I‘ve said in a previous post that I love when I find plants growing out of rocks, and it‘s just a bonus when that happens near water! I love being by the water…I find it very soothing.

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Pretty cute retelling of The Taming of the Shrew, with a good side dish of spice!

#readordonate
#bookspinbingo
#read2025

Only about the last 30-40 minutes were set at Thanksgiving, so I feel like I was mislead by the title! Tanzy runs a no-kill dog shelter on a shoestring budget, and when new guy Jake comes to town, she falls for him even though there‘s something mysterious about him.

#bookspinbingo

Fun little quiz! But IMO, it‘s a travesty that The Holiday, Christmas Vacation, and Die Hard (which is a Christmas movie and I will die on that hill) were not represented. 🤣🎄

#ttt #takethreethursday

I don‘t know why but this one was a slog for me to get through. I was never too excited to return to after putting it away. It just seemed so slow! The MMC is autistic, and I do appreciate the representation. It was handled really well!

#bookspinbingo

Just watched the new Frankenstein movie on Netflix. I‘m a huge fan of the book and this adaptation skewed pretty far from the source material. I wish it had been truer to the book! But it‘s beautifully shot, and Jacob Elordi was brilliant as the Creature.

My first completed #ispybingo board! 🥳

Cute collection of “scary” stories for kids!

#pantone2025 #fig

#pantone2025 #magicalforest

Not too bad! It was fun to exercise my brain for a few minutes! #ttt #takethreethursday

Set during Thanksgiving weekend, the whole Ryan family comes together for the first time in years. The 3 sisters all have secrets and troubles they‘re dealing with, but the present is plagued by an incident that happened 13 years ago, for the sisters and their parents. The story is told from the POV of each sister. A solid family drama!

#bookspinbingo
#tbrtarot - book with multiple POVs

Listened to this short story immediately after finishing book 2 today. It covers Millie and Enzo‘s wedding day, and someone begins stalking Millie. So addicted to this series!

#bookspinbingo

So good and twisty! Just as wild and addictive as the first book. I really like Millie…she‘s pretty badass!

#bookspinbingo

Was inspired by @TheBookHippie to make my own fall leaf collage! 🍂😉

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Cute seasonal read! 🍂

#bookspinbingo - this is my #doublespin for this month!

Happy Monday! Here‘s a long exposure #beautybreak for anyone who needs it. 🤣 Also, I love it when I find plants growing from rocks.

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Came across this Thanksgiving novella on Chirp. It sounded cute so I thought why not? Skye, a flight attendant, has been warned by several attendants to stay away from River, a handsome cocky pilot, because he‘s nothing more than a player. When a snowstorm strands them at a hotel over Thanksgiving, Skye starts to doubt the rumors about River.

#bookspinbingo - free space

My November #bookspinbingo card is all ready to go! 🍂🍂🍂

Ended up getting 4 bingos in October, so not a bad reading month!

#bookspinbingo

So excited for my #bookspin and #doublespin picks this month…I love seasonal reads!🍂

These are my November choices for
#readordonate
#fictionaltraveler
#thematiccozies

Lily, a wizard, is drawn into her witch friend Sebastian‘s plan to undo an ancient curse on an old estate, one that causes anyone who lives there misfortune and eventual death. That storyline ended with an epilogue, then a whole new story started, one in which a small town was caught in a time loop, and Lily and Sebastian have to save the town. It was just a disconnect to me and took away enjoyment from the main story.
#bookspinbingo - 3rd bingo!

I love AH and this was a cute short story about a vampire and her slayer. Perfect for this time of year!

#bookspinbingo - free space and got a bingo!

Finally got my November #bookspinbingo list finished! 🍂🍂🍂

When I bought this book I didn‘t know it was a series (this is book 2) but I wasn‘t confused or felt like I was missing something. It‘s sweet with a bit of spice, and I enjoyed it, but I‘m not chomping at the bit to read any of the others (there are 8 books total).

#bookspinbingo
#read2025

Happy Halloween to those who are celebrating! 🎃👻💀
This is this year‘s carved pumpkin!

Lucy lives in the quintessential NE town and works at her mom‘s cozy coffee shop, but has attitude about pumpkin spice lattes, which her shop doesn‘t serve. She‘s caught the attention of Jack, the new boy in town. But when Lucy finds out that Jack‘s parents own a national chain of coffee shops, the one responsible for the PSL craze, and their newest location is across the street from her coffee place, it‘s game on!

#bookspinbingo #read2025

Good afternoon! The US is a shitshow and our leader is a moron of the highest order, so here‘s a #beautybreak! It‘s the beautiful little things that cheer me up and keep me going.

