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Blogtober 2022 Day 1: October TBR

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Preparing for Blogtober 2022!

Hi hello ghouls and goblins and welcome back! I’m clearly a wee bit behind on this Blogtober preparation post but better late than never, right? I’ve had a heck of a year (again) so my blog has suffered (again). But October is finally here which means the start of Blogtober! Just like in previous years, I'll be loosely following the prompts from Two Book Thieves, and I'll have some of them changed to fit myself/my blog. For those that don't know what Blogtober is, it's basically a month-long event where you make a post every day in October. Simple, right? Well, mostly simple. I’m never that great at posting daily but I give it my best shot every year. With that being said, let's get spooky! ___________________________________________________________________________

October 1st: October TBR
It's officially spooky season so let's read some spooky books! I'll be sharing my tentative TBR for the month of October.

October 2nd: Mystery Day!

October 3rd: Spooky Review #1
It's exactly what it says- a spooky review! I'll be sharing a review of a spooky book!

October 4th: Spellbound Lies Blog Tour

October 5th: Horror Film Review

October 6th: Finally Fall Book Tag

October 7th: Book Line Poetry
This idea came from Jemma at Fantastic Books where she did book poetry with specific prompts. Unfortunately, the original post (and blog) is gone, but basically, I'll be attempting to make some book-line poetry and hopefully make it spooky!

October 8th: Spooky Review #2

October 9th: The Season of the Witch
Wanna hear about some awesome witchy books? Then check out this post!

October 10th: The Horror Film Book Tag by Royal Reader

October 11th: Spooky Scary Book Tag by Clever Fox

October 12th: Spooky Book Covers

October 13th: Friday the 13th Book Tag

October 14th: Halloween Finally Ends: 44 Years of The Shape

October 15th: Monstrous Recommendations
Vampires, werewolves, witches, fae, ghosts, sea monsters, demons- this is the post for book recommendations with spooky monsters!

October 16th: Spicy Spooky Book Recommendations

October 17th: The Autumn Tag

October 18th: Spooky Review #4

October 19th: American Horror Story Tag by Susan @ Novel Lives

October 20th: Sora's Name Day!
This is the day that Sora came home so obviously I have to celebrate him! I’ll be sharing photos, videos, and some cute stories about our wonderful kiddo.

October 21st: Thriller Book Recommendations
Looking for some thriller books to read this month? Look no further! I'll be sharing some of my favorite thriller books that I definitely think you should pick up during spooky season.

October 22nd: Spooky Review #5

October 23rd: Horror Film Recommendations
I'm a huge fan of all things horror, so I'm gonna share some of my favorite horror films!

October 24th: Horror Game Recommendations
Remember the horror movie recommendations post? This is the same thing but with horror video games. Much creative. Such fun.

October 25th: Creatures of the Night Tag by Katytastic

October 26th: Spooky Review #6

October 27th: Halloween Movie Book Tag

October 28th: Nightmare Before Christmas Book Tag

October 29th: Horror Film Review

October 30th: October Reading Wrap Up
I'll be sharing what I’ve read throughout October and hopefully, it's more than one book!

October 31st: Halloween Creatures Book Tag!
It's Halloween and what better day to do a Halloween book tag! I'll be doing the one I found from Keep Reading Forward!
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And that's about it for my preparations for Blogtober 2022! I'm really excited to be participating this year and I hope that I'm able to keep up better than I usually do. If you're taking part in Blogtober, I'd love to see some of your awesome posts. Be sure to comment down below a link to your Blogtober posts so I can check them out! Also, I'll be linking every post I make this month back to this master post in case anyone wants an easy place to locate each post for the prompt in one place. Thanks for stopping by and I'll scare ya later!

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Spring Fling-O-Ween TBR!

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Hi hello and welcome to my Spring Fling-O-Ween TBR! I am so excited for this awesomely spooky readathon created by oliviareadsalatte and gabbyreads. Please be sure to go check out Olivia's announcement video here and Gabby's announcement video here if you'd like to get more information about the readathon. But here's a quick rundown: this readathon runs from the 27th of April to the 30th of April and there are 3 awesome prompts to help you get into the spooky reading mood! I can't wait to read some spooky books during this readathon and I'm here today to share the books that I want to read for the prompts. Let's get spooky!

