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from the Unexpected Readathon Time / Books Out of the Blue group.
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Laughing about "reading something spooky"; what do I ever read that isn't? Even my SF is Spooky!πΈππTBR: Spooky Crowfield House: A chilling gothic mystery that will keep you up all night KU
The Bothell Hell House: Poltergeist of Washington State Mount TBR
Within These Haunted Walls KU
Orange/Black: The 31st Trick-or-Treater (October 19-25 Chapters) KU
10/19: The 31st Trick-or-Treater October 19 to p. 207
The Haunting of Hill House. Chapter per day to p.
The House on Dogwood Court
10/20: The 31st Trick-or-Treater October 20 to p. 217
, Orange/Black Prompt The Bothell Hell House: Poltergeist of Washington State. Mount TBR. To p. 16.
Crowfield House: A chilling gothic mystery that will keep you up all night to p. 8.
10/21: The 31st Trick-or-Treater October 21 to p. 222
It Came from the Pumpkin Patch. KU to p. 27 Orange/Black Cover
The Haunting of Hill House through p. 119
10/22: The 31st Trick-or-Treater October 21 to p. 229
It Came from the Pumpkin Patch. To p. 177
10/23: The 31st Trick-or-Treater October 21 to p. 246
Night in the Lonesome October: Mount TBR. Chapters 1-2
Dark Spirits: The Watcher KU to p. 43
10/24: The 31st Trick-or-Treater October
24
Night in the Lonesome October Chapters 3-4
Dark Spirits: The Watcher to p. 169
10/25: The 31st Trick-or-Treater October
25
Night in the Lonesome October
Chapters 5-6
I Killed an Eldritch Terror on My Camping Trip: A Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror Novel KU
Prompt:
Spookyππ»:
Orange/Black:
Black (and White) Cover:
Titles Read:
TBR: (finishing up Hoopla Borrows)+ 9
Nine Dolls. Own. New Release.
Dead of Summer. Fall Prompt Red. Libby.
I Need You to Read This Fall Prompt Red. Libby
9/27:
Hell House KU from p. 159 to p. 201 4*
Nine Dolls to p. 88 5*++
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9/28:
9/29: Dracula (chapter a day read September 29-October 25) to p. 8 (1 chapter)
Titles Read:
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Prompts Read:
TBR: Series: The Extinction Agenda. Mount TBR, RereadThe Annihilation Protocol. Mount TBR, reread.
The Elimination Threat. Hoopla Virtual.
08/25: The Extinction Agenda to 12%
Rebecca, daily Reads, Chapters 19-25.
Blood Tide NG ARC new. Thalassaphobia Aversion Self-Therapyπ.
08/26:
Blood Tide
Artifact: A Sci-Fi Thriller. KU. SF New Release.
08/27:
Artifact: A Sci-Fi Thriller to p. 75
08/28:
Artifact: A Sci-Fi Thriller to p. 100
08/29: Artifact: A Sci-Fi Thriller to p. 123.
40.
Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library. Libby Virtual to p. 5
08/30: Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library to p. 39
Doll Parts Hoopla Virtual to 2%.
Hell House to p. 19
08/31:
Hell House
Summer Series Smash:
Titles Read:
7/25: A Place of Greater Safety to p.It Was Her House First NetGalley ARC to 65%
Death and the Conjuror NetGalley ARC Mount TBR to 14%
7/26:
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre to 11%.
7/27:
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre to 30%
Prompts Read:
Outdoorsy cover:
-Ocean
-Meadow
-Grass
-Prairie Dogs/Field
06/28: The 19th Wife to p. 528. My Chapter a Day Read. Will finish 06/30.The Stonehenge Gate. SF. Hoopla Virtual.
06/29: The 19th Wife
06/30:
With a Vengeance to p. 25 Libby Virtual
7/01:
The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. To p. 3
The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine: France 1792--1794. To p. 12.
A Place of Greater Safety. To p. 25.
With a Vengeance to p..81
07/02:
The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. To p. 10
The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine: France 1792--1794. To p. 17.