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Me and hubby went on a nature walk today so I could get some pics of the changing leaves. 🍁
I‘ll have to sparse them out in terms of posting! 🤣

#beautybreak

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Not my favorite Lapena book, but it is a page turner! I wish the resolution was less ambiguous. Stephanie and Patrick are happily married with newborn twin girls. The babies are colicky and none of them are sleeping well. Enter Erica, someone from Patrick‘s past, who accuses him of killing his first wife ten years ago. Stephanie starts to doubt her husband, and doesn‘t know who to believe.

#bookspinbingo
#read2025

Tried to post this last night but I couldn‘t get on Litsy for some reason. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Thanks @dabbe for the tag! I‘m not much of a horror reader so I‘m not surprised at my score. 😂
3 faves: Frankenstein (always!), Gone Girl, Rebecca

#tlt #threelistthursday

Vi, a twenty-something who‘s been dumped and lost direction in her life, finds a sentient blob in an alley and takes it home. She then decides to mold it into the perfect man. This was weird and quirky and really boring! Vi is pretty unlikable and very uninteresting. This could have been so much more, so much hilarity could‘ve ensued, but it fell flat for me.

#tbrtarot - book by a debut author
#bookspinbingo - free space

This was a story-within-a-story situation, so between all the characters and the two stories, it was just a lot to keep up with! And I didn‘t really like the ending. I didn‘t love this one but didn‘t hate it either.

#readordonate
#bookspinbingo
#read2025

Loved it! I‘m a huge TVD fan and I loved all the behind the scenes info given by the cast, crew, and writers of the show. Highly recommend to all fellow fans!

#bookspinbingo
#read2025

This hands down is my favorite book with ghosts! 👻👻👻👻👻

#sundayfunday

The cover is gorgeous! But this was just okay for me. There‘s a lot of characters to keep up with and I never got invested in the MC.

#bookspinbingo

Was in NYC for a couple of days this week and went to the Morgan Library and Museum…a bookish #beautybreak!

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What a fun survey! Got a flashback to my childhood with the Atomic Fireballs and SweetTarts. 😂

I scored 81%, so not bad! My current 3 faves are gummy bears, Reese‘s, and Junior Mints. 😋
Was kinda surprised that conversation hearts wasn‘t on there! If you want to play, consider yourself tagged! 🏷️

Mila, a single witch feeling lonely over the holidays, brews up a love potion on Christmas Eve, that will make her fall in love with the first man she sees. Next thing she knows, she‘s being arrested for murder by Riley, a wizard police officer. They form a connection, but Mila wonders if it‘s real or if it‘s because of the love potion. A paranormal romance with a dash of cozy mystery and was so cute!

#bookspinbingo-my #bookspin for this month

I haven‘t read the whole series (I should do that!) but I love Sally and Gillian Owens. And the two aunts! The dynamic between them is so good. 🧙🏻‍♀️

#sundayfunday

Normally, I don‘t like character driven novels but I was pretty engrossed in this one! It is a good book, but Queen Meryl‘s narration put it over the top. During the pandemic, Lara‘s 3 daughters return to the family‘s cherry orchard to help with the harvest, and they beg her to tell the story of the summer she dated a famous movie star and worked as an actress.

#bookspinbingo - free space and got a bingo!
#fictionaltraveler - trees

I‘m going to say any/all of the Scream movies…Ghostface creeps me the hell out! 👻
My 16 yo loves all the movies, and I‘ve watched the newer ones with her. For a con last summer, she dressed as Ghostface, and she met Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Lillard! But I had to ask her a few times to take off the mask 🤣

#threelistthursday #tlt

Very cute! This was full of autumn goodness! 🎃🍂

#bookspinbingo

Full moon from a couple of nights ago!

#beautybreak

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So cute! Zelda, a witch with secrets, has been living a quiet life for the last decade. Peter, a vampire with amnesia, shows up at Zelda‘s door with a letter from her old friend Reggie, asking her to help Peter. Peter‘s journal full of cryptic notes is the only thing they have to possibly help regain his memory, so they hit the road and follow the clues.

#bookspinbingo

This is a fantastic audio production! And since it‘s #bannedbooksweek, it seemed like a reread would be fitting, given the current state of the US. 😡

#bookspinbingo - free space

I love this production…Dan Stevens does a great job narrating! This is one of my favorites and I like to reread it this time of year.

#bookspinbingo - free space
#bannedbooksweek

Went out today during the golden hour to get some photos…this is about 5 minutes from my house.

#beautybreak

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This is the spookiest book on my tbr for this month…I am a little scared to read it! 😂👻

#sundayfunday