Blogtober Day 17: Top Ten Tuesday – Books With Weather Events

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. As it turns out, I don’t have a whole loadContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 17: Top Ten Tuesday – Books With Weather Events”

Blogtober Day 16: #5OnMyTBR – Apples & Pumpkins

#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook  and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. This was a hard one – turns out I really don’t have many books on my TBR with either apples or pumpkins! I’m sticking withContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 16: #5OnMyTBR – Apples & Pumpkins”

Blogtober Day 15: Book Review – Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

Format: ebookRelease Date: July 18th, 2023Age: AdultGenre: Horror Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars As part of Blogtober, I’m reposting some of my Divination Hollow reviews from the last year. Usually, I review horror and similar genres over there, but October seems like a great time to highlight some of my favourites! You can read the originalContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 15: Book Review – Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle”

Book Review: You Say Potato by Ben Crystal & David Crystal

Format: HardbackRelease Date: October 9th, 2014Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – History – LanguageGoodreads Rating: 5/5 Stars As someone who doesn’t have a stand-out, clear accent (I was told at university, “You sound Welsh when someone knows your Welsh. Otherwise you…don’t.” This was not the time I got drunk, slipped into a South Wales valleys accent, andContinueContinue reading “Book Review: You Say Potato by Ben Crystal & David Crystal”

Blogtober Day 14: Book Blogger Hop October 13th – 19th

Book Blogger Hop Blogtober 2023: Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5 / Day 6 / Day 7 / Day 8 / Day 9 / Day 10 / Day 11 / Day 12 / Day 13 Do you read anything specific in the fall? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee AddictedContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 14: Book Blogger Hop October 13th – 19th”

Blogtober Day 13: Goodreads Most Popular Horror Part 6

I’m diving back into the most popular horror list – something that’s drawn me back so quickly is how few of the last ones I’d actually heard of! Even if I can’t read every new release, I thought I’d been pretty good at keeping up with new horror releases and what’s out there, but apparentlyContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 13: Goodreads Most Popular Horror Part 6”

Blogtober Day 11: Goodreads Most Popular Horror Part 5

Folks who read my blog around this time last year might recall I started going through Goodreads’ Most Popular Horror Books – horror books published between October 2017 and September 2022, with popularity measured by shelving – books from readers’ Read and Want to Read, and overall star ratings. You can see the full listContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 11: Goodreads Most Popular Horror Part 5”

Blogtober Day 10: Top Ten Tuesday – Eight Horror Books

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. So I did adjust this week’s Top Ten Tuesday -ContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 10: Top Ten Tuesday – Eight Horror Books”

Blogtober Day 9: #5OnMyTBR – Gothic

#5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook  and you can learn more about it here. It occurs every Monday when we post about 5 books on our TBR. With another perfect-for-Blogtober prompt, it’s time for this week’s #5OnMyTBVR! I love Gothics, but I haven’t read nearly enough, and I’m very glad to haveContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 9: #5OnMyTBR – Gothic”

Blogtober Day 8: Book Review – The Dark Half by Stephen King

Format: HardbackRelease Date: January 1st, 1989Age: AdultGenre: Horror – ThrillerGoodreads Rating: 4/5 Stars As part of Blogtober, I’m reposting some of my Divination Hollow reviews from the last year. Usually, I review horror and similar genres over there, but October seems like a great time to highlight some of my favourites! You can read theContinueContinue reading “Blogtober Day 8: Book Review – The Dark Half by Stephen King”