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Bookzombie

Joined March 2016

I devour books, not brains. https://www.goodreads.com/Bookzombie08 https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bookzombie I live in Indiana now. She/her
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#Bookspin #Doublespin

I‘m taking a break from my year long list for October. This list consists of horror or horror-adjacent books I own (1/2 on Kindle). October‘s picks will be added to my #BookspinBingo list that I‘m still working on. 🎃👻💀🧟‍♀️

Read-y_Picker Lol Horror adjacent. Love it!🧡🖤 8h
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 7h
Reggie C‘mon 2,11,12,13,20!!! 44m
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#BookReport #WeeklyForecast

I know the graphic is a little busy, but it‘s for the previous two weeks. I think I have my reading mojo back. Everything I read was a pick.

I decided to DNF the La Plante. I‘m enjoying the show and I‘m not sure I want to read the series.

I‘m sure The Stand will get carried over to October, but I hope to finish the others. I need to focus on Scatterlings as it‘s my pick for an IRL book club that I‘m joining at a ⬇️

Bookzombie local bookstore. The first meeting is 10/4. A country is picked and then we read any book by an author from that country. This round is South Africa. 1d
Cinfhen Fun idea for a bookclub!!! I‘m gonna suggest that idea to my bookclub 😄and glad to hear you‘re back in the reading groove 🫶🏼 1d
Reggie Ohh, I hope you really like your bookclub! Also, I loved Worst Laid Plans. 28m
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#BookReport #WeeklyForecast

Not much to report this week. I finished Giant Days Vol. 4, which is a reread.
I‘m still a little distracted and it shows in my growing stack of books in progress. There is nothing wrong with the books themselves. It‘s totally me.

LiteraryinLawrence I hear that. I feel a little unfocused lately too and have a bunch in progress. 💗 2w
Cinfhen Yup! It happens to the best of us @LiteraryinLawrence good news is that it‘s only temporary so enjoy whatever else it is that is occupying your brain time , Margie😎 Hope we all get our #ReadingMojo back 🙏🏼 2w
Bookzombie @LiteraryinLawrence 💗 Yes, we are just off our game a bit. It will come back around. 2w
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thank you! 💗 2w
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The Haunting of Maddy Clare | Simone St. James
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Simone St. James is #aam for October. This is the first book I read by her and I really enjoyed it. I love this cover too!

@Soubhiville Tagging you in case you want to tag the #authoramonth crew. 🙂

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TheBookHippie Nothing she writes it bad! I‘ve read it all! 3w
Bookzombie @TheBookHippie I agree! I have two from her backlist that I‘m saving for October. 🙂 3w
dabbe Thanks for the tip! 🧡💜💛 3w
SamAnne I‘m skipping this month but hope to joint on the next round! 3w
AmyG I am skipping as I have read all her books. All are good! 3w
Amiable Ooh, thanks! 3w
Karisimo I think this is the only Simone StJames book I haven‘t read yet, so definitely will next month! 3w
Bklover Yay!!! Thank you! 3w
Andrew65 This is one I will be targeting. 2w
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#Top10Summer2023Reads

I had to go back into May a bit to get 10 picks since August was kind of slow for me. I loved all of these even though I only reviewed a few. 🙂

Cinfhen So glad you shared and posted!!! A few titles have really caught my attention 🤩 3w
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thanks! Which ones? There are a few horror, lol. 3w
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Bookzombie @Cinfhen Peel My Love was a #Reggimendation and I loved it. :) 3w
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Ordinary Monsters was a recommendation from @wanderinglynn. I also loved it. It's the first in a trilogy and it's the only one out. It's a Victorian fantasy with some horror elements. It's also a chunkster. 3w
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Ordinary Monsters was a recommendation from @wanderinglynn. I also loved it. It's the first in a trilogy and it's the only one out. It's a Victorian fantasy with some horror elements. It's also a chunkster. 3w
Cinfhen Well now im VERY intrigued!! Two awesome Littens 😁❣️ 3w
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#WeeklyForecast