With a Vengeance to
07/03:
07/04: The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to p. 24
A Place of Greater Safety KU to p. 51
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife. To 30%. NetGalley ARC Current
07/05: The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to p. 46.
Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife
The Weekend Guests. Libby Virtual.
07/06: The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to p. 70.
Phases Of Gravity to p. 13.
NEOGENESIS: A SciFi Adventure KU. To p. 48.
Prompts Read:
Plants:
Titles Read:
Since I don't have Discord (phone and Fire tablets), might I make a progress list right here?#1: "Beloved Author": Ben Bova for The Winds of Altair
destiny β‘ wrote: I didn't know that, thank you for telling me! π₯³ How wonderful!"
Lol, I found out from Hooked on Books ' Month-long Readathon. π
Cobwebs-Iced-In-Space wrote: "Also Jewish-American Heritage Month and so I'm reading Titles for both categories π"
Also Jewish-American Heritage Month and so I'm reading Titles for both categories π.TBR: continuing
Generation Ship from p. 150
Before the Coffee Gets Cold / Tales from the CafΓ© / Before Your Memory Fades. Own. (3/5) Asian-American
Shroud NG ARC Release June 3
Bee Speaker NG ARC Release June 3
Donald Trump in the Footsteps of Adolf Hitler: The Dangerous Parallels Between Trump and Historical Dictators - A European's Perspective NG ARC
(((Semitism))): Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump NG ARC
5/16: A Tale of Two Cities to p. 179
And the Last Trump Shall Sound: A Future History of America
To 9%. So excellent! A la Bastille!
5/17: A Tale of Two Cities to p..199
And the Last Trump Shall Sound: A Future History of America. To 19%. Jewish-American
5/18:
And the Last Trump Shall Sound: A Future History of America. To 34% (1 story of 3)
5/19: Wife No. 19: The Story of a Life in Bondage, Being a Complete ExposΓ© of Mormonism, and Revealing the Sorrows, Sacrifices and Sufferings of Women in Polygamy. Own Mount TBR. 1 chapter/day read through June 28. To p. 17. Amazingly readable for 19th century literature.
The Lost Shtetl. Jewish. (European) to p. 51. Libby Virtual. Superb!!
Prompts Read:
Titles Read:
Jewish-American Author. Alternate History.
Already in 2 Readathons for weekendπ:Eastertide/Passover TBR:
1. Complete The Devil in Gray [for HOB Week-long, Civil War background to story]. Own, Mount TBR. Horror
2. πΌ The Easter Sunday SlaughterCozy Mystery, own, Mount TBR.
3. πΌ Easter Egg Hunt Murder Cozy Mystery. Own, Mount TBR.
4.πΌ Easter Basket Murder. Cozy Mystery, own, NetGalley ARC Mount TBR
5. πΌ The Easter Sepulchre. Own, NetGalley ARC Mount TBR.
6. White Tree Coven : Tale of The Inn. Newly own.
7. πΌ 1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition. Hoopla Virtual. Easter Sunday Rebellion, 1916 Ireland.
6.
4/19:
π³οΈβπDevil's Chew Toy own to p. 70
4/20:
Devil's Chew Toy to p. 108
4/21: πThe Omen. Yes, "Cozy" in the sense of Apropos. 1000% better than The Exorcist: 40th Anniversary Edition, a rereader. To p. 114 (50%).
4/22: Celebrate Earth!!π π
4/23: Devil's Chew Toy to p. 112
πππΈβΎπDecipher Hoopla Virtual
4/24:
4/25: πThe Sentinel. Own, new
Planetside. Own, Mount TBR. SF.
Prompts Read:
"Cozy" Mood/Mode: π³οΈβπDevil's Chew Toy
πThe Omen.
Cover Blue or Grey:
Titles Read:
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TBR: The Wasp Trap
3/28:
3/29: The Wasp Trap to 14%
3/30: The Wasp Trap
Titles Read:
TBR:BLACK: Blood Grove. Own.
