OCTOBER WRAP UP
Reading October: A Month of Spooky Classics and Creepy Fiction
This month, I've been diving into some spooky classics and creepy fiction that are perfect for October. As always, I was excited to dive into each book and share my thoughts with you all.
The first book on my list was "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo. I finally got around to reading it after a year of hearing about it from fellow readers. This is the first book in a duology, and I'm so glad I decided to read it this year. The story follows six main characters who are going on a heist, and it's an amazing tale that explores character development and relationships.
While I did enjoy "Six of Crows," I have to admit that it took me a while to get into the story. The first half was a bit slow for me, but once the second half kicked in, I was totally invested in the characters' journeys. This book is very character-driven, and if you're looking for books that delve deep into each character's backstory and motivations, this is definitely the one for you. The author did an excellent job of weaving together six main characters with unique powers, and it was amazing to see how they all worked together.
I gave "Six of Crows" a 4 out of 5 stars, mainly because it took me a bit longer to get into than I would have liked. However, once I became invested in the story, I couldn't put it down. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves character-driven fiction and complex world-building.
My next read was "Six Crossed Crowns" by K.M. Lockwood (not Blake as mentioned). This book has been on my list for a while, but unfortunately, it's not out yet - I'm still waiting to finish reading it before October ends, however, the information provided says that when this does come available, I will post a review. At the time of writing, "Six Crossed Crowns" had 4/5 stars.
I have to admit that I was a bit concerned about starting "Six Crossed Crowns," as some readers have given mixed reviews on Goodreads. However, I'm really enjoying it so far! The story follows three sisters who are triplets and must kill one person to become the next Queen - yes, you read that right! It's an interesting premise, but what's even more intriguing is the world-building and character development.
One of the things that's making this book a bit confusing for me is the large number of side characters. There are so many people in this story, it can be hard to keep track of who's who. But despite the complexity, I'm really enjoying the ride so far. The author does an excellent job of creating tension and suspense, and the ending has already thrown a curveball at me.
Overall, I'd highly recommend "Six Crossed Crowns" to anyone looking for a creepy, eerie novel with a October vibe - just be prepared for a complex world and a lot of characters!
The last book on my list was going to be "The October Country" by Ray Bradbury but due to a library issue I ended up changing my mind.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everybody today I'm here to do my October rap book so if you didn't know the beginning of this month I did a TVR and I coat it my spooky TVR this month I dared to read pretty much all spooky books now necessarily there were also ebooks they just kind of fit October for me we're kind of mysteries some are kind of thrillers so we're downright scary and some were just kind of in the October feelings for me so I want to tell you I did in my spooky TBR for did great I did goods at every horrible we're just going to talk about Oz books that I read this month so the first book I read was not on my spooky TBR at all with a planet to read it got a copy through penguin for the listening library so I listened to it and it is the judo his newest book and it's called Paris for one and other stories this is pretty much a book full of short stories that Joe domoi out and if you don't know I love her I love you before you I love wumpus one of red one of them I've heard four of her books total and I just had to listen to this one and I did really enjoy it i will say the first short story is the longest i didn't read it so i don't know how many pages it would say but i would say it Garner's like a good half or at least a quarter of the book and I really love that first short story and that's the Paris for one I really loved it that's what made that book for me and after that first big short story there was several really short stories like pretty much what you would get and like if you have a book for short stories that's my like 30 or 40 pages i would say there are about seven or eight after that and those were all kind of mediocre for me some i like some i didn't like but i really like the first half is about that first short story really made this book awesome and I really like listening to it overall I'd say if your contemporary fan definitely check it out I gave this book a 3 out of 5 I liked it i didn't love it the only really redeeming factor for me was that first short story because I would talk I would if that was a full novel i would love the best that I wish it was I pushed Apple first short story was elongated to the whole novel because I think it would have been even better like I love that for a short story i would say pick it up a loan for that first story moving on to my actual spooky TV are the first book i read for that is with malice by eileen cook and this was definitely a letdown they mystery book about a girl that goes on a trip to Europe for class and then she wakes up in a hospital like a month later she can't recall what happens at her best friends dead and she's being missed she's being investigated for murder and you're pretty much trying to figure out like you know what happened did she kill her friend is she not it just wasn't it didn't have enough room for me and I get just felt lacking should like that it was on Facebook a lot and it had comments and you would see what I would say about the situation my classmates itself i did enjoy that but other than that I felt like kind of the ending was just kind of a letdown the whole thing was just kind of boring I didn't