I might finish some of these and I might pick up something else. That‘s how reading has been for me lately. Also, I have barely dipped into the Gaines, WLP, La Plante books. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Cinfhen Are you binging anything on Netflix?? I was in a bit of a reading slump the last two weeks and even now… I‘m just not 💯 down with books. 🙊 3w
Bookzombie @Cinfhen No, not really bingeing just easily distracted. I think that‘s why shorter stuff worked last month. I‘m almost done with the Above Suspension series on BritBox that is based on the La Plante series of books. 3w
Bookzombie @Cinfhen I‘m off this week so maybe I will get some bingeing in though. Lol. 3w
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Cinfhen Enjoy your week!!!! 3w
Cinfhen I need something good to binge!!! 3w
Cinfhen I started watching Break Point about the 2022 GrandSlam tournament 🎾 it‘s ok 3w
Bookzombie @Cinfhen I‘m not much of a sports person. 🙂 The last thing I marathoned was Wednesday, which I really enjoyed. I‘m always late watching stuff as that was in July way after Wednesday was released. Lol 3w
Cinfhen I don‘t know what Wednesday is!!! I‘ll need to look it up!!! 3w
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Lol! It‘s Wednesday from the Addams family. She is a teen and goes to a school. I thought it was a lot of fun. 3w
Cinfhen Ohhhh, fun!!! I did hear about the reboot!! I‘ll have to check it out😄thanks for sharing xxx 3w
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September #BookSpinBingo card

I‘m not sure if I even read enough last month to get a bingo, but here is my card for this month.

My #BookSpin is Worst Laid Plans.
My #DoubleSpin is The Gilda Stories.
Hopefully I will read these and a couple more of my growing “stack” of unread BS and DS. I have been kind all over the place lately.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Looks fantastic!! 3w
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August Wrap-up

August was a rough month and I didn‘t get as much reading done as usual. Most of the print books/comics were on the shorter side.

I‘m carrying over 2 in print and 1 audio. I bailed on 2 audiobooks, but plan to try them in print later.

Total read - 10
Audio - 3
Children‘s - 1
Novella - 3
Comics - 3

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#Bookspin #Doublespin

I‘m using a year long list like @TheAromaofBooks does. I used a random generator to pick two from the list on the right to maintain 20 books for the month. I‘m awfully behind on completing these books.

#BookspinBingo list to come.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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#BookReport #WeeklyForecast

I wasn‘t feeling great so I didn‘t read loads and picked up lighter stuff. I enjoyed the first A to Z Mystery and added it my possible gift list for the nephew/niece. I reread volume 1 of Giant Days. ❤️ I didn‘t pick up The Stand, but will resume since I am feeling better. I might even finish it since I have a couple of extra days off this week. 🤞🏻

I also might have to squeeze in some library books. 🙂

Cinfhen Sorry you weren‘t feeling well. I know Covid is back!! I had it in June and my son has it now. BTW: My kids LOVED the A-Z mystery series - they were great first chapter books. (edited) 1mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thank you! ☺️ It wasn‘t Covid, but I know it‘s surging again. I hope your son feels better soon. That‘s great to hear about the books. I also want to read some of the 1mo
Cinfhen Ohhh, I think that series might be newer !! Im sure they‘re great - I mean Absent 🦙 🦙 - what‘s not to love??? 1mo
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mandarchy I have the A-Z Mysteries in my library and the kids ignore them even though I booktalk them. I didn't know about the new Animal mysteries. Are they like a graphic novel? 1mo
Bookzombie @mandarchy That makes me sad that they ignore them. I think the new ones are just like the others but different characters. One of the new characters is in a motorized wheelchair on the cover. I haven‘t seen a physical copy yet. I think the first one was out in July. 1mo
mandarchy @Bookzombie I may have to read a chapter aloud to get some hooked 1mo
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I can‘t put my finger on why, but this pick is on the lower end. The narration by Neil Patrick Harris and Simon Vance was great. I enjoyed when the characters were at Hogwa…er, I mean McMasters the most. Maybe it was just too long or maybe it was just me. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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My local library has a book sale twice a month. I popped in yesterday and picked up all of these for $5.00. The top movie is Moana.

Then I got home and immediately realized we already have a copy of Beloved. 😂

#library #booksale

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NBR This is very similar to the toaster oven I had growing up. The bottom dial is for setting it to toast and the other dial is to use it as an oven with temperature settings. I even found a related book to tag. 😂

