Friday Reads 10-25-24

[@cindyurban150]

Hi Sue, Thank You for sharing your Holiday memories,and traditions with us. I am the mother of 2 adult sons.I still decorate the house,and carve a pumpkin every year. I even make Halloween Gift bags for my husband, and sons,although less candy now. Traditions are fun,and hopefully they will remember us for them and the fun we all shared. I had a great Dracula book edition illustrated by Edward Gorey,that I accidentally purged a few years ago(regretfully). I want to read more Shirley Jackson for the Season. I got involved with "The Clifton Series" By Jeffrey Archer.I'm on book 6 out of seven. Not very scary,but I really want to complete the series. Happiness, Cindy🫖📚🍁🍂🎃

[@SueJacksonDE]

Sounds wonderful, Cindy - very much like our family! I still do Easter baskets for our sons and my husband, though like you said, less candy these days (more books!). That sounds like a beautiful edition of Dracula. I read The Haunting of Hill House in October a few years ago and want to read more. Enjoy the series!

[@awebofstories]

Oooh! I love the Halloween pics! We enjoy Halloween as well--as I've said, I encourage my kids to make the most of it while they are still kids. We also have my brother-in-law (and sometimes one of my husband's cousins) come down for the holiday and the kids love that!

[@SueJacksonDE]

That sounds like fun!! Yes, we encouraged our kids to enjoy trick-or-treating as long as they could :) I'm absolutely fine with teens doing it, as long as they put in the effort and wear costumes! That's the fun part anyway!

[@PinkHawk191]

I'm reading Done And Dusted on my kindle. I'm really liking it so far. Even though it's more of a summer book. I've just been reading it since I'm a mood reader. I found out that one of the main characters has ADHD like me. That made me so happy. I don't feel as alone with my disability diagnosis. It's also helping to get my mind off finding out that my scoliosis is causing more issues. I am now on a narcotic pain medication to help me function with the severe chronic pain that will never get better. Happy Halloween!

[@SueJacksonDE]

So very sorry to hear about the chronic pain - I hope the new meds help! Isn't it so comforting to read about someone like you in a book? This MG book I talk about here is about a young girl who gets ME/CFS (which the author also has), and the descriptions are spot-on - I feel seen!

[@booklover6963]

Just finished What Have You Done by Shari Lapena. This book gets right to it. Murder young girl left in a farmers field in the first few pages... I just started Someone We Know by the same author only a couple of chapters in but so far so good. Same thing Murder in the first few pages. Happy Halloween 🎃🎃🎃

[@SueJacksonDE]

Sounds perfect for the season! Enjoy!