December and 2025 is over and I was able to finish the month and Year with 10 books and the month was really mystery and thriller heavy with one horror novella that I squeezed on the 31st.I rated at least 7 a five with three being a 4.75 though I am seriously rethinking my rating of The Rush to a 5 as it was such a good read and it was just being nitpicky about the length of the audiobook. My suprise like was 1979 by Val McDermid as I heard of her work but wasn't sure I would vibe with it but it was a great listen and makes me what to read more by her. I also liked A Cyclist's Guide to Crime and Crossings I was able to read thanks to KU it was a fun cozy mystery with a travel guide protagonist, now the last book I read in December was The Film You Are About To See by Haley Newlin was one I had heard about through book tube/gram and it is a nostalgic horror novella set at the time of the heyday of drive ins and William Castle's movies, I gave it a 4.75 but that is because of the length and the ending being a little bit bittersweet to me. My hope for January is to read maybe some more horror and get through some ARCs, generally read more books in 2026. Hopefully this is year better than last year🤞🏻.

Additional notes, warning may get spoilery.

Thanks to Netgallery and Kristen Bird for this ARC.

Well November is over and now it December and the festive period. I only read around 8 books, three I rated a 5 and the lowest rating was a 3. The stand out were Sick Houses by Leila Taylor a non fiction book I listened to as a audiobook about how horror genre in film, TV and literature uses the architecture and the ideology of the home against our preconceived notions. Another one I enjoyed even though I rated it a 4.75 was a Bigger Fish by Daniel Kay a Canadian mystery comedic caper. I hope to end the year with some good reads maybe something scary to go along with the cozy.

Destination New York by Ann Shepphird

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So October is over and I read a good bit finishing 16 books, Did read some more horror/thriller books but still did mystery of the cozy variety, I listened to the first two Aurora Teagarden books and found them to be delightful but I've read some of  Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse books so I'm a fan of her work and also interested in her Lily Bard mystery series. Books that I loved and would  recommend are The Devil Takes The blues by Ariel Slick which is a southern gothic that gave me sinners vibes, The Dog Ladies Detectives by Julie Titterington also her Dog,Cat and Ghost if your a fan of cozies with animals be it of the regular with a multi generational mood or a supernatural vibe. Now I rated Lusus Naturae a 4.75 but that was cause of bit that I was peeved by, but it was still a good, scary and bloody read. As it was October and Halloween was coming up I listened to some classic horror stories to get in the mood, I've heard of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman but never read it so found it a great if a bit disturbing listen of a woman descent into madness while on a forced bed rest cure. Then I listened to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe  which I know of but my experience of it was the Simpsons treehouse of horror so I guess it was due a more serious listen of it, I also ended the month by listening to the classic tale of the Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to really get my Halloween vibes going. Also recommend Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum it was a great short horror story. I hope my November is a great reading month as October was.

Thanks to Netgallery and @arielslickwrites for this ARC.

So September is done and wow 16 books finished. Again mostly a mixture of ARCs from Netgallery and Booksprout with only three being non ARCs, and the three non ARCs were The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco which I did as a audiobook on Spotify, Do Not Disturb which was my first Frieda McFadden and was such a twisty listen on Audible and The Corpse in The Cabana that I read on BookFunnel. My top genre was mystery again mostly cozy and I rated nine books 5.0, two were a 4.75, one was a 4.25, three were 4.0 and only one got rated a 3.75 but these are my ratings and you may rate them higher or lower than me. My goal in October is to try and read some spooky books and more non ARCs. Currently reading The Dog Ladies 🐶 which is a cozy mystery currently on kindle unlimited. Have also included my Storygraph stats for the month of September.

Love,Mom by Iliana Xander eARC from Netgallery -⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Wyndclyffe By Joe Hart ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ digital ARC from booksprout.