DramaK:

That sounds really interesting! How long did it take to read?

It took a couple of weeks for me to read. I have only been able to read for a little bit in the evenings before I go to bed, unless it's my day off.

DramaK:

I read in my head because I understand it better. If I read out loud, then I'm trying hard to sound like the characters. I probably sound ridiculous too!

I like reading in my head too. I just don't even enjoy reading out aloud as it would mean that I don't want to fully understand what I was reading. So, to understand things better, I read them in my head.

I keep them in the book shelfs. Some books are worth reading another time and that's the reason I keep them.

Minerva:

Gizmo:

Most shows nowadays are too short as they usually only get 8-10 episodes per season. Some used to have 20-24 episodes per season. I do feel shows like Game of Thrones went on far too long in their continued run.

I agree. Even the 8 to 10 is too short. I remember when there was at least 13 episodes in a season.

I'm a member of a couple of Star Trek Facebook groups and some people are really unhappy that they don't do 20-25 episodes per season now. It is a bit hard to do that now when each episode is roughly 10-20 million dollars to make. You can tell the difference between old Trek and new Trek though based on the quality. Things were easier to make in the old days.

If you sign up to a paid premium plan for Spotify you get 15 hours of free audiobooks per month. It might not seem like much but I personally have never exceeded that.

I think it's a great deal especially if you already use Spotify for music.

Do you take advantage of this on Spotify?

David Walliams is one of my favorite children book authors. A few of his books have been turned into movies.

Sadly he has a habit of saying the wrong things at the wrong time so his book contract is currently suspended. He also got taken off being a judge on Britain's Got Talent for saying some real risky things.

He's one of my favorite comedians as well. I love Little Britain.

2025

• The Small Hand by Susan Hill (e-book)

• The House that Horror Built by Christina Henry (paperback)

• The Party by Natasha Preston (paperback)

• What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama (hardcover)

• William by Mason Coile (hardcover)

• Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney (paperback)

• Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (hardcover)

• Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (hardcover)

• Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley (paperback)

• The Night House by Jo Nesbo (paperback)

• The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night by Steven Banbury (paperback)

• The Locked Door by Freida McFadden (paperback)

• The Bookwanderers by Anna James (paperback)

• Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara (hardcover)

• Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (paperback)

• The Spiderwick Chronicles: Field Guide by Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black (hardcover)

• The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone by Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black (hardcover)

• The Spiderwick Chronicles: Lucinda’s Secret by Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black (hardcover)

• The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Ironwood Tree by Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black (hardcover)

• The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wrath of Mulgarath by Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black (hardcover)

• The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixie’s Song by Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black (hardcover)

• The Spiderwick Chronicles: A Giant Problem by Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black (hardcover)

• The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wyrm King by Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black (hardcover)

• The Thirteen Doors of Black House by Laura Lavoie (paperback)

• Small Horrors by Darcy Coates (paperback)

• Deadly Occupants by Mads Rafferty (paperback)

• She Left by Stacie Grey (paperback)

• Snow Drowned by Jennifer D. Lyle (paperback)

• Ward D by Freida McFadden (paperback)

• The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates (paperback)

• The Haunting by Natasha Preston (paperback)

Welcome, Henry! I hope you enjoy yourself here.

Is marketing your book harder than when you wrote it in the first place? Why or why not?

I'm currently reading "How to Survive a Horror Story" by Mallory Arnold. I've got about a hundred pages left till I'm finished.

How many times have you re-read the books?

Do you plan to read them again?

I signed up because I wanted to see what house I was suppose to get sorted in. I also signed my hubby up because I wanted to see what his was suppose to be compared to mine.

My vacations are usually spent going back to where we used to live to visit family. This year, we're going to visit Tennessee to see my husband's aunt and uncle and also figure out if we want to live there when my husband retires.

What convinced you to break down and finally get an e-reader or a tablet to read e-books on?

I'm not sure I have a favorite from this author. Don't get me wrong, they're a great author. I just can't name a favorite.

How did you first get into gaming?

For me it started years ago just playing casually on PC, and over time it slowly turned into a bigger hobby. These days I spend a lot of time with flight simulators and other PC games, and it’s something I really enjoy doing.

It’s interesting how everyone starts differently though. Some people started with consoles growing up, others started on PC, and some only got into gaming later on.

Would be interesting to hear what everyone’s first gaming experience was.

What was the first game or system you remember playing?

Looking forward to hearing everyone’s stories!

Thought it might be interesting to see what kind of setups people here are running for gaming or flight simulation.

Everyone’s setup is different, some people run full cockpit builds while others have a simple desk setup with a joystick or controller.

My own setup is fairly simple but it gets the job done. I’m always looking for ideas though on how people organise their desks, monitors, and hardware.

Things like:
What PC specs you’re running
What monitors you use
Any flight controls or special hardware
How you’ve arranged your desk

Feel free to post a photo if you want as well. Always nice seeing how people build their setups.

Might even give some of us ideas for future upgrades!

Stephen King and I haven't read a lot of his books but I love the movie and TV adaptations they've done with his books. If I had to pick a favorite story it would be IT.

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Book Name: The House Saphir

Author: Marissa Meyer

Format: hardcover

Age Range: Young Adult (teen)

Genre: fantasy, romance, mystery, retellings, romantasy, fiction, gothic, ghosts,

Synopsis: Mallory Fontaine is a fraud. Though she comes from a long line of witches, the only magic she possesses is the ability to see ghosts, which is rarely as useful as one would think. She and her sister have maintained the family business, eking out a paltry living by selling bogus spells to gullible buyers and conducting tours of the infamous mansion where the first of the Saphir murders took place.

Mallory is a self-proclaimed expert on Count Bastien Saphir—otherwise known as Monsieur Le Bleu—who brutally killed three of his wives more than a century ago. But she never expected to meet Bastien's great-great grandson and heir to the Saphir estate. Armand is handsome, wealthy, and convinced that the Fontaine Sisters are as talented as they claim. The perfect mark. When he offers Mallory a large sum of money to rid his ancestral home of Le Bleu's ghost, she can’t resist. A paid vacation at Armand’s country manor? It’s practically a dream come true, never mind the ghosts of murdered wives and the monsters that are as common as household pests.

But when murder again comes to the House Saphir, Mallory finds herself at the center of the investigation—and she is almost certain the killer is mortal. If she has any hope of cashing in on the payment she was promised, she’ll have to solve the murder and banish the ghost, all while upholding the illusion of witchcraft.

But that all sounds relatively easy compared to her biggest learning to trust her heart. Especially when the person her heart wants the most might be a murderer himself.

hello Kat! Thanks for joining!

Do you count audiobooks as reading? Why or why not?

hi Gizmo! As you can see, stuff is still being worked on. Thanks for coming by and I promise to try and fix stuff haha

DramaK said:

Have the books always been better, in your opinion?

99% of the time, yes.

But I realize that's just my opinion. It's extremely rare for me to like the movie better than the book.

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