@CarolynM @BarbaraBB @TrishB @Cinfhen

TrishB Wow 😁 thank you! This looks like what we have in hotels for toast. 2mo
Cinfhen Hahaha!!!! Yesssssss!!! This is pretty much my toaster oven !!!!! @TrishB @CarolynM 2mo
Cinfhen I‘ve never owned a stand up bread toaster but I‘ve used them in hotels at the breakfast buffet 😂😂 @BarbaraBB 2mo
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IndoorDame I grew up with basically that exact toaster oven too! (edited) 2mo
IndoorDame Now I make do with the stand up kind though 2mo
Kimberlone Never had one growing up. My MIL offered to buy a really nice one for us and initially I thought it was unnecessary, but I have done a total 180 on my opinion. I absolutely love my toaster oven and would never swap for a regular toaster or airfryer (rarely even use the microwave anymore) I barely even use it for toast - it‘s so great for roasting veggies, cooking from frozen, and reheating leftovers! 2mo
BarbaraBB I have never seen this before. Not even in hotels where they have mostly from those roll- through toaster. It seems such a big machine for just toasting bread! @Cinfhen @TrishB @CarolynM (edited) 1mo
BarbaraBB Thank you for posting Margie 💛💛 1mo
Bookzombie @BarbaraBB Welcome! This one isn‘t that large. It‘s big enough for you to lay 4 slices of bread in to toast. @Kimberlone All this talk is making me think I might have to have one again. I would use it instead of the oven, particularly when I cook just for myself. 1mo
Bookzombie @IndoorDame I have a standup currently too. 🙂 1mo
Bookzombie @TrishB Welcome. I would imagine hotels having an upright that will toast more slices. 1mo
Kimberlone @Bookzombie yes it‘s great for cooking for 1 or 2! I barely ever use our real oven. 1mo
Centique Thank you for sharing. I really had no idea how to use one of these! 1mo
Bookzombie @Centique Welcome ☺️ 1mo
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#BookReport #WeeklyForecast

I enjoyed Scourge.

My book report/weekly forecast is mostly going to be The Stand for a bit. I‘m almost a 1/4 of the way through it and I‘m enjoying it. I have nearly finished Employer on audio, so the next Kate Burkholder is on deck.

📸: Red Panda at Indianapolis Zoo. This little guy likes to stay in the tree and play “Where‘s the Red Panda?” Luckily I stopped by as they were feeding him so I could see him fully.

Chrissyreadit is this your first time reading The Stand? 2mo
Bookzombie @Chrissyreadit Yes, it is. 🙂I‘m trying to read his stuff chronologically by publish date now. I have read some so I‘m either rereading or skipping those as I go. 2mo
Chrissyreadit I hope you like it! It was one of my favorite books of all time- but i‘ve not reread it in 25 years 🤣 2mo
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Cinfhen Red Panda is cute 🥰 2mo
Bookzombie @Chrissyreadit I‘m enjoying it! 🙂 2mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen He is so cute! 2mo
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Bellamy and the Brute | Alicia Michaels
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This was my #Doublespin for March and I put it on ice a few weeks ago. I‘m officially calling it a bail. I‘m curious about two things but not enough to read the last 39%. I‘m going to put my questions under a spoiler and if any of you have read it maybe you will respond. None of the GR spoiler reviews helped, lol.

Bookzombie Who is the killer? Are the ghosts really causing Tate‘s health issues? 2mo
TheAromaofBooks I have had this one on my Kindle forever, but still haven't read it. Although your review hasn't exactly inspired me to move it up the queue 😂 2mo
Bookzombie @TheAromaofBooks 😆I saw some reviews that loved it so maybe it was just me. 2mo
TheAromaofBooks I really do love how different books fit for different people. But I also feel like I've started this one before and didn't get into it lol 2mo
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July Wrap-up

It was good reading month. 🙂 I did get a #BookspinBingo for July, but I really like the calendar layout.

Total read - 14
Audio - 6
Middle Grade - 1
Novella - 1
Novel - 6

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Here is my #BookspinBingo for August. I‘m giving The Stand four spots since it‘s so damn long. I will move the titles as needed when @TheAromaofBooks shares the numbers on July 2nd.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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#Bookspin #Doublespin

I‘m using a year long list like @TheAromaofBooks does. I used a random generator to pick two from the list on the right to maintain 20 books for the month. At this point I just know that I am behind on the picks thus far. 😄

#BookspinBingo list to come.

TheAromaofBooks That happens sometimes 😂 2mo
Reggie 6, 14, 16, Cirque Berserk, you have a lot to choose from! 2mo
Reggie And 19! 2mo
Bookzombie @Reggie I almost read 6 and 20 recently but remembered they are on my list. 😂 2mo
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#WeeklyForecast

I‘m not as enthralled with Murder Your Employer as I though I would be, but chugging along.

I had hoped to finish Scourge before August 1st, but no luck.

It‘s time! I‘m digging into The Stand after Scourge. Will it take me all month? We‘ll see.

📸: Red kangaroos at Indianapolis Zoo.