really like it was just I don't know really wasn't a mystery for me I didn't really even care because the two main characters both had really big faults and I were just like one cute but I really don't so I would say maybe skip this one I just didn't enjoy it I wanted more from it i really did so overall i do this is two out of five i was really quite disappointed with it if i'm honest with you and that's okay not every book i'm gonna read gonna rock memorial but i just didn't really like this one the next book I far from the library this is slasher girls and monster boys 12 short stories edited by a pro in a future colton over for us are at provident but this is a book literally about short stories and they are each and they're all creepy and i've done a whole review on it I'm check it out on the cover right here where I broke it down with each story i rated it like you know what the creepiness factor was i really enjoyed this one I was like smoking to like as much as i did but i have to say i liked more the stories in this book that i dislike there was like two or three that I just fell in love with her couple dozen here but I'd say there were more good stories than bad and there were some creepy wantonness I'm proud that i read it i am actually surprised i read it because some of them were downright creepy i woke up scared a little bit today it but overall i really like this book i'm so happy i read it gave it a 4 out of 5 the book i read after that is awesome in the library and that is in a dark dark wood by ruth where this is my second truth where book and don't really enjoy it turbo kyra Becker was the woman in Cabin 10 which I did enjoy it wasn't my favorite this is another mystery / thriller above all main protagonist who gets invited to a hen party out of the woods with a girl was wonderful best friends or her exbest friend I said that she would talk to a ten years and some mischief have some insane things happen and murder happens and you're getting it told and present tense former waking of the hospital figure out what happened on the hand weekend and I was really disappointed with this one again the ending was it like down that was my biggest thing I didn't like the ending I just felt like it was a big lead up to kind of nothing and I also didn't like the characters in this book they were just all kind of horrible i did a horde you on this one as well so if you want to check that i wanna if you wanna check that out there i definitely check it out i just didn't like it i wanted more from it I just overall I wasn't a big fan so my second two out of five this was something sad but it happens you know number Booker reads gonna be five stars much as I want it to be it's not gonna have with me next book I read was before i go to sleep by SJ Watson this is another mystery / thriller hi this bubble okay I was expecting to really love those folks I've hurt so many amazing things about it inside my friends a book to really really love this book I liked it i didn't love it i will say it took a while for it to get really good like it took a little bit more than half of the book then I got really interesting fast the ending was really great but overall it was just an okay mystery and thriller for me I just found it because slow paced and slow burning which that your think this might be the perfect book for you but for me I don't know Mairi mr. throws I need to be like enthralled the whole time I don't know that's just me I I don't know and overall I like this one I didn't love it so this one kind of fell in the middle the back for me so I gave it a 3 out of 5 both actually listened to and this is not a part of my spooky TV are again a good surprise from The Listening Library from penguin so I love penguin for making me a part of the listening library it is just awesome listen to small great things by jodi picoult and i love this one this is easily my favorite book of the month and i was a plan to read it oh this is a book about quite simply racism and that's a definitely a bitter pill to swallow because it is a very you know controversial topic and it's very relevant in today's society and really any society in the past and follows your three different narratives in this book and I listened to it it was so it was really awesome to familiarize yourself with each of the three narrators I highly highly recommend listening to this Oh an african-american woman a Ruth who's been a labor and delivery nurse for over 20 years she goes on to worship just like any other day and her patients are white supremacist and they request that you know african-americans touch their baby and through a chance of events it so happens that Bruce has left alone with the baby David goes on cardiac arrest and she come on CPR against you know what she's told to do and i'm not sure what happens after that but pretty much a legal thing happens and we get reduced or another narrator Kennedy who is robe or and it is just literally an all-out battle in the courtroom about really intense book like I said it's definitely a bitter pill to swallow because it makes you think about racism like you know a Maya racist what do i do and like you know you think of your life events and how you could think in how you could be better how you be different it's just really an awesome book to read Jodi Picoult tells a good narrative like she will quickly put you into the story I was thinking about this folks so much when I wasn't listening to it if you mean to film a separate review on this I definitely love to feel like I'm going on but lengthy on this but overall an amazing very very thought-provoking book let me know if you want to review in it I gave it a five out of five I highly recommend everyone read it / listen to it I just it was phenomenal the next book I read six across by Leigh bardugo yes I finally read it yes I just feel like we're Pat myself on the back because it's been like a year coming this is the first book in a duology the second book just came out so I definitely had to read it this year and I'm very glad i did i do have a review coming up for this very very suitable but overall i