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1. Read a book with pink or yellow on the cover

I have 2 books that could fit this prompt and I know for sure I'll be reading at least one of them, hopefully, both of them! Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky not only has pink on the cover but just has a stunning cover in general. Like, excuse me, but please take a second to admire how gorgeous it is. And then Hide by Kiersten White is the first cover that came to mind when I was thinking of a horror book with yellow on the cover! These books are ARCs that I got via NetGalley, just as a disclaimer.

Title: Lord of the Fly Fest

Author: Goldy Moldavsky

Pages: 320

Genre: YA Horror

Release Date: 30 August 2022

From Goodreads: "Rafi Francisco needs something really special to put her true-crime podcast on the map. She sets her sights on River Stone, the heartthrob musician who rose to stardom after the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend. Rafi lands herself a ticket to the exclusive Fly Fest, where River will be the headliner. But when Rafi arrives on the Caribbean island location of Fly Fest with hundreds of other influencers and (very minor) celebrities, they quickly discover that the dream trip is more of a nightmare. And it’s not just confronting beauty gurus-gone-wild and spotty WiFi. Soon, Rafi goes from fighting for an interview to fighting for her life. And, as she gets closer to River, she discovers that he might be hiding even darker secrets than she suspected."

Title: Hide

Author: Kiersten White

Pages: 256

Genre: Adult Horror/Thriller

Release Date: 24 May 2022

From Goodreads: "The challenge: spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't get caught. The prize: enough money to change everything. Even though everyone is desperate to win--to seize their dream futures or escape their haunting pasts--Mack feels sure that she can beat her competitors. All she has to do is hide, and she's an expert at that. It's the reason she's alive, and her family isn't. But as the people around her begin disappearing one by one, Mack realizes this competition is more sinister than even she imagined, and that together might be the only way to survive. Fourteen competitors. Seven days. Everywhere to hide, but nowhere to run."

2. Read a backlist thriller or horror book

Okay, so, I have a few potential books I could/want to read for this prompt, but the one that I’ll for sure be reading is Bunny by Mona Awad. I’ve heard so many good things about it and I cannot believe that I’ve gone so long without reading this book!

Title: Bunny

Author: Mona Awad

Pages: 307

Genre: Adult Horror

Release Date: 11 June 2019

From Goodreads: "Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one. But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision."

I also have a few runner-up books that I'd like to read if I decide that I either don't want to read Bunny (for some reason) or if I get through my initial TBR for the readathon! But let's be honest, I may pick up one of these before the readathon even starts because I really want to read all of them!

Title: The Last Final Girl

Author: Stephen Graham Jones

Pages: 216

Genre: Adult Horror

Release Date: 22 September 2012

From Goodreads: "Aerial View: A suburban town in Texas. Everyone's got an automatic garage door opener. All the kids jump off a perilous cliff into a shallow river as a rite of passage. The sheriff is a local celebrity. You know this town. You're from this town. Zoom In: Homecoming princess, Lindsay. She's just barely escaped death at the hands of a brutal, sadistic murderer in a Michael Jackson mask. Up on the cliff, she was rescued by a horse and bravely defeated the killer, alone, bra-less. Her story is already a legend. She's this town's heroic final girl, their virgin angel. Monster Vision: Halloween masks floating down that same river the kids jump into. But just as one slaughter is not enough for Billie Jean, our masked killer, one victory is not enough for Lindsay. Her high school is full of final girls, and she's not the only one who knows the rules of the game. When Lindsay chooses a host of virgins, misfits, and former final girls to replace the slaughtered members of her original homecoming court, it's not just a fight for survival-it's a fight to become The Last Final Girl."

