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MatchlessMarie

MatchlessMarie

Joined December 2016

San Antonio, TX 📍 she/her ✨ Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2DYYwQh
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An Apology for Printers | Benjamin Franklin
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‼️Littens who print as a part of their bookish activities‼️ Please send me your printer recommendations. I currently have an Epson XP 4105 that is making me batty. I‘ve had it for 4 or 5 years and am about ready to set it on fire 😂 I‘m hoping Santa might send me a new one this year. 👉👈I mostly use it for my BookSpin bingo tiles. 🖨️ 🔥

AmyG Hahahaha…way too relatable. (edited) 1d
TheBookgeekFrau 😂😂😂 (wish I could help, but unfortunately 🤷🏻‍♀️) 23h
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We made it folks! Went slightly off course with this graphic novel I had to read my son who has been Turning Red obsessed lately 😍. Maybe I have 2 years left of correlated years to hours birthday challenges left in me, yet! Thanks to everyone who joined! And thanks for the birthday wishes! It really is a marvel that we get to exist at all and I‘m glad to have made it through another year. 🩷 #NFN #NonfictionNovember #36by36

Bookwormjillk Happy birthday 🎂 Thanks for hosting it was fun. 1w
DieAReader 🎉❤️‍🔥Happy Birthday! 1w
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First Wives Club | Olivia Goldsmith
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Half Price Books haul from yesterday. I‘ve been meaning to read First Wives Club for years and now she‘s mine! I also found some Bailey School Kids books. Some years ago I recollected the original series, but now I need the super specials, the Jr. series, and (not pictured) the Bailey City Monsters series too. I used to own more of these but I‘m sure they got cleaned out when I first went away to college a lifetime ago 💔 Ooh and book lights! 🤩

Susanita Happy birthday! 🎁🎂 1w
Seabreeze_Reader 🎉🥳📚 1w
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Part of Your World | Abby Jimenez
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I hope everyone enjoyed pickle day yesterday! I finished Part of Your World which I enjoyed despite the act 3 break up. My Libby hold for Reasons to Stay Alive actually ended before I got to finish it (this always happens to me because I am always reading too many books at the same time 😅) but I was able to get a print copy from my library that I will finish today. #36by36

Read4life Happy birthday!! 🧁🥳 1w
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Didn‘t make a #36by36 update yesterday, so here‘s a twofer. I finished The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows on Monday. Nick Allen would love this book. 🖊️ I am glad I read it and am actually surprised that these are not “actual” words because I have found myself relating to so many of these, some frighteningly specific to my own experience. I hope to own it at some point in print because a lot of these concepts deserve further introspection. ⬇️

MatchlessMarie This makes book 5 for #10BeforeTheEnd. I had an eye exam on Monday so I was a bit bleary eyed for a good part of the day so I ended up starting A Part of Your World on audio and am enjoying it so far. I was a little hesitant because the last Abby Jimenez I read was so upsetting 😂 I am hoping to finish it today as well as Reasons to Stay Alive. Just about 10 hours left on this challenge 💪🏻 #NFN 2w
MatchlessMarie Yesterday I didn‘t get a lot of reading done. I was working and listening to a podcast for a discussion I attended last night it was the Cultish podcast on the episode on Defecting from Bethel. As an ex evangelical it was very difficult to listen to/ revisit some of this stuff. It was pretty triggering so I could only listen to part one and about half of part 2. Talking through this BS with others with similar experiences was good for me, though. 2w
Bookwormjillk Ugh on the BS but I‘m glad there are others you can talk to 2w
MatchlessMarie @Bookwormjillk For sure! I used to consume so much content around deconstruction when I first left the church but I feel like I got theology fatigue so for a long time I‘ve just been like I don‘t want to think about this stuff anymore. But it was validating to talk with other ppl who have experienced the cult that is the evangelical church. 2w
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Yesterday was full of bowling and Mario Kart as Sundays tend to be 😄 So I didn‘t finish any books but I am halfway through The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows which I am enjoying as much as everyone who has recommended it thinks I will! I also found a Kensington edition of Pucking Wild at my library so I started Tess and Ryan‘s bonus epilogue yesterday too. 🥹 Almost to the midpoint of this challenge. #36by36

