Cold rainy day reading. I feel like I need another creature feature, forest horror.
PA and NY got snow. This will be my first winter in Virginia and I‘m missing the snow already.
I won‘t miss driving in it to work though.

#bookmail!
3 for Christmas swaps and 6 for me.
Sounds about right. 😊
#bookhaul

And with that I‘ve completed my #GoodReadsChallenge for this year.
Though I did read about 5 short stories recently so I think I still have 5 more books to read to REALLY reach my goal.

This rainy day called for a mocha and some Sager.

#bookmail!
My #aardvarkbookclub is the tagged book.
And I always like adding to my Coates collection.

I just got back from visiting PA. Just in time too since I wanted to read this one next and it was at home.

Hello everyone. Get ready for this year's #jolabokaflodswap. I think this is our 6th year!

Sign-ups will be open until Sunday, November 24th.
You can sign-up for up to three swaps.
I hope you are all as excited as I am.

Sign-up here-
https://forms.gle/sVGxyNA5aQzFfdZA7

If you have never heard of Jólabókaflóðið check out this story-
https://jolabokaflod.org/about/founding-story/

#jolabokaflodswap2024

@litsyevents

I‘m currently up in PA with the #manpanion.
This morning I had tea with a cinnamon swirl donut.
I just finished putting pork stroganoff into the crockpot for dinner.
Then I‘m cleaning the kitchen and doing laundry.
I plan on spending the evening reading, knitting, and playing backgammon with the manpanion (who does not have WiFi so no computer work or tv streaming😬).
Tag @BookwormAHN @Avanders @dabbe
#saturdaychatterday ⬇️

Some #audioknitting while working on Steven West‘s Botanic Shawl last night; with Asuka‘s “help”. She kept chewing on the grey yarn.🧶 🐈
#catsoflitsy #knittersoflitsy #charityknitting

2 insomnia driven $1.99 kindle buys this evening.😁
#kindledailydeal #kindledailydeals

Books Three/Four:
This is not a recommendation per se.
These just look like fun and they are on my Xmas wish list.

#threelistthursday

Book Two:
This is a light fluffy Christmas installment of the Vampire Knitting Club cozy series. It is #4 in the series but I think it can be read alone.
#threelistthursday

Book One:
This is a fun Christmas horror by the author of the Bernie Sanders and the Obama/Biden cozy mystery series.
I also love his Mothman Cryptid comics.
#threelistthursday

Two down and two in the works for #tenbeforetheend
I‘m thinking I might actually make it.
That would also put me on track to complete my #bookspin and #doublespin reads 100% this year; something I have never done before.😸

My November #bookspin pick is up next. I need something a bit lighter after The Silent Companions, a few episodes of the 4th season of The Boys,and yesterday‘s events.
The black blob in the bad lighting photo is Harpy, thrilled that I‘m reading another book with a cat in it. 🐈‍⬛
Unfortunately my paperwhite is dying and won‘t hold a charge for very long. 😿

Sunsets (sunrises are beautiful and peaceful but I am not a morning person)

Ghosts, Gaslighting, Both?

#two4tuesday

Tag you‘re it @Sace @Avanders

Very excited for this #netgalley #arc

I will be hosting the #jolabokaflodswap again this year if the interest is there.
I‘ll open the signups this week.

November #bookspin and #doublespin

I'm starting a little late (as usual). Here's my list for #10beforetheend
@ChaoticMissAdventures

I showed restraint for the first time this month for my #aardvarkbookclub 📦 with only one book.
What did you all get this month?

Over 5 hours of dental surgery yesterday (ouch) = A LOT of sleep and pain pills. Then laying around reading today. #weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
So, needless to say, I‘m very behind on many things. I plan on having this year‘s #jolabokaflodswap signups open in the next few days.

Extra bonus for voting early at the library.
Reward: bought a book at the library for $1.

It‘s opening day for #allhallowsreadswap!!!

In theory we should open our #ahrs24 📦 at midnight, but who am I kidding? That was never going to happen. WHO can wait?

