Watched a couple of movies for #Scarathlon #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall - classic horror and Hallmark cozy -

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Happy #Scarathlon -

#TeamWhoYaGonnaCall lets start having some fun 👻

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#Scarathlon Eve -
Thank you to @StayCurious and @clwojick and to all the team captains for taking on this event!

Good luck to all the teams!

Lets go #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall 👻 - for those of you new to this - all the events can be overwhelming - choose the ones you like and have fun!! Keep track of your own points and report them to our fearless leader @FlynnDewey (he does the heavy lifting on team points!)

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Starting my #Scarathlon reads for the #20in4 - goal is to score some points on Oct 1 and 2 for #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall 👻

Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 🍂

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#Two4Tuesday
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView -

The tagged book was my favorite September (and maybe for the year) -
Looking forward to #Scarathlon ( yay for #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall ) and all things Halloween!!

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Stick is trying to go straight after getting out of prison, but life in Miami does not give him this luxury. Lots of scams/twists/revenge/great dialogue and lines. Overall a good Leonard read.

#BookSpinBingo for September @TheAromaofBooks -

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Perfectly written story about John (early onset dementia) and Ella (cancer) who have been married over 60 years. Ella decides they need to take one last trip in their camper -cross country, on route 66, to Disneyland. It's a story that reflects on life's purpose, loss and love.
I am passing this on to the first Litsy that responds - as @BkClubCare passed it on to me (thank you - loved this book) -
#BookSpinBingo
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Looking forward to #Scarathlon and earning as many points as I can! Thanks for hosting #31by31 @catsandbooks -

#TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

@FlynnDewey @TieDyeDude @AsYouWish @ChaoticMissAdventures @MartinaLove @Lizpixie @SomedayAlmost @Fortifiedbybooks @MsRadioSilence @Airykah13
@Melismatic

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I've got the tagged book on deck to start for #Scarathlon #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall as soon as I finish my September #BookSpinBingo books -
@FlynnDewey @TheAromaofBooks

Going out today to enjoy the “start“ of fall - hiking and fishing -
Happy Autumn Equinox everyone 🍂

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My TBR list for #Scarathlon - #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall
@FlynnDewey @MartinaLove @Lizpixie @Airykah13 @SomedayAlmost @Fortifiedbybooks @MsRadioSilence @ChaoticMissAdventures @AsYouWish

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1. lunch with grandchildren - while husband preparing our grandson will read a book to us; or dinner with my husband - I enjoy meals where we eat together and share our days -
2. tagged, but any cozy mystery - they usually have more discussion about food than most books 😂

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView
#Two4Tuesday

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Rodney Williams is missing - turns up dead. Wexford investigates - overall a good story - one major issue (see spoiler below) and plot could have been written without it - not necessary for a satisfying explanation/ending.
Plan to finish 2 more books this month for #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks and then focusing on #Scarathlon #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall 👻 @FlynnDewey
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In the Australian outback, brothers Nathan and Bub meet at the border of their properties where their brother Cam is found dead. How did they get to this point (little contact with each other, and one of them dead) and what happens next. I listened to the audiobook - very good - many chapters ended with a cliff hanger - I had to keep reading, I had to know about this family and how it would turn out for them.

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My tablet is dying - decided to get an ereader instead since I only read books on my tablet - wanted one that had Libby (I use ebooks if library doesn't carry hard copy) - do not have an account with Amazon - finally settled on a Boox - so far it's good -

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*source Google ( Facebook page of family fun ice cream parlor )

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Working on this #BookSpinBingo - just realized we are 10 days into September!! Enjoying each book, loving tagged book (thank you again @BkClubCare for sending it to me)

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1. The Laugh Book - the first book I ever bought and I still have it (published in 1971 - I was 6 and had to have this book)
2. Carol Burnett Show (tv)
3. Bringing Up Baby (Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant, 1938 film)

#TLT thanks for the tag @dabbe

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Reading tagged book today (after work) - Thanks @AmandaBlaze for this #PopupThursday -

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I read a lot of books that start with “The“ - may have to be more intentional on titles OR just carry the #AlphabeticalBingo ( @Clwojick ) into next year - ok - option 2 it is 😂!