Bookwormjillk Mmmmm ice cream 2w
MatchlessMarie @Bookwormjillk I started that one this past summer but I keep getting distracted taking notes of the characters so I haven‘t finished it but I have finished several pints of Rocky Road since then 🤣 2w
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Finished the tagged book yesterday. It was kind of a cross between One Last Stop and What If It‘s Us with fairy tale references throughout. I did feel a little shameful about the potential plot twists I was cooking up in my brain that didn‘t end up happening. Afterward I felt like bad Amanda those characters would never!! 😆

Starting day 3 of #36by36 with just over 13 hours. Hoping to get to 16+ hours by the end of the day. ⬇️

MatchlessMarie I happened to have recently finished a Cinderella puzzle. Which was perfect with the numerous fairy tale references. I meant to finish it before October ended. You can't convince me that Cinderella is not a Halloween story. There is evil, magic, a pumpkin, a black cat, and dressing up. Come on. Link to puzzle progress video here. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFKTPd17/ Book 4/10 for #10BeforeTheEnd 2w
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Pumpkinheads | Rainbow Rowell
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Finished Pumpkinheads finally while waiting for my earbuds to charge. This panel cracked me up. 😅 I think I‘m going to need to find some frito pie and caramel apples today. 😋 #36by36 #ReadAway2024

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Starting Day 2 with just over 8 hours in for #36by36. The goal for today is to finish The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers and Pumpkinheads. I actually didn‘t realize a pumpkin embroidered jacket was going to be a plot point in the first book so this kind of reminds me of the #ThingsInCommon challenge that @Clwojick did last year. It‘s so fun when you find links between reads.

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Happy Friday! Finished the last 1:10:00 of the tagged book to kick off #36by36. I‘m glad I read this rec. I related to it so much. If you‘re a fellow chronic overthinker, this book will make you feel less crazy.

Going to try to even out my reading by format Print/Kindle/Audio, but we will see how it goes, as I‘m a mood reader through and through 😅 #10BeforeTheEnd #NFN #ReadAway2024

ChaoticMissAdventures ✅ over thinkers unite! I need to add this to my list! 2w
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Hey that‘s me lol 🙋🏻‍♀️🎭

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Book 2/10 for #10BeforeTheEnd
I was marked at “several months” on Libby for this hold when it surprisingly came through the other day. 🙌 I think this book is worth the hype, I really loved it. I think a lot of ppl are intimidated by the long trigger warning list for list one. But I think this book is on the same level as Butcher and Blackbird. Josh is the most cinnamon roll of Dark Romance MMCs IMO. 🥰🔪 #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024

TheSpineView Fantastic! 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures ✅ love when they come in early! 2w
DieAReader 🥳🤓Excellent! 2w
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First pick of the month! I listened to the audio but this would be a good book to own to revisit. I especially appreciated the section How to be Sane on the Internet. #NonFictionNovember #10BeforeTheEnd

ChaoticMissAdventures ✅ great job! 3w
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I hope it‘s not too late for me to jump on this #10beforetheend challenge. The Litsy algorithm was barely showing me this tag today. Here are 10 books I am hoping to finish before 2025. Great idea @ChaoticMissAdventures 🤩

ChaoticMissAdventures Never too late! Well January 2025 would be I guess! Good luck 🍀 3w
BookmarkTavern The Dictionary of Sorrows is one of my favorites! 💖 3w
MatchlessMarie @Avanders @BookmarkTavern I barely heard about it like a month ago because one of my online friends received it as a gift and posted it. Now I keep hearing great things about it 🖤 3w
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November #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks. For my DoubleSpin I had marked as a #ReadYourKindle book so I am choosing Morbidly Yours which was a pick from October and also fits this month‘s #TBRTarot prompt for a book that begins with the first letter of your middle name.

