Hi guys! How are you? I don’t usually do TBRs on this blog, cause I’m a big mood reader and really, really suck at them. But I’m also a sucker for themed reading, so I’m making an exception for Halloween and I’ve got a nice little stack of creepy and witchy reads I’m planning to read.
The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton
When Rona Blackburn came to Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills were met with guilt and fear by the island’s original eight settlers who burned “the witch” out of her home. Her descendant Nor Blackburn just wants a normal life, but when a mysterious book comes out, promising to cast any spell for the right price, Nor knows a storm is coming.
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
Two centuries ago, in the cursed town of Sparrow, three sister were drowned for witchery. Each summer the sisters return for a brief time to seek their revenge, stealing the hearts of three weak-hearted girls, they lure boys into the harbor and pull them under. Penny Talbot has accepted the fate of the town. But this year a boy named Bo Carter arrives, unaware of the danger and only Penny sees what others cannot. She has to choose: save Bo, or save herself.
The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
Marinka lives in a wandering house with chicken legs with her grandmother who’s a Yaga, a guardian who guided the dead into the afterlife, Marinka is being trained to become a Yaga herself, but she longs for human companionship. So when she has the chance to make a friend, she breaks all the rules, with terrible consequences. Her grandmother disappears and Marinka has to find her, even if that means making a dangerous journey to the afterlife.
The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
Set in 1880’s New York The Witches of New York follows seventeen year old Beatrice as she leaves her village to work for Adelaide Thom and Eleanor St. Clairs tat their ea shop, Tea and Sympathy, where they provide secret cures for those who speak the right words and ask the right questions. Beatrice has great spiritual gifts and under the tutelage of Adelaide and Eleanor she comes to harness many of her powers, but not even they can prepare her for the evils lurking in the darkest corners of the city,
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
In Prague, working as a translator, Helen Franklin has found a home of sorts. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy. But, unaware, as she wanders the cobblestone streets Helen is being watched. And then Karel disappears.
The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones
When Dee Moreno makes a deal with a demon, her heart in exchange for an escape from a disastrous home life, she finds the trade may have been more than she bargained for. And becoming “heartless” is only the beginning. What lies ahead is a nightmare far bigger, far more monstrous than anything she could have ever imagined.
The Wood by Chelsea Bobulski
Winter didn’t ask to be the guardian of the wood, but when her dad vanishes, she’s the one who must protect travelers who accidentally slip through its portals. But the wood is poisoned. Once brightly colored leaves are now bubbling inky black. Vicious creatures that live in the shadows are becoming bolder, torturing lost travelers. Winter must put her trust in Henry, a young man from eighteenth-century England who knows more than he should about the wood.
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their tiny cabin at Camp Nightingale. The games ended when Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin in the dead of night. The last she, or anyone, saw of them. Now a rising star in the New York art scene, Emma turns her past into paintings, which catch the attention of the wealthy owner of Camp Nightingale. She’s implored to return to the newly reopened camp as a painting instructor and Emma sees an opportunity to try to find out what happened to her friends. Yet it’s immediately clear that all is not right at Camp Nightingale.
Although I hadn’t read any of those, The wicked deep sounds like a good Halloween read 🙂
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I hope you’re right about that! 😊🎃
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The House with Chicken Legs sounds so weird but entertaining. It looks like you have a great line up of books and I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
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That’s exactly what I think too, I love weird books! Thank you 😊
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Oooooh I loved The Wicked Deep!
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That makes me even more excited to pick it up!
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This is such a good TBR for October!! I haven’t read any of these but they all sound so interesting, especially The Witches of New York
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Thank you so much! I think so too, I’m super excited about all the witchy reads 😊
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Ooh! They sound amazing! The Wicked Deep and The Price Guide to the Occult are on my Tbr. I hope you enjoy them!!
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Thank you so much, I really hope you enjoy them too! 😊
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Oh your TBR looks really good! 😍 I have been wanting to read The Hearts We Sold for a while now, it has such an intriguing concept, I hope you enjoy it 🙂
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The Wicked Deep is in my TBR too! (:
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I hope you enjoy it! 😊
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I read The Last Time I Lied and found it kind of underwhelming. Although it probably didn’t help that I got it as an ARC and that thing was RIDDLED with typos to the point where it was distracting.
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That sounds terrible, bad editing can totally ruin the reading experience!
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I’ve wanted to read the Price Guide for a while and haven’t gotten my hands on it!! I read The Hearts We Sold last year and it was a really interesting concept. Looks like a great TBR!
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I’ve been wanting to read Price Guide for a while too, so I bought a copy for Halloween! That sounds fascinating, I’m very curious about that one! Thank you so much 😊
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Great TBR! I’m super interested to hear your thoughts on The Wicked Deep, since I have heard some mixed things about it! I hope you enjoy it though! 😊
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Thank you so much 😊 I’ve heard pretty mixed things too, but I’m still hoping I’ll love it, since there’s witches!
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The Price Guide to the Occult looks *very* October-y! Also the witch + magical book + island setting combination is the BEST. Hope you enjoy all these, Aurora!
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That combination speaks to my soul! Thank you so much, Kathy 😊
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Oh no you’re making me want to add more to my own TBR which is already so ambitious and huge lol. These all sound so perfect for Halloween! I’ll have to save these for next year or whenever I feel like reading a spooky read.
I agree with themed reading! It makes it so much easier for me to decide what to read next.
Happy reading!!! 🎃🎃🎃
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Yours made me want to add more to mine too! That’s the thing with themed reading, you just wanna squeeze ’em all in there. But there’s all fall for spooky reads right??? Thank you so much and happy reading to you too 😊
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That’s true. Technically I have all year to read all the spooky books as I want lol.
I’m so happy that I inspired you btw! 🙂
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💕😊
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I had planned to do a really big spooky TBR for October but it’s also Black History Month here so I’ve divided up the month between black history books, spooky books, and ARCs I really need to read this month :’)
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Sounds like you have a very varied and interesting TBR planned! I hope October’s a wonderful reading month for you 😊
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Thanks Aurora! So far I haven’t finished a single book, but I’ll get there xD
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There’s still lots of October left! Happy reading 😊
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Awesome list! Hope you enjoy them all 🙂
I only read Last Time I Lied, but it defo has the vibes for the spooky season.
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Thank you so much! 😊
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Ahh this looks like the perfect TBR for the month! 🎃 I hope you love all these books – I didn’t enjoy The Wicked Deep as much as I had hoped, but I hope you’ll have a better experience with it. 🙂
Happy reading! ❤
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I haven’t read any of these books, but they all sound so good and look like such perfect books to read during October! I’m particularly interested in hearing your thoughts about the Witches of New York. I hadn’t heard of that book before, but it sounds really good!!
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I hope you’re right about that! I haven’t heard much about it either, I picked it up cause I’ll read anything with witches in it. Hopefully it’s as good as it sounds 😊
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I loved The house with chickens legs and highly recommend it 🙂
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I just started reading it and I’m really enjoying it so far 😊
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Ahh I am glad 🙂 Happy reading
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Thank you 😊
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