ROMANCE: The Forever War (Reddit recommendation for SF with Romantic subplot)
Other TBR:
Bee Speaker
2/09:
2/10: Bear Head Mount TBR #2 in Series to p. 122
2/11:
2/12:
2/13:
2/14:
Symbiote. Antarctica SF. Winter Cold Challenge. Release February 11. NG ARC Mount TBR and Libby Virtual. To p. 130.
2/15: Symbiote to p. 206
Titles Read:
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Prompts Read:
-Black History Month:
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Romance or Romantic Subplots:
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I was just looking for this today (and hoping!)TBR: -?-β
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Talents (author never read)
Child of a Mad God (Classic SF/F Author, but never read)
Unfinished Tales of NΓΊmenor and Middle-Earth (author never read)
The Radiant King (author never read)
01/10: Welcome to Cemetery NetGalley ARC from 9% to 20%.
The Radiant King NetGalley ARC new. Author classic but new-to-me.
01/11: Welcome to Cemetery to 46%.
01/12:
Someone's Been Messing with Reality NG ARC Current MG SF (author new to me)
The Murders of Annie Hearn: The Poisonings that Inspired Agatha Christie NG ARC Mount TBR N-F (author new to me) to 7%
The Curse of Hollow Creek. To 25%Hoopla Virtual. Author new to me.
Titles Read:
Prompts Read:
Joyful Holidays and a Super Fantastic 2025!πππ5-star Predictions:
The Christmas Murder Game
And Murder on the Christmas Express. I just read her The Christmas Jigsaw Murders: The new deliciously dark Christmas cracker from the bestselling author of Murder on the Christmas Express and it is far above 5*!π
+ More Christmas/Yule Suspense-Mystery
12/21: πJoyful Solstice!πWinter is Here!π The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas Everand Virtual [12 days of Christmas Read] to p. 83 (from 77)
The Christmas Murder Game. To 26% Hoopla Virtual. 5-Star Prediction!ππ
12/22: Death Comes at Christmas Libby Virtual: Read 31 pp.
The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas to p. 116
Xmas Break to p. 164
12/23: πThe Twelve Strange Days of Christmas to p. 138
πXmas Break to p. 171
πDeath Comes at Christmas
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12/24: The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas to p. 166
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12/25: π
I Found Christmas Lights Slithering Up My Street own. To p. 6
πThe Christmas Eve Murders own to p. 6
Prompts Read: π
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πXmas Break 5*
Titles Read:
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I completed my 2024 Personal NetGalley Challenge, BUT I am still driven to read as many NG Mount TBR before year's end as possible--and I just happen to have several by Indigenous North American authors . I'll ready my list. π€βοΈβπProposed TBR:
Indian Burial Ground NG ARC
Moon of the Crusted Snow NG ARC
Moon of the Turning Leaves NG ARC
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color NG ARC
Night of the Living Rez NG ARC
White Horse. NG ARC Mount TBR
11/23: Indian Burial Ground NG ARC. To 4%. Second in Series.
11/24: Sisters of the Lost Nation. NetGalley ARC. First in Series. To 44%
11/25:
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11/26: π€Ά
11/27: Black Sun. NG ARC Mount TBR. NAHM and Yule Spirit Challenge (Winter Solstice). To p. 59. Superb!
11/28:
11/29:
Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon Yule Spirit Challenge. Christmas Horror. Own Mount TBR.
A Holiday Haunting at the Biltmore. For Yule Spirit Challenge.
Titles Read: π€Ά
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Prompts Read: Indigenous Author/Characters/Setting/Themes:
TBR:(I read a Horror and a Witchy on 10/26π»π)
10/27:
The Ghost House. KU. Supernatural Horror. (Generational Horror. British.) To p. 45
10/28:
ARC.
DeadstreamNetGalley ARC new to 30%
10/29:
Someone in the Attic Libby Virtual to p. 35
10/30:
The Slowly Dying House: The Motherwell Trilogy Book 1 to p. 10
10/31 Samhain:
Hell Walks. Kaiju Horror to p. 14
Titles Read:
Prompts:
--Witch:
--Horror: The Ghost House. Supernatural Horror.
