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Thanks to #Scarathlon I had a very productive reading month for October. Still working on my event totals to be posted tonight.

I finished 34 books which included 9 audiobooks, 3 children‘s books, 4 horror anthologies, a short story & 3 leadership books for work.

Standouts were The Change, Hemlock Island, Slewfoot, Weyward, The Ivy Tree & The Viper‘s Nest (the latest book in the Sam Quinn series).

I will be posting my November TBR soon.

October was a very up and down month for me. A great start, a poor ending and not much consistency.

I did finish 32 books for #Scarathlon and on a positive note read over a 1000 pages more than for #Scarathlon2022

Happy to reach November and get in to some different genre of books, once I finish the 1 book unfinished from October.

Thanks to my team #Magicalmonsters and everyone for the support, hope to post my totals tomorrow @Laughterhp

I‘m sharing the stuff I received in the mail in October.

Photo 1 - Preordered from Barnes & Noble
Photo 2 - Preordered from Barnes & Noble
Photo 3 - Book sent to me by Riverhead Books
Photo 4 - Preordered from Barnes & Noble
Photo 5 - Ordered this Evergreen Trail Journal from Taylor Bradshaw with creative exercises in it. I‘m looking forward to trying them out. I want to start writing again. I used to write and I enjoyed it.

Ugh what a Horrible reading month 😣 First a sick toddler, then a sick household, then me with a damn sinus infection all adds up to a LOT of time laying on the couch binging Cake Boss and almost no reading 😔

#OctoberStats

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
The Young Man
All the Acorns on the Forest Floor

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hotel Iris
I Have Some Questions for You
Do You Remember Being Born?
Monsieur Linh and his Child

⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
Walking the Americas
When we Fell Apart

⭐️⭐️⭐️
Diary of a Void
Binti

⭐️⭐️✨
We Were Liars

DNF
The Flame Throwers
Should we Stay or Should we Go
Land of Milk and Honey

Today, I‘m sharing the books I read and what I watched this month. I used Fable for my reading wrap-up and used the Likewise app for my movie wrap-up. I participated in #scarathlon for the first time this year and I had so much fun. I‘m looking forward to next year. I feel like it got me in the Halloween spirit.

Books I DNF‘d

🎃The Amish Matchmakers - Beth Wiseman

🎃Crimson Lake - Candice Fox

#HHC

One of my bucket list items for #scarathlon was getting new stationery in autumn colours and I worried these wouldn‘t arrive in time but here they are! #sleletoncrew

#Scarathlon photo challenge Day 16
#October
This is a way to express what this month represents to me....scary spooky read, Yes 👻

I received this print this month for my birthday from @Chrissyreadit loved it!!! 😍

Outstanding October Read-a-thon-28 hours. (Kid‘s books not pictured.) Considering the kind of month I have had, not so bad. #readathon #Scarathlon #spookybooks #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

This middle grade novel about a girl named October living in the woods with dad. When her dad is injured, she has to go live in London with her mom. I‘m definitely adding it to my Scarathlon 2024 TBR! #scarathlonphotochallenge #october #blackcatcrew

#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge Day 16 🍂 #October
Love this song https://spotify.link/pfSZDikqXDb
#Scarathlon #TeamBOOkLovers @Bookwormjillk

A double photo for #scarathlon #photochallenge and painting a ghost canvas! I had so much fun doing this for my bullet journal! #creepinitreal #cir

October at a farm near us in Mass. Photo challenge: October. #Scarathlon #photoprompt #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

I hadn‘t heard of this book before looking for some #ScarathlonPhotoChallenge inspiration, but it sounds great! And not only is #October in the title, it is the MCs name!

Another one to add to my tbr 😂

#Scarathlon #MagicalMonsters

Today's prompt: #october

#HHC #Scarathlon #HalloweenHexesCoven
@dabbe
#photochallenge
@StayCurious @Clwojick

This month‘s page in my Christmas Countdown calendar. #scarathlonphotochallenge #october #teamcryptkeepers

#scarathlon A compilation for points: 2 items from my bucket list- Halloween clothes, Fall train ride with my mom and Owen- this was Oct 1st- leaves were still pretty green- and our train had a table for our picnic. Watched Rosemary‘s Baby- (i‘ve watched a few other movies but forget to take pictures) Also 433. words for week 2 game. #hhc

I‘ve been on vacation so I‘ve got lots of things to post, so definitely more to come. However, wanted to start with the fact that I have received both my #HauntedHollowSwap and #AllHallowsReadSwap. I will be shipping right now before the end of the week for both.

Stack for #OutstandingOctober this is definitely ambitious but I hope to get through as many of these as I can. The stack is so big because I‘m not sure what exactly I‘ll feel like picking up but these are all possibilities. Seems like I‘m forever trying to get through library books so I can read the books I actually own 😅 #magicalmonsters @Andrew65

@TheAromaofBooks October #BookspinBingo
I'll make the board some time tomorrow.
HAPPY OCTOBER 🧡🍁👻

#october #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo

#OctoberPhotoADay
October 1st Hello October
#Scarathlon #BlackCatCrew

Happy October!!! 🖤🖤🖤

My favourite month always leads to daydreams of ditching society and retiring to a woodland glade where I can fully embrace my wild side.

