4.4⭐️ this one took me a really long time to get into. The first several chapters, I was bored out of my mind, and almost DNF. I am so glad I didn‘t because it was such a good book. I was honestly surprised at who the killer was. If you‘re into historical fiction, fantasy, magic and mystery… This is a book I definitely recommend. This is also my #DoubleBookSpin for Septembers #bookSpinBingo.

Woot Woot… it is almost October and I have a TBR full of creatures. From cozy mysteries straight to horror, with a little romance thrown in between. This is going to be a fun month full of witches, vampires, werewolves, and so many more. Even got a dark/epic fantasy thrown in that I‘m reading with a friend. Most anticipated book this month is Lost Gods by Brom, what‘s yours? #BookSpinBingo.

4.6⭐️ This was an amazing story with great characters and a strong FMC. The world building is good but I wouldn‘t have minded a little more detail. Speaking of extra detail, would have loved to have a little bit more information and interaction with the villain. All in all, thoroughly enjoyed. This was also my #BooksSpin for August #BookSpinBingo.

3.4⭐️ I mean it‘s good. It had some great world building and some of my favorite tropes, so there‘s that. But the character development was severely lacking. And the MFC, just wow. She was suppose to be a bad ass, but she just came out whiny and indecisive. However, the ending did ensnare me so I will be reading the next book.

4.2⭐️ somehow I ended picking 3 new series by Amanda M Lee to start this month. And honestly I‘m not mad at it, I really enjoy her writing. This is two out of three, and it was harder for me to start because I was a little bored at first. However, the more I read, the more I was invested and the more I enjoyed. If you have not read anything from Amanda, I definitely recommend.

3.9⭐️ Welcome to Spellbound. A town full of Supernatural who are trapped within its borders. In book two a werewolf is found dead shortly before she was to be married, but was it murder or suicide. I am really enjoying this series. It‘s a fun and easy read to give me a quick escape with some intrigue and a little bit of a love triangle. It‘s cute abs with the read.

With one going out, one came right on it. Received my #FallingForFallSwap today. #FFFS

Got this #FallingForFallSwap mailed out today.#FFFS

1.6⭐️Such high hopes for this book, but nope, it just wasn‘t it. I think it had potential from the idea of it, but it fell flat throughout the entire story. In fact, the only reason I‘m actually posting about it is because it is my #BookSpin for my September #BookSpinBingo. Well, you can‘t win them all, and at least I got it off my TBR 📚

4.4⭐️ Victoria Schwab has to be one of my all-time favorite authors, and she doesn‘t disappoint with this story. Gallant was dark and mysterious with rediscovering family and purpose. It‘s sad and hopeful and can give you some feels. It is a YA so it does read a little young, but all in all a great book.

I can‘t even rate this book I DNF so fast. I don‘t know if the love interest in the story is actually an adult, but the fact that this 44-year-old man thinks she‘s 16 and sleeps with her anyways is disgusting. I love Ann Rice but this is not it! This was a #FriendPickForMe read, but I‘m not about it.

5⭐️I loved it and devoured it. NA fantasy Romance with light spice and a bad ass FMC. Enemies to lovers, found family, slow burn, who touched you are just a few of the best tropes. While I would have loved further exploration into the magic system, the magic itself was amazing. This was my #doublebookspin for last months #bookspinbingo.

Here‘s my this or that for #HauntedHollowsSwap. I tend to go more towards dark fantasy or paranormal base, rather than straight horror. The tag book is one of my favorite by one of my favorite authors.

Here is my Halloween aesthetic for the #HauntedHollowSwap. I had a hard this with that and went through multiple versions because I‘m just a weird duck. I love that romantic Gothic fibe, but also really cute with a touch of spooky and comedic horror. Huge beetlejuice fan, prefer Oggie over Jack, and love classic horror. Vampires, werewolves, and witches are my jam, but don‘t like zombies, sharks, or anything really demonic.

I should‘ve known when I said, I was gonna only do one Halloween swap this year, that I was not going to be able to stick to it. Halloween and the fall are my thing and I am so happy to be part of this for swaps this year. #FallingForFallSwap #HauntedHollowsSwap #Allhallowsreadswap and #NightmareMakersSwap

3.9⭐️ i‘ve said it before and I‘ll say it again… I like Colleen Hoover. Now is this one of her better books, no. But it was super cute, super short and made me smile and that‘s a win for me.

4.6⭐️ I love Amanda Lee‘s story telling. I started reading the Witches of the Midwest series (a paranormal cozy mystery) a couple years ago, & I go back to it every year because it‘s so good. This is the second series I have picked up from her and book one is so good. Truthfully, I debated going into book two right away, but I have so many other things I want to read this month. I do plan to get at least two of them on next months list.

