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Imagine being a supernatural of the vampire, witch or demon variety, and having people telling you what to do, always. I can't imagine vampires would want to live forever with this sort of bureaucratic bullshit dominating their lives. I listened to the audiobook. The narrator was adept at the various accents but the weird way she drags out her "twooo"s grates. A book this large would benefit from having a second narrator of the male variety. ⬇️

My monthly round up!

I read 10 books and started 2 others (pictured)
I also watched S1 and 2 of Kingdom, BBCs Dracula, S1 of What We Do In The Shadows, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Hocus Pocus, Corpse Bride, Haunted Mansion, and 2 eps of Truth Seekers.

I read 8hrs for #CYOReadathon, 36hrs for #Screamathon, 10hrs for #October20in4, 14hrs for #OutstandingOctober, 9hrs for #CocoTurns50, 6hrs for #ReadYourWay, and 5hrs for #CreatureFeaturethon

I am not one for legal books, fiction or non-fiction, but I joined in on the #SundsyBuddyRead. This is very thorough, giving us some background about the Borden family and the aftermath of those vicious murders. We move to details of the court case, with day by day descriptions of the case and includes black & white photos of the crime scenes, and closes with the verdict and a brief aftermath. This is DENSE. Well researched, but lots of names ⬇️

The October #ThatsClassic pick. Some of the book feels repetitive, but still a good early gothic horror. Perhaps it's knowledge of how it all pans out, but it didn't feel very suspenseful. As others mentioned before, it's not exactly a female friendly world we're viewing but that's how women were regarded in the 1890s. Thanks for the push to reread it 25 years later @Annie1215
#scarathlon2020 #teamharkness @StayCurious
+2,926 points

The overall story was good with a strong ending, but I have 2 gripes. 1. Niki is deaf (yay disability inclusivity) but since she's excellent at reading lips, there is zero sign language and it's super easy for her to follow along with group conversations. 2. Her boyfriend Terry calls her Funny Face, which isn't weird on it's own, but considering her always calls her that, especially in serious situations, grated my nerves. Good for 2 hours of fun.

Mid-week #Scarathalon update. Sunday I read 6 hours and participated in 4 readathons (#ReadYourWay, #Cocoturns50, #OutstandingOctober and #Slaughterathon) and finished Austenland for a total of 240 pts. Monday I read 2 hours for #Slaughterthon, finished Have You Seen Luis Velez? For #Overbookedclub and The Boo Club for a total of 50 pts. I read a total of 4 hours yesterday and read 6 Halloween themed books for 190 pts. Go #TeamSlaughter!

2 interwoven stories here: Snyder's is set in 1925 Hollywood and focuses on actress Pearl. Stephen King wrote the second which gives us the origin story of an 1880s Old West Outlaw, Skinner Sweet. It's a bit of a new twist on the vampire and the ones are vicious, not sparkly lovers.
511 points for #scarathlon2020 #teamharkness @staycurious
2 interlinked stories x 15, + 2 hr during 24 'thons +1 participation point ⬇️

I‘m a few days behind on my #Scarathlon2020 posts so please bear with me!

Here‘s my total for the #CocoTurns50 readathon. My brain is too fried atm to figure out any of the other readathons. 😆 So that‘s 300 points for this one.

I hope you have/had an awesome birthday @CocoReads 🤗🥳

#TeamSlaughter
#Readathon

Day 25 results: I read 7 hours yesterday a lot of that was audiobooks. My total hours for #24B4Monday with hosts @Andrew65 @SumisBooks @jb72 is 24.5 hours. #Scarathon2020 @StayCurious #TeamHarkness Points = 371 #ReadAllWeekCGB #ReadYourWay #Deweys24readare #cocoturns50 @CocoReads

My first time reading “Frankenstein.” @SumisBooks got me interested in Mary Shelley earlier this year and I‘m so excited to finally read her book 📖
#Scarathlon @Clwojick
#Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft
#Cocoturns50 @CocoReads
#readyourway @TheSpineView
#readallnight #monsterreads #readathonsaresnackathons