so-soI liked this more in its second half, even though at times I wanted to throttle the narrator. 😂 Thanks for the read, @Julie548 ! @TheReadingMermaid I‘m sending this off to you on Saturday! @WriterAtHeart #womenreading #lmpbc
Trying this series out for @TheReadingMermaid ‘s book club. 🤛🏻
Pumpkin Pie wood wick candle burning and Sipping some Honey Tumeric Chai and trying to plow forward in the tagged book so I can send to @TheReadingMermaid next weekend. #womenreading @WriterAtHeart @Julie548
so-soIf you‘re already a fan, this is a cute quick read but it‘s more of a journal than a memoir.
If you aren‘t already a fan, you‘ll be happier watching her comedy special, ‘Baby Cobra‘.
My second fave Dahl after ‘Matilda‘...this audiobook is fab. Miranda‘s character voices are superb, esp for Grandmama.
pickI haven‘t read these since I was a child but do they all goof on Pa because it sure makes me smile. 😂
#scarathlon #TeamStoker
Non-theme
#24b4Monday
so-soThe title is misleading but a cute read for a child featuring a supportive mother for all his Halloween adventures. 🥰
#scarathlon #TeamStoker
Set on #Halloween 🎃💪🏻
#24b4Monday: 3 hrs, 30 minutes
pickHoney! Two books down and just shy of 3 hrs in to #24b4monday #scarathon edition!
Do you need to be a fan of JVN to enjoy this? Perhaps, but if you don‘t know him, watch one episode of Netflix‘s Queer Eye and try to *not* love him. He‘s the best. I had the pleasure of meeting him once 2 years ago or so not long after the show launched — the sweetest.
Pure positiva diva. 🥰🙌🏻
Let‘s go, #TeamStoker! 💪🏻 Not on theme but still fun.
so-so1 hr down in the #24b4Monday #readathon! Another to the stack complete and on theme for #TeamStoker! 💪🏻 #scarathlon
so-soA classic villain but the original was creepier. In this one, Slappy‘s just kind of annoying. Also the mental health quips don‘t age well.
#scarathlon #TeamStoker
On theme book
-No goal, just as much as I can.
-Set TBR
-Tea
-Early riser
-Pace yourself so you don‘t burn out
-More #Scarathlon reads!
-all 3!
#TeamStoker
panA classic with a good setup but subpar scare factor (in my opinion).
#scarathlon
On theme book #TeamStoker
I may regret this but trying out ‘The Haunting of Sharon Tate‘ with Hilary Duff on Prime. #scarathlon #TeamStoker
Update: less scary and more just sad/exploitative.
I had unwittingly watched the prequel/sequel first. 😂 Well, while waiting for takeout, let‘s try this one. 🤷🏻♀️
Update: the sequel was scarier, this one was just lame. 😂
#scarathlon #TeamStoker
Watching ‘Ouija: Origin of Evil‘.
Update: it was better than I expected. 🤷🏻♀️
#scarathlon #TeamStoker
pickThis was so so good. Some were (much) better than others, but that‘s usually a given. Each story was inspired mostly by a movie which was pretty neat. 🍿👻🧟♀️🎃
#scarathlon
10 pts (on theme) #TeamStoker
1. Reese‘s!
2. Anything fruity...or licorice.
3. Watching Hocus Pocus and Beetlejuce *at least* once each with the fam...basically since age 7 or 8.
4. Easily Jeannie of ‘I Dream of Jeannie‘, as it was the only costume that was mostly made by my mom.
#scarathlon #TeamStoker
Total: 341 pts
pickA solid 3.5. A+ world building that got bogged down a *bit* too much by soap opera romance...but this is YA. Points for 🏳️🌈 characters though. 🦴 🗡 🌲 🗿
#scarathlon
10 pts (on theme) #TeamStoker
Total: 316 pts
Easily my greatest costume ever. My mom outdid herself considering I was going thru a Nick At Night phase and wanted to be Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie. 😂🤷🏻♀️🙌🏻 #scarathlon #TeamStoker
Total: 306 pts
So full disclosure...this is a little more #Riverdale soap opera than I would have liked so far but the world building is so promising. Hoping the end is climactic....esp since a Book 2 is coming.
#scarathlon
1 pt #TeamStoker
Some of these are a stretch but I‘ll try for it — Hitchcock authored/directed his films....Hocus Pocus has music in it! #scarathalon #TeamStoker
Dude, this is tough! #scarathlon
#TeamStoker
pickA cute addendum if you‘re a #HarryPotter fan... #scarathon
3 pts #TeamStoker
Total: 134 pts
so-soAn admittedly weak retread of the original. HorrorLand is decidedly less creepy than the original series. But still, the bulk takes place on Halloween! #scarathlon
6 pts #TeamStoker
Total: 126 pts
pickExactly as creepy as I remember it being from childhood! 👺 #Scarathlon
6 pts for #TeamStoker (takes place on #Halloween)
Total: 120 pts
These 12 sit in my bookcase mocking me. Goal is to defeat this epic #MountTBR list before buying more. 😭 Where do I start? Have you read any?
Stay out of the light, Carol Ann — or was it stay in the light? I‘ve actually never seen the sequel. That changes now. The original terrified me when I first watched it as a kid — they used to show it on TV every Halloween. #scarathlon
2 pts #TeamStoker
Total: 109 pts
“How‘s Camp Crystal Lake?”
“Devoid of masked killers...”
#chillingphotochallenge #scarathlon #number13
1 pt #TeamStoker
Total: 105
Briefly went to the @strandbookstore and left empty handed. It was a struggle but my TBR is long enough as it is.
pickThis was really cute - and made me laugh when Papa got “scared”...by bills. #relatable
#scarathlon
2 pts #TeamStoker
Total: 104*
so-soI should have known from the turkey it‘d be more Thanksgiving but... 🤷🏻♀️😂 #scarathlon
2 pts #TeamStoker
so-soLess Halloweeny and more the Seasons of Lifey. 🤷🏻♀️🎃 #scarathlon #withapumpkinonthecover
2 pts #TeamStoker
Progress so far in the #ScaryScavengerHunt.
Getting there slowly but surely!
#scarathlon
1 pt #TeamStoker
Total: 96 pts
pickThis was a cool idea but should have been longer/more fleshed out (pun unintended).
#scarathlon
3 pts #TeamStoker
Total: 93 pts
October is a scream! 😱 #chillingphotochallenge
#scarathlon
1 pt #TeamStoker
Total: 85* (I‘m unsure of my total at this point lol)
pickI‘m usually not much for graphic novels but this was just the right amount of snarky. Definitely worth the perusal.
#scarathlon
3 pts #TeamStoker
Total: 84*
so-soThe logic in this one is out the window 😂 but it does make me want to watch Little Shop Of Horrors....
#scarathlon
3 pts #TeamStoker
Total: 63*
When I think of Grim...this has been on my TBR for awhile now....
#scarathlon #chillingphotochallenge
1 pt #TeamStoker
Total: 60* (pending points from comments, i think?)
so-soIt you look at this as a 80‘s slasher, it fits the bill but lol are these characters vapid. 😂🤷🏻♀️
Counting it for theme as the villain is definitely not human.
3 pts #TeamStoker
Total: 56
#Scarathlon #halloween
It warms my heart as someone from Upstate NY to see local food mentioned in books. Clearly Four Paths, NY is near Rochester.... 😂🍿
We shall begin now, Bram. 🧛🏻♀️
#chillingphotochallenge #scarathlon
1 pt #TeamStoker
Total: 49 points
