Watcher in the Woods

The Child of Glass

Poltergeist

#TLR @dabbe

A sweet look at the end of life and a woman I would have loved to meet. #HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew #TBR #Recommend @PuddleJumper @BookwormAHN

This was not what I expected. I enjoyed the book and the focus on environmental factors. Plus other than the way the narrator pronounced Rainer she got all the place names correct. #HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew #TBR #Recommend @PuddleJumper

I had forgotten how well written this was. I did an audiobook and the narrator was great. #HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew #Recommend @PuddleJumper

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the eARC of the tagged book. This book needs to be read on a rainy night with a cup of tea. #HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew this is also Autumnal.

Thanks to Tor and NetGalley for the eARC of Queen Demon. This was an amazing follow up to The Witch King. You MUST read The Witch King first.

Thanks to NetGalley and Solaris I was given an eARC of Door on the Sea. I loved this dive into the Tlingit mythology. This book comes out October 7th.

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for the eARC. This was a sweet book, looking at a relationship of an established couple. They find a cinema that shows the Story of You. Their fears, regrets and secrets. Can this couple survive. Release date is October 7th. #eARC

This was a bleak story set just after WWII. Lots of talk of loss, also a bit of Scottish mythology. I would recommend this for an October read.

@PuddleJumper #blackcatcrew #hauntedshelf

My October TBR the tagged book is for bookclub. #blackcatcrew #hauntedshelf @PuddleJumper @BookwormAHN
25 points

This gave me spooky vibes in a good way.

This was a good epistolary set in the 1990‘s featuring a bookshop in Seattle. Oh if you are hungry don‘t read this. I listened to this as an audiobook and I loved it.

On the first of October they arrived. #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Please tell me I am not the only one who has read this amazing book!

#threelitthursdays @dabbe I picked knitting even though I just crochet.

This was a great overview of Scotland. Very to the point of who was king/queen and when. It highlights the major players in Scotland.

The mystery was very good. I am not a reader of spicy books, and that is why I. Am giving this a soso.

What an incredible look at ancient history and what Christianity destroyed.

My book club picked this and while it was well written. I found it to be not for me, I did not connect with any of the characters and towards the end found it a bit preachy.

This was an amazing book. Ms Graham is a wonderful storyteller and is honest in her experiences.

So good.

Just read this novella.

Love love just as good as the first one.

I do not get satire. I did not find this funny and if my Bookclub had not picked this I would have DNF.

It was good. Gave me Practical Magic vibes.

This one was amazing.

The book was well written but not well researched. The book takes place in 1982 and mentions things that did not happen until 2010. Also while I know the town is fiction the geographic details are off.

I listened to this as an audiobook, and for me it was just ok.

Today is a good day to sit outside with coffee and a book on cemeteries.

Before reading this one check the content warnings. This is a historical fiction about children who are turned into soldiers.

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There were one or two stories in here that I liked. However, I am not a fan of “am I crazy is the world crazy” type books. They always make my head hurt. Cat tax- Poirot in all his relaxed glory.

A look at the Scottish witch trials with a bit of a memoir.

With a title like this I thought the book would be about ghosts not monsters. I am also not a fan of body horror having worked in hospitals broken bones and blood do nothing for me. Check the trigger warnings on this one.

This was an ok historical fiction on the early life of the wife of Caesar Augustus. #literarycrew

This was an amazing adventure to read. The story takes place during the 1920‘s so there is racism, and part of the story has the murder of several children. The murders are written with care.

This was a light sweet book, that involves family history and town legends.

The art in this book is stunning. It fits each poem perfectly.

This was a read. While I am not giving it 5 paws this will stick with me for a long while. Also Poirot said it passed inspection.

From a speech given in 1866 by Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
Paradise Lost

I guess I like old stories. #TLT @dabbe thank you for the tag!

This was adorable. I loved the puns, and the mystery. Thank you to @WildAlaskaBibliophile for adding this to her #AuldLangSpine list. @monalyisha

The first chapter the first two paragraphs.

Very predictable. I give it 3 paws. 🐾🐾🐾

My January #TheStorygraph wrap up.

A fun sci-fi mystery novella. Now to Hope my there are more and my library had them.

This was fun and the gods are so interesting. #roll100

I would have bailed on this if it were not so short and a book club pick. The writing style is the type that gives me a headache. At times it was like reading a list.

@dabbe #ThreeListThursday

My three favorites and ones that I still read are.
1. Beowulf
2. Canterbury Tales
3. Don Quixote

This was a spooky YA where the author did an amazing job with blending her world with real history in and about northern CA. There was one place where she was talking about railroads and I knew she had taken the Korbel tour.