 hello hello everyone my name is Laura this is my channel Laura's Little Library and welcome to this week's vlog which is the thriller vlog it is the final vlog of the spooky season so as I was saying before it is thrillers week and I'm sorry if you can hear the dishwasher in the background it is Monday and it's been a day uh we had an oil change this morning and so I went and I sat in the cafe and I did some reading and that was really nice so I was there for a few hours and uh we actually got our next covid booster shot as well as our flu shot yesterday and a very fun event that we went to it was completely unexpected but because of that we're kind of feeling a little tired our joints are kind of crickly I did not sleep well last night I haven't slept well in the past couple of days it's it's a bummer I have a few books that I do want to get to this week I have three here but I feel like there was another one that I wanted to get to but I can't see it so I can't remember it but so for sure I want to try and get to the group book Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney I have not read an Alice Feeney thriller I believe this is like an on-the-island kind of not a quarantine thriller but like they're all on an island together so it is like close proximity with no way out kind of quarantine thriller so I'm very excited for this one because I think that is a thriller trope that I'm learning I really like and then I have the Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware I enjoyed one by one by Ruth Ware so I look forward to reading this I picked it up at a $1 library event in Milwaukee this past spring so it's nice that it's a book that I had already owned and now I can finally read and hopefully get it off my TBR the other book I have here is In a Dark Dark Wood also by Ruth Ware again I enjoyed her other book so hopefully I will enjoy this one as well yeah those are the thrillers I can see I'm sure I have another thriller or two on audio that I'm just not thinking of but the other thing is is that if you've been watching my previous vlogs you know that there are some books that I just didn't get to you know that happens such as life c'est la vie oh well if possible which it's not gonna be possible I would love to start to getting to some of the books that I didn't get to read during those other weeks I've got a I've actually got two vampire books that I had wanted to get for the vampire week because I only had like one vampire book and then they just didn't come in on time but now they're here so I want to read like two more vampire books I want to read a dark academia and I've got like six witchy books that I would love to read so I I'm definitely going to read at least one thriller at least the group book but then depending on how I feel about these other ones because they are kind of older and I'm not sure if I would really like older thrillers I mean they're not like that old but still then I might allow myself to switch up and read to something else because I am I feel like I'm on the verge of entering a reading slump or getting back into reading like I'm kind of teetering on the edge so I don't want to be too strict with my tbr as I am a mood reader so if I force myself to read something I'm not into I'm probably not going to read for the next two to three weeks so that's kind of the feeling that I have I'm going to do some reading today I've done all of my cleaning chores um but yeah I just don't know how the rest of today is going to go I'm going to have to pick up my partner from school and he's not feeling super well um I also really want to listen to audiobooks so I can finish my uh crochet project I've been getting really back into crochet recently so I wanted to focus on that listen audiobooks and focus on that I've also been thinking a lot about my november tbr all the books that I want to read so like november is still part of fall so I've kind of as I've been thinking about my november tbr because it's almost here I've just been looking back on what are all the autumn reads that I wanted to read and didn't get to because september and october were very spooky specific reads so I my november tbr is going to be huge and I really don't want to get into a slump before that because I really want to try and get through as many of them as possible so yeah it's going to be interesting it's it's definitely interesting but I also know november I'm going to start looking for winter and holiday reads as well so it's just kind of a mess I feel like I just want to sit and read like four books right now just kind of like go through and have them read and like experience them and know the stories already so it's interesting anyway that's it for this intro clip hopefully it's just going to be a very like reading focused slightly boring day but who knows anyway I'll catch up with you later it is sunday night and sunday night it is a monday night I decided to start The Woman in Kevin 10 by Ruth Ware first this is the book that I have the audio and the physical for and it's the oldest one on my tbr so I wanted to get it done first or at least start it now um I like it so far it's a very interesting beginning because I knew that it took place on a cruise ship but it actually starts with her apartment getting broken into which was a very interesting touch and I'm curious to see if that ties into the story later or if that was just the beginning hook but yeah this is where I'm at and I'll pick it up tomorrow all right it is tuesday morning and I am still like five chapters into this there's a lot of setup before it gets too spooky but I hope it picks up quickly but yeah I'm going to go to work this is a very very short update it was a very interesting beginning I am still kind of like I want this to get better I'm not super thrilled with our characters but I am very intrigued by this setting so yeah I just thought I'd do just a little update there hopefully I can make a lot of progress on it tonight the huge goal I have for tonight is to edit everything because I've got two vlogs and a video that was supposed to go up this past week and a half and I just haven't gotten around to it so I'm going to get home I'm going to edit those read that hopefully I would love to get The Woman in Kamen 10 done by Wednesday so that I can start the group book Daisy Darker um and have that read before the weekend and then hopefully read at least one more thriller before Halloween but that is the goal let's do this it is Tuesday night and I haven't done any reading but I got a lot of other things done I gave my partner a haircut I cleaned everything it's all clean now so hopefully this means that I can now prioritize some of my more favorite activities like reading and editing now that the space is clean so yeah I'm gonna go to bed I also have just not been getting a good night's sleep for the past like four days so that's been really difficult for me and my energy levels to do things I enjoy so there you go good night and we have our haunted masquerade party that we are hosting and it's mask and outfit I am I am Lady Midnight the sake I love this so much and Brennan is my partner the butler and uh I am about to be murdered in our murder mystery event when people get here so yeah we're so excited look at this food y'all like excuse the AC but like we've got a pumpkin cold drink we got one of those we got sangria we have skull donuts we've got even more food too for when like stuff runs out um yeah