CBee Yay! 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Enjoy!! 3w
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I will be hosting an 8 day readathon leading up to my birthday. I am turning 36 so I am going to try for 36 hours by my birthday. These challenges get more challenging the older I get! Please join me! You can match my challenge, read 36 chapters instead, or set a totally different goal. Use #36by36 on your posts and tag me so I can see what you are reading. 🧁

LiseWorks I'm in and happy birthday 🎂 🥳 3w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Happy birthday 🎊🎁🎈🎉🎂 3w
AmyG Happy Birthday! I shall try to read all that I can….and think of you. 🎂 3w
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Bookwormjillk Fun! Happy birthday 🎂 3w
Seabreeze_Reader Have a fun week! 🥳🎂🎉 (Maybe I can try for 3 + 6 hours, lol.) (edited) 3w
kezzlou85 What a fun idea. I'm tempted to try for the 36 hours like you. 🎂📚 3w
ShananigansReads Yay! I was hoping this would be back this year. I‘ll be traveling durning the weekend and work will be crazy with the holiday coming so I‘m going to shoot for a conservative 360 pages. 3w
MatchlessMarie @Seabreeze_Reader lol I will have to keep that in mind if I suddenly realize I‘m in over my head 🤣👌 3w
TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Happy Birthday!! 3w
Alora Happy birthday!! 2w
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#ReadYourKindle list November.

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November #BookSpin List. I am going to attempt to read more nonfiction this month for #NonFictionNovember

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October #BookSpinBingo wrap up. 10 books read in October is not too bad, but it pains me how close I came to getting a double Bingo 🤣 Crossing my fingers for November, which is also my birthday month! I plan to host a readathon during my birthday week. I will post details soon. 🧁 📖

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 3w
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Brownie Points | Jennifer Coburn
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Final total points check in for #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew We went as this famous duo last night since I already got to be Roz. My reading slowed down after my break in happened midway through October. I was just one book away from a #BookSpinBingo but oh well better luck in November 😜 Thank You @PuddleJumper for making this happen and @Emilymdxn for being a great team captain. Also happy to clock just over 44 hours for #31by31 @Catsandbooks

PuddleJumper Amazing! 3w
Catsandbooks Awesome job! 👏🏼 🧡 3w
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Error 404 Title Not Found | Pickett's Class
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Not yet in the database…

Kayley Loring and Connor Crais y‘all!!! Billy Boston‘s book did not disappoint and I‘m so happy I got to finish it in OCTOBAH. One of my favorite takeaways is “we‘re all gonna die so don‘t be a dumbass”. Also I never thought I‘d get teary eyed over Tubthumping 🤣 This book also has a Spotify playlist I will link below. I absolutely love this series and I‘m so glad Billy got his HEA. https://tinyurl.com/yff2fkkk ⬇️

MatchlessMarie #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 Used Kindle Whispersync for this book but but used the special edition cover to fit the Pumpkin cover hunt prompt. Also love the caulking dead pun on this cover 😅 +2 more word search words. #ReadYourKindle #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31 #LongNights #ItsATrope (edited) 4w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4w
Bookwormjillk 🎉🎉🎉 4w
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DieAReader 🎉🎃❤️‍🔥 4w
TheSpineView Awesome! 4w
PuddleJumper 🧡🖤🧡 4w
Emilymdxn Amazing! 4w
Catsandbooks 👏🏼🐈‍⬛🧡 3w
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Coraline | Neil Gaiman
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Catching up. I finished Coraline on 10/25. Somehow I have never read the book or watched the movie till now. I think the movie might have been slightly creepier than the book, but I enjoyed both. Meme unintentionally also has candles which was my cover hunt prompt for this one. 🕯️ #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31 #LongNights

