#hallowqueensoctober

⋆☽⋆ 𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕪 ⋆☾⋆ ✒ 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡? •──── ☽🦇☾ ────•⁣ ⁣ ✧ hey book witches - blessed samhain, and a very happy halloween to you all. it's my absolute favourite day of the year, and i'm curled up with joints rolled, ample amounts of candy and snacks, and some horror movies. it's the perfect end to my favourite month. ✧ the #HallowQueensOctober prompt for today is, as expected, halloween - october wrap up and I most definitely don't have a photo of the books i read, since i only listened to audiobooks through the library and read some NetGalley ebooks and didn't pick one physical book up. i've been on an audiobook kick through the library these past two or three months and i'm flying through books. ✧ this month I polished off six books and i'm hoping to finish a seventh tonight while relaxing. without further adieu, here's what i read this month. ☠ the river has teeth - erica walters - 4.5🎃 ☠ gods & monsters - shelby mahurin - 5🎃 ☠ forever - judy blume - 3.5🎃 ☠ the tourist attraction - sarah morgenthaler - 4🎃 ☠ all these bodies - kendare blake - 4🎃 ☠ better than the movies - lynn painter - 4🎃 ☠ if the shoe fits - julie murphy - 56% finished. 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚔, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚣𝚢. ♡ challenges: #hallowqueensoctober ; halloween - wrap up #theunlitlibrary ; case closed •──── ☽🦇☾ ────•⁣ ⁣ (at Halloweentown) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVtsIeprl4N/?utm_medium=tumblr

“This was how normal people survived their own fairy tales. They became their own kind of monster.” ― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Hearts We Sold . . . . . . . 💀October Wrap-Up💀 . . . The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ . . . The Drink Coffee With A Ghost by Amanda Lovelace (not pictured) 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ . . . Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Okay, I gotta talk about this one for a second. It almost got 3 stars, and I actually went back and forth for a while about it. I love Kerri’s writing style, and I was really looking forward to the enemies-to-lovers trope… but MY GOODNESS the smut in this novel!!! I did what I always do when it comes to reading spicy scenes - I skimmed. lol. It was just waaaaaayyyyyy too much for me. Maybe you felt differently? Let me know! Lol) . . . The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ . . . The Woods are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ . . . . #hallowqueensoctober HALLOWEEN • Wrap up #spookyoct21 October #wrapup #cuddleupwithoct21 This is Halloween - book and pumpkin #readgushoct21 October wrap up #thebookwormrebellion wrap up #rfaboct21 Halloween https://www.instagram.com/p/CVtGlFiL-gN/?utm_medium=tumblr

“Your pride didn't appear in that bone circle the night you spilled blood and summoned me. It was your wrath. Your fury.” ― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed . . . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober PUMPKIN HEAD • books & pumpkins #spookyoct21 October #bookhaul #cuddleupwithoct21 Trick or Treat: book and treat #readgushoct21 October haul #thebookwormrebellion favorite spooky read #rfaboct21 read in October https://www.instagram.com/p/CVqujm9rCsa/?utm_medium=tumblr

I like to picture myself stealing this book to give to the poor… 🏹 . . . . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober Beetlejuice • costume and books #spookyoct21 Horrid • read in one sitting #cuddleupwithoct21 grim grinning ghosts - favorite ghost story #readgushoct21 Goosebumps: book that gave you goosebumps #thebookwormrebellion an urban legend #rfaboct21 zombies https://www.instagram.com/p/CVlGcR3r2IS/?utm_medium=tumblr

⋆☽⋆ 𝕨𝕖𝕕𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕕𝕒𝕪 ⋆☾⋆ ✒ 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐬? 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭? •──── ☽🦇☾ ────•⁣ ⁣ ✧ hey book witches, how are we all doing today loves? happy hump day - we're halfway through the week and i hope it's going well for you so far! ✧ today's #hallowqueensoctober prompt is urban legend - and i was psyched to feature my celtic myth and legends book. i bought this a couple years back as initial research for a novel idea and its been such an interesting book to pick up and read. then i realized after posting, urban legends and celtic myths aren't EXACTLY the same thing. oops? ✧ as for urban legends, i don't have many books on them, but some of my favourites are Annabelle, Area 51, the Bell Witch, Krampus, The Jersey Devil, Skinwalkers and more. I have an obsession with urban legend shows and movies, so if urban legends are your jam - let's chat! 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎. 𝙰𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚌𝚘𝚣𝚢, 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚢. ♡ challenges: #hallowqueensoctober ; urban legend - fave urban legend #theunlitlibrary ; got a dark secret •──── ☽🦇☾ ────•⁣ ⁣ (at Spooky Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVja-NLLiSG/?utm_medium=tumblr

“I wanted to be an author as far back as I can remember, mixed with occasional bouts of wanting to be a werewolf when I grew up. But mostly, when I daydreamed, it was about being an author.” - Neil Gaiman . . . I’m afraid of a lot of things - some rational, some irrational lol Rational: getting kidnapped while getting into my car outside of the grocery store, getting attacked at the gas station, getting kidnapped on walks - okay so generally all the fears any woman has (am I right, ladies??) 🙃 Irrational: cruise ships, ocean depths, pool drains, and people in costume. Yes, those are all actual fears of mine… 😅 . . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober IT • your greatest fears #spookyoct21 Contagion: science fiction #cuddleupwithoct21 Monster Mash: book with monsters #readgushoct21 skull on cover #thecollectorofdyingbreaths #thebookwormrebellion someone dies #rfaboct21 werewolves https://www.instagram.com/p/CVgR6hurjTf/?utm_medium=tumblr

“I can no longer focus on everything I've lost. No matter how many times I hit replay, I can't change anything. I vow to focus on whatever else the universe has in store for me.” ― Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost . . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober CANDMAN • books & candy #spookyoct21 Ghost Wood Song • musical story elements #cuddleupwithoct21 Werewolves • book set in another country #readgushoct21 Dracula: vampire book #thebookwormrebellion magical vibes #rfaboct21 ghosts https://www.instagram.com/p/CVdtqGaLILS/?utm_medium=tumblr

“Once, when I was six, I was sent home from school because I couldn't stop crying. When my mother inquired as to what happened, I did my best to explain. I told her I had raised my hand, which I rarely did, and ask my teacher when were we going to learn what was on the other side of the map of the world that hung on the wall of our classroom. She flipped it over and showed me it was blank. ‘That is the whole world. There is no more.’ All the things I would ever see or know were printed right there on a paper with no second side, no new world to explore. There was no more. My little heart couldn't take it. But now, in a bed carved with fairies and sneaking vines, I feel as if my teacher may have been wrong. Here I am, on the opposite side of the map, in a world that is entirely new.” - Sasha Peyton Smith, The Witch Haven . . . My favorite excerpt from the book!! . . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober Child’s Play • orange #stacksaturday #spookyoct21 Wilder girls: boarding school setting #cuddleupwithoct21 Little Shelf of Horrors: #shelfie #readgushoct21 Halloween #socksunday #thebookwormrebellion favorite Halloween prop #rfaboct21 witches https://www.instagram.com/p/CVbmEQ-rmcP/?utm_medium=tumblr