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The Book Bit: October 2016 Ed.

So my #blogtunes was this ultra spooky Halloween music, but it was really freaking one of my dogs out.  To the point that she was driving me crazy enough to just turn it off all together.  She's grateful.  C'mon, it's Halloween Eve!  Is anybody else excited!  October is by far my most cherished month of the year (and it's not because of my birthday or wedding anniversary).  I love fall, and October is fall for me, plus Halloween!  Who doesn't love Halloween!  So, to keep up with this awesome month of the year, I chose all scary books for my reading list.  Wait, what?!  Yes!  All horror, mwah, mwah, mwah!  And to tell you the truth, it was a bit of an undertaking (*slaps knee), for real, next month will probably be full of romance and young adult to counterbalance.  Who am I kidding?  I just set aside about a dozen psychological thrillers that caught my eye this week alone!  Btw, I broke out my light box for these pics (don't they look fantastic?); anyway.  Let&#

The Book Bit: September 2016 Ed.

  Uh, it took so long to get through my books this month!  I was traveling a lot, but managed to get through all three of them.  Did I mention the Stephen King book finally came through from the library?!  I was so excited about it!  So, let's review. "Never Never"- Brianna R. Shrum   Has anyone else noticed the obsession with rewriting our old fairytales from childhood?  No?  Well, I have and I'm loving it!  I love reading new and twisted versions of the old classics (Disney versions, of course) that I remember from childhood.  Taking my beloved Cheshire cat and turning him evil or turning me sympathetic to the monster under the bed.  I love it!  This book was no exception.  To be fair, I have had a bit of a Peter Pan obsession the past few months.  A friend of mine pitched me this writing idea about Neverland and Peter Pan that I simply cannot get out of my head, so naturally I've been dying to read what other people have written up about our favorite boy