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Lovely footage! October is my favorite time of year to camp too, but we haven't managed to get away this year. :(

Oooh! I love the Halloween pics! We enjoy Halloween as well--as I've said, I encourage my kids to make the most of it while they are still kids. We also have my brother-in-law (and sometimes one of my husband's cousins) come down for the holiday and the kids love that!

Hi Sue, Thank You for sharing your Holiday memories,and traditions with us. I am the mother of 2 adult sons.I still decorate the house,and carve a pumpkin every year. I even make Halloween Gift bags for my husband, and sons,although less candy now. Traditions are fun,and hopefully they will remember us for them and the fun we all shared. I had a great Dracula book edition illustrated by Edward Gorey,that I accidentally purged a few years ago(regretfully). I want to read more Shirley Jackson for the Season. I got involved with "The Clifton Series" By Jeffrey Archer.I'm on book 6 out of seven. Not very scary,but I really want to complete the series. Happiness, Cindy🫖📚🍁🍂🎃

I'm reading Done And Dusted on my kindle. I'm really liking it so far. Even though it's more of a summer book. I've just been reading it since I'm a mood reader. I found out that one of the main characters has ADHD like me. That made me so happy. I don't feel as alone with my disability diagnosis. It's also helping to get my mind off finding out that my scoliosis is causing more issues. I am now on a narcotic pain medication to help me function with the severe chronic pain that will never get better. Happy Halloween!

Just finished What Have You Done by Shari Lapena. This book gets right to it. Murder young girl left in a farmers field in the first few pages... I just started Someone We Know by the same author only a couple of chapters in but so far so good. Same thing Murder in the first few pages. Happy Halloween 🎃🎃🎃

I so enjoy your camping vlogs! As I've told you before, my husband and I keep toying with the idea of getting a trailer--with older kids (a boy and a girl!), hotels can be tricky and we do like getting out in nature (and I prefer camping when it isn't in a tent). I don't know if we'll get a trailer while the kids are still home, but I think it might be something we treat ourselves with when we are empty nesters.

So relaxing,and calming. I love this time of year ! I thought when you said that you heard a loud crash,that it was a "Bear Encounter" ! Have you ever seen bears while camping ? That would petrify me for sure ! Happy Trails,Cindy🍁🍂🍃

Gorgeous ! Love the sounds and smell of Fall !

There is an iOS App called pulse alarm that is designed specifically to give out an alarm for a preset HR! I haven‘t tested it myself though bc I don‘t have an Apple watch.

Fifty Beasts may not be your thing, but it definitely sounds like mine! I'm going to add that one to my wish list!

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. A heartbreaking journey of Demon's life in Southwest Virgina. A really good book but I suspect it will not have a very happy ending based on his life up until the point I am in his story.

I'm reading Dracula as well. I just finished David McCullough's wonderful biography of John Adams and wanted a change of pace.

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez on my kindle. I'm 50% through it. It's so cute so far. I'm reading A Curse For True Love by Stephanie Garber.

I just finished "Summer Sisters" by Judy Blume. This is one of her adult novels. It was good.

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I will try to give this a go next month maybe

I listened to The Blood of Flowers a while ago and it is a fantastic book--I think you will really like it. However, definitely read it and don't listen to it! The narrator is Shohreh Aghdashloo (the actress) and she does a good job of performing it, but she has a "whiskey and cigarettes" voice that doesn't really fit with the young woman narrator!

Well, I tried and failed at this. I scrolled back through the last 2 years of my books on StoryGraph. Lots of books I read because of the author/series. TONS of books I read because of BookTube. Not a single book I would say I read because of the title. I can't even really picture a title that would make me buy a book without more to recommend it. I'll head to Heather and Tahlia's channels to see what captured them. Have good week!

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I think Russo's best book is Straight Man

Sue Friday Organizing a 70th birthday gift getaway without including yourself speaks big book volumes of your love. I hope you're wearing a silly grin (goes well with gorgeous green flannel) after smartly lightening your load. Tomorrow is no guarantee for any of us. More importantly than the books, I tune in for you, Sue. Thanks for sharing. Chances are Johnny Mathis is your earworm too. My parents once went to his concert, and he had laryngitis. Some of my friends I dragged along to see Bob Dylan (I saw him once at SUCO in Oneonta) wished he did too. Cheers.

I am so glad that you are feeling more relaxed and excited about life! More travel sounds amazing! If you ever travel internationally make sure to check out Barcelona 😉

I'm reading Daydream by Hannah Grace. I'm reading it on my kindle. I'm 74% percent through the book. It's such a cute hockey romance book. I'm also reading Flawless by Elsie Silver. It's a cowboy romance. I'm still catching up on the books I started before my cruise I went on in September. I'm loving the books that I'm reading right now.

