Halloween Bingo 2022 Update #2

I was so sure I'd have one more book completed by this next update, but alas, it was not to be.  Ah well...  I'm halfway through two books and about 30% into the third.  The Ice Princess started off quite interesting, but is proving to be a bit banal towards the middle, so I took my mind off of it for a while.

In the meantime, I had the sudden urge to throw an audiobook in there, and found that I owned Sourcery by Terry Pratchett as an Audible.  I've been listening to it for the past four days, but during my last two drives to and from work, I found myself drifting to a lot of work related matters that are currently occupying my thoughts, so ended up not paying attention, much to my own regret.  It's not that book isn't good--I found myself laughing out loud many times--it's just that work stuff has been a bit stressful lately, and I find myself unable to turn off my brain for even those thirty minute drives to and from work.

No worries, I'm going to back track about two hours to catch up on what I missed.  Though I must admit that the parts without Rincewind aren't as much fun, for some reason.

I'm still waiting patiently for my library to tell me that my interlibrary loan hold is ready for The Honjin Murders.  With my luck, though, it'll finally be ready by the end of October... too late to read for Halloween Bingo.  So crossing my fingers that I'll see the library hold available soon.

Otherwise, after I'm done with Sourcery and The Ice Princess, I'm going for either Seanan McGuire or maybe Mary Stewart...  At least that's what I'm feeling.  I'm also kind of wanting to re-listen to the full cast audio version of Dracula again, just for old times' sake--I loved that audiobook so much when I first listened to it!

Currently Reading:

Next Reads:

Books Read and Unallocated:

None yet!

Bingo Tracking:

Bingo Square	Date Called	Book / Author	Date Read
Row #1
Genre: Thriller	9/3/22
Black Cat
Amateur Sleuth
Darkest London
Arsenic & Old Lace
Row #2
Dark Academia
Ice Cold Fear
Murder & Mayhem by the Book		Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz	9/9/22
Grave or Graveyard
Death Down Under
Row #3
Genre: Mystery
The Barrens
Poe Raven Free Space
Vintage Mystery
Psych	9/13/22
Row #4
Golden State Nightmares
Terror in the Tropics
Sword & Sorcery
*Romantic Suspense
Spellbound
Row #5
Locked Room Mysteries
Cozy Mystery
Terror in a Small Town
Urban Decay
A Grimm Tale	9/6/22

Wild Card Activities:

I have decided to use The Lottery Wild Card to swap out Home is Where the Hurt Is with Romantic Suspense.

Halloween Bingo 2022 Update #1

I have certainly not made a whole lot of progress, but I wanted to do at least a weekly update on what I'm up to pertaining to the book world and Halloween Bingo.  I've come across some books that I'd like to read for Halloween Bingo, so in spite of my determination not to overwhelm myself by making a list of books to read, I ended up doing so anyway.

There aren't really a whole lot, but more than what I started with.

What squares they will end up in, however, is still up in the air.

I haven't read Seanan McGuire in a long time, but I absolutely adore The Incryptids series, and her books just seem like they would fit into a lot of squares available.  Mainly I'm looking at Sparrow Hill Road for Urban Decay, and am interested enough to want to read it first of the three books above.  The other two books, I'm looking at for Golden State Nightmare, though I haven't decided which one yet.  More than likely, it'll be Chaos Choreography just because I'm wanting to catch up with The Incryptids books.

Meanwhile, I did happily finally finish one book with an idea of what square I will put it in, but I don't want to make any permanent decisions, so I decided to create a digital table to log my progress alongside my Happy Planner, decorated log.  But since I've hardly filled out my physical table, no photos just yet--sometimes photos can be a bit more work than I'm willing to put in at the moment.

The first book I finished was Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz, which I'm looking at putting on Murder and Mayhem by the Book -- imagine my joy when I read the synopsis and found out that the entire book is centered around a female lead who is an old book dealer and the story centers around looking for an old, dangerous book laced with paranormal energy.  Score!

I am still reading A is For Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup, a nonfiction book detailing poisons used by Dame Agatha in her mysteries.  I'm making my way through this slowly, just because it's nonfiction and I've never really warmed to reading nonfiction.  This book will be for Arsenic and Old Lace -- a perfect fit, I'd say!

I just started reading The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg, about a murder that takes place in Fjallbacka in Sweden.  The setting seems to be either winter, or just very, very cold climes, so I'm hoping I can get it to fit into Ice Cold Fear.

Finally, my next reads are kind of tentative.  The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo is a book I saw on someone else's list (though I don't recall who's), and became interested in reading it for Locked Room Mysteries.  Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz, is the next book in the Dark Legacy duology, following Copper Beach and I do want to read it -- I just don't know here I'd put it, quite just yet.

And as I'd mentioned, Sparrow Hill Road, I would like to read for Urban Decay.

And well... that's pretty much it!

Currently Reading:

Next Reads:

Books Read and Unallocated:

None.

Bingo Tracking:

Bingo Square	Date Called	Book / Author	Date Read
Row #1
Genre: Thriller	9/3/22
Black Cat
Amateur Sleuth
Darkest London
Arsenic & Old Lace
Row #2
Dark Academia
Ice Cold Fear
Murder & Mayhem by the Book		Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz	9/9/22
Grave or Graveyard
Death Down Under
Row #3
Genre: Mystery
The Barrens
Poe Raven Free Space
Vintage Mystery
Psych
Row #4
Golden State Nightmares
Terror in the Tropics
Sword & Sorcery
*Romantic Suspense
Spellbound
Row #5
Locked Room Mysteries
Cozy Mystery
Terror in a Small Town
Urban Decay
A Grimm Tale	9/6/22

Wild Card Activities:

I have decided to use The Lottery Wild Card to swap out Home is Where the Hurt Is with Romantic Suspense.