Today is a good day to sit outside with coffee and a book on cemeteries.

Before reading this one check the content warnings. This is a historical fiction about children who are turned into soldiers.

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There were one or two stories in here that I liked. However, I am not a fan of “am I crazy is the world crazy” type books. They always make my head hurt. Cat tax- Poirot in all his relaxed glory.

A look at the Scottish witch trials with a bit of a memoir.

With a title like this I thought the book would be about ghosts not monsters. I am also not a fan of body horror having worked in hospitals broken bones and blood do nothing for me. Check the trigger warnings on this one.

This was an ok historical fiction on the early life of the wife of Caesar Augustus. #literarycrew

This was an amazing adventure to read. The story takes place during the 1920‘s so there is racism, and part of the story has the murder of several children. The murders are written with care.

This was a light sweet book, that involves family history and town legends.

The art in this book is stunning. It fits each poem perfectly.

This was a read. While I am not giving it 5 paws this will stick with me for a long while. Also Poirot said it passed inspection.

From a speech given in 1866 by Mary Ann Shadd Cary

Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
Paradise Lost

I guess I like old stories. #TLT @dabbe thank you for the tag!

This was adorable. I loved the puns, and the mystery. Thank you to @WildAlaskaBibliophile for adding this to her #AuldLangSpine list. @monalyisha

The first chapter the first two paragraphs.

Very predictable. I give it 3 paws. 🐾🐾🐾

My January #TheStorygraph wrap up.

A fun sci-fi mystery novella. Now to Hope my there are more and my library had them.

This was fun and the gods are so interesting. #roll100

I would have bailed on this if it were not so short and a book club pick. The writing style is the type that gives me a headache. At times it was like reading a list.

@dabbe #ThreeListThursday

My three favorites and ones that I still read are.
1. Beowulf
2. Canterbury Tales
3. Don Quixote

This was a spooky YA where the author did an amazing job with blending her world with real history in and about northern CA. There was one place where she was talking about railroads and I knew she had taken the Korbel tour.

My book haul for today.

The second in the series a bit more mystery, and a bit more love added.

While gory I loved the story of Sam! #AuldLangSpine @WildAlaskaBibliophile thank you adding this one to the list.

This was picked by @WildAlaskaBibliophile for one of my #AuldLangSpine books. This was just adorable! I loved how it ended, and I loved the work the character put in himself. @monalyisha

This was a DNF for me at 86 pages. I felt no connection with the character, and just had no interest in her story.

This was for the #roll100 challenge it was number 80 on my list. I am giving it a so-so as the writing style was not my favorite. However, the story was amazing.

#TLT #ThreeListThursday.
1. The Hobbit
2. The Lorax
3. Tom‘s Midnight Garden

Meh. This was published in 2016 and was written more like a text book. I was hoping it was more layman friendly, also having octopus in the title is a bit misleading. He spent more time on cuttlefish.

On a spring morning in 2009, Matthew Lawrence dropped the anchor of his small boat at a random spot in the middle of a blue ocean bay on the east coast of Australia, and jumped over the side. #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

This book would be a good companion read with Why Are you So Sensitive by Billie Lee and Gina Torino.

#LiteraryCrew #buddyread

As someone who bakes this book was great. I laughed and cried. I would like to know more about Molly. @WildAlaskaBibliophile thank you for adding this to #auldlangspine.

@PuddleJumper I did it. I joined the #Roll100 now I just have to make my list! I also joined it on #TheStorygraph.

Has anyone else signed up for any of the #TheStorygraph reading challenges? I have four that I have signed up for. The 2025 reading goal, January page‘s challenge, the genre and reads the world one.

This is for #AuldLangSpine. @WildAlaskaBibliophile here is a getting to know me. I picked up A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking from the library yesterday!

@monalyisha I thought you might want to see this too. It was fun to do.

I am so excited for #AuldLangSpine with @WildAlaskaBibliophile. She has sent me a list of 20 books to read. Out of the list I have read the tagged book, and Weyward. One of my goals this year is to get more books from the library, I am going to try to read from the bottom of the list to the top:

The list is in the comments.
Thank you to @monalyisha for hosting this!

Thank you @Christine this is all so amazing. I can‘t wait to read this book.

Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for running #jolabokaflodswap again.

Did you all see that on The StoryGraph you can now pause what you are reading! This is so cool.

This was a great gothic mystery. It is set in the 1920‘s so there is a bit of tech in the story.

The mystery in this was rather interesting and to left an opening for follow up books.

I got my #jolabokaflodswap and mailed mine off. I am so excited!

I signed up for #auldlangspine2025. This looks like a blast the sign up is on @monalyisha

I loved the short stories in here. I went in blind and found out that several of my favorite authors contributed.

I learned so much from this little book. It was amazing. At 128 pages it is well worth the read. I also added three new quotes to my quote journal from this book!

This book is just fascinating.

Just look at what Lego is releasing!

A short book, with short tales of micro aggressions and how to respond to some of them. Reading this will help understand what exactly is a micro aggression.

@JessieKB thank you so much! I love my box.
@Avanders @Chrissyreadit thank you for hosting the #FFFS #Fallingforfallswap

@Avanders @Chrissyreadit sent my #fffs #fallingforfallswap package.