Cinfhen The 🦘look sad 😔 hope you have a great week ahead ♥️Happy August!! 2mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Maybe, but I sort of took their behavior as not giving a you know what about the people parading by them. They are in an area you can walk through and in theory, if they got close enough, you could pat them on their backs. I never saw them approach the sidewalk the humans have to stay on though. Happy August to you! 2mo
Cinfhen Hahaha- I love the idea of the Kangaroos not giving a fig 2mo
Reggie Scrolling down I saw The Stand and then I thought they were dead and sick deee cause I was thinking of The Stand, idk. I hope you like it. YouTube has the old 6hr tv series for free. Its soooo good! 2mo
Bookzombie @Reggie I have The Stand on my Kindle, but I decide I wanted to hold it some too so a bought a copy at Half Price Books. It has Gary Sinise and Molly Ringwald on the cover, lol. I can‘t imagine I won‘t like it. I have just drug my feet due to the length. 😆 2mo
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#BookReport late edition

This is for the last two weeks. I enjoyed all, but loved Ordinary Monsters and Maeve Fly.

I unintentionally started another series with Mimicking and OM is the first in a trilogy.

Bellamy is on 🧊. I may or may not return to it later.

📸: I could not catch this lion at the Indianapolis Zoo facing me and he would only roar when I was just far enough away to make it inconvenient to get back to his area. 🦁

Bookzombie @Cinfhen I thought I was done with zoo pic but found a couple more. This one is through glass so not the best. 2mo
Cinfhen Hahaha 🦁love the story behind the photo! 2mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thanks! 2mo
Reggie Ughhh I have the Fly and need to read it! 2mo
Bookzombie @Reggie I will scratch Fly off my list for you. 🙂 I look forward to hearing what you think when you get to it. 2mo
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#BookReport #WeeklyForecast Late Edition

All completed were picks. I‘m focused on finishing OM and B&B. Although I sometimes think of bailing on B&B.

I‘m trying to focus on series on audio, so I‘m continuing my re-read of Rizzoli & Isles and also picking up the next in the Fiona Griffiths series.

📸: Flamingo at the Indianapolis Zoo

Cinfhen Wow!! Love those flamingos 🦩🦩 🦩 You got some great photos that day 🤩 2mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thanks! I think I‘m almost done with zoo pics. Lol. 2mo
Cinfhen That‘s too bad…I‘m really enjoying them xxx 2mo
Reggie They have flamingos?!!! How awesome and so pretty. 2mo
Bookzombie @Reggie Yes, I could have reached out and touched it. I didn‘t. Indy has a really nice zoo. 2mo
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Grave Descend: A Novel | Michael Crichton, John Lange
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I haven‘t read any of Crichton‘s crime novels before so I randomly picked up this one. I enjoyed it, but it possibly could have been a bit longer. A diver is hired to recover items from a yacht sunk off the coast of Jamaica. This should be simple for an expert diver like McGregor, but not everything is adding up and danger is everywhere. I think this will work for #Booked2023 #SunshineNoir or I guess I‘m saying it does. 😂

Ruthiella I think it totally works for Sunshine Noir! 👍 2mo
Bookzombie @Ruthiella Thanks! 🙂 2mo
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I originally stated that I was going to skip the #aam pick for July. Then I saw several posts on this one and it was on the shorter side. I started this Saturday evening and read into the wee hours of Sunday morning (currently paying for that 😁) to finish it. I was just sucked in and loved it. #Booked2023 #setintwotimeperiods

Thanks @Soubhiville although I‘m still iffy on Rushdie next month. 🙂

CatLass007 What is #aam? If this book is one of the books people are reading, I may want in. I‘ve added a few of her books to my wish list. I just need the excuse to buy and read. 3mo
Bookzombie @CatLass007 It‘s the Author A Month challenge. Maybe I should have used this hashtag #authoramonth instead. @Soubhiville hosts this one. Maggie O‘Farrell is July‘s author. Soubhi reposts the list around the beginning of the each month. 3mo
CatLass007 Awesome! Thank you. 3mo
CatLass007 @Soubhiville I found the most recent post with the list of authors for #authoramonth. Would you please add me to the update list? I think I probably will skip Salman Rushdie but I have several books by Nnedi Okorafor already in my Audible library. So it‘s a date starting in September! (edited) 3mo
Soubhiville Yes I‘ll add you @CatLass007 🙂. It‘s completely flexible, read the authors you‘d like, skip the others! 3mo
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#BookReport #WeeklyForecast

Everything I completed was a pick.
Technically, I finished one of my current reads in the wee hours of today. I‘m over halfway through the chunkster so I expect that I will finish all by the end of the week, unless I get distracted by another book.
That‘s why I‘m not sure about what‘s up next.