Title: The Girls Are Never Gone

Author: Sarah Glenn Marsh

Pages: 336

Genre: YA Horror

Release Date: 07 September 2021

From Goodreads: "Dare Chase doesn’t believe in ghosts. Privately, she’s a supernatural skeptic. But publicly, she’s keeping her doubts to herself—because she’s the voice of Attachments, her brand-new paranormal investigation podcast, and she needs her ghost-loving listeners to tune in. That’s what brings her to Arrington Estate. Thirty years ago, teenager Atheleen Bell drowned in Arrington’s lake, and legend says her spirit haunts the estate. Dare’s more interested in the suspicious circumstances surrounding her death—circumstances that she believes point to a living culprit, not the supernatural. Still, she’s vowed to keep an open mind as she investigates, even if she’s pretty sure what she’ll find. But Arrington is full of surprises. Good ones like Quinn, the cute daughter of the house’s new owner. And baffling ones like the threatening messages left scrawled in paint on Quinn’s walls, the ghastly face that appears behind Dare’s own in the mirror, and the unnatural current that nearly drowns their friend Holly in the lake. As Dare is drawn deeper into the mysteries of Arrington, she’ll have to rethink the boundaries of what is possible. Because if something is lurking in the lake…it might not be willing to let her go."

Title: The Girl from Rawblood

Author: Catriona Ward

Pages: 368

Genre: Adult Horror

Release Date: 07 March 2017

From Goodreads: "For generations, the Villarcas have died mysteriously, and young. Now Iris and her father will finally understand why. At the turn of England's century, as the wind whistles in the lonely halls of Rawblood, young Iris Villarca is the last of her family's line. They are haunted, through the generations, by "her," a curse passed down through ancient blood that marks each Villarca for certain heartbreak, and death. Iris forsakes her promise to her father, to remain alone, safe from the world. She dares to fall in love, and the consequences of her choice are immediate and terrifying. As the world falls apart around her, she must take a final journey back to Rawblood where it all began and where it must all end."

Title: Nightbitch

Author: Rachel Yoder

Pages: 256

Genre: Adult Horror

Release Date: 20 July 2021

From Goodreads: "One day, the mother was a mother but then, one night, she was quite suddenly something else. At home full-time with her two-year-old son, an artist finds she is struggling. She is lonely and exhausted. She had imagined - what was it she had imagined? Her husband, always traveling for his work, calls her from faraway hotel rooms. One more toddler bedtime and she fears she might lose her mind. Instead, quite suddenly, she starts gaining things, surprising things that happen one night when her child will not sleep. Sharper canines. Strange new patches of hair. New appetites, new instincts. And from deep within herself, a new voice."

3. Make a fall-themed drink or pastry to bring Halloween to spring!

For this prompt, I really thought about making a pumpkin cheesecake I spent a long time trying to get right a few years ago. But I think I burned myself and my husband out on that because I made like probably 8 cheesecakes in 3 weeks while I was practicing. Sorry about that, honey! But I've been craving something apple cinnamon lately and thought that this recipe for apple cinnamon oatmeal cookies sounded delicious and easy to make!

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And that does it for my Spring Fling-O-Ween TBR! I'm super excited to take part in this readathon for the first time and read some wonderful horror books. I'd love to know if you're participating in this readathon and if you are, what is your TBR? And what fall-themed drink or pastry are you wanting to make as a treat? Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you in the next chapter!

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Preparing for Blogtober 2020!

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Hi hello ghouls and goblins and welcome back! It's no secret that 2020 has been...difficult. I had a lot of plans for my blog this year but clearly, none of those things have come to pass. But tomorrow is the 1st of October which means the start of Blogtober! Just like last year, I'll be following the prompts from Two Book Thieves, and again, I'll have some of them changed to fit myself/my blog. Honestly? This is going to be exactly the same as my 2019 post. My energy level for 2020 is zero, but I also want to participate in Blogtober to the best of my ability this year. I believe it will just be easier to use the post from last year and I want to be honest about it! I'll be posting my very loose schedule for this month below and I'll link each post on this original post just in case anyone wants a list of all of the posts in one easy to find location. For those that don't know what Blogtober is, it's basically a month-long event where you make a post every day in October. Simple, right? Let's get spooky! _________________________________________________________________________________

October 1st: October TBR
It's officially spoopy season so let's read some spoopy books! I'll be sharing my tentative TBR for the month of October.

