October #bookspin list

Okay #GrimReaders it‘s officially October here & #HauntedShelf has begun!

Here is the points system & the link to the Google drive with bingo boards, word searches, readathons & everything else:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1E4W1geiK9TvLniayV03nUER_UbQ0pNIx

@AllDebooks @bookwormjillk @Gissy @hes7 @JenReadsAlot @JoeMo @LadyCait84 @MatchlessMarie @OutsmartYourShelf @PaperbackPirate @peanutnine @skygoddess1 @TheDaysGoBy @zezeki

#HauntedShelf #GrimReaders

Book Scavenger Hunt!
Find books that match the prompts. They can be from your own collection, from a book shop or library, or from your e-book archive

They are open to interpretation. For example ‘Orange‘ could mean an orange cover, the word orange, or the fruit orange.

15pts per cover found with a maximum of 465pts to earn. Post throughout October.

#HauntedShelf #GrimReaders Book Chain!
Teams create a chain or list of books where each book has something in common with the book before it, e.g.:
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice – Dracula by Bram Stoker (Has a vampire character) - The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells (Published 1897 same year as Dracula) – The Witch King by Martha Wells (Surname is Wells)

Post each book as a new comment to the game post. 10pts per book. Infinite points

5 emphatic stars for Adam Bede!

#readingbracket2025
#bookbracket
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I‘ve been forgetting to note when I finish a book that qualifies for #chunksterchallenge2025. Here are all the books I‘ve read this year that top 500 pages. 3 “bitsy” chunksters but one fully qualifying chunkster. The Shadow Rising is my #allergictochunksters pick that‘s been sitting waiting for me for more than a year. It was so good, though! Looking forward to starting book 5 …

My #trappedinaspookyhouse holds came in at the library! [Not pictured: Reaper Man, on Kindle]

My #hauntedshelf is ready! #GrimReaders

Today‘s #turnthepage #readathon progress - finished part 1 of Big Dark Sky. It‘s gripping!

#beautybreak

My anniversary rose (Dec 2024)

#TurnThePage starts tomorrow hosted by @Bookwormjillk Here are the books I‘m still hoping to finish this week: my #bookspin and #doublespin from September, my bookspin from MAY, and Kindle book. Sure, no problem, what?

What are you reading?

Michelle! You have totally spoiled me!! I am super excited about both of these books - thank you! I laughed so hard at the “well-read herring“ that my husband came over to see what was so funny. The coffee, cocoa, and cookies look delicious and I am definitely going to try the biscotti recipe. And I‘m smitten with all of these totes/pouches - absolutely gorgeous! And the sticker is *chef‘s kiss*. And I‘ve been needing some more book flags! 🤩😍

Finally!! Today‘s the day! Thank you @CrowCAH for the lovely note, and for the tea and bookmark! I love citrus tea and I can‘t wait to sit back with a cup and enjoy the season. #autumncomfortswap

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Happy Friday, #GrimReaders! We still have a while until the #HauntedShelf starts, but I wanted to share my Team Lead Picks so you can start planning your October reading. Of course I chose books where Death is a character!

You‘ll get 15 bonus points for reading any of these, on top of whatever other points they count for.

Hey #GrimReaders! I know some of you have already done this, but for those who haven‘t - here is how to get some points before #HauntedShelf officially starts on October 1st.
25pts for sharing your October TBR
25pts for posting a book recommendation for Fall/Halloween
10pts for sharing the sign-up link
Please remember to tag me. You are responsible for keeping track of your own points, but I love seeing your posts 💀🪦
@PuddleJumper

Walking down a lonely road, @PuddleJumper spies a gorgeous old house set back from the road and you decide to take a closer look. The first thing you notice as you amble up the walk is that There‘s Something Wrong With The Cats. From time to time you catch a faint but horrible sound, like When Devils Sing. You begin to suspect A Darker Shade of Magic may be at work here, but you continue inside. Hmm… smells like someone is Brewing Up Bedlam.

Hello and welcome to team #GrimReaders for #HauntedShelf !

I'm Carrie, your team lead for this adventure, here to answer questions, post information and challenges, and cheer you on!

I'll tag all team members in every team-related post, but because notifications can be funny, it‘s good if you follow me at least while the event is running.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's haunted reads!

Decided I had to commit to a book for August … I‘m going with John Green purely because I enjoyed it more than I expected to.

The ghosts of my still-unread Bookspin picks are haunting my shelf … ooooOOOoooo … let‘s see if we can exorcise them during this year‘s #hauntedshelf event!

#HauntedShelf is back for another year!

This October reading challenge will let you earn points for books read, hours spent reading, and readathons!

Join me! Sign up: https://forms.gle/wmcY27wyx6awp3EfA

#September #bookspin #doublespin selections, queued up and ready to go!

#august #bookreport

All good books this month. No one stood out as a clear favorite, though.

Coming up next month - Adam Bede already a strong contender for September. It‘s so good!

My #bookspin roster for September. Spin away!

The two books I‘m reading this weekend. Tonight it‘s the Wheel of Time. #summersend #summersendreadathon

Both #autumncomfortswap boxes expected to arrive on Tuesday

Sorry for the delay!