loved it i pull said there was a few problems with that my main problem was that it took a while for me to get into i'd say the first half was really kind of slow for me and then the second half came and I was totally invested in an average super fast and I just wondered more and more and more but this is a very character-driven books if you're looking for books that just really go into detail about each character and their backstory this is the book for you this is so character rich which really made the book amazing because you have six main characters that are going to this heist and it was all just awesome I gave it a 4 out of 5 I learn reason for that is because I felt like it took me a while to get into and if I would have gotten into it a little bit earlier I definitely would again if I'm out of high because I did really really enjoy it but like I said I do love you coming up very very soon and the last book I read well I haven't finished yet but I am filming this a couple of days before october ends so I didn't plan to technically finish it before october ends you know you got a phone a little bit early and that is three drunk crowns but kendar Blake like I said I only have this much to go through so I'm definitely gonna finish it in two days no problem i will say and really enjoying this and I was kind of worried with this one because I've heard very mixed things on Goodreads about it some people really like it some people didn't like it it's kind of a slow burn book but it's not the type of slow burn book that I mind this is all about three sisters who are triplets and there is separated and pretty much at age 16 they have to kill another person left standing is the Queen and you're learning all about each one of these sisters powers and half they're going to buy to be Queen and it's really interesting the confusing thing there are a lot of side characters a lot and that's what's confusing me so that's what's kind of making me like I don't think I'm gonna give it a full five minute I so far right now it's really as a 4 out of 5 for me but that's okay because I'm still really enjoying it I've heard the ending really throws you for a loop so I can't wait to see what happens but like finishes before october and right now it's pretty much a 4 out of 5 i highly recommend this one's definitely a creepy eerie novel not scary just definitely an October vibe for sure and that was all the pups i read in october and there i did i did read all the books i was planning to read in october except for one and that is only because i had used all my riddles up in the library and i had to put it back because it's being old by somebody else and that is night film by maria peschel and i don't know if i get to it anytime soon i feel like this is invoked definitely to read not cherish and may save it for next year in october who knows what i'll do but i'm sad i didn't get to it because i know a lot of people with that book but when stuffs due back from library what can you do if you have read any of these books please let me know the same way i did if you like the mortgage you like them less let me know let's talk about it on the comments down below and local CID you're not so but did you read any creeping everyone's or did your screen the same would usually read what do you do do a lot of you guys do like a spooky type of TBR for every October or let me know seriously I would love to know you liked this video be sure to give it a thumbs up and hit subscribe and I will see you in my next one bye youhello everybody today I'm here to do my October rap book so if you didn't know the beginning of this month I did a TVR and I coat it my spooky TVR this month I dared to read pretty much all spooky books now necessarily there were also ebooks they just kind of fit October for me we're kind of mysteries some are kind of thrillers so we're downright scary and some were just kind of in the October feelings for me so I want to tell you I did in my spooky TBR for did great I did goods at every horrible we're just going to talk about Oz books that I read this month so the first book I read was not on my spooky TBR at all with a planet to read it got a copy through penguin for the listening library so I listened to it and it is the judo his newest book and it's called Paris for one and other stories this is pretty much a book full of short stories that Joe domoi out and if you don't know I love her I love you before you I love wumpus one of red one of them I've heard four of her books total and I just had to listen to this one and I did really enjoy it i will say the first short story is the longest i didn't read it so i don't know how many pages it would say but i would say it Garner's like a good half or at least a quarter of the book and I really love that first short story and that's the Paris for one I really loved it that's what made that book for me and after that first big short story there was several really short stories like pretty much what you would get and like if you have a book for short stories that's my like 30 or 40 pages i would say there are about seven or eight after that and those were all kind of mediocre for me some i like some i didn't like but i really like the first half is about that first short story really made this book awesome and I really like listening to it overall I'd say if your contemporary fan definitely check it out I gave this book a 3 out of 5 I liked it i didn't love it the only really redeeming factor for me was that first short story because I would talk I would if that was a full novel i would love the best that I wish it was I pushed Apple first short story was elongated to the whole novel because I think it would have been even better like I love that for a short story i would say pick it up a loan for that first story moving on to my actual spooky TV are the first book i read for that is with malice by eileen cook and this was definitely a letdown they mystery book about a girl that goes on a trip to Europe for class and then she wakes up in a hospital like a month later she can't recall what happens at her best friends dead and she's