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4w
Bookwormjillk Ohhh those button eyes get me every time 4w
DieAReader ❤️‍🔥🎃🎉 4w
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TheSpineView Awesome! 4w
Emilymdxn I‘ll never forget having this book read to me by my primary school teacher! Maybe that was where my horror obsession began 4w
Catsandbooks 👏🏼👻🧡 3w
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I might have shamelessly ordered this book so I could justify sending my son to school as a “book character” on Halloween 😅 Fits the beast prompt for the book cover scavenger hunt but sadly didn‘t catch any of my remaining word search words. #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31 #LongNights

Bookwormjillk 🍕🍕🍕 1mo
TheSpineView 👍🌞📚 1mo
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AnnCrystal 🐢🍕🐢🍕🐢🍕🐢🍕💝. 1mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
Catsandbooks 👏🏼🐢💚 4w
Emilymdxn Amazing! It‘s really hard to get those last few word search words I‘m in the same boat 4w
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Carrie | Stephen King
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Finished Carrie today. Probably did not think my lunch through very well while listening though 😅🩸Took an unintentionally long break from #LosersClub but it was nice to read King again. I can‘t believe I‘ve never read this one till now although I did read a lot about it from On Writing. Claimed 2 more word search words and blood for the book cover scavenger hunt. #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31 ⬇️

MatchlessMarie Claiming for #witchathon since there are a lot of witch references in this one although no actual witches but I guess that could be up for debate 🤣 1mo
BarkingMadRead Yeahhhh I dunno about that lunch, it matches your book cover 🤣 1mo
Catsandbooks 😂👏🏼❤️ 1mo
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MatchlessMarie @BarkingMadRead pepperoni tomato soup with slices string cheese one of my favorite easy meals lol but it did feel a little morbid 🤣 1mo
TheSpineView Excellent! 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1mo
DieAReader 😂Oops! 🥳Great finish! 1mo
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Payback's a Witch | Lana Harper
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Sadly this one got called back to library purgatory before I finished it but it at least crosses Moon off the book cover scavenger hunt. Maybe it will come back to me before the end of the month. 🤞🌙 #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

PuddleJumper Ah that's a shame! 1mo
Emilymdxn That‘s such a shame I hate when that happens! 1mo
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Cinderhazel: The Cinderella of Halloween | Deborah Nourse Lattimore
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After finishing the Cruella puzzle, my son and I started a Cinderella one. I couldn‘t help but think about how Cinderella has so many Halloween elements in it. There is evil, magic, a pumpkin, a black cat, and dressing up. Come on! So I took to Google wondering if anyone else thought this and came across this book which is kind of a witchy retelling of Cinderella with dirt. Fits the animal cover prompt and also completes my Goodreads goal 🎉⬇️

MatchlessMarie #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo October prompt for #TBRTarot (less than 200 pages.. a lot less lol) #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31 #PSReadathon Finally a book for #Witchathon 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
TheSpineView Great job! 1mo
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Emilymdxn This sounds fantastic! 1mo
DieAReader 🥳👻Fantastic! Great job📚🥳 1mo
Catsandbooks Congrats! 🙌🏼🧡 1mo
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Night Sky book cover prompt. This book is going to be on my November TBR as well. #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

Emilymdxn Beautiful cover! 1mo
BookmarkTavern I love this book! ✨ 1mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1mo
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Monsters, Inc | Disney Enterprises, Inc
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Morgan‘s Wonderland is our Halloween tradition but this year they have extended Halloween weekends for the entire month of October so I‘m giving my Roz a trial run. I kind of want to show up to work like this since I also work in HR 🤣 #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

marleed Ohhh, Morgan‘s Wonderland😍😍😍 1mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1mo
willaful You've got the facial expression down perfectly! 1mo
MatchlessMarie @marleed Morgan and her father were actually there today and we got to say hi! Also the Roz costume was a huge hit. I think I probably would have won the costume contest if I entered but I couldn‘t do that to the kids 🤣 @willaful @dabbe 💚💚 1mo
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Pucking Sweet | Emily Rath
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Have not been very active this week. Unfortunately I‘ve been dealing with some real life spookiness.. home invasion/burglary that happened on Tuesday. Feel very fortunate that my son and I were not harmed and we only took a financial hit. Kind of puts a damper on fictional spooks dealing with real life creeps, though.

#HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween ⬇️

MatchlessMarie This book put me over my 31 hour goal for #31by31. I am just over 45 hours in now. This 20 hour audiobook was read during both #CatsandDogs and #CozyReads I am marking this book as a spice rec. Completed the Monochrome cover prompt and found 3 more words for the word search. Fits enemies to lovers / love triangle / forbidden love tropes for #ItsATrope. I enjoyed returning to the Jacksonville Rays universe for Poppy‘s story. 🩵 (edited) 1mo
Sace 😱 I‘m sorry for the financial hit but so glad you and your son weren‘t hurt. How awful! 1mo
Bookwormjillk That's terrible. I'm so sorry. 1mo
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TheAromaofBooks Oh my goodness, that is so scary!!! My grandparents were robbed a couple of years ago, during the day while they were at the grocery store, and the deputy said the robbers had probably been watching their house to learn their routines. It made it feel extra creepy. I'm glad you and your son are okay!!! 1mo
Susanita Oh my gosh! That‘s horrible! I‘m glad you‘re all safe. 1mo
Cuilin Oh no I‘m so sorry. Glad you and your son are safe. 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau Thats just horrible!! Glad you and you're son weren't hurt🙏🏼 🧡 1mo
MaureenMc How awful! So glad you‘re safe. 💗 1mo
TheSpineView That's terrible! So glad you are OK. 1mo
DieAReader ❤️‍🔥🫂Glad everyone is safe!! 1mo
PuddleJumper That's terrible! I'm glad you and your family are safe 1mo
AnnCrystal That's just terrifying 🙏💝 thank goodness your son and you are both alright 🫂💝. 1mo
Catsandbooks So sorry you're dealing with that! Glad y'all are OK! ❤️ Yay for getting over 31 hours though ☺️ 1mo
Emilymdxn Im so sorry to hear! I hope you and your son are doing okay now, sending lots of love 1mo
bthegood Glad to hear you and your son are safe 💙 (edited) 1mo
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Brownie Points | Jennifer Coburn
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Emilymdxn Incredible work well done! 1mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1mo
Seabreeze_Reader 🎃👏💀 1mo
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Hello, Cruella | Maureen Johnson
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This is the puzzle my son and I finished recently. I enjoy making puzzle progress videos so you can see the one for this puzzle here. They are pretty satisfying to watch after the work is all done. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP88jTQW3/ #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

PuddleJumper That's so cool! 1mo
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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells
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Made a quick bingo board so I could get some points for some shows. Been saving season two of CM evolution to binge this month and I did it in the past 2 days 😝 Also my son and I have been working on a cruella puzzle since the end of September. Will share that in the next post. Puzzles and #audiopuzzling are kind of my thing lately. #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

Emilymdxn I am always a fan of a quick new bingo board to get some points! 1mo
PuddleJumper Love it! 1mo
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Frindle | Andrew Clements
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Reread this one on 10/10 in anticipation of the sequel that was just published in August (The Frindle Files). Was able to find chestnut in the #HauntedShelf word search. I actually took the oath when I was a kid in 1998 so it was a very nostalgic reread for me. 🖊️ #SkeletonCrew #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31

TheSpineView Great job! 1mo
Catsandbooks 👏🏼👻🧡 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1mo
DieAReader 🤓👻🎃 1mo
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Pucking Sweet | Emily Rath
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Just started this one. I already knew this was gonna be my enemies to lovers pick (not between these two) for #ItsATrope but this scene was hilarious 🤣 #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

PuddleJumper Nice! 2mo
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Daydream: A Novel | Hannah Grace
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Finished my October #BookSpin pick this morning. Also you couldn‘t tell from looking at it but there is a Halloween party that happens in this book as well as Christmas scenes just in case anyone wants to justify this as a holiday read. 👻🎁 This has been my favorite installment of this series, but I think a lot of us were dying for a Henry book since Icebreaker. ⬇️

