It’s time for a weekly check-in!
Happy last day of August, everyone! I can’t believe that in just a handful of hours, we’re entering my favorite part of the year: the “ber” months! 😂🍂 My tattoo appointment is next week, autumn is just around the corner, and the weather is slooowly cooling down in the evenings (even if the days are still hot AF 🥵). I’m sure I’ve mentioned this many times before, but I’m always excited to start a new month and set some fresh goals for myself, so I’m looking forward to tomorrow!
It’s been a good reading week despite being pretty busy! Misty and I are buddy reading through the Carissa Broadbent Nyaxia books and I’m really glad that we paused to read the novella because it was SO good and it set up some things for book 2 that we would have missed otherwise! Unfortunately, neither Malli nor I enjoyed VenCo much, but at least I had some fun, short spooky reads this week too!
- Six Scorched Roses // Carissa Broadbent → ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- The Midnight Meat Train // Clive Barker → ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Role Playing // Cathy Yardley → ⭐⭐⭐💫
- Oh Fuck Oh Fuck It Hurts: A Collection of Medical Horror // Ruth Anna Evans & Rik Hoskin → ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
- VenCo // Cherie Dimaline → ⭐⭐💫
- The Thing Under Your Bed // Stephen Kozeniewski → ⭐⭐⭐💫
📚 current reads 📚
I had big dreams of finishing a bunch of my current reads before the new month, but it never works out that way! 😅 That said, I am going to try really hard to finish at least one of these today, maybe even two!
- Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror // Jordan Peele → 25%
- Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology // Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. → 25%
- Starling House // Alix E. Harrow → 11%
- Off Season // Jack Ketchum → 23%
- Rule of Wolves // Leigh Bardugo → 10%
- The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King // Carissa Broadbent → 10%
Last week I was all “I’m gaming again!” and then I didn’t do any gaming this week. *sad trombone* I didn’t watch anything, either… I just read and listened to a surprising amount of Spiritbox, so enjoy a new song:
Heads up: you can always friend me on Letterboxd if you wanna see my movie mini reviews!
What are you reading right now, or what did you recently finish? Is anything exciting happening in your life? Let me know in the comments!
— destiny ♥
Reg @ BookishInBed
August 31, 2023What a great wrapup! So glad you enjoyed all the books beside the one.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
August 31, 2023Thank you Reg!! I’ve been lucky with so many great reads lately!
mistysbookspace
August 31, 2023I’m glad we decided to read the novella as well because now we will have already been introduced to those characters in the second book and we won’t be like who are these people lol.
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
August 31, 2023Me too! LOL I know, we wouldn’t have a clue and then we’d read the novella later and be like, “What do you mean we missed all this?!”
Tammy
September 1, 2023The “ber” months, I love it? I know what you mean, starting a new month is a lot of fun, so much anticipation. And cooler weather!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
September 9, 2023Yes, the anticipation! You’re so right 😀 haha the cooler weather will be a BIG relief.