Been counting the days till Autumnal Equinox for months now!!πππ Thanks for a Week-long!π»Prompts TBR:
Cozy/Winterπ»:
A Corpse Among the Carolers NetGalley ARC new
Latinx:
The Hacienda NetGalley ARC Mount TBR
Vampires of El Norte NetGalley ARC Mount TBR
The
Enchanted Hacienda NetGalley ARC Mount TBR
The Haunting of Alejandra NetGalley
ARC Mount TBR
Additional TBR:
Rainbow Mars Hoopla Virtual SF
Farside Hoopla
Virtual SF
09/22: AUTUMN! π
We Solve Murders Libby Virtual new.
Cozy Mystery. To p. 150
The Devil's Nebula. Own, Mount TBR. (SF is Cozy, to me!π)
09/23: Birthday
09/24:
Graveyard
Shift
Virtual new
Farside Hoopla
Virtual SF. To 19%
09/25:
Grandson Birthday !
Anxious about Helene.π³
The Thursday Murder Club NetGalley ARC Mount TBR. To 5%.
09/26:
Everyone
This Christmas Has a Secret NetGalley ARC. To 7%
Good Dogs NetGalley ARC. Release October 1. To 11%
Farside to 53%.
09/27: Safe from Helene π₯³
Good Dogs to 33% and
09/28: Rainbow Mars Hoopla Virtual to p. 122
Good Dogs to 37%
Prompts Reading:
Fall-Cozy:
Latinx Author(s):
Titles Read:
Pages Read: 387 + 373 + 122 + 96 + 40 + 32 + 36 + 382 + 32 + 368 + 115
TBR: more ARCs!08/29:
Cat β’ A β’ Lyst own, new. To p. 93 Prompt: CATS! and South American setting (for a non-GR book club).
08/30:
08/31:
Titles Read:
The Mercy of Gods NG ARC. SF.
The Compleat Traveller In Black. Own, new. SF.
Planet of the Damned. Own, new. SF Classic.
Alien Clay. NG ARC.
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07/15: The Mercy of Gods NG ARC. SF. Current. To 23%.
Planet of the Damned.
7/16: The Mercy of Gods to 37%
7/17: The Mercy of Gods to 50%
Haunted Secrets: Tales of Carl Hesselschwerdt volume 4. Publisher ARC.
7/18:
Venomous Lumpsucker. Own, new. Near-Future EcoSF/Extinction Dystopiana. To p. 85.
7/19:
Bright Objects NG ARC and Libby Virtual
7/20:
7/21:
NG ARC: The Legend of Mildred Wells
Own, new, SF (Evolutionary Biology-SF!) Morphotrophic to p. 11
Titles Read:
Prompts:
SF:
Green:
Near Future SF
Yay! TBR: SF!!Prompt TBR:
The Guncle Abroad
Bury Your Gays
06/28:
Alien Clay NG ARC to 6%
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies. NG ARC Mount TBR and Libby Virtual. To p. 9
06/29:
Camp Lanier NG ARC to 10%
06/30:
Titles Read:
Prompt Titles Read:
Pages Read: 280 + 240 + ?ARC + 17 +107
TBR:Prompt: Academy/School
Awakened Vampire
Prompt: AAPI: Severance [author is Chinese]
Hospital [author is Chinese]
Exorcism [author is Chinese]
Exhalation [Author is American-born, to parents who were both Mainland China natives]
(5/24:
You Like It Darker Libby Virtual to p. 43
5/25: You Like It Darker to p. 178
5/26: You Like It Darker to p. 320
5/27: Official Memorial Day
Bad Men to 16% Hoopla Virtual
A Better World to p. 8 Libby Virtual
5/28: Somnium Publisher ARC Release May 31
Bad Men to 63%
5/29: Somnium
The Night Singers to 16%. NG ARC.
5/30:
The Night Singers to 51%
(5/31): Traditional Memorial Day
The Night Singers to 60%
Carnival of Terror Vol. 1 by Ian Fortey and Ron Ripley/Scarestreet.com to p. 43
Titles Read:
Prompts Read:
School:
AAPI: Vietnam
