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Saving to add to later. Prompt
- Good Girl, Bad Blood (reread)
Non-Prompt
- Trickster's Queen
- Starling and the Cavern of Light
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October Preliminary TBR:NEPTUNE. HOOPLA
THE MESMERIST. LIBBY 👻
ELEVATION 👻
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES 💎
👻=SPOOKY
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Call of the Dead
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the Beacon Bakeshop
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35. In Progress: Hell Walks👻👻👻👻
Current read: An Academy for LiarsSpooky
•Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes
•Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Suzanne Clarke
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Unrelated TBR
•Kaikeyi by Aishnavi Patel
•The Divine Comedy Vol. 1 by Dante
•The Divine Comedy Vol. 2 by Dante
Currently reading:- Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch by Codie Crowley
- I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue
- Looking for a Sign by Susie Dumond
- A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
- Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper
- The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night by Steven Banbury
- The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
My themed reads will be:
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
- The Babysitters Coven by Kate Williams
- Bad Dreams in the Night by Adam Ellis
- Back in a Spell by Lana Harper
- The Bewitching Hour: A Tara Prequel by Ashley Poston
- Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan
- The Boo Hag Flex by Justina Ireland
- Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop by Emmeline Duncan
- Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin
- Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
- Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos
- An Enchanting Case of Spirits by Melissa Holtz
- From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper
- Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
- The Ghost of Spruce Point by Nancy Tandon
- Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes
- The Ghosts of Nameless Island: Vol. 1 by Carly Anne West
- Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio
- Grumbones by Jenn Bennett
- Happy Medium by Sarah Adler
- Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong
- The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
- Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
- Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
- The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden
- Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
- I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
- I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
- In Charm's Way by Lana Harper
- It Came from the Trees by Ally Russell
- The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst
- Moon Madness by Julie Murphy
- My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine
- Never Whistle at Night by Shane Hawk et. al
- Once Bitten, Twice Dead by Tiffany Schmidt
- One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole
- Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia
- Poor Things by Alasdair Gray
- Rise and Divine by Lana Harper
- Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
- A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
- The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi
- A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
- Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury
- This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling
- VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
- The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner
- We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
- Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
- Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies by Stacey Lee
- Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
- Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass
The rest will be:
- Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
- After Oz by Gordon McAlpine
- Argylle by Elly Conway
- Authority by Jeff Vandermeer
- The Ballad of Darcy and Russell by Morgan Matson
- The Bang-Bang Sisters by Rio Youers
- Beach Read by Emily Henry
- Better Must Come by Desmond Hall
- The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves
- By the Book by Jasmine Guillory
- Cake Eater by Allyson Dahlin
- The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
- Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- The Changeling by Victor LaValle
- The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict
- Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
- Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Conclave by Robert Harris
- The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Lee Mi-ye
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
- Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
- The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
- Earls Trip by Jenny Holiday
- The Enchanted Hacienda by JC Cervantes
- Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
- Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack
- The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes
- Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
- Four Eids and a Funeral by Farida Abike-Iyimide and Adiba Jaigirdar
- The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond
- The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir by Griffin Dunne
- From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back by Elizabeth Schaefer et. al
- From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi by Saladin Ahmed et. al
- Funny Story by Emily Henry
- Gamora & Nebula: Sisters in Arms by Mackenzi Lee
- The Girl in Question by Tess Sharpe
- Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler
- Grounded by Aisha Saeed
- Happy Place by Emily Henry
- Harley Quinn: Ravenous by Rachael Allen
- Harley Quinn: Redemption by Rachael Allen
- Heiress Takes All by Emily Wibberley
- The Housekeepers by Alex Hay
- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
- How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine
- I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish
- I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell
- Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
- Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix by Cherie Dimaline
- Into the Taylor-Verse: Taylor Swift's Songwriting Eras by Satu Hameenaho-Fox
- Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco
- Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray
- The Living Force by John Jackson Miller
- The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
- Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve by Drew Afualo
- Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch
- Love & War by Melissa de la Cruz
- Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
- Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
- The Many Lives of Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton
- The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
- Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
- Molly of the Mall: Literary Lass & Purveyor of Fine Footwear by Heidi LM Jacobs
- Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
- Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge
- Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston
- My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton
- Never Lie by Freida McFadden
- Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas
- Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi
- The Nigerwife by Vanessa Walters
- The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
- The Only Constant: A Guide to Embracing Change and Leading an Authentic Life by Najwa Zebian
- Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
- Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn
- Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
- The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
- Rebel Robin by A.R. Capetta
- Ride or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu
- Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball by Jason June
- The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
- Spider-Man: Stories from the Spider-Verse by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
- The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
- Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren
- Taylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the Eras by Sarah Chapelle
- Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
- The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan
- Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
- Two Sides to Every Murder by Danielle Valentine
- An Unlikely Proposition by Rosalyn Eves
- The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
- What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez
- What's Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla
- You Have a Match by Emma Lord
- Young Blood (An Umbrella Academy YA Novel) by Alyssa Sheinmel
Audiobook options:
- Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
- Big Bad by Lily Anderson
- The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- End of Watch by Stephen King
- The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake
- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
- The Perfect Couple by Elin Hildebrand
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Ebook options:
- American Rapture by CJ Leede
- As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
- Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
- Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
- My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino
- The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray
- Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View by Elizabeth Schaefer et. al
- Stranger Things: Flight of Icarus by Caitlin Schneiderhan
Graphic novel options:
- Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki
- Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle
- Zatanna: The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden
Spooky/Dark TBR:Nineteen Claws and a Blackbird: Stories by Agustina Bazterrica - currently reading
A Spell for Disappearing, Volume 0, Issue One by Abby Geni - finished 10/23/24, 4 stars
Currently reading non-theme:
A Moment's Liberty: The Shorter Diary by Virginia Woolf
Finished reading:
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry, finished 10/7/24, 4 stars
Birds of America: Stories by Lorrie Moore, finished 10/13/24, 4.5 stars
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult, finished 10/23/24, 5 stars
Possible Non-theme TBR:
Lust & Other Stories by Susan Minot
The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life by Edith Eger (book club)
Husbands by Holly Gramazio (August theme)
Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises by Rebecca Solnit (audiobook)
The Personal Librarian, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (April theme)
Winter Counts, David Heska Wanbli Weiden (March theme)
Conversations with Mom: An Aging Baby Boomer, in Need of an Elder, Writes to Her Dead Mother by Betsy Robinson
Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen (June theme)
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele (reread, June theme)
After NOT reading anything for most of the year, I am going to get back into reading so here we go:TBR:
Currently Reading:
👻 MY TBR 👻➽ Top Books I want to read this month!
👻 PROGRESS 👻
➽ The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 2 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 3 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ Family Business ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
➽ The Coldest Touch ⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ Over My Dead Body: A Witchy Graphic Novel ⭐⭐⭐⭐
➽ Ghost Roast ⭐⭐⭐
➽ Our Wicked Histories ⭐⭐⭐
➽ In the Company of Witches ⭐⭐
Ominous October 2024Books linked and linked authors added when read
A Corpse at the Witching Hour Debra Sennefelder 10/3/24
Fondue or Die Korina Moss 10/22/24
The Little Lost Library Ellery Adams 10/25/24
Poisoned Aboard Avery Kent 10/9/24
The Mystery in the Margins L.L. Gray 10/14/24
Poison and Potions J.A. Whiting 10/26/24
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Currently Reading - Themed
Currently Reading - Not Themed
TBR - Themed
TBR - Not Themed
Avid's Ominous OctoberTBR
ARCs
72. The Wayside
Owned Books
73. Cut & Thirst
74. Evil Has A Name
75. Gone Tonight
76. Lust Killer
Series to Start/Finish
Clown in a Cornfield
77. Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo
Dr. Wren Muller
78. The Butcher and the Wren
Obsession Collection
79. The Mosquito
80. People Like Them
The Inheritance Games
81. The Grandest Game
Library Books
82. 49 Miles Alone
83. Burn It All
84. Come Out, Come Out
85. Girls Who Burn
86. Here One Moment
87. I Dreamed of Falling
88. Lockjaw
89. No One Needs to Know
90. One Big Happy Family
91. One House Left
92. Ruin Road
93. Silent Sister
94. The Bitter End
95. The Blue Hour
99. This Is Not a Dead Girl Story
100. Tiny Threads
101. Under the Surface
102. You Will Never Be Me
Hoopla/Everand
103. How to Kill Men and Get Away With It
104. One of Us Knows
105. Small Town Horror
106. The Framed Women of Ardemore House
107. The One That Got Away with Murder
Pre-orders
108. Death at Morning House
Currently Reading
Fits Theme
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