📸: Cape porcupine at Indianapolis Zoo. It looks like they are whispering secrets to each other.

vivastory What are your thoughts on Ordinary Monsters? I've heard good things. 3mo
Cinfhen Adorable photo😍and fantastic week! 3mo
Bookzombie @vivastory I‘m really enjoying it and I think I might be doing that thing where I drag it out because I don‘t want it to end, lol. It kind of hits my sweet spot of historical fiction, horror, fantasy. 3mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thanks! 3mo
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Blood Work | Michael Connelly
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After reading a number of Connelly books randomly, I started (a while ago) reading the Bosch Universe books in order. BW is book 8 and features the main character of Terry McCaleb. McCaleb, a former FBI agent, is still on the mend from his recent heart transplant when he is visited by Graciela, the sister of his heart donor Gloria. Quickly, he is pulled into investigating Gloria‘s murder. I enjoyed this one, but I didn‘t find it quite as ⬇️

Bookzombie gripping as the others I have read so far. Maybe I recalled more of the 2002 movie than I would have thought. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 3mo
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Too Bright to See | Kyle Lukoff
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I loved Lukoff‘s children‘s book, Call Me Max, so it‘s no surprise that I loved this middle grade book as well. I cried for the last 40 pages or so. It makes me sad that The NY Times review on the back is probably correct on the book being banned.

TheBookHippie I loved this book so much. I was 😭😭😭 as well. 3mo
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#WeeklyForecast

My reading mojo has been a little off. Definitely me and not the books.

I‘m almost done with The Silent Girl and I‘m going to pick up Blood Work where I left off on audio. I put the SGJ on ice to pick up later. Monsters is a chunkster, but I‘m about 30% in to it. I just started To Bright To See on Wednesday. I might have already read a chapter of Bellamy. I‘m all over the place, lol.

📸: African elephant at Indianapolis Zoo.

Cinfhen Like your descriptions/ categories 😂 3mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thanks! 😆 3mo
Reggie It‘s this heat. Who can concentrate in it? 3mo
Bookzombie @Reggie Maybe. Sometimes I just get in a little rut. Although I did read a bit this week. Hope you are staying cool though. I just looked up your temperatures. 3mo
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I think the book gods are laughing at me crossing my fingers against a chunkster for July. My #Bookspin is roughly 700 pages, lol. Thankfully my #Doublespin is more reasonable.

Bookzombie @Reggie I‘m sorry it wasn‘t the numbers you wanted. I will get to them eventually. 🙂 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! The Three Musketeers is one of those books I've tried to read a couple of times but haven't gotten through. It may be one of my random classics for next year!! 3mo
Bookzombie @TheAromaofBooks Yes, I‘m worried I won‘t get through it and will just want to watch a movie version. Lol. 3mo
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TheAromaofBooks Well, I think my sole knowledge of the story comes from the Wishbone episode so... no judgment here 😂 3mo
Ruthiella I have a soft spot for the‘90s version with Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, et al. It‘s not very good, really, but it is more generous to Milady and her motivations. 3mo
Bookzombie @Ruthiella I also have a soft spot for that one! 🙂 3mo
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June Wrap-up

I didn‘t get a #BookspinBingo this month so I copied @Chelleo ‘s calendar post. 🙂 It‘s neat to see when I finished a book.

Total read - 11
Audio - 3
Picture book - 1
Middle Grade - 1
Novella - 2
Novel - 4

Reviewed - 0

Chelleo You got a lot of reading done. I like the carryover note. 3mo
Bookzombie @Chelleo Thanks! 3mo
Reggie You had a great month! 3mo
Bookzombie @Reggie Thanks, my friend! 3mo
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#Booked2023 Second quarter wrap-up

I completed six more prompts this season. I‘m one of the rebels who reads out of order. 😆 I only have 5 more to complete!

I completed the form for this round. Thank you @Cinfhen and @BarbaraTheBibliophage

Chelleo I like how you did this!! 😍 3mo
Bookzombie @Chelleo Thank you! I use Storygraph to track so the squares are cropped from there then assembled in PicCollage. 3mo
Cinfhen Yay! You‘re doing great!!! 3mo
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Cinfhen And I agree with @Chelleo love how you incorporated #Storygraph 3mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thanks on both comments! 🙂 I feel like my last 5 prompts are not as easily stumbled into. Also, sort of saving Afrofuturism for September‘s #aam pick. (edited) 3mo
Cinfhen I also have afrofuturism left and thought it made sense for September. #GreatMinds 3mo
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Here is my #BookspinBingo for July. I will move the titles as needed when @TheAromaofBooks shares the numbers on July 2nd.

