This October #BookSpinBingo board is flexible to every Readathon out there👻🎃I‘m a mood reader, I can choose whatever I will like to read next 😜

🧡🖤🍂🍁🧙🏼‍♀️🍁🍂🖤🧡

@TheAromaOfBooks

The last 129 pages were during yesterday during #20in4 #Readathon Last book for September 2022. I don‘t know how to describe this book. I liked chunk, parts of it. The story involve many characters and events but sometimes I was confused who what saying what. But there were parts so interesting about the era and this woman surroundings. I like this edition. 3⭐️
#BookSpinNingi @TheAromaOfBooks

Last 161 pages were read yesterday during #20in4 #Readathon @Andrew65
I wanted to like this book more but it didn‘t work for me. The romance was cute but it was an adult romance but with characters behaving almost like YA. It was long and repetitive for me with an rush expected ending. 🤷🏽‍♀️3⭐️
#LittensLoveRomance @Staycurious
September 2022 @BookSpinBingo @TheAtomaOfBooks

October Watch List: I don‘t watch too much tv but these are some movies I will watch:
1.Interview with a Vampire
2.The Others-I watch this one every year😳
3.Meet Joe Black-Not scary but I loved that encounter with death 4.Hocus Pocus
5.The woman in Black

Let me know if you have any haunting house/ghosts movie recommendations.
#Scarathlon2022 Early Bird points
20 points (plus 20 early tbr=40 points total)
@Staycurious

This is part of my #Scarathlon #TeamMonsterMash tbr
Some books are for specific readathons. I‘m trying to follow @Staycurious bingo board. Maybe I change the board prompts that I assigned to these books shown here because I‘m still waiting for some books that I don‘t know in which prompt they fix better. Excited for this activity. I am going to try to read as much as possible🤗

Showing tbr before October 1st - 20 points

I posted too late this announcement. I won‘t get points but even though you can‘t sign it, maybe you can participate just for fun 👻

@Staycurious

6th and last book read during #SuperSeptember Readathon. I only read 147 pages within this time frame. Mixed feeling here. There were parts I really liked, like the integration of classic Greek mythology to describe characters and actions. There is something in the tone of this author writing style that I really like. Also, the mystery was good, interesting. But who did it and why, well, that was a little bit disappointed. 3.5/3.75⭐️⬇️

5th book read during #SuperSeptember @Andrew65 I struggle a little bit with this one in the first chapters, but it was my fault because I‘m reading it out of order. So I needed to look in Google who was who, but after that, it was a quick and fun reading. I was like watching a movie. Few good characters died😢I want to know what is going to happen next. But why they didn‘t follow the force instinct?🤔3.8⭐️

4th book read during #SuperSeptember Readathon @Andrew65 An unpopular opinion. This dark academia book is hated by most reader but I really enjoyed it. This is a boarding school for elite girls. Maybe is unreal, unbelievable and even absurd the dynamic in this school but I love the integration of Classical Greek mythology to create introspection and make changes in these girls. I read it as almost a dystopian world. 4⭐️It has low rating in GR 3⭐️

3rd book read during #SuperSeptember Readathon @Andrew65
I liked this one but not loved it. I liked the mystery, how it was developed and some parts of the end. I was not connected in that relationship between Hannah and Will. Sometimes I couldn‘t stand Hannah and her irresponsible decisions during her pregnancy. Maybe who did it was for me an old cliché used in thrillers. But I like this author writing style. I enjoyed the audiobook. 3.7/3.8⭐️

2nd book completed during #SuperSeptember Readathon @Andrew65 This is the 3rd book in this trilogy. First book I hated that main character but the author was amazing in giving us a chance to know her better. Book 2 was fantastic and the conclusion was sad but didn‘t disappoint me. But it was so sad😢I really liked this world and it has many similarities with Bone Witch is some characters magic system and some actions, too similar😳4⭐️

1st book completed (337 pages) during #SuperSeptember Readathon @Andrew65
This is book 3 in this trilogy. I liked the necromancy world and the characters but the whole trilogy is so sad even the end☹️The tone in the 3 books is so gloomy, somber, dark, sad. I enjoyed reading the books with the audiobooks and those covers are beautiful😍3.8 ⭐️ I will say for the whole trilogy.

