tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21692454707705520022024-02-19T10:16:20.312-06:00Myster Night Owl BlogThings I think about when the rest of the world is sleeping.MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-51626807555366209622023-08-15T17:52:00.000-05:002023-08-16T17:11:25.802-05:00August Reading ScheduleThe Month of August I am participating on the High Summer Readathon hosted by Michelle Miller @ https://seasonsreading.blogspot.com/ Below is my reading schedule for the month of August.
MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-11159867828100550782023-08-15T17:37:00.000-05:002023-08-16T17:00:57.654-05:00My Ambitious Reading ScheduleHello all you good people! Lately I have been evaluating what is important to me, what I want to do in my life and how I want to spend my free time. Let's face it. There are literally hundreds of ways you can waste/spend your time in today's technologically advanced day and age. But for me, my love of reading has always had it's hooks in me. Books, e-books, audio MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-3742647584531334262023-03-28T20:19:00.006-05:002023-04-10T12:48:11.735-05:00Spring Into Horror Readathon 2023
This month long readathon is hosted by Michelle at Seasons of Reading. The cold and dreary days of March are behind us and the world is trying to shake the frigid coat of old man winter. April is the perfect month to snuggle up with a blanket with a cup of hot Yorkshire tea, and get to reading horror. One of my favourite genres.I am excited to share two pieces of news MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-80618854721698471612022-11-22T17:43:00.008-06:002022-11-27T21:48:07.608-06:00#YuletideSpirit #ReadathonHello all and Merry Christmas! It is only 33 days until Christmas and the #YuletideSpirit #Readathon and Reading Challenge has officially started!The reading challenge runs from Monday, November 21, 2022, through
January 6, 2023 (Epiphany). The hashtag is #YuletideSpirit. Click on any of the links below to learn more. Thanks to Michelle at Yuletide Spirit and Seasons MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-62772642548079511842022-05-29T16:13:00.006-05:002022-06-22T18:03:31.281-05:00#SciFiJune Readathon and TBR Schedule Hello to all good people out there. Today I state my intention to sign up and participate a readathon aptly named Sci-Fi Summer Readathon. This readathon runs the whole month of June and the star of the show is science fiction. This readathon is put on every year by a sweet young lady named Michelle Miller. She maintains a number of websites but the one weMysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-36214449990772258492022-05-29T12:19:00.003-05:002022-05-29T15:06:08.455-05:00I Just Joined The 55+ ClubHello my friends and thank you for taking the time to read through this blog. It has been almost exactly two years since I have posted on here. I could blame it on alot of things like, COVID, or lack of time, or working too hard. But honestly, I think I was just in a huge slump, like the rest of the world. I turned 55 a few days ago and my priorities have shifted a lot in 2MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-30509624358610038052020-06-01T00:00:00.002-05:002020-06-01T00:00:05.597-05:00#SciFiJune #Readathon and TBR ScheduleHello all,Today I am pleased to share with you my plans for this month's SCi-Fi June Readathon that is hosted by Michelle Miller at www.seasonsreading.blogspot.com/. I always look forward to this RAT as I usually don't pick sci-fi as by go to read. Don't get me wrong. I love reading science fiction, but I usually reach for mysteries, thrillers, whodunnits, horror... everything MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-40781778257032162852020-05-29T21:06:00.016-05:002020-05-29T22:10:00.499-05:00Between January and JuneIt's been a long time since I wrote on this blog,And I'll tell you all about in a later post.I've come a long way, since January,Oh, I can't wait to tell you about it in an upcoming postWhen I write a new post. A ton of stuff has happened in a short time of five months. I, like the rest of the world, are dealing with the new reality of a world dealing in a pandemic. I wish MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-24286353290252525912020-01-01T00:00:00.000-06:002020-01-01T00:00:03.813-06:00January is Here!<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com1Manitoba, Canada53.7608608 -98.81387619999998234.594517800000006 -140.12247019999998 72.9272038 -57.505282199999982tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-23820477622127809342019-11-24T21:51:00.000-06:002019-12-31T11:59:37.379-06:00One Month Until Christmas 2019Hello All!
It has been a while since I posted and I do apologize. Every time I make a commitment to post more regularly, my life takes a turn, and time seems to evaporate.
