Sunday, October 15, 2023
Fiction Taking Place During Covid. - Well It Is in the Horror Genre
The Sunday Post, Finally Fully Staffed
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Wednesday Check In! Less than 3 weeks til Halloween!
Saturday, October 7, 2023
The Sunday Post, Fall is here for real!
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This week I started working on a passion project, I just finished week one of said project and I am very happy to say I'm on track. I don't want to say more because I don't want to jink anything. More details to come by Thanksgiving.
This weekend, the temperatures are finally feeling like sweater weather, in fact, today for the first time since early April, I'm wearing a sweater! I got it back in August for my birthday from Stitch Fix and have been waiting patiently to wear it.
I like that it has color blocking and button detail on the sides- and it's all the fall colors!
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
House of Vampires and Exciting News for Me (Hopefully)
Monday, October 2, 2023
Beth's Absolution and a How Do You Feel About Question to Start the Week
I picked up the Kindle version of this book and read it over about three days. It's a fast-paced read of less than 250 pages, which is nice for when you want a book you can read in a day or a weekend. This isn't the first book in the series, but it works well as a stand-alone, and you can go back and read more if you like the people and town in this one.
For those of you who enjoy Motorcycle Club books, this book has that. It's a romantic suspense, so it's pretty non-stop. The male main character is Doug, and I have to say I don't recall reading a book with a male main character named Doug! I appreciated that in this book our leads communicate well and there isn't a bunch of drama created because of miscommunication.
Four Stars from me. Motorcycle Club books aren't my thing so this book was a stretch read for me, if you love MC books, add it to your TBR for sure!
CW- discussion of drug overdoses
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When you are reading romance or mysteries do you like books that have a hint of magic in them?
Sunday, October 1, 2023
Spooky Season is Officially Here- #TheSundayPost!
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Boy did September fly by, and here we are October! Such a fun month and really hasn't it become the unofficial start of the holiday season? In just a few weeks Hallmark will begin the Countdown to Christmas with loads of new Christmas movies! But back to Spooky Season, I love seasonal reading so this time of year I'm usually found reading witchy cozy mysteries or fun paranormal romance. Speaking of Hallmark and Cozy Mysteries, did you see that the book Murder in G Major is now a movie? I have not seen the movie yet, because I havne't restarted my subscription to frndy TV; but I'll be restarting that in a couple of weeks.
I made my Harvest Moon Soup Friday and it turned out well, I couldn't find fresh sage for the soup, so I substituted thyme for the sage and it was delicious. Do you have a favorite herb? Thyme is mine, especially in the fall and winter, it's perfect with any root vegetables.
Happy October, do you have any season fun planned for this month?
Books I'm currently reading:
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Slight Hiccup, "Murder Most Fowl" by Donna Andrews
Murder Most Fowl by Donna Andrews is the 29th book in her long-running cozy mystery series. Isn't that amazing? The Meg Laslow Mystery series is one I enjoy popping in and out of as the mood strikes. I picked it up to listen to because I was looking for books with witchy and/or Halloween vibes and this book delivered.
If you like Shakespeare and cozy mysteries, you really have to read this book because so much of it revolves around an ill-fated production of Macbeth. In this series, it can take so long before someone is murdered that you might think this is the book where she doesn't have a murder--and just when you've given up on the Murder part of Murder Mystery, Donna will knock someone off.
The cast of characters in this series is very eclectic and I am sure that is part of what makes the series so popular. This book is a solid 4 stars. Give it a try!
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Finders Keepers and the Harvest Moon
Sunday, September 24, 2023
It's Good, But Why is this Book So LONG- A Court of Mist and Fury
After listening to A Court of Thorns and Roses, I was in no hurry to continue the series because I didn't like Feyre and Tamlin as a couple. I didn't like Tamlin and Feyre was so boring with him. She goes from being a warrior to a princess flouncing around in gowns and painting.
But a podcast I listen to sang the praises of this book, so I said, fine I'll give this a shot. And yes, much better. HOWEVER, the book is ridiculously long and too repetitive, and so I rated it a 3. It's good but if it was 200 pages shorter, it would have been fantastic. Why are the books in this series so long, I'm listening at 2x speed and it's still taking forever--and the ending isn't the ending it's the end til the next book starts, so shorten it up!
Have you read this series? Did you think this book could have been edited down?
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We are still enjoying amazing September weather in Chicagoland, temps are in the 70s (low 20s Celcius) during the day and 50s (mid teens celsius) at night. Just the best. For my birthday I got myself a Stich Fix and it included two cute sweaters and it hasn't been cool enough to wear them, but I figure we only have a couple of weeks --at the most before it will truly be sweater weather.