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My Bookish Life Book Reviews and Reading Updates

        Hello and how are you guys? I hope you all are having a good afternoon. I have had a pretty calm Sunday myself! We all stayed at home which was peaceful!     So I have a few reading updates for you guys and more than one book review this time! I hope you guys enjoy reading this article because it is going to be a pretty long one. With that being said, let's get started! Title: The Nightmare Before Christmas : The Battle For Pumpkin King Author: Dan Conner Genre: Manga Pages: 128 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis: Years ago, Jack and Oogie Boogie were close friends. Both eager to prove themselves, they poured all of their passion into their fantastical projects to earn their rightful place as the scariest duo in town! But there could only be one Pumpkin King! What could have turned to such great friends into bitter rivals? My thoughts on the book: This book was ok . It's illustrations are really good and the story is decent. It was nice to be reading a manga again because it'

My Bookish Life Book Review: The Maid

       Hello and how are you guys? I hope you are all doing good! I've had a pretty good weekend so far. My husband and I went on a date yesterday and that was really nice! We went to this new cantina that's in town and they had really good food!         Now this morning I'm relaxing and I want to talk books with you guys! I'm about to make some coffee and then I will be ready to rock this review. Alright I'm back with my coffee so let's do this!  Title: The Maid Author: Nita Prose Pages: 304 Genre: Thriller/Mystery Rating: 3 stars Synopsis: Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and has trouble reading other peoples intentions. Her Gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules for Molly to live by. Since Gran died a few months ago 25-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. She throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her

My Bookish Life Book Review: Blood Moon

             Hello and good morning! How are you all doing ? I hope you are having a good morning. Mine has been good so far but, I have a very busy day ahead of me . It's a work day and I have cleaning I have to do plus we are going to my in laws later for dinner which should be fun.  All that being said for now I want to talk about books! I have some coffee fixed so lets get this review started! Title: Blood Moon Author: Joseph J. Battaglia  Genre: Mystery/Horror Page:  220 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis: Simon , a young brash FBI agent receives his first assignment . Small town murders, is it a cult , a serial killer or something much worse ? From being attacked early on, once on the scene of the crime, to meeting his fellow adopted brother in town back packing the country . Is Samuel there with his past history of drug and alcohol addiction to help or hinder or is it just a strange coincidence?  Clan leader Xavier watches over not only his small flock of followers but, also the small

My Bookish Life: My June TBR

   Hello everybody! How are you all? Got to be honest I haven't felt to grand today Since it is the 1st day of June I thought I would go ahead and share June TBR with everybody so here it goes!     Let's do my TBR jar pick first this !    The book I drew was Black Beauty by Anne Sewell. From how I understand it this is a children's classic. I also think it might have been in the Great America Read challenge but I'm not sure. Anyways I'm looking forward to reading it!        So here is my full TBR:               June TBR:  1. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke 2.  I Survived The Sinking of The Titanic, 1912 by Tarshis  3. Wolves of The Calla : Dark Tower V by Stephen King 4. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 5.  Four Past Midnight by Stephen King         I have already started the Chocolate Chip Cookie Murders by Joanne Fluke. I have also baked Chocolate Chip Crunch Cookies from the book. I will be posting my second