fresh bree and yeah and then we'll have cocktails signature Halloween cocktails on demand excuse the AC it's gonna get so hot in here with all these people so you're so excited I have been cleaning up a little bit and I still have a lot more to go but I have some bookish updates for you the book is over there so bookish update number one I finished the woman in cabin 10 I'm giving this to you out of five stars the ending I'm conflicted about because like the ending did what it was supposed to we're like we got our answers this and this happened but I mean I also just didn't care it ended up kind of being like a trope ending that I just didn't end up caring for very much but I loved the I liked the characters I really just love the background and how it was on a cruise line going through like Sweden and Denmark and Norway to see the northern lights that was probably the coolest part about all this and I would love to go on that boat but I also think it's very clear that this was one of Ruth Weyer's earlier books because I think the writing just isn't quite there yet it was extremely repetitive and there were just elements to it that was like yes I get it move on already stop bring this up or stop doing this and so it just felt a little long and repetitive in that way but I think her writing has definitely gotten better from this one to like one by one so which it does make me a little nervous to read in a dark dark wood because it's an even older one than this one so we'll see what the writing is like but at least I'm prepared um yeah I finished this one so that's 25 points um and then I ended up reading garlic in the vampire which doesn't get me any points I didn't read it for my uh spooky season spectacular because it's not vampire week so I don't get anything for it um but it was adorable and I loved it and I just wanted to mention that I read it now I've started reading reading daisy darker I took the dust jacket off um because I don't want to hurt it actually you know the dust jacket right here I I didn't use to take dust jackets off when I read books but now I do um so I started reading this I'm one chapter and I'm like 10 pages in there's so much background noise going but that's just how vlogs are gonna have to go anyway this one is intriguing because it's isolation and it's multiple murder and family secrets so this I'm gonna try and read this today I do have plans today and I have to like clean up after the party but for some reason I still think that I can read this today so we're gonna see how it goes but this is the group book and I really do want to read it also this is going through Monday so because there I think I've been doing it wrong um because it's Halloween tomorrow I'm gonna include it as part of the week or you know I'm gonna continue reading spooky things on Halloween and it would continue to count so it's kind of like an extra bonus day today is not the last day the spectacular tomorrow is so hopefully I'll finish this book either today or tomorrow and yeah and I cannot believe that after tomorrow it's November I've been thinking about like everything leading up to Halloween and then when Halloween is done it's like oh my word then there are so many November things that I need to like pay attention to so it's been a time but yeah that's my reading update um I will also be listening to audiobooks when I clean unfortunately I do not have Daisy Darker on audiobook which is a bummer but oh well what can you do especially because like I got I put audiobooks on hold for different themes of the week and then they didn't come on time but now they're all coming so November is probably gonna start off with the remains of the spooky reads which is not a problem but I do have a whole other huge November TBR so that's it for this update I will probably catch you all later but first leftover short delivery board for breakfast and the last little drags of the bloody sangria for breakfast hello y'all it's Halloween it's Monday it's the last day for this vlog and for reading and spooky season and all those good things and I am so conflicted so I so I finally got one vlog up and running and I'm working on doing some of the other editing for the other vlogs because I really want to catch up and get all these spooky videos out before spooky season is too over I don't want to think about it being over but the other thing is that our tv is not working so I can't watch anything spooky like I really wanted to because I just really wanted to watch some spooky things today as I am home and alone on Halloween we as I mentioned before already had our Halloween party so that kind of felt more like Halloween night than tonight but we'll see hopefully when Brennan comes home he can fix the tv and I can watch like Halloween town or something to kind of celebrate again there is plenty of candy in this household so there's no shortage of that um but yeah I've got my spooky in my vampire bat sweater on and I've got my Halloween fuzzy socks so I'm doing what I can and like I could read too I could read daisy darker and I do plan on reading but for some reason I just I want to get in the vibe while the sun is out so by the time it gets dark I like can really I don't know just celebrate I don't know how I'm gonna celebrate but I really want to maybe I'll do a thing on Instagram and say what are your ways of celebrating Halloween alone or not going out um because I have to work tomorrow so I don't want to like go out and do anything crazy say lovey we'll see what happens happens I'm just I'm just happy it's Halloween and it's sunny and kind of warm strangely enough but yeah the apartment is like the cleanest it's ever been and I love it anyway that's that's my update for now but I I might just end up posting two vlogs and then getting two more videos ready and just kind of using this as my as my day off to catch up on things Halloween night is mostly what people go after anyway right right so if I just get my normal work done today it'll be fine it'll be fine later so I decided not to read daisy darker because I wasn't super into it but also well no I like the first couple of chapters I started it and I liked it but my audiobook for for the throne expires tomorrow while I'm at work and this is my second time waiting for a long time to get the audiobook and when I tried to request it again it was like your number 17 and I was like oh my word so I decided to focus on this for today I'm almost halfway through I'm hoping to finish it hopefully or at least get far enough that I can finish it physically even if the audiobook does expire and I mean it's pretty dark it's dark magic so not too far off um but for now I've got apple cider my trick-or-treat cup I've got stroof waffle and I will be watching my favorite episode Halloween episode of psych so that's how I'm celebrating Halloween for now yeah just reading this book and watching a Halloween episode so since I'm not going to be reading anything more spooky for this reading vlog and it's kind of the end of the night it's like seven o'clock on Halloween I am going to close it off here thank you all very much for watching if you liked this give it a thumbs up let me know what you read on Halloween or leading up to Halloween or what your favorite spooky read was um if you like bookish content feel free to subscribe I do post videos on Sundays and Wednesdays I also have bookish social media link down below that you can 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