#BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks for October! That moment when a buddy read is meant to be 😂 #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash #FearfulFall

I couldn‘t remember if memes/joke posts counted for points for #Scarathlon2022 other than for participation like they do for #WinterGames but I came across this and thought it was fun 👻 Here‘s mine:

When I‘m a ghost I will have to call the lord and I don‘t think they will be able to do anything for me but I‘m sure they will be fine with it 💀

#TeamMonsterMash

Some of the thoughts this MC has are eerily specific to how my brain works 🙃 #ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash #Creature

This is not what I had in mind for “Apple Treats” on my bucket list but adding apples to my monkey bread this morning was a great idea. I‘m sure I will make more apple treats as the month goes on 😛 #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash

ETA: also I made this ridiculous TikTok while baking. Enjoy lol https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRmsjD1W/

#OminousOctober #Cat #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash

September wrap-up. Came so close to a #BookSpinBingo. Completed 2 #TrappedOnAnIsland books. I didn‘t want to do a review for Dead Inside because I didn‘t want to bring more attention to it, but that book is the most fucked up shit I‘ve ever come across. I had a feeling I should have DNF‘d it 2 hours in and friends, let me tell you. Trust that feeling. That is all 😂🤢

#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Black #TeamMonsterMash #Scarathlon2022

I made a Candy Bucket list for October. I incorporated my October #BFC2022 goals here. Tried to make them sound spooky because they aren‘t that exciting 😂 To clarify on the Macabre Miles - I‘m trying to reach 5500 lifetime miles on Fitbit. I‘m at 5,434.49 right now. I surpassed my September goals and averaged 13,658 / 12K steps and 31.8/30 active zone min per day. Still behind my GR goal but #Scarathlon2022 should fix that 👻 #TeamMonsterMash

@MartinaLove Here are the books I have summoned down to your island. I may have snatched a few from your list to add to my own growing TBR 🦹🏻‍♀️ 👻 🔪 Enjoy! #trappedonanisland 🏝

Just a few from my intended Watch List for #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash I think I may be the only soul left who hasn‘t seen stranger things 😂

Still September here! But just barely 😂 Here‘s my #TeamMonsterMash and #BookSpin TBR for October. Get ready for incoming SpookClog. I‘m staying up and getting my #Scarathlon2022 Murder board ready 🦹🏻‍♀️

Heard about this banned book on BookTok. When I tell you I was in tears reading this to my son 🤣 This one gets 5 Farts from me 😎 💨💨💨💨💨

Also first book of #20in4. I am actually going to try to get 20 hours instead of making my own goals this time.

#LitsyHumor If you know you know 😆

Random but I was first drawn to this book because ATTWN is my favorite Spring Awakening song of the same title. Second #trappedonanisland book for September. I didn‘t realize it took place on an island when I put it on my list for this challenge 😆 I was following along with the Kindle version and was like nooo when that “before you go” screen popped up before the epilogue. Then I was like ok good we get an explanation. I was about to be mad 😂

Some of these are rescues from what I call library purgatory 😂 (books that never get finished because they are due before I finish them). I also found the North American edition of This Is Going to Hurt which I think I will read while I wait for Undoctored to be available here in the states. #bookhaul #libraryhaul

I‘m sure y‘all can relate 🫢 Said #libraryhaul incoming. Tagged book is a blame-it-on @LibrarianRyan 😜 check out their #booktok. Nice little series of #bannedbooks on their page.

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I kind of just have to laugh. I got excited for a second about another international release I‘ve been anticipating from one of my favorite bands today. It‘s already out in the UK if you like Indie Rock. Vistas is a great band from Edinburgh. I hear patience is a virtue 😂🎶🤪

When I tell you how much I was looking forward to starting this book today 🤡 I haven‘t seen a US publication date yet. 🥲

It was very bizarre to go back through what I have read this year and be like whoa that was *this* year? 2022 has been long but in a good way for me. It was pretty hard to narrow down, but here are some of my top picks so far:

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

#LittensWantToKnow

I may have been a little over excited about today‘s T-Mobile Tuesday freebie being a headlamp 😜📖🔦

Me today 🙈 📚📚📚 #litsyhumor

This picture is a good representation of my sleep this past week. 😂 🥱 I‘m a sucker for riffs on the princess and the pea.

Really anything can be bookish if you overthink it enough 😜 Other things I like are puzzles, stickers, pens, funkos, enamel pins, mugs, reading lights, etc. While I am intrigued by booksleeves, I‘ve never tried them before. I try my best to stalk and find things based on my victim‘s interests hehe. I‘m in my hurty 30‘s so I also love bath bombs/salts/bubbles, face masks, etc. #LittensWantToKnow

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🎃🎃 Maybe scary February should be a thing like Christmas in July 🧟‍♀️💘

🕷🕸 I‘ll just tell myself I‘m chilling with Charlotte.