October 2nd: Why I love Halloween (1978)
What better time of the year than to gush about the horror film that started my love for all things spoopy! I'll be discussing just why I love the original Halloween so darn much.

October 3rd: Spoopy Review #1
It's exactly what it says- a spoopy review! I'll be sharing a review of a spoopy book!

October 4th: Favorite villains
A post all about some of my favorite villains in books!

October 5th: Jigsaw Book Tag
The Saw franchise is one of my favorites so let's do a book tag based on the movies!

October 6th: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Release Day!
The day I've been waiting so long for is finally here and I don't plan on shutting up about it! Today is all about The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab.

October 7th: Book Line Poetry
This idea came from Jemma at Fantastic Books where she did book poetry with specific prompts. Unfortunately, the original post (and blog) is gone, but basically, I'll be attempting to make some book line poetry and hopefully making it spoopy!

October 8th: Spoopy Review #2

October 9th: The Season of the Witch
Wanna hear about some awesome witchy books? Then check out this post!

October 10th: The Horror Film Book Tag by Royal Reader

October 11th: Halloween Home Decor
My decorations have been up since September but I am so ready to share the spooky goodness that is around my house! And maybe even a surprise appearance from Sora the Corgi!

October 12th: Mystery Day!

October 13th: Nightmare Before Christmas Tag
I'll be doing the Nightmare Before Christmas tag because it's my favorite movie and why not, right?

October 14th: Spoopy Review #3

October 15th: Monstrous Recommendations
Vampires, werewolves, witches, fae, ghosts, sea monsters, demons- this is the post for book recommendations with spoopy monsters!

October 16th: Taking Autumnal Book Photos
I'm not much of a photographer, honestly, but I think this would be a great opportunity to take some Fall/Halloween book photos and share them!

October 17th: The Autumn Tag by Jenn @ Jenniely

October 18th: Spoopy Review #4

October 19th: October Bullet Journal Spread
I'll be sharing my October bullet journal spread! This is one of my favorite spreads in 2020 and I'm so excited to share how my bullet journal skills have grown since last year.

October 20th: Sora's Gotcha Day!
This is the day that Sora came home so obviously I have to celebrate him! I have over 700 photos of him on Instagram so I'm sure I'll have one or two to share here.

October 22nd: Spoopy Review #5

October 23rd: Horror Movie Recommendations
I'm a huge fan of all things horror, so I'm gonna share some of my favorite horror movies!

October 24th: Horror Game Recommendations
Remember the horror movie recommendations post? This is the same thing but with horror video games. Much creative. Such fun.

October 25th: Mystery Day!
I wasn't really sure what to put here so I'll keep it a mystery!

October 26th: Spoopy Review #6

October 27th: Favorite Cozy Reads
My idea of a cozy read in the Fall is a few different things- big and chunky and super scary. Let's take a look at some books I'd like to snuggle up under my Nevernight blanket and read this season!

October 28th: Favourite BOOkstagram Photos
Get it? BOOkstagram? Anyway, I'll be sharing some of my favorite spoopy photos from some of my favorite BOOkstagramers!

October 29th: Spoopy Review #7

October 30th: October Reading Wrap Up
I'll be sharing what I’ve read throughout October and hopefully, it's more than one book!

October 31st: Halloween Creatures Book Tag!
It's Halloween and what better day to do a Halloween book tag! I'll be doing the one I found from Keep Reading Forward!
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And that's about it for my preparations for Blogtober 2020! I'm really excited to be participating this year and I hope to see some of my wonderful fellow bloggers able to take part as well. If you're taking part in Blogtober, I'd love to know what some of your post ideas are going to be. Be sure to comment down below a link to your Blogtober posts so I can check them out! Also, I'll be linking every post I make this month back to this master post in case anyone wants an easy place to locate each post for the prompt in one place. Thanks for stopping by and I'll scare ya later!

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Blogtober 2019 Day One: October TBR!

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Blogtober 2018 Day Four- Cozy Places to Read!

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Blogtober 2018 Day One- October TBR!

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Spookathon 2018 TBR!

