The Sunday Post #169

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The Sunday Post is hosted by The Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to recap the past week, talk about next week, and share news. It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? is hosted by Book Date. I get to tell you what I’ve read recently.

On The Blog Last Week

• On Tuesday I reviewed some fun books about brutal murder.
• On Thursday we discussed real-life monsters.
• On Saturday there was a book haul.

On The Blog This Week

• On Tuesday I explain what makes me love a villain.
• On Thursday I do the Halloween Creatures 2.0 Tag.
• On Saturday I review some ghostly nonfiction.

In My Reading Life

I’m writing this post on Friday because Saturday is Dewey’s Readathon. I’m going to read Vengeful by V.E. Schwab. I probably won’t finish it, but we can always hope.

Last week, I finished Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. The beginning got on my nerves because it’s extremely slow and introduces a bunch of characters who we see once and then never again. I loved Part 2. That’s when the crime happens. (This is supposed to be true crime, after all.) The book made me wish I knew some eccentric rich people. Aside from the murders and the causal racism and homophobia, they seem entertaining. It’s hard to believe that people actually live like they do in this book.

Then I DNFed Outsider in Amsterdam by Janwillem van de Wetering. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t like police procedurals. They’re so . . . procedural. This seems to be another detective novel where the cops have no personality. They do police stuff and ogle women. That's it. What about the rest of their lives? Do detectives only pop into existence when there are ladies or corpses around?

Then I finished Revival by Stephen King. Like all King books, it’s longer than it needs to be, but I loved it. Charles Jacobs is a weird, obsessive dude. He’s one of the most intriguing characters I’ve “met” this year.

In My Internet Stalking Life

• Looking for something to read this Halloween? Elley the Book Otter has recommendations.
• Angela @ Musings of a Literary Wanderer talks about TBR management. (Something we all need help with.)

In The Rest Of My Life

Five things that made me happy last week:

1. I won a giveaway! I hardly ever win those.
2. I traded for some new books because I’m trash and can’t help myself.
3. Fraterfest Readathon was fun. I liked seeing what everyone was reading on Twitter. I assume Dewey’s was fun, too.
4. I passed 200 Instagram followers. I have to celebrate now because people tend to unfollow quickly on there when I don’t follow them back.
5. Who else is doing Nonfiction November? I don’t usually make TBRs, but I’m pulling books off my shelf that I might want to read.

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Take care of yourselves and be kind to each other! See you around the blogosphere!