@CrowCAH your #autumncomfortswap gift arrived today! 🍂 Thank you so much! 😍
Putting it in a safe place until Sept 22 😇

A tight race this month between Real Americans (fiction) by Rachel Khong and The Ghost Map (nonfiction) by Steven Johnson.

Happy to have pulled two relatively short books for my #bookspin this month, considering that I‘m a few months behind on my previous selections … maybe this will be the month I get caught up! Or at least don‘t fall further behind.

#July

❤️: The Ghost Map; Real Americans

👍: Free; Scandalize My Name; The Shadow Rising

😒: The Quarry Girls

Hackeneyed. Dull. Repetitious. I made it to 50% before I couldn‘t take anymore and flipped to the end to see who the bad guys were.

This should have been right up my alley — the 70s, middle America, a possible serial killer, a town full of secrets, loads of suspense — but it just wasn‘t hitting. Partly I think it was the pacing; the suspense was too contrived, it felt forced rather than intriguing.

#bookspin #august

Oh, yuck. #spotify #audio #audiobooks #robotoverlords

Wow!!!! What a fun surprise 😁😁😁 My #autumncomfortswap parcel has arrived already!!!

Thank you @Meshell1313 I will put it in a safe place so I‘m not too tempted to open it before opening day 👀

Hey my #autumncomfortswap people! I‘m having a time trying to shop for my swap partners. How about a “This or That” to help a gal out?

Repost with your preferences! And don‘t forget to share where we can find your wish list of books you don‘t yet own 😄

@Bookwormjillk @BookwormAHN @CSeydel @Gissy @maich @pyjamaviking @Meshell1313 @KadaGul @kspenmoll @ShelleyBooksie @CrowCAH @catiewithac @TheDaysGoBy @Daisey

Hope to get to all of these next month, plus catch up on a few I‘ve missed in previous months

#bookspin

Finally jumped on the Murderbot bandwagon. Enjoying all my current reads although I‘m progressing slowly

Just one week left to sign up for #autumncomfortswap #litsyevents

Go forth, choose your own adventure, bring some comfort to someone near or far! Gently used books and homemade items. I signed up—who‘s with me?

Open internationally. Hosted by @thebacklistbook
Sign ups close June 30.
https://forms.gle/ZYqsJ7MAtbVd9MVh8

May wrap up!

👍🏻:
The Wedding People
My Friends
Olive Kitteridge
Birds, Beasts and Relatives
Greta & Valdin
Tom Lake
The Stardust Grail

👎🏻:
The Lost Apothecary
All Fours

Way behind on reviews, but I did decide to make a June BINGO card 😂

My June #bookspin picks! I‘ve had the Horowitz on my shelf for, oh, 20, 25 years now. I was quite the little college Republican. I suppose it may seem dated now, but I‘ll give it a try - if I can‘t get into it, then I‘ll make myself let it go. And Horowitz just passed away this year, so it‘s as good a time as any to revisit his writing.

Bag of Bones was my gift in a Halloween swap a couple of years ago and I‘ve somehow not yet read it. Let‘s go!

For my #hyggehour tonight I‘m cozying up with my bluebonnet mug, a murder mystery, and a slice of divine sourdough from Long Beach Bread Lab 🍞☕️📚

It really was a tough call this month between Fredrik Backman‘s MY FRIENDS and Alison Espach‘s THE WEDDING PEOPLE. I went with WP basically because it was the first book I‘ve read by this author, whereas I‘ve read several Backmans so I sort of knew what to expect.

#bookbracket #ReadingBracket
#ReadingBracket2025

The books I have lined up for #jumpstartsummer holiday weekend

What do you do when you have more books piled up than you can possibly read in a month, and suddenly your library acquires the new Fredrik Backman book and you‘re the first in line for it? I think you all know the answer to that.

#5JoysFriday

This week:
1. My amazing gift box from @Meshell1313
2. Bimonthly book club met last night; fun to catch up with those friends
3. My cactus is blooming!
4. Fun snack from TJs 😋🔥
5. Board game group meets tomorrow

My #100kpages giveaway prize arrived today — @Meshell1313 this is too much!! Thank you, I love everything. The journal is perfect! I was just thinking I wanted to start keeping a physical journal instead of only online, but I was just using a blank spiral notebook. This is way better! And the stickers are simply delectable! And chocolates, and Jane Austen mints - I feel so spoiled! I can‘t wait to read the book, I‘ve heard it‘s terrific!

Had to wait to post this until after our book club meeting tonight so I could include the July book. But here are my #14books14weeks

I had a lot of issues with this book but as you can see I also marked a LOT of sentences/passages for future reference. I ran out of book darts and had to start using Post-it flags! I‘m still not completely sure this wasn‘t satire - the MC was so comically pretentious and self-absorbed that I think she may have been intended as a sly parody of a certain type of artsy hipster grappling with middle age. In that light it almost worked.
#shelfsweeper

#whereareyoumonday

Still in Monrovia with the sociopath narrator of this tedious nonsense