📸: Warthog at the Indianapolis Zoo.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
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#Bookspin #Doublespin

I‘m using a year long list like @TheAromaofBooks does. I used a random generator to pick two from the list on the right to maintain 20 books for the month. I think I‘m about 5 books behind and I‘m sort of crossing my fingers that chunksters don‘t come up this month. 😄

#BookspinBingo list to come.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo
Reggie 16 and 20 🤞🏼! 3mo
Bookzombie @Reggie ☺️ 3mo
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#TitlesandTunes

I‘m cheating just a bit for July since I still haven‘t read my pick for June. 😬 I read the tagged book in 2020 and found it a really interesting read. (My husband also gives it a pick!) Since Jackson Browne is on the cover, I‘m going with a song from his most recent album.

I did pick a backup book to hopefully get to in July and I‘m tagging it below.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8_gWWzLph24

batsy Great book pick! I've had Wylding Hall on my TBR for years but completely forgot about it for this prompt 😆 3mo
BarbaraBB Great picks for book and song 🎶 3mo
Bookzombie @batsy Thanks! It‘s been on my TBR for years too. 🙂 3mo
Bookzombie @BarbaraBB Thank you! 3mo
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#BookReport #Weekly Forecast

It‘s been a bit since I posted one of these so just picking up with last week‘s reads. Peel My Love Like An Onion, Blubber, The Missing Page, and Strange Love are all picks. The Lake House was okay, I guess.

SMM is so good so far and I‘m continuing my reread of the Rizzoli & Isles series I started a while ago.

I‘m not sure what‘s next except for an #aam pick, Cat Dreams.

Cinfhen Great photo 😁 4mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thanks! It‘s another one from my zoo visit in April. 🙂 4mo
Reggie Peel My Love like an Onion is top ten book of my life for me. I read it while being jerked around by a guy and it just put some things into perspective. And I love when poets write books and you can totally tell she‘s a poet. 4mo
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Reggie Also when kids found out my real name was Regino they could never pronounce it and said Rhino. Lol. Love the pic. 4mo
Bookzombie @Reggie I loved it! Yes, you can tell she is a poet. I feel like if I ever get around to writing reviews that they are all going to say something like “I would like to think Reggie for recommending or sending me this book.” I finished Sister, Maiden, Monster today and I loved it too! 4mo
Bookzombie @Reggie Thanks! Although I don‘t think your name is hard to pronounce. I guess maybe as a kid I wouldn‘t have known right off, but if you told me I don‘t get why it would be hard to pronounce. Maybe I forget what it‘s like to be a kid. 4mo
Reggie Ok so Sister Maiden Monster- the part where she was licking the brain jelly while the girl was sucking her blood from her arm. I thought it was very romantic. Lol I feel like after reading that book I realized I have crossed over into a world where things maybe don‘t faze me like they should. 4mo
Bookzombie @Reggie Lol. I actually thought it was romantic too! Initially when Betty goes to the doctor for the surgery I had a moment of “Wait, what the fuck is happening?” Then I was like wow what a thing to do for someone. I sort of like how they still couldn‘t keep their claws off of each other as Archivists in the third part of the book. I guess I still get fazed but it sure seems to take a lot. Lol 4mo
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These are my picks for #Bookspin and #Doublespin for this month. Strange Love has been on Kindle for a while and the Devlin was a gift from another Litten. 🙂

Reggie Yay for 17! I hope you like it. 4mo
Bookzombie @Reggie 🙂 I think we can bet that I will. 4mo
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May #wrapup #BookspinBingo

Again, I wasn‘t strategic about filling out my bingo card, but I managed to get one anyway!

I also didn‘t review most of these so far, but still plan to. Probably.

15 Total
Audiobook - 4
Graphic novel - 2
Print/Kindle - 9

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Here is my #BookspinBingo for June. I will move the titles as needed when @TheAromaofBooks shares the numbers on June 2nd.

📸: A Superb Starling, who looks like he/she is scowling at me, at the Indianapolis Zoo.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo
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#Bookspin #Doublespin

I‘m using a year long list like @TheAromaofBooks does. I used a random generator to pick two from the list on the right to maintain 20 books for the month. I‘m on vacation this week so not exactly wanting to rush the 2nd getting here 😄, but still excited for the picks!