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Hi hello and welcome to my Spookathon 2018 TBR! I was so excited to see the announcement for Spookathon had finally been made and I immediately jumped on making my TBR for my favorite readathon of the year. If you don't know what Spookathon is, be sure to check out the announcement video from the always amazing BooksandLala! Below, you'll find my TBR along with the challenges for this readathon. Let's get spooky!
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1. Read a thriller

The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
I actually found this book because of two of the Spookathon hosts, Lala and Shannon! I've heard really good things about the author, Paul Tremblay, and the synopsis of this one has me so curious as to just what this is about. Home invasion plots kinda freak me out but this sounds like a super interesting take on the topic!

2. Read a book with purple on the cover/ 3. Read a book not set in the current time period

The Diviners by Libba Bray

Okay, I mean it this time, I'm going to read this book! I'm also doubling up on challenges because this is a book that has both a purple cover and is not set in the current time period. But I've heard so many good things about this book and I'm determined to finally read it!

4. Read a book with a spooky word in the title

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

I talked about this being on my "TBR" because it was recommended to me by someone giving recommendations based on my favorite video game. If you couldn't guess, it's Bioshock! But I've been eyeing this for a while and with drowning and deep, I think this fits the challenge pretty well. Deep may not be spooky to you, but just think about what's lurking beneath the surface of the water that you can't see with your own eyes. Now it's spooky, huh?

5. Read a book with pictures

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Okay, I'm gonna be honest, just looking at some of the artwork in this book still terrifies me and I'm 25 years old. I remember reading these books in elementary school (so very, very young) and still wanting to read them well into high school because, well, I loved them. But there are some freaky pictures in here, y'all. Just thinking about Harold makes me want to sleep with one eye open and to this day, I am still terrified of any lumps or bumps under my skin because of the spider story. Thanks for that image that haunts me to this day, Stephen Gammell.

11/10/18 EDIT: Turns out that the group read, Toil and Trouble, hits 4 of the 5 challenges. So, I'll probably end up reading the group book (I had already planned to read it but now knowing it hits all but one of the challenges, I'll definitely be reading it to help complete the challenges) and then use my inital TBR as some extra reads!

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And that's my TBR for Spookathon! If you're participating, I'd love to know what some of the books you plan to read are. Also, did the Scary Stories books give anyone else nightmares or is that just me? Let me know in the comments! Thanks for stopping by and stay spooky!

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Summer Biannual Bibliothon 2018 TBR!

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Hi hello and welcome to my TBR for the Summer Biannual Bibliothon 2018! I had a lot of fun picking out what books I hope to read for this read-a-thon and I'm excited to share my reading plans. I absolutely love when the Bibliothon comes around because it really motivates me with my reading so hopefully I can get most of these done. Let's get started!
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1. Read the group book/ 7. Read the last book you bought

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

2. Read a book from someone else’s TBR

Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

3. Read the first chapter of 3 books and pick 1

And I Darken by Kiersten White
Like Never and Always by Ann Aguirre
I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall

4. Read a book that has been on your TBR for over a year/ 5. Read a predicted 5-star read

Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab

6. Own voices - different than YOU

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

So here's a little explanation as to why I chose these specific books. The Wicked Deep is the group book so I'm obviously adding that to my TBR but it's also the most recent book I picked up (because it's the group book!) so it fits two challenges. Beneath the Sugar Sky was on Little Book Owl's TBR for the Winter Biannual Bibliothon and it's one that I've been meaning to get to for a while so I thought it was perfect for this challenge! I have And I Darken, Like Never and Always, and I Am Still Alive on my TBR for various blog tours so I need to read at least one of them and thought they'd fit the 'Try a chapter' challenge. Our Dark Duet is a book that has definitely been on my TBR for over a year (I actually read This Savage Song for the last Summer Bibliothon!) and I can safely assume it will be 5 stars because it's Victoria Schwab and I absolutely adored TSS! For the Own Voices challenge, I chose To All the Boys I've Loved Before because I've made it a tradition/thing that I read this trilogy every Summer and it just so happens to be an own voices book/series!
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Are there any books on my TBR that are also on yours? Or what's a book that is on your TBR that isn't on mine? Let me know down in the comments! Keep an eye out for my Bibliothon blog challenge posts coming soon. Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you in the next chapter!