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🥧 I do love cider though

👗 👠 using “make” loosely. Most of my costume ideas I can‘t find in store. But I do buy each element of the costume. Ex: this year I‘m going to be mummy pig (orange dress, black flats, 🐽)

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🐌 🍭 Slow is what I aim for anyway 😂

#hhs #hauntedhollowswap

Listening to the audio of this is a whole experience. I am grateful that this book was able to be completed for Rachel. The spirit of her words really comes through. The afterword by Nadia Bolz-Weber absolutely gutted me, though. Rachel‘s work was instrumental in giving me the courage to walk away from Evangelicalism and open myself to a different way of existing within those doubts and longings. ⬇️

1. Deep jewel tones. Especially purples/blues/greens
2. I tend to wear brighter floral or fruity fragrances but I have candles/wax tarts in everything from sweets to spicy patchouli.
3. Macbeth
4. The Fool
5. Malachite
6. All chocolate, cinnamon bears
7. Chamomile, bergamot
8. Favorite Litsy season for one 😜 but it marks the beginning of good things. It‘s a reprieve from my reverse SAD and hellish TX weather in general too. 🎃 #basicwitchswap

Here‘s my spooky season vibes collage. Most of this is stuff I found around the house. Some of which have been obtained from past swaps 👻 I was Jessica Fletcher last year for Halloween. (Mask reads: social distancing she wrote) The caption is small in the top right but it says “what better way to celebrate the first day of fall than with a blood sacrifice”. I am scheduled for another donation on Halloween this year 🧛🏻‍♀️ #hhs #hauntedhollowswap

Ari and Dante movie update! And we have a sneak peak now! So excited for this. 🥹💙 https://bit.ly/3TQWacR

When you are minding your own business and the Halloween references find you 😂 🧡🖤

1. I had a black cat but I lost him in the divorce. Love void cats tho 🐈‍⬛
2. Tagged.
3. Yell when they are doing dumb things.
4. I‘m a needs-to-makes-whole-playlist kind of person. First 2 that came to mind are Halloween from Rent and Be More Chill. But I like finding spooky szn references in songs like my last post.
5. So many but Halloween is Grinch Night is a repeat every year.

#hhs #hauntedhollowswap

I actually forgot this was my September #DoubleSpin I just felt like reading it today 😂 This audible edition is nice and creepy. Also I haven‘t done a #BookMusicPairing in a minute but this one goes nicely 🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️ you can listen here https://youtu.be/WLHiYuUnke8

My best show of restraint and not going both ways for every category 😂 But I (and I think a lot of us here) are the read the book then watch the movie variety 📖 ➡️ 🎥 #hhs #hauntedhollowswap

Finished my first #TrappedOnAnIsland book of the month. Kind of ironic that I played library purgatory tag with this one for over a year only to now listen to the whole thing in one day. I was originally drawn to this book because the similarity of the cover to the Modern edition of The Bell Jar. I really loved the ending. This book wasn‘t what I expected going in, but was a satisfying read.

Been doing more #audiopuzzling lately. My son picked out the Sleeping Beauty puzzle for the next one out of 3 Disney ones. I made a progress video for fun of the last one I finished 🌈 https://bit.ly/3wTo51W

CW: weight loss

I didn‘t make any August #BFC2022 goals but I have actually been making some progress I feel good about. I earned 2 new Fitbit badges for the first time ever and even moved my cardio fitness score 1 point. Seems small but it took 3 months to move that number. I‘m now almost in the fair category 😂 I am actually finding a lot of joy in being active again which is why I‘m glad the tagged book is my September #BookSpin. 👟👟👟 ⬇️

Time to bring this meme back 😂 I am pretty sure I have updated my shelves but I will for sure have them ready for stalking by Monday 😈🎃

Last minute September #BookSpin post so I could sneak in my #trappedonanisland books.

August Wrap Up:

I had higher hopes for this month but I ran out of steam. Best book was the tagged one. For some reason it wasn‘t on my radar when it first came out. I happened on it when I was doing #ChristmasInJuly and found ‘Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas. I love how he spins dark humor while speaking devastating truths about life at the NHS. I also finished the TV series today. So good. Also his cameo in ep 4 is great 😅 #BookSpinBingo

This useless crab was able to arrange to send these books over to your island, but not get me out of here! Welp, I suppose there is reading to do while I plot my revenge. 😅🦀 @TheAromaofBooks Your list had a lot of books I am tempted to add to my own! I enjoyed Sharp Objects a couple years back and there‘s a series to watch when you‘re done! #trappedonanisland @aperfectmjk

Signed up for #BasicWitchSwap 🔮 All these years on Litsy and I have never done this swap. I wanted to s(witch) it up this year. Excited!

Hold came in and it‘s off to a great start 👃

Finally finished the #puzzle I started for #ChristmasInJuly 🧩 Does this count as manifesting a birthday wish? ✨😅 Someone please take me ice skating in November ⛸🥹 I have 2 in progress holiday themed books from July I am going to try and finish this weekend. This past week has not been great for reading as it was my boy‘s first week of middle school. Lots of changes around the corner.

Yes baby. My body is ready. Go to @Clwojick or @StayCurious for sign up info! 🦇📚🕵🏻‍♀️

Really loving the humor in this book 😆 #AwesomeAugust

This had me howling at 4am since I couldn‘t get back to sleep and decided to #audiopuzzle 😂 #AwesomeAugust

Called it! Midori sour reference at 25 minutes 😜 I was gonna make one myself but I was missing an ingredient. So here‘s my best David Rose “I knew it” face lol This one was a soft pick for me. #AwesomeAugust

I finished Novella 2 in the Loathe to Love You STEMinist series by Ali Hazelwood yesterday. Stuck With You was kinda meh to me. Starting the third one today. How much you wanna bet there is a Midori sour reference in this one too 😂🍸 #AwesomeAugust

Been a little MIA here for the last week or so. My boy caught covid for the second time but he‘s recovered already just in time for school starting next week. Gonna try for 6 for this 9 day challenge since I was able to complete 5 for the July challenge. #AwesomeAugust

Almost forgot I had this on hold till it came through last night. Just finished this morning. Enjoyed this enemies to lovers novella. Also love Ali Hazelwood for giving us more characters on the Ace spectrum. 🥰