To our Litsy friends who live in Florida or have family and friends in that state, we are sending you positive thinking during this weather situation with Hurricane Ian. Stay safe and take care. A big hug to all of you who have suffered the impact of this hurricane and Hurricane Fiona❤️🙌❤️❤️❤️

Thank you so much @Catsandbooks for this lovely #FFFS surprise I love the books and that jar is just uniquely, Lovely😱The candle smells so good I like the name so it will take time to use it☺️Not the same with the chocolate🍫😋and coffee beverage🧋The card is beautiful, you painted it and the bookmarks😍I always keep the swap cards in one of the books I received from that swap. It is like a souvenir. Thank you again!🥰📚🍫🧋🕯 @Avanders

I‘m reading my first book for #SuperSeptember Readathon 2022 @Andrew65

I don‘t know how much I‘m going to read during the weekend. We are in the middle of a Tropical Storm with a hurricane warning. Her name is Fiona. We expect a lot of rain more that 10 inches in some parts of the island, well we are an archipelago. So, let‘s see what happens. We will start to feel the first effects today late in the night.

I didn‘t know what to expect of this book. I thought was more summery funny theme. But it was more intense. It has some funny parts. These persons spent few summer days at the Pendizack Manor Hotel which collapsed. Some of these guests died others survived. The book is about these guests personalities, lives during their visit. In those dialogues and self talking the author gives us a perspective of that era, with criticism in various aspects⬇️

Wow! I didn‘t expect the twist at the end.
After 10 years of graduation this group of “friends” assisted to a Duquette University reunion. In this reunion they will remember Heather who was brutally murdered. But during this reunion also secrets, betrayals will be revealed. No one is the person who they project to be. They are terrible characters. But what really happened to Heather? 😳Short, direct and intense. 4⭐️

Mix feelings with this story but definitely there are some funny scenes. It is a hate/love rom com story. I liked that there is a representation of disability and love the grandmother support but direct in her objective to helo Jada grow in her life, to be more independent. Donovan is so lovely. I think the gifts in this box were practical. I liked them🤗 ❤️ 3.4⭐️

Two beautiful editions😍
A common idea of brother and sister separated after parents were murdered. Feelings of revenge are present and hidden magic is discovered which is forbidden in that city. It is a slow reading. The action comes almost at the end of the book. But the end motivates me to know what is the purpose of this person to reappear now, why? 3⭐️

The #CBBC book that I had to read was the fifth book in this series so I decided to start with book number one. It was okay but the grandma character was so funny. My mouth was watery all the time with all those delicious recipes and types of cheese 🧀 😋I‘m intrigued enough to know what is going to happen in the next book. 3 ⭐️

I love everything that is related with books but I love funko pops, bookmarks, totes, journals, art print, decorations, stationary, book sleeves, cups, lights, socks, etc etc. 📚📚📚🙌🤗

#Littenswanttoknow Thank you @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🥰

🏝So many places to visit here in the Caribbean but also Santorini. I‘m not a great swimmer but I will love to visit places where I can enjoy the marine life. I will like also to visit no Caribbean islands.
🏝Two books: a thriller set in an island and a guide book related with the place I‘m visiting. Why only two books? Because I expect to buy more books in that place📚📚📚🙌

@TheSpineView Thank you! 🥰🏝

The #CBBC arrived yesterday @MommyofTwo thank you! That coffee smells so good. I will try it this afternoon, oh yes! ☕️

I sent my #CBBC today as well as the #FFFS box. They are expected to arrive next Monday.

