Hello, My Fellow Spooky Season Lovers, I hope you’re all doing fang-tastic! What have you all been up to? I’ve been away for far too long and I need to know all the things!
There’s been some things going on.
The porch saga continues…The front porch redo has been a drama of its own. What they poured last year didn’t set up right, they had to come back and jackhammer it up, pour new concrete, and set the posts and rails. Well, they’ve done everything but set the posts and rails. It’s the easiest part of the entire job but they’ve failed to showed for 2 ½ weeks. So, it’s been a fight with the construction company and the city since they had to grant an extension on the bond on the grounds that they were actively working. I’m really not sure why they won’t show up because it would only take them about an hour to completely finish the job.
In other news…
The sunflower field was massive. It was so relaxing to stroll through and hear the bees buzzing by and watching the crows pick at the seeds. I was surprised to see a fully-grown Jamestown weed (a.k.a jimsonweed, Datura, thorn apple, devils trumpet) that already seeded hidden amongst the sunflowers. I always think it’s fun to spot historic plants, especially ones with fascinating histories.
I have a few things I want to check out in the next few weeks so I think I’m going to become an autumn exploration girly. I just need to remember to bring my camera this time! There’s also a few local events I want to check out as well!
Here’s what been going on blog/reading-wise…
Last week on the blog…
The Last Word by Taylor Adams—audiobook review
Chasing Dreams by
Carolyn Brown—audiobook review
Witch of Wild Things
by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland—arc review This is an autumn must read!!!!
Books that’s arrived…
From authors/publishers
Death and the Sisters:
A Mary Shelley Mystery by Heather Redmond (finished review copy)
The Cry of the Banshee
by Heather Graham (finished review copy)
Better Hate than Never
by Chloe Liese (e-arc)
Never Blow a Kiss
by Lindsay Lovise (e-arc)
Lady Charlotte Always
Gets Her Man by Violent Marsh (e-arc)
From the library
Accidentally Amy
by Lynn Painter (audio from Libby)
Pumpkins in Paradise
by Kathi Daley (audio from Libby)
Purchased
I won an Amazon gift card and picked these up. I’m still
wanting on theme to arrive.
Belladonna and Foxglove by Adalyn Grace
Invisible Hour by
Alice Hoffman
On my ‘To Buy’ list
Gallop Toward the Sun by Peter Stark—this is about the fight between Tecumseh and Harrison during the War of 1812. I’m definitely buying this one, I want to check out to see if I can pick one up at one of the Hopewell or heritage sites. If not, I’ll see if Wheatberry Books, in the neighboring town, has a copy to buy. I want to try locally before I head to Amazon.
Here’s what I read last week…
The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow by Washington Irving (audiobook, reread)
Killers of a Certain
Age by Deanna Raybourn (audiobook)
You Shouldn’t Have
Come Here by Jeneva Rose (audiobook)
Currently Reading/Listening to…
The Witches At the End
of the World by Chelsea Iversen (e-arc)
The Betrayed (Krewe of Hunters #14) by Heather Graham
(audiobook)
*I still need to pick up a print book for this week so I’ll
draw something out of the 23 books in 2023 jar.
Bookish things I need to do…
-Update my reading journal—I’ve been actively updating
as I read but I have some extras I need to fill out as the journal is nearly
filled.
-Pull books for Fraterfest Readathon—I’m really
tempted to start The Cry of the Banshee
but I’m going to be good and keep it to start off the readathon with. Starting
with a novella always make me motivated.
-Update GoodReads—I’ve been using my private
StoryGraph account to keep track but I really need to update GoodReads before I
forget.
-I need to do an un-haul of 10-20 books—One of my
2023 goals is to un-haul books that I didn’t like, won’t read, won’t read
again, or have duplicate copies. I’m a bit behind on that so I’ll either tackle
my old romance books (I know I have several duplicates here) that I have
stashed away or go through some of my old TBR totes.
Bloggish/Bookish happenings
-Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer is hosting her annual Fraterfest
Readathon October 12th—16th
-Blogtober—I will be participating all month long
over on Instagram, so stop @simplyangelarenee and check out what I’ll be
posting.
-Banned Books Week is October 1st—7th—there’s a few online and in-person events that I’m hoping to check out. I’m also going to be picking up a few banned books this week.
I managed to snap a few pictures of the harvest moon. |
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