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Lucy is helping to solve a murder that Josie (her cousin) is suspected of committing. The only thing that bugged me (I almost stopped reading) was the grandmother (Gloria) who was too over the top rude/pushy and no one put a stop to it. I continued reading anyway and the rest of the characters, setting, and murder mystery were fine. Overall a good , typical, cozy mystery. (low pick)
#BookSpinBingo
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#BookSpinBingo for September - thanks for hosting @TheAromaofBooks -

Holiday weekend and planned to have no plans ! Lots of reading - hope to finish current reads and hit the library again Tuesday 🙂

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#TLT (a couple of days late) - Thanks for asking @dabbe -
1. Quint and the Shark (Jaws )
2. Jan and George Glass (Brady Bunch)
3. Carol Burnett and Tim Conway (Carol Burnett Show)

One is based on book/movie, rest are TV shows - most of the couples I love from books had been spoken for (that's what you get for playing late 😂).

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A fun read if you have read The Shining- as a group of young people try to save their town by keeping the Underlook Hotel from being destroyed by Jack Axworth, the horror king. The artwork is great. If you haven't read The Shining, the story is fine. I'm not sure how the target audience (who are too young to have read the book or seen the movie) would find this - for me it worked.
#BookSpinBingo - yay September!
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The story of Maylee's disappearance from a camping trip is told through first person, police interviews as each friend (Petra, John, Abigail and Nolan ) is questioned about the night she disappeared. The story unfolds in a unique way, with each person remembering the night slightly differently. One day read- I had to know how this turned out and I was not disappointed. Very good YA novel.

#BookSpinBingo

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My September #BookSpinBingo list. The books in red I've started reading - thank you for hosting @TheAromaofBooks -

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A good read about a rehab ranch where a horse trainer comes in to help the residents deal with some “broken“ horses. It is the story of how Gaffney learns to deal with her own vulnerabilities while helping horses (and people) deal with theirs. I am not much for memoirs, but this one was good. A low pick for me.

Putting Candles Burning back on the shelf for now (just not feeling it) -

#20in4 goals completed!!

This was a well told, good mystery. I enjoyed going from present to past, and the detectives interviews with each character to learn what happened from different perspectives. Somewhat stereotypical characters in terms of social class with values and norms that reflect the stereotype. First time reader of this author, would read more of her books.
#20in4
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Readjusting my reading goals from earlier in the month and making a realistic goal for #20in4 - finish tagged book (the other 3 books I've started most likely will be September #BookSpinBingo carry overs) -

Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 -

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Thank you @BkClubCare for sending me this book - such a nice thing to do!! I promise to pass it on when I am done with it.

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Melody realizes she has suppressed the first nine years of her life - she is Melody Ribblesdale and her life before being adopted by the Brownes is happy and sad -it took a minute for me to get hooked but once I did I couldn't put it down.
#BookSpinBingo

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Goal for this month - finish the books I've started 👍

Looking forward to #LosersClub King book - I have not read this collection of short stories.
Hilderbrand is a new author to me - I know, I know!!
Gaffney is a memoir (horse trainer).
Tabitha King is also new to me (Candles Burning) .
So it will be a fun end of month exploring new authors and works.

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Kit is hired to take care of Lenora Hope, who was accused of killing her parents and sister Virginia in 1929 but never arrested because there was not enough evidence. Lots of twists and turns about what really happened. A bit confusing at times, but overall a very good read!

2/2 on #BookSpinBingo goals for the week
Will take at least the rest of this year to finish #AlphabeticalBingo (too many T books 😂)
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#ThinkPositiveBePositive
thanks for the tag @AmandaBlaze -

This quote (and skit) always makes me smile - hope it makes you smile too @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks .

