#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. 🎃👻💀🧟‍♀️

#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 ⬇️

#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.

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. 🙂

#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. 🙂

#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. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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.

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

#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.

#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. 🙂

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. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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

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

#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.

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.

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

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.

#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.

#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.

#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. 🦁

#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

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. 😂

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. 🙂

#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.

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 ⬇️

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.

#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.

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.

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

#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

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.

#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.

#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

#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.

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. 🙂

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

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.

#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.

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. ⬇️

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

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

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

#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.

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. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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

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? ⬇️

@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. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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.

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

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