This check-in is for September 29th – October 5th.
My boyfriend and I went apple-picking early on Saturday and this morning I sliced up a couple of the apples, coated them in melted butter and cinnamon, and put them in the air fryer for a few minutes while I cooked up some oatmeal. It was the perfect breakfast for a cool Autumn morning.
My plan today is to get the Halloween decorations up. I don’t know if I’ll have enough energy to finish everything, but I’m trying not to think about it too much and do what I can.
Peril of the Screen – 4 episodes of “Ghost Hunter,” 2 episodes of “Creeped Out,” “Bird Box,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” 4 episodes of “Cabinet of Curiosities,” “Nightmare Castle”, “Jamaica Inn”, and “Hitchcock Presents: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.”
The Boyfriend and I went apple picking today. I’m glad I had the energy to go and enjoy it because I’ve been feeling nothing but exhausted and down this week. Yesterday, in an attempt to feel better, I went to the library after work and checked out several books that have been on my wishlist for a while. I did temporarily feel a little more energized, but that quickly faded once I got home and I felt so depleted that I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to go to the orchard today. I didn’t even have the energy to read.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
Read the synopses of the books
Decide: keep it or should it go?
My shelf is up a few books to 1133. While I finished several books this week, I also bought a couple of books and added a couple more to my wishlist.
This week’s books:
Bold Spirit by Linda Lawrence Hunt – KEEP. Not only do I want to read about Helga Estby’s trek across the United States, I want to know why her story was almost lost.
Book Towns by Alex Johnson – GO. I wouldn’t usually decide to remove a book about books (or in this case, a book about book towns) from my To Be Read list, but this one has been sitting on my wish list for several years, and I still haven’t bothered to buy it or even to see if the library has it.
Still Life by Sarah Winman – KEEP. This was the book picked for the Fantastic Strangelings book club for November 2021. That’s the only reason I’m keeping it. I have faith in Jenny Lawson’s choice of books.
The Book Lovers’ Anthology ed. by Bodleian Library- KEEP. This is a book about books written by a wide variety of authors. Of course, I want to read it!
The Resurrectionist by E.B. Hudspeth – KEEP. This book was a Goodreads Choice Award nominee for 2013 in the category of Horror. I love the cover, and the book itself is full of illustrations, so I’m looking forward to taking my time with it at some point.
My want-to-read shelf is down one book to 1132. I was a little surprised by my decisions for this week’s books. I might be surprised again in the next post.
Peril of the Screen – 4 episodes of “Ghost Hunter,” 2 episodes of “Creeped Out,” “Bird Box,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” 3 episodes of “Cabinet of Curiosities,” “Nightmare Castle”, “Jamaica Inn”, and “Hitchcock Presents: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.”
I’ve been sick for the past few days with a stomach bug, so I’ve had a lot of time to read. I’ve also started watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie collection I’ve owned for years but never got around to watching until now along with a couple of black and white horror films I have on DVD.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
Read the synopses of the books
Decide: keep it or should it go?
My shelf is down a couple of books to 1130. I finished a couple of books this past week.
This week’s books:
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward – KEEP. I don’t know if I’ll get to this one this year, but I’m intrigued by the mention of a cat who reads the Bible.
Melmoth by Sarah Perry – KEEP. I enjoyed The Essex Serpent and wouldn’t be surprised if this book is even better.
Sistersong by Lucy Holland – KEEP. This is the next book picked for the Fantastic Strangelings book club after Mrs. March by Virginia Feito, which I finished a couple of weeks ago. I plan to read it in November.
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder- KEEP. I recently checked this one out from my local public library and it’s due back at the end of the month. I hope to finish it before then, but I might need to renew it.
The Madman’s Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching – KEEP. A book about books that has a lot to do with the history of literature? Yes, please, and thank you!
My want-to-read shelf is holding steady at 1130 books for now. While I was sure I wouldn’t be letting go of any books in this post, I’m not certain about a couple of the books in the next post.
I’ve been a little more active this week thanks to a clothes decluttering and organizing project I couldn’t put off any longer. I’ve lost enough weight that many of the clothes in my closet were a little too big, so I had the Boyfriend pull out the three large plastic tubs of clothes I’ve been keeping in the hopes that I could wear them again someday. I went through everything in the tubs and my closet and put everything too big for me aside for donation. I put everything that fits back in my closet, and the stuff that is still a little too small back into the tubs. I was able to fit everything into two of the tubs, leaving a tub empty for storing something else if need be.
The great thing about managing to summon the energy for this project is that I now don’t have to come up with the energy to go shopping. I have more than enough clothes that fit, which also means I’m saving a significant amount of money, especially on clothes for work. That’s a big deal since I’ll be leaving my full-time job within the next six months or so and I won’t need all those business casual clothes anymore.
The FrightFall readathon starts on October 1st and runs through the end of October, alongside #SomethingWickedFall, which started on September 1st.
There’s only one “rule” for #FrightFall, and that is at least one scary book (thriller, mystery, Gothic, etc.) has to be read during the readathon. Since that’s pretty much the only kind of book I read during this time of year, I’m good to go.
The read-along for this year’s #SomethingWickedFall is Stephen King’s Fairy Tale, which I’m loving so far. In addition to Fairy Tale, I have a ridiculous number of books I want to read for not only #FrightFall, but also #RIP, #TrappedInASpookyHouse, and #HauntedShelf. To make it easier, I created the list below for the October #BookSpin and #CastTheDie.
I won’t get to all of these books, but I’m going to try.
Are you participating in #FrightFall or #SomethingWickedFall? Leave a comment below!
Peril of the Screen – 4 episodes of “Ghost Hunter,” 2 episodes of “Creeped Out,” “Bird Box,” and “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”
I’ve enjoyed about half of what I’ve read for #RIP this past week. Short story collections have never been my thing, but I’ve gotten quite a few of them for free over the years and I figured they would be easier to read when I have some time during the day (during my lunch break for example). I considered counting them towards “Peril of the Short Story”, but decided to count them as “Peril of the Fiction” if I finished the entire book.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
Read the synopses of the books
Decide: keep it or should it go?
My shelf is up a couple of books to 1132. I finished several books but added several to my wishlist.
This week’s books:
Forever Autumn by Mark Morris – KEEP. I hope I’ll finally get to this one this year for #RIP.
The Sundial by Shirley Jackson – KEEP. I’m pretty sure this was the read-along pick for #RIP several years ago, and though I thought I would get to it, I never did. Maybe I’ll change that this year.
The Ghostkeeper’s Journal by Japhet Asher – KEEP. This interactive book requires an app, and I need to read it this year, assuming the app is still available.
Classic Horror Tales ed. by Editors of Canterbury Classics- KEEP. I bought this from the bargain section of Barnes and Noble because I’m a sucker for old short story anthologies and the cover has a lovely velvet feel to it.
Strange Tricks by Syd Moore – KEEP. This is the sixth book in the “Essex Witch Museum Mystery” series, and there’s only one book left for me to read after it. I wish the author had written more, and I hope these last books bring Rosie Strange’s story to a good conclusion. I have questions, damn it, and I want them answered!
My want-to-read shelf is staying at 1132 books for now. Once again I knew I wouldn’t be letting go of any books. I probably won’t get rid of any in the next post either.