MatchlessMarie Found 2 more word search words, used the purple prompt for the cover scavenger hunt and the friends to lovers prompt for #ItsATrope. #BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31 #catsanddogs 2mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2mo
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TheSpineView Great job! 2mo
Bookwormjillk 🎉👻 2mo
DieAReader 🎃🥳🖤Excellent!! 2mo
Emilymdxn I love those surprise times a book suddenly works for bingo boards! 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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I got to spend some time with @the_wastrel today who recommended this book to me. It just so happens to fit the magical sparks or swirls book cover scavenger hunt prompt. I placed it on hold. If I don‘t get to it this month, I think I may attempt to participate in #NonfictionNovember next month if that‘s still a thing 😜 #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

Emilymdxn That‘s a beautiful cover! 2mo
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Orange cover for the #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew cover scavenger hunt and sadly fits the cadaver prompt for #WickedWhispers #BookSpinBingo #ReadAway2024 #Spookoween #31by31

TheSpineView 👍🧡🍊🧡🎃🧡 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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DieAReader 🥳👻Great! 2mo
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 2mo
Catsandbooks 👏🏼🧡 2mo
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The Guncle Abroad | Steven Rowley
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Finished on Wednesday. Took me a minute to grasp the Google sheets wizardry for #HauntedShelf 😝 Grabbed 17 word search words on this book alone. Counting this one as a series recommendation. I love these characters! I have really enjoyed this series and hope book 2 isn‘t the end. Also I really enjoyed Rowley‘s narration on audio and was surprised to only find he has narrated his own work. #SkeletonCrew ⬇️

TheSpineView Awesome! 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
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PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2mo
DieAReader 🥳Fantastic! 2mo
Catsandbooks 👏🏼🐦‍⬛🧡 2mo
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I have zero recollection of placing this on hold, but I guess we are reading about cholera today 😅 #hauntedshelf #skeletoncrew

LibrarianRyan Stacked! 2mo
Emilymdxn Very spooky to be surprised by a book like that eh? 2mo
PuddleJumper 🤣🤣 2mo
MatchlessMarie @Emilymdxn exactly 👻also this lessens my guilt a little at being so bad at drinking water 🤣 2mo
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Spinning a Web | Lisa Trumbauer
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Here are my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks for October. Been taking my time with Negatives so I can take music breaks for each band mentioned 🖤⚡️ #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

Emilymdxn I have daydream on my tbr im really looking forward to it! 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Enjoy!! 2mo
MatchlessMarie @Emilymdxn It‘s pretty good so far! I already spotted an icebreaker easter egg lol 2mo
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Emilymdxn Love pumpkinheads SO much! Great list 2mo
MatchlessMarie @Emilymdxn Pretty sure I started the physical copy last year but I had too many books going at once and my loan ran out before I finished it 😂 🎃 2mo
PuddleJumper 🎃🎃 2mo
CBee I also LOVED Pumpkinheads 🎃 💛🧡🖤 2mo
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October, October | Katya Balen
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Part of my October TBR. Will post my #ReadYourKindle list next. #BookSpin #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew 👻

Emilymdxn I really hope you love paybacks a witch! 2mo
PuddleJumper 💜💜 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
MatchlessMarie Also apparently I can‘t count so I just added a free space for number 5 lol 2mo
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Here‘s my Let‘s Go book rec for #SkeletonCrew #HauntedShelf. I randomly grabbed this one from my library, but I would love to own it. It is a picture book, but adults should read it too. It‘s cute and funny and I think most adults will get teary eyed toward the end. It‘s perfect. 👻🥹🖤

Luke-XVX I love this book! 2mo
PuddleJumper 👻👻 2mo
Emilymdxn Thank you for the rec I need to read this IMMEDIATELY 2mo
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Haunted: A Novel | Chuck Palahniuk
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October is nipping at our heels! There is still time (but not much) to sign up for #HauntedShelf if you have enjoyed #Scarathlon in the past this is basically that 👻 Sign up link below ⬇️

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7g2cbAys_w6B9G5HHloV6kRr1yQvXVOptseGn...

