OCtober WRap up

Wow! I can’t believe October is almost over!! I had a lot of fun this month and was able to get in more reading than I anticipated. Can’t wait for y’all to see what I read this for month!

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and The Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen
Genre: Non-Fiction, LGBT, Sexuality
Review: Here

Rating: 5/5

Dead Voices by Katherine Arden
Genre: Middle Grade, Fiction, Horror
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Dagger Hill by Devon Taylor
Genre: Horror, Mystery, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Genre: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 3.5/5

Haunted Castles by Ray Russel
Genre: Horror, Fiction, Mystery
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Halloween Fiend by C.V. Hunt
Genre: Horror, Fiction, Novellas
Review: Here

Rating: 3.5/5

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Genre: Horror, Fiction, Mystery
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Hollow Heathens: Tales of Weeping Willow by Nicole Fiorina
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Goosebumps: One Day In Horrorland by R.L. Stine
Gerne: Horror, Fiction, Middle Grade
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Nightbooks by J.A. White
Genre: Middle School, Horror, Fiction
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
Genre: LGBT, Romance, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsey Currie
Genre: Middle Grade, Fiction, Mystery
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
Genre: Horror, Fiction, Fantasy
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Scritch Scratch by Lindsey Currie
Genre: Horror, Paranormal, Middle Grade
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Genre: Middle Grade, Fiction, Horror
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Steelstriker by Marie Lu
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

The Witch of Halloween House by Jeff Degordick
Genre: Fiction, Horror, Mystery
Review: Here

Rating: 3.5

Dagger Hill

Dagger Hill tells the story fro four POV’s: Gabe, Kimberly, Sonya, and Charlie, the four friends are getting ready for their senior year and plan to spend their summers like they usually do at Dagger Hill. While, their parents don’t like the idea of Dagger Hill, the four best friends don’t see the problem s teenagers often feel like their parents worry too much. But, what starts out as relaxing and unwinding as they usually do, ends up throwing the four friends into an adventure that none of the expected to happen. It all started when a plane crashed landed at Dagger Hill with the four friends running into the woods as quickly as they can. When the dust finally clears up, the kids are taken to the hospital, well everyone except Kimberly and no one knows where she is. Can they find her before it’s too late?

What a spooky, entertaining, and thrilling read that tied Stranger Things into the story and it did that very well. I love the 80’s and Stranger Things is one of my favorite shows so this was super fun. The plot was very intriguing and wasn’t predictable so that’s always good cause it’s the worst when the plot sounds good from the outside but you get into it and it doesn’t live up the way you expected it to do. While I loved the writing and plot, I really enjoyed the characters and the dynamics between them as it felt real and relatable, they all had unique personalities which really helped drive the story! Overall, I enjoyed the book and if the plot sounds interesting to you, I highly recommend checking it out.

Middle Grade Halloween Round Up

Here is the next middle grade round up!

Having survived sinister scarecrows and malevolent smiling man in small spaces, newly minted best friends, Ollie, Brian, & Coco are looking forward to a relaxing winter break skiing together with their parents at Mount Hemlock Ski Resort. But when a snowstorm hits the resort and strange things begin to happen, the three best friends soon find themselves thrust into a terrifying new adventure. The three along with Mr. Voland, a ghost hunter who arrived at the resort to investigate the haunting. The four of them must reach out to the dead voices and discover that not all dead voices can or should be trusted.

If Katherine Arden wrote a phone book, I would buy it. Her writing is truly magnificent and feels so real. What I love about this particular series is that it’s season themed. Small Spaces had autumn vibes where this book has winter vibes and she does a fantastic job adding that touch to it. You can feel the wintery vibe and I loved every minute of it. I love seeing Ollie and her friends on a new journey and I’ll be reading the third installment for this coming month. A truly great and fun series!!!

Tessa Woodward isn’t thrilled about moving to her new home in Chicago. She already knows she’s not going to like the rainy days and gloomy skies especially compared to her home in Florida. But soon a longing for home turns into fear and anxiety as mysterious events start happening in the house. Tessa’s not sure what is going on but when her brother’s doll starts crying real tears, she’s determined to find out what is really going on. With the help of her new friends, Tessa begins to uncover that not only is something or someone trying to speak to her but what it has to do with her.

What a spooky, creepy, and entertaining read! This is the second book that I’ve read by Currie and I really enjoy her writing as it really sets up the atmosphere and makes you hooked from the beginning.I really enjoyed Tessa as I thought she was a likable character and I loved the relationship she had with her parents and brother. It was very heartwarming and you could tell how much they love each other. This book was a lot of spooky fun that all ages will love!

Halloween Fiend

“But no matter where I ran to or how loud I played the music, I could still hear a low chuckling coming from the thing on our front step.”

The town of Sering isn’t as quiet and quiant town as people think it is as every it’s haunted every night by creature that the town ironically refers to as Halloween. Once the sun sets each day, Halloween comes to collect it’s prize: a small live offering from each house and the residents don’t want to take any chances and find themselves facing Halloween’s wrath. But, the nightmare of residing in Strang is nothing compared to the yearly ritual Halloween demands of the residents on All Hallows Eve.

This is the first novel that I’ve read by C.V. Hunt and I have to say it was pretty good, I wished it was a little longer but other than that the book was pretty great. The book is fun and Hunt is able to captivate the readers with creating an atmosphere that oozes desperation while writing tersely and had you hooked from the first page. One of the biggest things that I loved about the book was imagining Halloween as a menace to society cause that is such an interesting and unique way to look at it. With some Halloween books, they can be quite predictable of how things are gonna go but that wasn’t the case here. Hunt does a really good job of fleshing out the plot in a way that isn’t predictable or overdone. But, this was an entertaining, spooky, and fun tale so check it out if you want!