Please post a pick of your scary books and treats.
Mine are spooktactular! 👻

I absolutely 😻 this #ahrs24 📦! You really went above and beyond @chasjjlee
Everything is more than perfect,
Did you make the book sleeve as well as the bookmark?!?! It is so pretty.
I need a new cover for my laptop for all these amazing stickers (I‘m a child and ❤️ stickers and magnets so much).
#allhallowsreadswap

Thank you @Larkken for this perfectly scary #allhallowsreadswap 🎁.
I am really looking forward to reading these two books. Thanks for adding in the sci-fi book; I‘m really getting into the genre more. The bookmarks are so cool.
😻😻😻😻😻
#ahrs24

Wow! @bookish_wookish you went above and beyond. I 😻 everything about my #hhs24 #hauntedhallowswap @bookish_wookish From the books to the book sleeve and bookmarks, to the candy and sticker, it is all stuff I love. And those socks! Tim Curry IS Pennywise. 🧑‍🍳 💋
100 🐈‍⬛ out of 10!
Thank you so much!
And thank you @wanderinglynn for hosting this great swap.

This was an action packed little serial horror novella; a quick read when I didn‘t have my book with me. Each of the six sections was around 20 - 40 pages.
At first I thought it might be part of the world of The Strain series but it wasn‘t.
It felt a little like a James Rollins novel with the action and pacing, which I enjoy.
Not perfectly written but fun.
#hauntedshelf #blackcatcrew
Part of Amazon‘s Prime Reading, so free if you have Prime.

I am only 3 behind on my #bookspin and #doublespin reads for this year. That is really good for me.
@thearomaofbooks

My #bookspin options for November.
These may change depending on the I get in my #ahrs24 and #HHS24 swap packages. 😁
@thearomaofbooks

My latest #netgalley books. I really need to start reading more of the books I got from them. 😬

I ended up picking this book because I‘m feeling a bit Victorian Gothic today. #hauntedshelf #blackcatcrew
BTW this is a beautiful cover. Aside from the creepy 👁️.

#shelfie #witchy #hookersoflitsy #hauntedshelf #blackcatcrew

I have a bit of a book hangover after So Thirsty and Clown in a Cornfield 3 before that.
I want to stay in the spooky season but I don‘t want slasher or black comedy right now.
Which of these two would you suggest?
Or go completely rogue and suggest a good spooky read.
#hauntedshelf
#blackcatcrew

Never be ashamed of what you like to read.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_qnjB5SQuR/?igsh=MXZkYjJvcHowaWdqeQ==

All wrapped (badly) and off to their new homes.
#ahrs #allhallowsreadswap
#hhs24 #hauntedhallowsswap

I received my 2nd #ahrs #allhallowsreadswap today

I may be a little obsessed with Halloween amigurumi right now.
#audiocrochet
#hauntedshelf #blackcatcrew

Up next. This one looks like fun.
#aardvarkbookclub
#buddyread
#hauntedshelf #blackcatcrew #bookscavengerhunt #blood

Received my #ahrs #AllHallowsReadSwap 📦 today

My candy corn ghostie needed a fun witch‘s hat which she wears so jauntily. 🧙 👻
#hauntedshelf #blackcatcrew
#hookersoflitsy #audiocrochet

#audiocrocheting a raven today
Looks more like an angry bird to me.
#hauntedshelf #
#hookersoflitsy

#bookhaul three for my ❤️ of 🫖 time.

#bookhaul two from #aarvarkbookclub
❤️ the bookmark!
#blackcatcrew #hauntedshelf

#bookhaul one today from a Spooky Book Fair in Falls Church, Virginia.
The cover alone of the tagged book made me buy it.
I could have bought at least 4 more but I tried to have some restraint.

Dan Steven‘s is reading Frankenstein to me as I crochet some witchy ghosties for a few swaps.
#hauntedshelf #blackcatcrew
#audiocrocheting

1. Yes!!!
2. Scary clown cult.
@TheSpineView
#two4Tuesday

@BookwormAHN @Avanders

Next up. I had fun with the first two.

This is a pick for me.
Barnes has become a must buy for me. I will wait impatiently for Cold Eternity next year.
#31x31 #hauntedshelf #bkackcatcrew

Chocolate Walk eve shopping in Lititz Pa. Plus wine and gaming with my sister. New book from Aaron‘s Books. Knitting for later.

#hauntedshelf #blackcatcrew
#bokscavengerhunt #pumpkin