October First Reads

 October is another two-book month with First Reads.  

1. Gothic fiction - Haunting of Brynn Wilder
2. Thriller - The Cipher
3. Book club fiction - The Magnificent Dappled Sea
4. Historical fantasy - Spellbreaker
5. Suspense - Girls of Brackenhill
6. Historical Fiction - The Last Correspondent
7. Memoir - The Boy Between
8. Contemporary fiction - Perfectly Impossible
9. Picture Book - Some Days

Taking out the gothic fiction, thriller, suspense, and picture book leaves 5 to choose from. From the synopses, I'm going with Spellbreaker and Perfectly Impossible.

Pandemic acventures

 I went to Goodwill today, for the first time since March.  Had to remind myself that with masks and distancing, there's not much (if any) difference between Target and Hy-vee, where I've gone multiple times, and Goodwill. And, the kid wants to be Britney Spears for Halloween, so I had to go hunting for a cardigan and skirt and tights.  No tights, but found two options for the cardigan and skirt, and both were half-price.  Other than that, just bought a group of LEGO base plates for $6, with about 5 LEGO plates and one knockoff.  There were gallon ziploc bags of LEGO in the locked case, but at $25 each, I resisted.