@Avanders @mommamanzi

🧙🏼‍♀️Combination of blue & gree; also yellow & autumn colors🍂🍁
🧙🏼‍♀️I‘m a mood season person. Any autumn spicy/leaves/sweet scents
🧙🏼‍♀️I don‘t have a favorite
🧙🏼‍♀️still learning about tarot. But in one tarot cards received in a swap, loved the Ace of Penctacles
🧙🏼‍♀️I should say my birth one but I really like love the aquamarine (blue stones/crystals)
🧙🏼‍♀️Dark chocolate with nuts
🧙🏼‍♀️Autumn season fragrances⬇️ #BasicWitchSwap

I don‘t know how to put together all the images😳🤷🏽‍♀️But I like:
🎃the colors, autumn scents, spicy sweet ones with cinnamon and apple, etc
🎃Spicy drinks like pumpkin spice latte coffee, apple cider
🎃characters: witches, vampires, wolves, ghosts, haunted houses, dark academia
🎃decorations with these characters and dark academia

#HauntedHollowSwap

I can make a potion but also drink one, depend what is the potion for😜

I usually buy the costume but I add some items personalizing it🤗

#HauntedHollowSwap

🎃Black cat ( like @hannah_leelo baby cat🖤), a wolf or an owl
🎃I don‘t have one but I love witches, vampires, haunted houses. I love the series The Others by A. Bishop and I am enjoying the Discovery of Witches
🎃Close my eyes in some gory scenes but then I think how that part was created for the movie. A defense mechanism?🤷🏽‍♀️Maybe😜
🎃I like the Hocus Pocus song “I put a spell on you” but also the Nightmare Before Christmas sound track⬇️

#HauntedHollowSwap also treat😜

This is my mood reading #BookSpinBingo board for September 2022🍁🍂📚 🛎 🕯 🍁🍂
@TheAromaOfBooks

A story about Zuhour, her relationship with Bint Aamirs. Story goes from past to present to see how Zuhour will adapt her life in Britain. During the past narrative you will see their cultural roots. The story has many beautiful passages but I was sometimes confused which character was narrating. I found loose beautiful parts without connection. Maybe a re-read will help me to understand it better. 3⭐️

2nd book in YA fantasy. I really liked this book more that the first one. We will see new characters and how and why the Rose Society is created, who will be the members of this new society. I liked these new characters. You can‘t trust anyone and everyone has a purpose to act and behave they way they do. At the beginning was a little slow but then it was pure action. I can‘t wait to read the third one. What is going to happen? I don‘t know😱

A couple drama, how Avery and Ellen marriage will be affected after a third person arrived to their lives. It is about infidelity, betrayals but also about second chances to yourself, about friends support. I love that ending, a new perspective, a new start. My first novel by this author and I loved the writing style. I was focused in the story, in the dynamic of all these characters, expecting what would be their decisions. Couldn‘t put it down.

What a funny witchy rom-com. I was expecting a cheesy romance but it was better because made lol. So funny, including those steamy scenes. Reggie doesn‘t believe in magic but she was hired to work as “an assistant” in a house where magic exists. A hate/love relationship. 3.5⭐️

August 2022 #LittensLoveRomance @Staycurious
The last 141 pages were read during #20in4 Special Readathon @Andrew65
August #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks

I liked the story, in general, and how author developed the characters. However, I expected a thriller. Sometimes it doesn‘t work for me when there are other elements or genres in the story🤷🏽‍♀️If you liked Behind Her Eyes, you will like this one. 3.5/3.8⭐️

August 2022 #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks book read last week
#LiterallyDeadBookClub

From last week #WondrousWednesday @Eggs

😺Love on the Brain
😻Passing-This one was the one that impacted me more but I enjoyed others. August was a good reading month in general
😻Prague; Paris; Berlin but I have not traveled much🤷🏽‍♀️

Thank you @Kdgordon88 and @kspenmoll for the tag 🥰❤️❤️

It describes what was happening in 1920‘s with interracial relations, society integration and genre position. After Clare ‘s father died, she moved with some relatives, and passed as a white woman hiding her childhood living in poverty in a dysfunctional home. She married for ambition with white man that “hates” black people not knowing that Clare had black heritage. Clare will reunite with an old childhood friend, Irene.⬇️

2nd book in the series. I expected more from this book but in general I liked it not loved it. DeMarco will take some leave with Jayme. He is still managing what happened in the first book (no spoiler) and is considering retirement. But during this leave, he is asked to resolved a cold case: 7 young girls were murdered one each year, only their bones were found and the apparently responsible wasn‘t incarcerated or maybe was someone else. ⬇️