In this post I will share the results of my previous post and my reading progress from fall as well. I have also discovered some amazing podcasts by way of my fourteen year old son who is turning into a rabid podcast MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-16445717624281942752019-04-24T19:01:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.647-06:00Book Review #SpringHorror #Readathon Lost Boy Lost Girl by John Saul Book number two in my Spring into Horror readathon choices.Synopsis: A woman commits suicide for no apparent reason. A week later, her son—beautiful, troubled fifteen-year-old Mark Underhill—vanishes from the face of the earth. To his uncle, horror novelist Timothy Underhill, Mark’s inexplicable absence feels like a second death. After his sister-in-law’s funeral, Tim searches his hometown of MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-26901197323060643632019-04-20T18:59:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.680-06:00Book Review #SpringHorror #Readathon The Dead Run by Adam Mansbach This is my first book choice in the Seasons of Reading Spring into Horror Readathon.Synopsis: "On both sides of the border, girls are going missing and bodies are beginning to surface. It’s a deadly epidemic of crime that plunges a small-town police chief into a monster of an investigation he's not equipped to handle. An ancient evil has returned, and now everyone—the innocent and the guilty—MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-39136193463289869912019-03-30T12:32:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.725-06:00#SpringHorror #Readathon and Spring!Good day to all my blog followers. It has been a few frigid months since I have blogged on this site. Many reasons and excuses why, but too many to even mention. So on we go with the reason I write this blog. Reading!The last time I wrote on here it was winter and the Christmas season was winding down. I had also participated in the Winter's Respite readathon, but did not post my readings orMysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-91523448562476370812018-12-04T13:21:00.000-06:002019-12-31T01:32:54.882-06:00#CSReadathon Wrap UpPost
This is unbelievable! I can't believe two weeks has come and gone already! I have done some snuggling with my kitty and took advantage of that time to do some reading, but I didn't realize the time has flown by! Here in the land of the prairie winters, winter has not yet fully arrived. Weather has been beautiful here, with only one real good snow fall, which brightened upMysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-20513004644900879342018-11-18T08:34:00.000-06:002019-12-31T01:32:54.669-06:00Christmas Spirit Readathon Challenge TBR ListThis is it! We all start reading in just a few hours. At midnight CST , our readathon starts. You can read all about it and how to join in if you would like to. I love reading during this joyous holiday time. There is just something about reading all snuggled up in your favorite easy chair, lights twinkling in the back ground, kitty curled up on a blanket with you, snow lightly falling MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-3857842889778103652018-11-17T11:33:00.000-06:002019-12-31T01:32:54.714-06:00Seasons Greetings SeasonHello to all my followers on my blog. Many months have come and gone since I have updated you, but I am back for this round of merriment. Halloween has passed, Remembrance day was memorable, and soon, my friends south of the border will be celebrating their Thanksgiving on November 22nd. Meanwhile, up here in Canada, my jolly season has already started. Last week we all went to our favorite MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-90390630708421198622018-09-01T07:14:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.860-06:00Welcome to Autumn (In The Readiverse Anyways)What an amazing year it has been for me so far. Winter hung on a little longer than was expected, Spring was absolutley beautiful once it came, and Summer vacation was fantastic. I endure these seasone as I know it will all culminate into my favorite time of year...fall. Oh, I know autumn doesnt arrive officially until September 22nd, but when reading, we can make up anything to justify when MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-92186704964196176622018-08-19T19:01:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.893-06:00Book Review: The Chairman's Toys by Graham ReedBook Synopsis: Vancouver, British Columbia - land of psychotically expensive real estate, high-grade cannabis, and Jake Constable. A man adrift.After Jake quits the drug business, his realtor/ex-wife, Nina, gets him a job as a house sitter for her wealthy clients. Jake celebrates by throwing a party in the mansion he was hired to look after. Unfortunately, the guest list gets out of hand, MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-18851541966476808202018-08-06T08:10:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.658-06:00High Summer Readathon Wrap-up Post #HSreadathonWhat an amazing summer it has been so far. Weather has been gorgeous, family time was plenty, and reading time was at its maximum. Not to say that all I did was read all summer (although that sounds plenty good to me) but I did read more than usual, and I absolutely loved the time I spent with my Kobo.This is my Wrap Up Post for the month-long High Summer Readathon. I actually could not MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-15463262445572977262018-07-28T08:42:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.636-06:00Summer Reading Progress .. And Dewey's Readathon.Hello all. This will be just a quick update of my future reading plans, my past reading conquests and the coming end to my whirlwind readathons.I am continuing to read for the #HSReadathon which is a laid back readathon that lasts all of July. As July is coming to an end, so too is this readathon, but not before Christmas in July happens!This month is just flying by! I had some great time off, MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-48392379858005975572018-07-20T15:06:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.782-06:0024 in 48 Readathon TBR List and ScheduleGood evening all you readathoners. It is the eve before the frenzy of reading we all look forward to. We plan for this night for weeks and it can't get here too soon. Some of you have already started your readathon in your time zone. In my time zone, the readathon starts in a little over three hours. I have finally settled on what I am going to read, finish reading and when I am going to do MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-40633784424835770412018-07-19T07:26:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.747-06:00High Summer Readathon Mid-event Check-inIt has been a busy, hot, family filled, wonderful summer so far this July. Not a lot has been planned, but family time together has been on an upward swing and I must admit, it has been wonderful. Below is the view from my back deck. Early in the morning, before anyone else is up, I enjoy the smell of coffee brewing, birds singing, warm breeze on my face, and a Kobo in my hand. In the eveningMysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-59187230964053170162018-07-08T11:16:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.815-06:00Summer 2018 IS Here!The days we have all longed for, are finally here. Honey bees are buzzing in the backyard, temperatures soaring to the uncomfortably hot range, birds are singing, barbeques are sizzling, campgrounds are full, lemonade on ice, school is out, vacations have started..... ahhhh ....summer.... my third favorite time of the year, won over only by autumn, which I believe to be the pinnacle season of MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-12176629159216671222018-06-09T08:03:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.603-06:00Sci-Fi Summer Mid-event Check-in and Review (Illuminae Files Book 1)It is the beginning of June and the anticipation of reading science fiction is over. The Sci Fi Summer Readathon has begun. So many times I revert to the typical read that I enjoy so much, and then I vow to read something outside my norm .. .and I am rewarded beautifully. The Sci-Fi Summer readathon took me out of my comfort zone and took me to a place in outer space where a battle is raging, MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169245470770552002.post-3732636949334203982018-05-21T13:19:00.000-05:002019-12-31T01:32:54.703-06:00May Ideas Leading Into JuneMy oh my, it has been a busy stretch of months for me and reading. Unofficially starting with Winter's Respite in January, I seemed to immediately Spring into Horror in April. During that time was also Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon, and that lead me to the Bout of Books last week, which will take me right into Sci-Fi Summer. Now this is fun!First I will talk about my (nominal) progress for Bout MysterNightOwlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435672296237145618noreply@blogger.com1