I am very excited for October. My birthday month and spooky month. I wanted to make a specific TBR list for the month of October, so to set a challenge for myself. Whenever I made TBR lists, I never followed them. I am a slow reader and a massive procrastinator. So I created a list for myself to read these books for the spooky season. My goal is to read all of these books. That might be wishful thinking, but I will try to read at least half of the books on this list. So lets get into it. What books did I select for my October TBR 2022?
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Synopsis: In the early 1900’s, Brookhants students Flo and Clara fell madly in love, brought together by their obsession for a scandalous memoir. A few months later, they were found dead in the woods, after a horrific wasp attack, the book lying next to their intertwined bodies.
Three more grisly deaths followed before the school was forced to close.
Now the school’s doors are open once more. But as the crew of glamorous young actresses assemble to start filming, past and present begin to blur. And soon it’s impossible to tell quite where the curse ends and Hollywood begins…
A gothic sapphic tale is what I really crave to read right now. I got a phyiscal copy of this book last year, but feared to pick it up. Its a very big book and as a slow reader, it will take up a lot of my time. One of my more ambitious choices to have this read by the end of October, I am skeptical I will get this finished. But this book fits perfectly into the Halloween aesthetic and very much a book of my taste. I guess well just have to wait and see.
Girl in the Well by Rin Chupeco
Synopsis: “I am where dead children go”.
She hunts murderers. Child killers, much like the man who threw her body down a well three hundred years ago.
And when a strange boy bearing stranger tattoos moves into the neighborhood so, she discovers, does something else. And soon both will be drawn into the world of eerie doll rituls and dark Shinto exorcisms that will take them from American suburbia to the remote valleys and shrines of Aomori, Japan.
Because the boy has a terrifying secret – one that would just kill to get out.
I needed to add an audiobook into my TBR list. I love listening to audiobooks on my drives so for my October TBR, I chose Girl in the Well. I started listening to this book and it has the perfect eerie and horror element in this story that fits perfectly with the Halloween season. I never finished, so I want to try and finish it now.
Uzumaki by Junji Ito
Synopsis: The series tells the story of the citizens of Kurōzu-cho, a fictional city which is plagued by a supernatural curse involving spirals.
I’ve been reading this massive manga for a while and it was my first introduction to Junji Ito. It’s the perfect horror read for this October. I can’t wait to finish it and see what’s in store.
A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson
Synopsis:
A lyrical and dreamy reimagining of Dracula’s brides, A Dowry of Blood is a story of desire, obsession, and emancipation.
Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things. Finding comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband’s dark secrets.With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband. But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death.
With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband. But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death.
I heard about this book through Booktube last year. A couple of people read it and said it was one of the most well written books they’ve ever read. So immediately, I ordered my own copy. I still have yet to read it. It features vampires, blood, sex and a bisexual main character. Sign me up please. I’m most excited to read this book this month. Can’t wait to pick it up.
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Synopsis:
A small-town witch is forced to make magic with the man who broke her heart when his return sets a series of supernatural disasters in motion. Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones decided to get over the boy who’d dumped her in the only way she knew how: by putting a curse on him.
Someone described the feeling when they read this book was the same feeling they got from watching Hocus Pocus. Some good ol’ warm, spooky and mystical fun. The perfect read for Halloween 🎃 I’ve had this on to read list for so long but it feels perfect for October.
Possible read:
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Synopsis: The Night Circus tells the story of the rivalry between two different forms of magic—the old and the new—and the competition and love affair between two young magicians who are destined to face each other in a magical duel to the death.
I place this under a possible read. I’ve been wanting to read this book for a long time and on a lot of October recommendation lists, they have this book there. Apparently, it gives off a cozy and fantastical feel for October. So this is a maybe for me. But if I don’t read it for October, I’ll read it next month.
That brings an end to my TBR list for this spooky season. I’m so excited to start reading these books. I am in the reading mood but I wont shame myself if I don’t read them all. If I can get two or three read, I’ll be happy. So we shall see what this spooky season has to offer. Bring on the October feels 🎃
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