So I didn‘t really read much last month… In fact, I only read one book. So I decided to keep my #BookSpinBingo list exactly the same, except for changing the book I read last month with the tag title for this month. I know this is late, but I am looking forward to a good month of reading.

I‘m running a little late with this one but it‘s still technically Thursday for me. Thank you @Roary47 for the tag.

1- Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy - Pride and Prejudice
2-Diana bishop and Matthew Claremont- Discovery of Witches
3-Linus Baker and Albert Parnassus
-The House in the Cerulean Sea

4.7⭐️I only got one book read this month, but you know what, I‘m OK with that. It was a great book that I had so much fun with. Now I‘m a fan for life and even got tickets for the live show. I‘m also listening to the podcast. Definitely recommend.

So here is my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for the August 2023 round of #BookSpinBingo 😊 Nettle and Bone has been on my TBR list for quite some time, while A Promise of Fire was picked on a whim. Here‘s to a good reading month… Happy reading, everyone!

This has been on my TBR for a minute… The only reason I‘ve heard about it was because I picked up a book called The Faceless Old Women Who Secretly Lives In Your Home. However, that was book three of the trilogy so I had to back track. Anyways, I started this one today as I wait for my patience to show. This little exert in the front of the book though… Why does it sound so familiar to home? Lol.

I was thinking about one of my really good friend this morning @Roary47 who just went back in the classroom yesterday for the new year. And it reminded me how much time teachers put in, and the risk teachers take, and all the compassion teachers have for their students. So I just wanted to show some love for all the teachers out there who showed up all year long, YOU ALL ROCK!

1: The Malevolent Seven

2: It was my hometown book club read for July. However, I chose it because the magic system intrigued me, I heard a lot of great things about this author and I like the idea of the bad guys being the good guys.

OK, let‘s see if I can focus my attention a little bit more on my TBR list for the month as I present August #BookSpinBingo. I have some pretty big reads on here this month, but also some fun cozy mysteries that I‘m hoping balance things out. Still working on catching up my #FriendsPicForMe so this month I am reading Belinda and The Shadow Of What Was Lost. I do have a re-read on here because last time I sped through it, so I‘m rereading Bunny.

Not as much as I wanted to accomplish for my #BookSpinBingo but not too bad overall. I did have some great reread this month. I got one bingo this month, I completed both my #BookSpin and #DoubleBookSpin for the month. I also started catching up on my friends pick. Best book of the month was Malevolent Seven, worst book was The Between, and the books that gave me the most feels this month were BearTown and I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings.

4.3⭐️this book was recommended to me by an employee at Barnes and Nobles. While it took me 4 months to actually read it, I finally accomplished is and it was such a fun read. Definitely recommend.

3⭐️ I honestly considering not even giving a review for this book. I love Brandon Sanderson, and I think I went into the story with a specific expectation, even though he himself specifically said, it would be something completely different. I didn‘t love it and it made me sad that I didn‘t love it, I‘m hoping to re-read this book in the future with less expectations, and see if I can increase my enjoyment with it.

Running a little late with this morning, but 4.6⭐️ this is the first book I read by this author, it was my pic for my hometown book club read for July. I really enjoyed it, I have a lot of fun with the characters, the storyline, the magic system, and just the overall execution of the story. This appears to be the first book in a new series by this author that was just released this year. I‘m looking forward to book two.

This month I did a lot of rereads. I kept thinking about scenes and books and I wanted to revisit some of those worlds. Here are the six rereads I did this month. To be honest I‘ll probably do some more next month as well.

Favorite summer drinks are iced coffee and margaritas. But I tend to drink iced cold water the most.

Unless I go to the beach, I love reading on the beach, I am an inside reader. It‘s to hot here to read outside; in fact, our high today is 114 🥵

So for my birthday this year, my mom surprised me with two minutes in Barnes & Noble‘s. Truthfully, I could‘ve done a lot more damage; however, I took my time in choosing most of the books. Here‘s what I got.

4.8⭐️ for this hilarious retelling of King Lear, that‘s full of murder, espionage, witches, and heinous f@$&ery. No, there is no spice in this book; however, there is a lot of people being shagged, including a ghost. I‘ve never had so much fun with retelling, but I would expect nothing from less from Christopher Moore. #DoubleBookSpin for #BookSpinBingo.

3.9⭐️ for this super cute paranormal cozy mystery. I will be completely honest, I went in knowing a few of the details, because I accidentally started the spin off series. So it ruins a little bit of a love triangle that‘s slightly present. However, I thoroughly enjoy the book and plan to continue the series. This is also my #BooksSpin for #BookSpinBingo.

