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Title: Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie by Anthony Del Col, illustrated by Werther Dell’edera  Pages: 162 Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Graphic Novel/Comic (Rating Teen+) Published by: Dynamite Entertainment (Nov. 28, 2017) Summary Volume collects issues 1-6 A Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mystery unlike any other you’ve ever read! When the teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy are accused of the murder of their father – a detective in the small resort town of Bayport… Read More

Hello! October is over, and November is halfway over (which is freaking me out since it feels like it just started yesterday), so it is definitely time to share with you all what I was up to last month! In October, I read 5 books! BOOKS READ IN OCTOBER – Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle (library) \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Regal Hearts: Episode 1 by Livy Jarmusch (ebook) \\ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – The Haunting of… Read More

It’s Top Ten Tuesday again!  It’s a weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: Top Ten Books I Want My Future Children to Read Nancy Drew I’m going to start this off with my obvious answer: Nancy Drew!  If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll know how much I love Nancy Drew. So, naturally, I’m planning on having all my future children read Nancy Drew and… Read More

Title: The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken Pages: 362 Genres: Middle Grade, Fantasy/Paranormal Published by: Disney-Hyperion (Sept. 5, 2017) Summary Prosper is the only unexceptional Redding in his old and storied family history — that is, until he discovers the demon living inside him. Turns out Prosper’s great-great-great-great-great-something grandfather made — and then broke — a contract with a malefactor, a demon who exchanges fortune for eternal servitude. And, weirdly enough, four-thousand-year-old Alastor… Read More

Hey everyone! I may already have my Christmas tree up, but I still wanted to wrap-up what I read for the 2017 Halloween Readathon hosted by Lauren @ Wonderless Reviews! Sorry this is late, but I’ve been so busy the past few days, that I haven’t had a chance to share with y’all what I read, but I had so much fun participating that I still had to share. So, here we… Read More

Title: Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle Pages: 357 Genres: YA, Magical Realism, Mystery Published by: Kathy Dawson Books (Aug. 8, 2017) Summary If you’re not careful, you can spend your whole life looking for what you’ve lost. One stormy summer in a small Irish town, things begin to disappear. It starts with trivial stuff—hair clips, house keys, socks—but soon it escalates to bigger things: a memory, a heart, a classmate. Olive can tell that… Read More

It’s Top Ten Tuesday again!  It’s a weekly bookish list created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is: Halloween Freebie For this week, I’ve decided to share ten books that actually take place during October/Halloween! So many Halloween recommendations feature scary books – which are great – but a lot of them happen throughout the year.  Sometimes, I want to read a book that actually takes place in the month of October, to really… Read More

Hey everyone!  I was tagged by Inga from Lady of Bookland for the Trick or Treat Around the Block book tag.  It was originally created by The Bookish Porcupine. Thanks so much for tagging me, Inga! 🙂 This tag looks like so much fun, and I’m so excited to be doing it today! Okay, let’s get started: #1 Creepy house on the corner of the street book with a creepy cover I think… Read More

Hey everyone!  Today, I’ve got a super fun tag to do.  With Halloween so close, I thought it would be the perfect time to do the Hocus Pocus book tag!  The tag was created by Katie at Never Not Reading, and I was tagged by Danielle over at The Introverted Book Nerd.  Thank you so much for tagging me!!  I love Halloween, and like many, Hocus Pocus is a Halloween classic, and a movie I… Read More

Title: The Haunting of Hill House Pages: 182 Genres: Horror, Classic, Mystery, Fiction Published by: Penguin Classics (Nov. 28, 2006 [originally 1959]) Summary The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult… Read More