bookspinbingo as usual!

Here are my #NovemberTBR #Roll100 picks:

Starting the next Robin Hobb series with “Dragon Keeper”
“The Bloody Chamber and other stories” by Angela Carter
“Migrations” by Charlotte McConaghy

A very unique and disturbing take on vampires. Difficult to read at times but an excellent mystery story. Also such great writing. 4.5⭐️

A solid YA-ish horror retelling of the Legend of Sleepy Hallow. I liked the new take on the classic story, it just dragged at times and I almost wish it was a novella. I did enjoy it overall. 4⭐️

#bookspinbingo!

A very quick dnf, as the writing style immediately did not work for me. #hailthebail

A delightfully dark horror with some humor. If you liked the horror movies Ready or Not and The Menu, this is definitely for you. 4.5⭐️

Sorry to bail on this one, I just can‘t get past the age of the girls and the dialog. #hailthebail
#bookspin pick off the TBR
#bookspinbingo! #roll100 selection done

This was a great, very gross, entertaining folk horror story. I would recommend not knowing much in advance, just note that has some very gnarly body horror. If you are a horror movie fan-I definitely recommend. 5⭐️

I wanted to give this a pick, but it‘s a close So-so. This story of two best friends who have a far too wild girls night has a lot of possibility. However, it‘s a light horror that can‘t quite decide what it wants to be. I wish it focused more on the female friendship-that is when it‘s strongest. The characters just aren‘t quite fully developed but it was a quick easy read. 3⭐️

A very entertaining mystery about a missing violin and how a young black man navigates many challenges to become a world class musician. There were some predictable moments and I guessed the twist, but it was still a sad, dramatic and motivational read.4⭐️

My #HHS #HauntedHalloweenSwap box arrived today!

A fun, spooky short installment in the Immortals After Dark series. Here a witch seems to be cursed to be haunted by all the spooks every Halloween. She teams up with a Demon who ditched her on what seemed like a perfect date. Solid fun read! 4⭐️

This was…fine. I liked the idea of it, but the miscommunication was a bit annoying. 3⭐️

This was overall a so-so collection of horror stories. The one standout was “Challawa” by Usman Malik, which was excellent-which moved this up to a 3.5⭐️.

My #HHS24 aka #HauntedHalloweenSwap package is on its way! Sent Priority Mail so should arrive in a few days.

A classic gothic horror about a family with dark secrets. I did guess the mystery, but the journey was entertaining and the sense of dread and the darkness of humanity was so well written. 4⭐️

Another fantastic horror read. Genuinely chilling. I would call this the Exorcist mixed with Lord of the Flies. Very dark, scary and gory - note children and some animals are harmed in this book. Great for this month, but also would be a great winter scary read. 5⭐️

An extremely creepy and horrifying story that goes to unexpected places. I recommend going in blind. Excellent and original horror. 5⭐️

This feels like a companion novel to the authors other slasher series - The Indian Lake Trilogy. The big difference is our main character and narrator is the slasher of the title and how he becomes slasher of the story. This is definitely for fans of the slasher genre and follows all the rules. The first 2/3 of the book was such fun, but the pacing became uneven in the final act when it should have been fast paced. ⬇️

I lovely , dark fairytale story without the romance. Quite the opposite actually, where a young girl is told she is to marry the local lord. When she visits his house, things are much darker than she feared. Not my favorite T. Kingfisher book, but a solid read. 4⭐️

DNFing this one. The entire premise makes no sense, why would anyone bring people from the past to the future and attempt to integrate them into society? It just seems cruel and I can‘t get behind the book‘s story. Also the audiobook narration is strange and stilted.
#hailthebail!

This was delightful, character packed new mystery series! Like the author‘s other famous series - Thursday Murder Club - this is very much an opening book, which is introducing a big cast of characters. It can be a lot at times, so it took me a while to know who was whom. The mystery was a madcap adventure and our main characters are delightful. I look forward to the next book in the series! 4⭐️

Here is my #bookspinbingo October TBR!

My #bookspin pick is The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield

My #doublespin pick is Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson - continuing my Stormlight Archive reread.