#BookspinBingo list to come.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! We had vacation last week and I agree - no need to rush!! 😂 4mo
Reggie Where is vacation? And I hope you‘re having a great time. 4mo
Bookzombie @Reggie We went to Springfield, IL. We had a good time and came back today. 🙂 4mo
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Title for #GuiltyPleasure is the next Anita Blake novel on my TBR (#16). Most reading this series agree that it‘s nowhere near as good as the first 8 or 9, but I just can‘t quit it. I go long periods between but I still enjoy them.
For tune, I‘m going with “Party in the USA.” When I worked in the office, I‘d turn the volume up and it would leak through my headphones and my neighbors would laugh at me and tell me to turn it down. ⬇️

Bookzombie I still love to turn it up when I hear it. 💃🏼 #TitlesandTunes 4mo
Cinfhen Such a catchy song 🎶 and I know what you mean about certain series….they‘re not really on the caliber any longer but you‘re too invested to stop reading 😁 4mo
BarbaraBB Miley 🩷 4mo
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Reggie It‘s funny, on Pandora I put on a Lil‘Kim channel and the 3rd song was I can buy myself flowers. Lol I didn‘t know there was a Miley-Lil‘Kim correlation. 4mo
Bookzombie @Reggie I didn‘t either, because Lil‘ Kim isn‘t on the album. Maybe it‘s another release. Now I have that song in my head. 💃🏼 (edited) 4mo
Reggie I don‘t think there is a connection. I think it‘s like when Netflix recommends The Care Bears movie after you watch Saw II. Lol 4mo
vivastory @Reggie Now I'm imagining a Care Bears/Saw mashup 😬 😂 4mo
Reggie @vivastory I would be surprised if robot chicken didn‘t have that crossover 4mo
vivastory @Reggie Good point lol Last night I watched a fantastic Korean movie on Shudder you might have seen: Monstrum. 4mo
BarbaraTheBibliophage I feel the same about the Anita books. I‘m behind by at least 3 now but that also means I could binge a bit! 4mo
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In 1996, four friends go camping on an island. There is a zombie with a chainsaw and that‘s not the craziest or weirdest thing that happens. I‘m really not sure anything was left for Thompson to throw in the story. It‘s a bit over-the-top and bat-shit crazy, and I think I liked it. #Booked2023 #moreweirdthanexpected May #Doublespin

Reggie Lolololol that‘s how I feel about Richard Laymon and Aaron Dries. Stacked! 4mo
Hooked_on_books What a great title! 😂 4mo
Bookzombie @Hooked_on_books I think that‘s why I bought it, lol. 4mo
Bookzombie @Reggie If you get to it, I would love to read your review. 🙂 4mo
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I really enjoyed the artwork in this, but I‘m not sure I got the full story. Maybe I needed a little more narrative, which is probably a me problem. #ReadSpooky2023 #Castle

monalyisha Very cool cover! 4mo
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The Brass Queen | Elizabeth Chatsworth
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Character artwork from author‘s website by Brian Kesinger

I thought this steampunk-like adventure with mystery and romance was a lot of fun. The characters have great banter and there is a good amount of cheekiness. There is supposed to be a second book in the future and I would pick it up too. #Booked2023 #GaslampFantasy

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#BookReport #WeeklyForecast

I feel like I read a lot this week as I finished Brass and read the other three in their entirety. They were all picks and I need to review them.

I‘m about 80% into the Larson audio and I just started Worthless. Undertaking is up next due to library due dates and I‘m not sure what my next audio will be.

📸: Brown bear, Mi-kal, at Indianapolis Zoo.

Cinfhen Fantastic week and awesome photo 🐻 I just finished the Larson… I‘ll be curious to hear your thoughts 😁 5mo
AkashaVampie What is poison study? I love the cover. 5mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thanks all around! 🌸 5mo
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Bookzombie @AkashaVampie It‘s YA fantasy. First in a trilogy, although I think the world expanded into a series. Yelena, is due to be executed for murder, but is given a choice between the noose or becoming the Commander‘s food taster. There is magic and intrigue. I really enjoyed it. 5mo
AkashaVampie @Bookzombie that sounds fun. Will definitely try to find it. Thanks hun 5mo
Reggie I hope you like TMIW! I still think about that one and Manhunt a year and 1/2 later. 5mo
Bookzombie @Reggie I did! I feel like I‘m still processing. I still need to read Manhunt. 4mo
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My #Bookspin and #Doublespin for May. I have the SGJ on my Kindle, but I checked it out from the library since I always seem to prioritize library books. 🤷🏼‍♀️

