It’s Spooky Time!
It’s October! Which means it’s finally socially acceptable to embrace all things Halloween - not that I let socially acceptable norms stop me…I am definitely one of those people who jump, feet first, with no life preserver into all things fall and Halloween as soon as the calendar pages turn over to the “ber” months! My house has been decorated for Halloween since the first week of September.
Theme reading engage!
Now, normally I’m not much of a theme based reader. I tend to go with whatever grabs my interest at the time and I’ll occasionally go through a spurt of similar genres or topics, but typically my reading follows no real rhyme or reason….that is until fall hits and I want to read all the dark, gothic, semi-spooky (but no straight up horror) books I can get my hands on. Then I move straight into wanting wintery and Christmas books, it just feels so right!
My October TBR
This year I may have gotten a little ambitious with my October TBR list, but I guess I’ll get to what I get to, right?
I went to my bookshelf (and smaller shelf, and the random stacks sitting all over my house…) and pulled the following for this year’s October TBR:
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White - this one has been on my list since last year, but I just haven’t gotten to it, although I am very excited to finally jump in. It sounds amazing!
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - I’ve read this before and it’s actually one of my favorite classic gothics, but I feel like to truly appreciate The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein, I need a refresher, so I’m looking forward to revisiting this one first.
The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo - Another retelling (give me ALL the retellings I’m obsessed really…) that I’m excited to get to, especially since the original Sleepy Hollow story was a serious snooze fest for me, I just could not get into it…which is why The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is not on my list here, even though I do feel a tad guilty for not revisiting the original source material…
Give The Dark My Love by Beth Revis - This one is another victim of my excited binge buying that got left on the shelf for waaay too long, but I’m really hoping to get to it this year. It does sound amazing!
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss - I read the first book in this series last year during the fall season and really enjoyed it and all the references and call backs to so many of the classic stories, but when I picked this one up after, I just couldn’t seem to get into it as enthusiastically and ended up putting it down and just not picking it back up. I’m hoping to revisit and finish it this time around!
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - I’m not planning to get through all of these, but am hoping to jump around and peruse through a few poems/stories I haven’t read yet!
Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror - This is another collected works Barnes & Noble special edition. It contains the original Sweeney Todd tale, which I’ve been meaning to read for a while, but it’s my long shot “if I have time” addition to this list for sure!
So those are my reading plans this month in a nutshell…what are you hoping to read?