Happy Halloween

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe night!

Teaser Tuesday: The House With the Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs

Teaser Tuesday is newly hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

- Grab your current read 

- Open to a random page 

- Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page 

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser. 

My teaser this week is from The House With a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs:

"Of course it's real. You saw it didn't you? One of the troubles with human beings is that they can only see out of their eyes."

Gorgeous blooms

Who's the Doctor

Love this!

Halloween photo wall

Gorgeous flowers

Just Breathe

This looks so beautiful and tranquil to me! It has been a crazy week and I needed the reminder to Just Breathe and take things as calmly as possible. 

Wordless Wednesday: Pretty cloths

Teaser Tuesday: Te Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (2)

Teaser Tuesday is newly hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

- Grab your current read 

- Open to a random page 

- Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page 

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser. 

My teaser this week is from The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith:

"I've told you this before: plenty of people hang around the likes of me to gauge how the investigation's going. They can't leave well enough alone, they feel compelled to keep explaining themselves."

Doctor Who (Series 11) at San Diego ComicCon

Doctor Who Series 11 Episode 4 trailer

Dewey's 24-Hour readathon

We went to a Halloween party this evening and had a great time! Now my kids and I are going to read this until they go to sleep. 

Stack of books

This is the reading stack for my girls and I for tomorrow's Dewey's 24-Hour readathon! We are so excited! We have a couple of other things to do tomorrow ( a tap dance show for a senior center and a Halloween event) but other than that we will be reading! Some of these books are for us to read together and some are for separate reading. There will be snacks and dineer and lots of togetherness. We are looking forward to it a lot!

Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library

My kids and I read together every night. We are currently reading - and almost done with - Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein. It's a wonderful book. We thought it was part of a series and we looked it up to find out. It IS part of a series so we are very excited about that! It's the first book in the series so thank goodness for that. Also, while doing our search we found out that there is a movie based on the book. The above is the trailer for said movie. We will be watching it once we have finished reading the book. 

Wordless Wednesday: Autumn on My Mind crochet square

Teaser Tuesday: The Silkworm

Teaser Tuesday is newly hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

- Grab your current read 

- Open to a random page 

- Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page 

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser. 

My teaser this week is from The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith:

It had been a long time since he had investigated a missing person case. There would be satisfaction in returning the runaway Quine to his family.

I'm the Doctor

In our home we're still reeling over the awesomeness of this episode! 

On their own

We saw these while we were out exercising as a family yesterday. These were the only ones - in a cluster like this growing wild on the side of a hill. They looked so lovely to me. Also, they looked really strong because they look perfectly fine and we'd had a strong storm the night before. Nature amazes and inspires me. It can be simultaneously strong and fragile but it's always beautiful.

Learning to tap dance

I've started taking tap dance classes and I LOVE it! My kids have been taking classes for a year and love it as well. They are helping me to learn but I thought having a tutorial might help too.

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

I am currently reading The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith. I am enjoying it a lot! I would like very much to see the television show based on the series. I will wait until I have completed the book but I am looking forward to the show. 

Why are you calling me madam? Doctor Who

My kids and I love Doctor Who! L-O-V-E! We each have our favorite Doctor, as well! However, we all agree that Jodie Whitaker as the thirteenth Doctor is brilliant casting! Check out the above clip to get a feel for her in the role if you haven't seen the episode already. If you have, well, just enjoy this scene again! You're welcome. 

Wordless Wednesday: Pumpkins

Teaser Tuesday: The Other Girl by Erica Spindler

Teaser Tuesday is newly hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

- Grab your current read 

- Open to a random page 

- Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page 

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser. 

My teaser this week is from The Other Girl by Erica Spindler:

"Where are the footprints? Whoever did this would've been dripping blood. Where's the trail?"

Room on the Broom

My kids (and my husband and I) LOVE this book! We have been reading it for years during October! They will love hearing this audio version I am sure!

Book club

I went to my first gathering of the book club I joined today. It was fun and I enjoyed it a lot! We discussed Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. It was a good book that I liked a lot but didn't love. Most people felt the same way. One woman did love it while another did not. Still our discussion was pretty good.

Our next choice is called The Other Girl by Erica Spindler. She is a pretty popular author from what I've read this afternoon but I've never heard of her. The book sounds really good, though. I'm looking forward to reading it. Here is the description from Good Reads:

From the New York Times bestselling author of Justice for Sara and The First Wife Erica Spindler comes The Other Girl, a chilling new thriller about a ritualistic murder of a college professor that sends a small town cop back into the trauma she thought she’d put behind her.

"Explosive.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A fantastic thriller from one of the best in the genre!” —RT Reviews

A horrific crime. One witness—a fifteen year old girl from the wrong side of the tracks, one known for lying and her own brushes with the law.
Is it any surprise no one believed her?

Officer Miranda Rader of the Harmony, Louisiana PD is known for her honesty, integrity, and steady hand in a crisis—but that wasn’t always so. Miranda comes from the town of Jasper, a place about the size of a good spit on a hot day, and her side of the tracks was the wrong one. She’s worked hard to earn the respect of her coworkers and the community.

When Miranda and her partner are called to investigate the murder of one of the town’s most beloved college professors, they’re unprepared for the brutality of the scene. This murder is unlike any they’ve ever investigated, and just when Miranda thinks she’s seen the worst of it, she finds a piece of evidence that chills her to the core: a faded newspaper clipping about that terrible night fifteen years ago. The night she’d buried, along with her past and the girl she’d been back then. Until now that grave had stayed sealed…except for those times, in the deepest part of the night, when the nightmares came: of a crime no one believed happened and the screams of the girl they believed didn’t exist.

Then another man turns up dead, this one a retired cop. Not just any cop—the one who took her statement that night. Two murders, two very different men, two killings that on the surface had nothing in common—except Miranda.

Sincerely

Thank God It's Friday - a song

A good day

Wordless Wednesday: Sky

Teaser Tuesday: Vision in White by Nora Roberts

Teaser Tuesday is newly hosted by Ambrosia at The Purple Booker. To play along, just do the following:

- Grab your current read 

- Open to a random page 

- Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page 

- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) 

- Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser. 

My teaser this week is from Vision in White by Nora Roberts:

A Saturday night date. A guy who interested and attracted her across the table. Yeah, that was just enough. A week from Saturday? Well, you just couldn't tell, could you?

Hello October