SamAnne Love love love The Only Good Indian! 5mo
Bookzombie @SamAnne Yay! I usually love SGJ but have just drug my feet on picking it up. 5mo
Megabooks I‘m really starting to enjoy SGJ, but I haven‘t read that one. 5mo
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Enjoy!!! 5mo
Reggie Lolol that title made me laugh. I‘m interested to see what you think about it. 5mo
Bookzombie @Megabooks I hope you are doing better. 💗 5mo
Bookzombie @Reggie I think the title is why I bought it. Lol. I finished and it was a pick, but I‘m still thinking about what to say about it. 5mo
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April #wrapup #BookspinBingo

I didn‘t strategically try to fill out my categories in April so even though I read quite a bit I didn‘t get a bingo. Lol.

*I didn‘t complete The Brass Queen so please pretend it‘s not written in #18. 😁

15 Total
Short Story - 1
Audiobook - 5
Children‘s book - 3
YA - 1
Adult - 5

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 5mo
Reggie How cute! I love your printout. 5mo
Bookzombie @Reggie Thanks! I didn‘t create the printout, but I added the color, the bunny, and the flower. 5mo
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City of Savages | Lee Kelly
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Read in April.

This is set in a dystopian future after WWIII, Manhattan is a POW camp. Sky and Phee, sisters, have only known this world. They winter at The Park ruled by Rolladin and her warlords. A group of Englishmen arrive on the island and the sisters learn that the war has been over for some time. After an incident, they and their mother escape with the men. On the run, can they escape the island and it‘s many dangers? ⬇️

Bookzombie Not my favorite dystopian, but still a pick. This was also my #Bookspin for April. 5mo
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The Dead Romantics | Ashley Poston
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@peanutnine Thank you for suggesting this book! I loved it so much. I don‘t know when I started crying but it continued on and off through the end. All of it just seem to hit perfectly for me. Florence and Benji‘s chemistry, the family, the funeral home, and the grief. #12Challenge

**Yes, I‘m still wearing my Christmas PJ pants even though I finished this on April 29. 🤷🏼‍♀️

peanutnine I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I thought it was the perfect combination of sad and hopeful ☺️ 5mo
Bookzombie @peanutnine It was! ☺️ 5mo
Reggie Girl, we‘ve just begun to take down our Xmas tree this week! Lol 5mo
Bookzombie @Reggie Lol. 🎄 5mo
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Five Survive | Holly Jackson
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This is my first experience with Jackson, even though I have a A Good Girl‘s guide on my TBR. Early on I would have said I was not enjoying it, but at some point I became invested in the characters and what was happening. I had what I would consider the big reveal figured out, but was still surprised by some of it. I do want to rant about a particular character but I feel that is a bit of a spoiler.

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At First Light | Barbara Nickless
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Book 1 in the Dr. Evan Wilding series. I read several reviews that thought this was too detailed and sort of a Dan Brown-like serial killer thriller, but it worked for me. I loved all of the info on runes, Vikings, and bog bodies. (Bog bodies are so interesting!) I thought I had the killer figured out and I was wrong. The second book is on my sooner rather later TBR. #SeriesLove2023

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The Island | Natasha Preston
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Fingers crossed my hold for the tagged comes in for #TitlesandTunes in May. For my song choice I had to go with Jimmy Buffett‘s Island. The book and song are in no way related. 😄

https://open.spotify.com/track/30EnCVSpZPb3fPbBqVutgz?si=bqlu0mW_RMWDAhRd_30Z7Q

Bklover That‘s the book I picked too!! 5mo
Cinfhen My book and song aren‘t related either but they both give me #IslandVibes 😎 I hope your hold comes in 🤞🏼and yay for going with Jimmy B🏝️ 5mo
Cinfhen This sounds like a #ReggieBook @Reggie 5mo
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Bookzombie @Bklover I hope we both like it! I‘m probably going to listen to it. 🙂 5mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen Thanks, I feel pretty sure it will. Lol. 5mo
Bookzombie @Cinfhen It might be a @Reggie book. 🙂 I‘m not sure it will have as much horror as I want. 😄 5mo
BarbaraBB That book sounds awesome! And the song is spot on 😉 5mo
Bookzombie @BarbaraBB Thanks! 🙂 5mo
Reggie I had never heard that song before. Very man looking out on his life. Also, have you read any of Jimmy Buffet‘s books. I read 2 of them and I can‘t remember anything about them other than I enjoyed them. 5mo
Bookzombie @Reggie It‘s not one of his popular songs. I haven‘t read any books by Buffett. Now I‘m curious. 5mo
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