Hi friends!

Quick update for our JADE CITY book talk: I need to move it to next week, at the same time and also on a Thursday (so now the 13th at 9:45am CST!). August is full of doctor appointments and I need to go over some things ahead of next week's colonoscopy.

(I am very anxious about that. Despite planning to read so many spooky, scary, silly books, I have a hunch this will be my most nerve-racking experience of the month, lol.)

That said, a week before the Summer Scare Readathon kicks off, I've finalized my TBR! And one of these 👀👀 will be our next book club pick!:

I matched them up with each of the prompts:

(Although admittedly Pumpkinheads is YA, not MG! I set myself a goal to "shop" my shelves entirely for this challenge and I've already read my friend Lindsay Puckett's MG spooky novels for this very challenge in previous years lolol. If you haven't, I would HIGHLY recommend THE GLASS WITCH and THE ODDS. This is also clearly the sign I need to buy more spooky MG novels. All my old, lost Goosebumps are weeping!)

I can't wait to get reading all these! Because of the aforementioned colonoscopy, I'll probably get a head start since I'll be in desperate need of a distraction in the days and hours before the procedure. Maybe that will give me a better chance at actually reading all nine before the Readathon ends, lol.

Do you have a favorite readathon you participate in every year? Let me know! And hope to see y'all next Thursday. Until then, happy reading. 📖