Weekly Mewsings: October's TBR Poll Winner

I am linking up to the Sunday Post hosted by Kim of Caffeinated Book Reviewer, where participants recap our week, talk about what we are reading, share any new books that have come our way, and whatever else we want to talk about. I am also linking The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz where participants discuss what they are reading and other bookish topics. 

What I Am Reading: Stepping away from the ghosts for a brief moment, I read Wild Hunger by Chloe Neill, the first book in the Heirs of Chicagoland Vampires series this week, which I enjoyed. I was worried I might feel a little lost not having read the original series this new one was spun off of, but fortunately, that wasn't the case. I am now in the middle of this month's TBR winner.

What I Am Watching: I started season 14 of Supernatural and am immersing myself in Sam and Dean's world for their final season. I am hoping to catch the new Nancy Drew series one of these days. Have you seen it? If so, what did you think? I hear it is on the dark side. At least in comparison to the books I grew up reading.

Off the Blog: It was a rather ordinary week in my world.  Work has been extremely busy, but it is nice to finally have that vacant supervisor spot filled. It means things have been a little less crazy at the office. But only just a very tiny bit of a little.

I feel like we live at the dance studio these days. Rehearsals are going well. My husband is playing Drosselmeier in the Nutcracker Ballet, and he has a lot more to do than he did in the summer's production of Don Quixote. My daughter continues to amaze me with her energy and stamina. I wish I had half of it. It's become sort of a ritual of ours to go out for dinner with a couple other families from the studio after the weekend rehearsals, and tonight we enjoyed dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory.

Tomorrow will be catch up day. Mouse has Girl Scout homework to finish up for this coming week's meeting, and I am sure there are errands that need to be taken care of.

I am feeling much better than I was these past two weeks. Thank you for all the well wishes.

We had a fire scare not too far from my workplace. Fortunately, the fire and rescue crews were able to work quickly enough to get the fire under control. We were worried one of my daughter's friends might have to evacuate as the streets just north of hers were mandated to, but they were allowed to stay. The air quality is awful from that and another fire not too far away. The winds are keeping the skies blue, but we've been warned to avoid too much outdoor activity for the time being.

Tell me what you have been up to! I hope you are all well. What are you reading, listening to and watching? 

Thank you for helping me decide what book from my TBR collection I should read next:

My TBR List is a meme hosted by the awesome Michelle at Because Reading. It’s a fun way to choose a book from your TBR pile to read. The 1st Sunday of every month, I will list 3 books I am considering reading and take a poll as to which you think I should read. I will read the winner that month, and my review will follow (unfortunately, not likely in the same month, but eventually--that's all I can promise). 

October seems like the perfect month to read a book featuring a ghost, and so all my choices for this month's poll included a ghost of some kind. It just so happens each of the books is a mystery--which makes them all even more appealing in my mind. It started out as a close race. Two of the books were tied initially, but one quickly took the lead.

Mrs. Morris and the Ghost received six votes to The Summoning's seven. The majority of you voted for Death Overdue. I do not think could resist a library setting either. I started reading it today and am already half way through!

Death Overdue (The Haunted Library Mysteries #1) by Allison Brook

Carrie Singleton is just about done with Clover Ridge, Connecticut until she's offered a job as the head of programs and events at the spooky local library, complete with its own librarian ghost. Her first major event is a program presented by a retired homicide detective, Al Buckley, who claims he knows who murdered Laura Foster, a much-loved part-time library aide who was bludgeoned to death fifteen years earlier. As he invites members of the audience to share stories about Laura, he suddenly keels over and dies.
The medical examiner reveals that poison is what did him in and Carrie feels responsible for having surged forward with the program despite pushback from her director. Driven by guilt, Carrie's determined to discover who murdered the detective, convinced it's the same man who killed Laura all those years ago. Luckily for Carrie, she has a friendly, knowledgeable ghost by her side. But as she questions the shadows surrounding Laura's case, disturbing secrets come to light and with each step Carrie takes, she gets closer to ending up like Al.
Now it's due or die for Carrie in Death Overdue, the delightful first in a new cozy series by Allison Brook. [Goodreads Summary]

Thank you for voting! I hope you all have a wonderful week! Happy Reading!

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