So I started reading my #BookSpin book ‘Crazy For Brew‘ and I started feeling like I was missing something. I picked this book up on a whim during the stuff, my Kindle day, and it said it was book one of the series; however, turns out it‘s book one of the spinoff series. For this reason, and this reason alone, I am switching books to prevent confusion and spoilers. I don‘t know if it still counts for #BookSpinBingo but feel it‘s for the best.

5⭐️ again, no other rating would be worthy of this book. In the next part of Maya Angelou‘s biography, we look at her life as a teenager and young adult. The struggle was real in the heartache is definitely present. This was my older sisters pic for my #FriendsPickForMe Challenge this year.

5⭐️ of course this is a five star read, how can it be anything other. This short introduction into Maya, Angelou‘s life on how she grew up, the experiences she had, and the trauma that she faced as a child. This was supposed to be a #FriendsPickForMe read from last year from my older sister, but I did not get to it. I had to make sure it was completed before I read this years pick from her.

4.2⭐️ super cute story that all takes place in letters from Santa and some of his friends. It follows one family and its children until the last child has grown. Two different authors, but reminds me a little of the Screwtape letters by CS Lewis, but you know, without the demons. It‘s short and sweet and worth a read. #ChristmasInJuly.

2.5⭐️ I‘m trying to catch up on my #FriendsPickForMe yearly challenge, so this month I‘m reading two. This one was picked by my friend Crystal, and in her defense, she did not read this book before she recommended it to me. With that being said, this is one of those stories that just didn‘t do it for me. Doesn‘t mean other people won‘t like it, it just wasn‘t really for me.

4.6⭐️ my emotions are frazzled. I almost did not finish this book, not because it wasn‘t good, but it was kind of triggering for me. My heart hurts, I guess that‘s really all I can say right now. Super good book and in my humble opinion, worth the read.

4⭐️ and a lot of spice. Look, I know this book is in for everyone. It is super weird and bizarre, and some may even call it disturbing, but it is such a good story. I did not think the story could come close to being good as the first one, but it was super unique for sequel. They were definitely parts that made me cringe. Overall, I loved it and and would read it again, but I got to get through the next two first.

This looks fun and I wanted to join in😊
1: this is a tossup between The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom and The Nurse‘s Secret by Amanda Skenandore
2: The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley
3: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
4: Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
5: The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
6: Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber (so good and helped me get out of my reading slump)
7: Mitch Albon
#MidYearBookFreakOut

Came home to this adorable book from the #listylove crew for my birthday. Thank you @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💗

So I am super excited about my #DoubleBookSpin because I love Cristopher Moore. However, I picked up my #BookSpin during the stuff your kindle day on a whim, so here‘s hoping it‘s good😊 Happy reading everyone! #BookSpinBingo

I have been in a pretty big reading slump for the last several months, barely even reading my hometown book club book. However, June seems to have been a little bit of a better month for me and with July being my birth month I wanna hit the ground running. So here is my #bookspinbingo and #ChristmasInJuly TBR for this month. Here‘s to a great month reading.

3.7⭐️ for the last two books in the trilogy. Honestly, if it wasn‘t for a Friend being super obsessed with the series and wanted me to read it with her, I would‘ve stopped after one. However, the last 20 chapters in book 3 we‘re pretty great. I would like to point out that this is a YA series and it hits great for that age range. I honestly feel that if it was in an adult perspective, it would‘ve been close to a five star read for me.

5⭐️ I was behind on posting my last two reads because I had to finish this one first. This is the first book I‘ve ever read by this author, but I‘ll tell you now, it will not be my last. It was such a well written, intriguing, heart breaking, creative piece of literature. It speaks of hope, and has the ability to restore faith. I was not looking for this book, but I think it founded me when I needed it most.

4.5⭐️ I know, there is a lot of love-hate with this author. This is only my second read from her, but I love them both. This was so heartwarming and heart wrenching at the very same time. I picked it up, and I couldn‘t put it down. It was hard to hate anybody, but I wanted to hate everybody at the beginning. The ending left me questioning the right choice made, yet, I still think it ended perfectly. If you haven‘t read it, I would give it a try.

3.9⭐️ We read this book for my hometown Book Club and overall I really enjoyed it. Dystopian‘s aren‘t my first genre pic, but I have enjoyed some really good ones throughout the years. I found this one to be creative and heartwarming; however, it was rather predictable. In fact, a quarter of the way through the story I gave a friend, my predictions. Pretty much to a tea what I thought would happen. Still good and still plan to finish the trilogy.

Anyone ever notice how many song are referenced in books? For example, the listed book just mentioned John B by The Beach Boys. I am thinking of making a playlist… Anyone have suggestions on its name?