Hi Sue! I’m commenting because I need some advice/help. I recently had an appointment with my neurologist who is one of the top neurologists in the US. He was my one doctor who was willing to try to find something to help my severe ME/CFS, my other doctors are great, but they simply don’t have enough knowledge about ME. He is at a loss at what to do after I’ve tried multiple medications with no sign of improvement. He suggested an immunoglobulin infusion that I’d do for around 6 months that would hopefully reset my immune system, but there is no guarantee that it would work or even help at all. My family would be willing to pay for it but it costs over $100,000 for only 6 months and insurance rarely covers it. Obviously my family can’t afford it, the only chance I would do it is if insurance covers it. My neurologist is very discouraged and so is my family. We don’t know what to do. The only thing that has helped my symptoms is getting lymphatic drainage massages and taking medication for my POTS and MCAS. I’ve looked into your blog and actually take glutathione because of your advice. I already take LDN. My family and I feel that there are other options out there, especially since something as simple as lymphatic massages made a difference. The problem is I don’t know where to start especially because I have severe enough POTS that I have to lay down because of it (I’m mostly bedridden from my ME/CFS), hEDS, and MCAS, along with digestive issues. These add another layer of complexity, even though I take medication for these illnesses I still have bad symptoms. I need help on where to start, how to start, and how to work with my doctors on what I need to do. My family have no medical experience and as you know families are usually on their own to find help or things that help and it’s very confusing and overwhelming. Is there any way I can get in contact with you ie: Email, or phone number? I know this is a bit unusual, but my family is becoming desperate. I’m sure you understand how my parents feel watching me-I got sick at 16 and am now 20. If you have any advice I’d greatly appreciate it. Please do not feel obligated to help me if you cannot handle it or are not comfortable sharing. Thank you for all you do to already help people who have ME/CFS, it’s greatly appreciated!❤

The man in front of me at the gas station bought a pack of Marlboros....$10.21 that would be enough to make quit if I smoked.

Finished The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore, a cute fast cozy; continued Weyward by Emilia Hart, slower read with 3 timelines; and started Bear Town by Fredrick Backman because I enjoyed A Man Called Ove.

❤️📚❤️ I'm glad the small life changes you are implementing are already making you feel better and more excited about the future. I'm happy you're continuing with sharing book videos. 😊

Love the vibe of the Green Toad bookstore. And the gnome restaurant looked super cute!

Hi Sue, just found you!!! And yes. I have just started trying to measure my heart rate. I lost my Apple Watch a couple of years ago and just replaced it. You change the high alert for the watch and I use 2 other apps as well. One specifically for CFS called Visible and one called Welltory. I am not a paid subscriber to either as I just started using them. I like both for different reason. To change the High heart rate alarm on the watch: on your phone : 1. Open watch icon 2. Tap Heart 3. Tap High heart rate 4. Select the on you want. Where Apple only gives you options Visible give you more info specific to you. Visible tracks and customizes to your specific individual limits. My experience with the app would be better if I purchased their heart monitor. Welltory can be placed on my watch face and has a “battery” of the amount of energy I have left to use. Hope this helps

hooray for book shopping! That was a lot of vicarious fun.

I went to SUNY Oneonta years ago. Lived in Binghamton before I moved to canada. Now I’m in Alberta.

Oooooo you got The Shell Seekers! My fav! What fun bookstores. The gnomes are adorable.

It sounds like you had a great reading month! Yes, The Last Ranger is the perfect book to read while camping. I really need to read more books by Peter Fuller!

Great wrap up Sue! I'm reading a Peter Heller that came out in August called Burn. And I wanted to let you know that the "new" Blake Crouch is a rerelease of a previously published book. It is called Run and it wasn't as good as his newer stuff. Not terrible but felt like an older release.

I believe I heard you say you have read Ken Follett? If so, where should I start? Thank you so much! Happy late birthday to your husband!

The Last Ranger is an excellent book to be reading on a camping trip!

The Westing Game is another to add to my list. I had never heard of it before you mentioned it last week. Happy birthday to your husband. 🎂

Happy birthday to your husband! I can't even count how many earrings (and other small things) I've lost in laundry baskets!

This weekend I'll be finishing off The Outlaw Noble Salt (fictionalized Butch Cassidy by Amy Harmon) and starting on Ink and Bone, where the Library of Alexandria survived and is now the ultimate controller of knowledge. I'm preparing for a craft show in a few weeks, so there will be plenty of paper crafting and audiobook-ing time!

I loved The Westing Game. I need to add that to my reread list. (That list is getting long! Haha!) I just read Empire Falls and it was ok. I’m not sure Russo is an author for me. I have another one on my TBR. Not sure I’ll read it. Curious to hear what you end up thinking about him.

The Ice Coven (A Ghosts of the Past Novel) by Max Seeck from my R.I.P. pile

I hate that I just found out about your Page and this Challenge. I hope to participate next year. I’m glad to have finally read some books from my TBR list that I’ve owned for years. I am intimidated by the big books that I own though.

Nice camping trip vlog. What did you think of "The Outsiders'?

Hi Sue, This looks so beautiful, and relaxing.You are so brave to go Kayaking on the lake ! Of course you found some bookstores ! Happy Trails ! Cindy🏕

Glad you had fun camping. I've never heard of Peter Heller, but he's on my radar now. The Last Ranger sounds great.

I’m so glad that you enjoyed Holly! And it was me, Holly, who told you about the cover. I thought it was a cool feature that for some reason isn’t broadcast by the publisher. It is only the US covers though. I am currently reading the new Blake Crouch, Run, to be released next month (I think). I am also reading The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell which has a terrific Gothic and spooky vibe. Excellent wrap up!

Hi Sue, I am trying to get in touch with you. Is there an email I can use? 🙏🏻

This weekend I'm reading Tami Hoag's "Bad Liar" (great cops-in-swampy-Louisiana series) and listening to Chuck Wendig's "Invasive" (just started, but bugs are eating people, so ... creepy crawly!). Have a great weekend, Sue!

I am currently reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch on my Kindle through the Libby app. I am having really weird dreams, and I think it is because of this book. I don't usually read sci-fi. The audiobook I'm currently listening to is The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah, also through Libby, and my current physical book is A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. I am a slow reader, so audio and ebooks have been game changers for me.