I don‘t know about early bird but I am coming in like an 11th hour pigeon to get my #Scarathlon TBR up for #batbrigade before midnight 🦇😝

The clock has just struck midnight in London which means it‘s #scarathlon for me! I‘ve spent the day enjoying the #20in4 readathon, watching some scary movies and doing my grad school reading. I‘ve got a spooky novella (Babylove by IS Belle) lined up to get a few word search words under my belt before bed. Can‘t wait for the #skeletoncrew to all get started across our time zones 🎃🎃🎃

I might be moving halfway through the month but I‘ve specifically pulled these books out so I don‘t accidentally pack them! So excited for #scarathlon, go #teamwhoyagonnacall!!

Here‘s my list for October…..Less Library holds and more off my TBR shelves!
#bookspin

Hey my #SpookyGhostClub! Can you even believe that #Scarathlon starts in less than 28 hours?! I‘m so excited! 👻

Just a friendly reminder to keep track of your own points, and to tag me in your totals on October 15th and November 1st. The team rankings will be posted a few days later!

Although this is a competition, it‘s meant to be fun… so if you‘re feeling overwhelmed by all the way to gain points, please just do what works for you! 🖤

So here's my October 2023 / #Scarathlon #BucketList 🥳
 @BookwormAHN #BlackCatCrew
🐈‍⬛🎃🧡🌰🍂

Listing a bunch twice since we are (somehow) getting near the end of the year…love seeing what is picked each month! I have been keeping up more than I thought I‘d be able to since May (when baby girl joined us 🎀) but I‘d also love to read an extra book this month that was chosen in the past so I can catch up some more 🧡#BookSpin #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks

My #Scarathlon October Bucket List for Team #SpookyGhostClub

We don‘t get fall leaves or much in the way of sweater/blanket weather in October & I don‘t like pumpkin, but here are 10 fall-ish things I will do in October. 🍎👻👻👻👻👻

My October list of what I will be watching for #Scarathlon Team #SpookyGhostClub 👻👻👻

It‘s a mix of classics & annual watches + newer (at least to me) stuff, some scary, some not. I‘m going to focus on catching up on A Discovery of Witches since I only watched season 1 so far. The❓is for what will be added as I come across it & also because, much like my reading, I‘m moody about what I watch! 😉👻

My #Scarathlon #TBR “B list” of extra books I wanted ready in case the mood strikes. The post before this has my “A list.”

I‘m going to try to rack up some good points for Team #SpookyGhostClub 👻👻👻

My #Scarathlon #TBR for team #SpookyGhostClub

These 20 books are my “A List”- most of them should get read especially the top row which includes our team #BuddyRead #PemberLittens #JaneAdjacent #SundayBuddyRead #TitkesAndTunes & DiverseCozy books that will work with the spooky season. 2nd row are one for review, next in series & library reads. 3rd row are #BOTM & others I‘m trying to get through & the bottom are all stories anthologies. But ⬇️

My #Bookspin list for October!

So many books I‘ve been wanting to read. These are a few of my #scarathlontbr that I plan on reading for #scarathlon2023
I have more on my list if I can get to them.

#scarathlon #blackcatcrew

Here‘s my #ScarathonTBR! So many books that I‘ve been meaning to get to, but have been holding onto for October. 🖤 Go #SpookyGhostClub!

Reminder: It‘s almost time for the October #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo hosted by @thearomaofbooks

I am so excited there‘s a second daily photo challenge for #scarathlon this year! Thank you @Eggs and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🎃

For my #skeletoncrew members - the same rules count for this challenge as the other photo challenge so it‘s:

5 points per photo post on the calendar day (+1 for participation)
15 point bonus if you read a book anytime in October that matches any of the prompts

#Bookspin … if I could finally land on one of these fantasy books from #TheBookDrop, that‘d be great 😂

Here‘s our October challenge! October is my favorite month!!! 🧡🍂

All #Scarathlon folks: Please feel free to utilize the challenge for your point system🍁

Post a photo of a book, poem, song lyrics, quotes, movie, play etc. which best expresses the daily prompt. Use hashtag, and tag us🍁

Please share! And enjoy! Starts Sunday October 1 🍂

#AutumnPlease
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This may change but here‘s my October TBR as of right now 😊

#scarathlon #teamwhoyagonnacall

#Scarathlon sign-ups are still open!

https://tinyurl.com/yc3hhsxc

#TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

Hey #TeamCryptKeepers, Here is another bingo. This one should be fun! Post your post with photos of bingo spots done. I can't wait to see these. Every time you post, you add 1 point. That is for all your posts. 20pts for each line. 100pts for the board. @StayCurious @Clwojick Go Team! @TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot @BarkingMadRead @kezzlou85 @Marmie7 @Rissa1 @aperfectmjk @Bookishgal71 @Nazgul93 @natsahara

I changed up my list to Halloween themed books for October. So excited for the random pick next month!

#bookspin

It‘s crazy to think we have a little over a month until the start of the 5th annual #Scarathlon! In case you missed it, the sign ups are open, and we‘ll be doing multiple smaller teams this year.

https://forms.gle/xMbdTBiD4qSrEbgX8

Picture found on Pinterest with no direct link to the source or artist, but I LOVE IT.

It‘s my favorite time of the year! Go head over to @Clwojick ‘s page for the #Scarathlon 2023 sign ups!!

https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2618846

Thanks again @Clwojick and @StayCurious for hosting it this year!! 🥰🥰

#scarathlon2023 #scarathlon23

The new art print for my shop showed up today!!!! Eeek!! 🥰🍁🧡🍂 It will be available soon!

There will also be a sticker & bookmark version 🧡

www.2125Books.com