Each morning I start with meditation that affirms my positive sense of self, gratitude and purpose.

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There is a a seance and the death of Captain Trevelyan is predicted, and when Major Burnaby checks on his old friend - he is dead. The detective in this one is officially Narracott but Emily is the amateur sleuth and the one who solves the case. The reveal - who and why and how solved - seemed a bit weak - but overall a good read.

#BookSpinBingo and 1/2 goal met for the week.
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My #BookSpinBingo goal for the next week is to finish 2 of the books I've started.

The first week of August on family vacation and this week was back to school so limited reading time (by choice during vacation, by exhaustion and readjusting schedule during back to school 😂)

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#WondrousWednesday
Thank you for hosting @Eggs

Today is National Book Lovers Day - so prompt is to open a book, turn to random page and share a sentence (in case you can't see the image 🙂)

From tagged book, page 235: “It was half past three, and, with his head spinning from the effects of Mrs. Curtis's conversation, Mr. Enderby went out for a stroll.“

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So grateful for a career I enjoy - back to school today!

Getting back to my routine may help with my reading - slow start to August reading (still finishing books from July 😂)

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#BookSpinBingo thanks for hosting @TheAromaofBooks

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#ThinkPositiveBePositive @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Thanks for the tag @AmandaBlaze -

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#ThinkPositiveBePositive

Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks -

Looking forward to meeting up with some Litsy's at the Southern Festival - going the weekend of Oct. 20-22 - if you are interested in this meet up/festival ask @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and @BooksNBowls to tag you in their comments about #LitsySouthernFestival

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3 years today on Litsy . Summer of 2020 looking for a way to connect with people in a positive way on social media - and I found you. Thank you Littens 💕

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My August #BookSpinBingo . Thanks for hosting @TheAromaofBooks

Books in red I am currently reading but due to vacation coming very soon with large extended family I am confident I will be finishing them in August 😄

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It's me - this is the second time I have picked up this book. The first time I put it back on my TBR. I start strong - really enjoying it, and then lose interest.

#BookSpinBingo (sort of 🙄)

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Finished 3 books during #JubilantJuly - thanks for hosting @Andrew65

Family in town since Wednesday (until August 7th) - so pleased that I did so well. Hope to get a #BookSpinBingo by the end of the month -

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A memoir, author uses names of Amy (MC) and Zoe - it is about their relationship, from Amy's POV. I enjoyed the writing style - each part of the story is written as Amy would have perceived it at that age. I enjoyed the photography interspersed throughout the story. I did feel part of the story was hidden between the lines, just out of reach. Overall, a well written story.
Goal for #JubilantJuly is #BookSpinBingo
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Very disturbing story of Keith learning the ins and outs of being a serial killer from his Uncle Till. Well written and is a prequel to A Dark Matter (which I haven't read )- it is the “origin story“ of Keith.

#BookSpinBingo

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The story is somewhat predictable and wraps up very easily/neatly. But the story is so magical, sweet and hopeful that those things are forgiven - I loved it. I loved the characters - Eby and George, Wes, Kate and Devin, Lisette and Jack, Bulahdeen and Selma - and Billy and Lost Lake. It was like hot chocolate on a cold winters day!!

#JubilantJuly goal to get #BookSpinBingo this week -

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#JubilantJuly goals are to get the #BookSpinBingo -
Still working on the #AlphabeticalBingo (giving myself all year to get that one covered!)

Thanks everyone for hosting everything - @Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick

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I have not read the original story - but Edith's graphic adaptation is beautiful - beautiful story of Tom and Hattie, Tom traveling through time to visit her. Beautiful art work. Loved this.

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A funny tale about an angel who comes to Pine Cove to grant a child a Christmas wish. The angel messes up the wish and things get out of control. The characters we meet are all a bit quirky, kind (most of them) and funny. Overall an enjoyable read.

Be warned - no issues are treated seriously/realistically by Moore -

#BookSpinBingo -
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