PuddleJumper It's so close! I'm excited! 2mo
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Cubs & Campfires | Dylan Drakes
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I was so excited to read this cozy and low angst MM romance with some much sought after plus size representation / appreciation. Luca is a journalist whose passion is to highlight honest stories about sexuality. This book is placed in the early 2000‘s so this kind of work is not for the mainstream. After an offhanded suggestion to write about celibacy instead, he lands the potential for a huge writing opportunity. ⬇️

MatchlessMarie The catch is that he needs to actually stay celibate for the entire summer.

He finds an isolated job working in a remote fire watch tower to stay away from temptation and focus on writing. What could possibly go wrong?

One day Luca meets Artair, an outdoorsy virtuoso of a nomad who is familiar with the area and who also plans to stick around for the summer.
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MatchlessMarie I really loved the banter between these two and especially Artair‘s penchant for puns. Oh and the spice of course. I loved how the size of these men is not used as a device to drive the plot, it just is. Lovely story and I dare you to finish this book without a marshmallow break. 2mo
gossamerchild That cover is just the best. 2mo
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willaful super cute! 2mo
MatchlessMarie Oh I forgot to mention I went back and tracked down all my unfinished #TBRTarot challenge prompts since it started in 2022 and this book fulfills the book that begins with a prologue prompt from June 2023 😄 @CBee I‘m sure there have been others but this is the one I remembered so I‘m counting this one 😉 2mo
CBee @MatchlessMarie sounds good to me! I can‘t believe we‘ve been doing it for 2 years! 2mo
MatchlessMarie @CBee That‘s right! You started in October. I‘m gonna catch up eventually 😆 2mo
CBee @MatchlessMarie time flies when you‘re reading good books 🤓😍 2mo
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Diary of a Blood Donor | Mati Unt, Ants Eert
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Completed my third 🩸 donation of the year yesterday! I usually try to time it so I can do it near Halloween as a bucket list item for spooky season stuff, but I saw they had these awesome spooky glow in the dark shirts so I got it done earlier so I can wear it in October. Please donate if you can! 🫀🫶🏻#HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

KadaGul Bless your heart 🫶. The world 🌏 needs more people 👤 like you. 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo
Jadams89 That‘s a great shirt! I give as often as I can being O- 👻💚 2mo
TieDyeDude Love it! I donated yesterday 🩸 2mo
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So I picked this book up at the library thinking how cute. And then went from that to well the silly thing is it was just published in 2022! This makes no sense! And that‘s when I realized there are kids out there that belong to entire adults that were wee babes when Pluto was reclassified and might not even know the drama 🤯 Anyways it‘s time for my ibuprofen 👵🏻

LiteraryinPA That is… disturbing. 😋 2mo
willaful Yikes!

You might like this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMoYgKO3dD4
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MatchlessMarie @willaful That was great haha 2mo
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Never Lie | Freida McFadden
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@MartinaLove Here are your picks for #TrappedInASpookyHouse. I must admit I got a little lost in the blurbs on your TBR. You have a very compelling list! Spooky reading!! May survival be ever in your favor 🪓 🎃

MartinaLove Thank you!! Can‘t wait to read them!! 2mo
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The Devil Himself was undoubtedly my most anticipated dark romance of August. After the tailspin that was the world of Devil of Dublin I was so ready to come back to Glenshire— so much so that I didn‘t think to brace myself. By the end of chapter one my heart was on the floor and I found the mantra in the back of my mind being—In BB we trust ♾️—as I moved on to chapter two and beyond.

Full review https://tinyurl.com/pc6m4azj

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A Short Stay in Hell | Steven L. Peck
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Oh look a glimmer of hope 💀

Ruthiella Not sure it‘s a good trade off! 😂 3mo
TheBookgeekFrau 🤣🤣 3mo
OrangeMooseReads Finally! 😆 3mo
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