Second book in this series. We are going to know more about some characters specifically about Ronan. There are some funny parts between Noah and Blue and Gansey and Blue and Maura and The Gray Man. That Calla can be so direct, no filter when she speaks😂and there are other situations regarding of what Gansey is looking for. However, an unpopular opinion, I found some repetitive parts with this character Kavinsky and the cars🙄3.5/3.8⭐️

Three women decided to share their talents in this bookshop in California. The novel is about the lives of these women: Mikki, divorced, Ashley wants to marry but it seems her boyfriend has other plans and Bree who doesn‘t believe in permanent relationships. There will be drama to resolve all these family, couple, trauma issues, with support. There are some funny parts. It was okey but I liked it in general. Mikki‘s mother made me laughed. 3⭐️⬇️

I‘m always late but this is the first book read during #AwesomeAugust Readathon @Andrew65
Mixed feelings with this novel. Alice married John without knowing him well and moved with him to Tangier, a convenient marriage for John. But Alice is not adapting well to this new life. Then a supposedly friend, uninvited, arrived to visit Alice. Something happened between Alice and Lucy when they were in college. Lucy seems obsessed with Alice⬇️

#Catsandbooks the #FFFFFFFs there are only
3 F😂 #FFFS Faffing For Fun Swap box 📦 apparently arrived during the weekend but the front guard notified me about the package today. She is not same person who works over the weekends. But is here🤗Thank you in advanced because I know I will looooove everything 🥰🍁🍂

@Avanders

Last week #Two4Tuesday

🌼I know is controversial because of the author but I could re-read Harry Potter series. Also Shadow of the Wind and most of my favorites books. Those I rate 4 and 5

🌼🌼Summery contemporary cute friendship drama

Thank you @TheSpineView

Mixed feelings. I liked the writing style and story. It started so well. But then in the middle of the story some parts were like disconnected, loose descriptions without adding depth to the story. Then, those final chapters were so good connecting the characters with the house. Are we expecting a sequel? So gothic. Olivia is in a birding school with no family. But then, one day she received a letter from an unknown uncle.⬇️

What I liked about this book was the relationship between Leena and Eileen, her grandmother. So cute. Not only both of them swap houses but also responsibilities in their communities. They will grow with these experiences, they will heal emotional scars. You will love Eileen who at age 79 she “still can open jars” as she says, is in charge of the neighborhood watch committee and who can be active in many ways. So optimistic! I loved her! 3.5/3.8⭐️

Read first days of August- Perfect to start with autumn mood which is around the corner.
Lily is the owner of a store where she sales mostly vintage clothing. This job is perfect for her since she is a witch who feels vibrations in old things and her abilities will help to resolve a death in the neighborhood and the disappearance of some children. I enjoyed it but the end was okay. But I already have the second book in this series. 3/3.5⭐️

Read first days of August-2nd book in this trilogy. Wow! Another fast read. So many twists but some were predictable but didn‘t low my motivation to continue reading the story. Kiva can be annoying in this book. Waiting to read book three but it has to be next month😩
3.8/4⭐️

Read first week of August-mixed feelings with this memoir. I liked the writing style but I don‘t know, sometimes was confused for a memoir: sometimes was written in second person, sometimes first person. Sometimes narrated in this beautiful style but then sometimes it was more informative about data and facts, which I found so interesting. I loved that metaphor to use the concept of a house to explain her life/relationships 3.5/3.8⭐️

Read first days of August-YA fantasy but so good. Not much to say because the story has many twits and that ending😱so good. Kiva has a complicated family and she is living in a world where you can go to prison for any kind of treason to the royal family. But why she was incarcerated during her childhood? Why nobody rescued her? How was her life in prison? Who are her family? Can she ever leave prison? Fast pace read. 3.8/4 ⭐️

Thank you @MommyofTwo I picked up the #CBBC yesterday late. Always excited to try these delicious coffee and candies. Yes! I loved this fake book! So pretty 😍

@Avanders your book is in route...because autumn is around the corner🍁🍂

@Mommamanzi

#Alphabetgame #LetterE

Also enjoyed: Etched in Bone, I love this series; Educated; Eleonor Oliphant is Completely Fine Love this book❤️; Emma