NightBOOKS by J.A. White

“And now I realize—so what if I write scary stories? I might hurt someone with nouns and adjectives, but I would never hurt someone for real.”

While Alex’s hair raising stories are enough to keep Natacha, the witch who has imprisoned him. Alex has been imprisoned by Natacha and must tell her scary tell every night in order to survive. He needs to come up with a plan that will get out of Natacha’s clutches but time is running and he knows that if he doesn’t come up with a plan soon, he will be facing a more dangerous fate than he thought.

This was actually a very entertaining, suspenseful, and I highly enjoyed the plot twists throughout the book. I’m currently participating in a readathon so I decided to look through and find some middle grade halloween books and this was one of the books that seemed interesting to me. This might be written for Middle Grade but it really didn’t feel that way as I was hooked from beginning to end. Even though Alex is very young, it’s hard not to like him and feel for him in the situation. He was a very interesting protagonist and his vivid imagination and love for Horror made me like him even more. I felt like all the characters were likable in some way so that really helped and I didn’t feel bored for a minute. The way things developed throughout the story kept me on pins and needles if he was going to make it out of their alive. This book is a real treat so if you like ghost stories and are fans of Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Coraline then this book is for you!

October TBR

Wow! I can’t believe October is here, this is my favorite month so I am super excited for it! I have some good reads for this month and I can’t wait to share them with you.

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Genre: Adult

Halloween Fiend by C.V. Hunt
Genre: Novella

Lady Killer by Joelle Jones & Jamie Rich
Genre: Fiction

Mina and The Undead by Amy McCaw
Genre: Horror

Nightbooks by J.A. White
Genre: Horror

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
Genre: LGBT

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Genre: Thriller

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Genre: Middle Grade

Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
Genre: Horror

Steelstriker by Marie Lu
Genre: Sci-Fi

The Witch’s Hand by Nathan Page & Drew Shannon
Genre: Graphic Novels

August TBR

OMG! How is it almost fall? This is so crazy but I am so ready fit!! I’m even more excited about my tbr for this month cause it’s going to b great! Reading more books this month or I’m gonna try for a fun readathon for the Goodreads discord server I’m in! So here are my picks!!

A Court of Honey & Ash by Shannon Meyer and Kelly St. Clare
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, YA

A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, YA

Amelia Unbridged by Ashley Schumacher
Genre: Contemporary, YA, Fiction

Better Than The Movies by Lynn Painter
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, YA

Catch & Cradle by Katia Rose
Genre: Romance, LGBT, New Adult

The Dead And The Dark by Courtney Gould
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, YA

Deep Blue Eternity by Natasha Boyd
Genre: Romance, New Adult, Contemporary

How Hard Can Love Be? By Holly Bourne
Genre: YA, Romance, Contemporary

Foretold by Violet Lumani
Genre: LGBT, Fantasy, Romance

Forget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Genre: Fiction, Contemporary, Poetry

Into The Heartless Wood by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, YA

Lyrics & Curses by Candace Robinson
Genre: Fantasy, YA

One Year Of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Genre: Contemporary, YA, Romance

Outrun The Wind by Elizabeth Tammi
Genre: Fantasy, LGBT, Romance

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Genre: Fantasy, Retellings, Young Adult

Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
Genre: LGBT, Contemporary, Romance

Trouble Girls by Julia Lynn Rubin
Genre: LGBT, YA, Romance

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Genre: Mystery, YA, Contemporary

What I Carry by Jennifer Longo
Genre: YA, Contemporary, Fiction

We Regret To Inform You by Ariel Kaplan
Genre: YA, Contemporary, Mystery

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
Genre: Fantasy, YA

What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson
Genre: YA, Thriller, Mystery

Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall
Genre: LGBT, YA, Romance


July Wrap Up

I can’t believe July is over!! It flew by so quick and I enjoyed all the books for this month, they were well worth the read and I can’t wait to share them all with you! So let’s get started!

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimde
Genre: Contemporary, Fiction, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Am I Normal Yet? By Holly Bourne
Genre: Contemporary, Fiction, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 5/5

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
Genre: LGBT, YA, Fantasy
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
Genre: LGBT, Sci-Fi, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Don’t Call The Wolf by Aleksandra Ross
Genre: Fantasy, Retellings, Fiction
Review: Here

Rating: 3.5/5

Fly With The Arrow by Sarah K.L. Wilson
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult
Review: Here

Rating: 3/5

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Genre: Mystery, Fiction, Young Adult
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Review: Here

Rating: 3/5

Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore
Genre: Fiction, Romance, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Neon Gods by Katee Robert
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, New Adult
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Night Spinner by Addie Thorley
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
Genre: Romance, LGBT, Young Adult
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai
Genre: Graphic Novels, Magna
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5

Sing Me Forgotten by Jessica S. Olson
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, YA
Review: Here

Rating: 3.5/5

Sisters Of The Snake by Sasha & Sarena Nauna
Genre: Fantasy, Retellings, Romance
Review: Here

Rating: 3.5/5

The Sea Is Salt And So Am I by Cassandra Hartt
Genre: Contemporary, LGBT, Young Adult
Review: Here

Rating: 3/5

The Southern Book Club’s Guide To Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Genre: Horror, Fiction, Fantasy
Review: Here

Rating: 3.5/5

This Poison Heart by Kaylnn Bayron
Genre: Fantasy, LGBT, Young Adult
Review: Here

Rating:3/5

Witchshadow by Susan Dennard
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult
Review: Here

Rating: 4/5