being missed she's being investigated for murder and you're pretty much trying to figure out like you know what happened did she kill her friend is she not it just wasn't it didn't have enough room for me and I get just felt lacking should like that it was on Facebook a lot and it had comments and you would see what I would say about the situation my classmates itself i did enjoy that but other than that I felt like kind of the ending was just kind of a letdown the whole thing was just kind of boring I didn't really like it was just I don't know really wasn't a mystery for me I didn't really even care because the two main characters both had really big faults and I were just like one cute but I really don't so I would say maybe skip this one I just didn't enjoy it I wanted more from it i really did so overall i do this is two out of five i was really quite disappointed with it if i'm honest with you and that's okay not every book i'm gonna read gonna rock memorial but i just didn't really like this one the next book I far from the library this is slasher girls and monster boys 12 short stories edited by a pro in a future colton over for us are at provident but this is a book literally about short stories and they are each and they're all creepy and i've done a whole review on it I'm check it out on the cover right here where I broke it down with each story i rated it like you know what the creepiness factor was i really enjoyed this one I was like smoking to like as much as i did but i have to say i liked more the stories in this book that i dislike there was like two or three that I just fell in love with her couple dozen here but I'd say there were more good stories than bad and there were some creepy wantonness I'm proud that i read it i am actually surprised i read it because some of them were downright creepy i woke up scared a little bit today it but overall i really like this book i'm so happy i read it gave it a 4 out of 5 the book i read after that is awesome in the library and that is in a dark dark wood by ruth where this is my second truth where book and don't really enjoy it turbo kyra Becker was the woman in Cabin 10 which I did enjoy it wasn't my favorite this is another mystery / thriller above all main protagonist who gets invited to a hen party out of the woods with a girl was wonderful best friends or her exbest friend I said that she would talk to a ten years and some mischief have some insane things happen and murder happens and you're getting it told and present tense former waking of the hospital figure out what happened on the hand weekend and I was really disappointed with this one again the ending was it like down that was my biggest thing I didn't like the ending I just felt like it was a big lead up to kind of nothing and I also didn't like the characters in this book they were just all kind of horrible i did a horde you on this one as well so if you want to check that i wanna if you wanna check that out there i definitely check it out i just didn't like it i wanted more from it I just overall I wasn't a big fan so my second two out of five this was something sad but it happens you know number Booker reads gonna be five stars much as I want it to be it's not gonna have with me next book I read was before i go to sleep by SJ Watson this is another mystery / thriller hi this bubble okay I was expecting to really love those folks I've hurt so many amazing things about it inside my friends a book to really really love this book I liked it i didn't love it i will say it took a while for it to get really good like it took a little bit more than half of the book then I got really interesting fast the ending was really great but overall it was just an okay mystery and thriller for me I just found it because slow paced and slow burning which that your think this might be the perfect book for you but for me I don't know Mairi mr. throws I need to be like enthralled the whole time I don't know that's just me I I don't know and overall I like this one I didn't love it so this one kind of fell in the middle the back for me so I gave it a 3 out of 5 both actually listened to and this is not a part of my spooky TV are again a good surprise from The Listening Library from penguin so I love penguin for making me a part of the listening library it is just awesome listen to small great things by jodi picoult and i love this one this is easily my favorite book of the month and i was a plan to read it oh this is a book about quite simply racism and that's a definitely a bitter pill to swallow because it is a very you know controversial topic and it's very relevant in today's society and really any society in the past and follows your three different narratives in this book and I listened to it it was so it was really awesome to familiarize yourself with each of the three narrators I highly highly recommend listening to this Oh an african-american woman a Ruth who's been a labor and delivery nurse for over 20 years she goes on to worship just like any other day and her patients are white supremacist and they request that you know african-americans touch their baby and through a chance of events it so happens that Bruce has left alone with the baby David goes on cardiac arrest and she come on CPR against you know what she's told to do and i'm not sure what happens after that but pretty much a legal thing happens and we get reduced or another narrator Kennedy who is robe or and it is just literally an all-out battle in the courtroom about really intense book like I said it's definitely a bitter pill to swallow because it makes you think about racism like you know a Maya racist what do i do and like you know you think of your life events and how you could think in how you could be better how you be different it's just really an awesome book to read Jodi Picoult tells a good narrative like she will quickly put you into the story I was thinking about this folks so much when I wasn't listening to it if you mean to film a separate review on this I definitely love to feel like I'm going on but lengthy on this but overall an amazing very very thought-provoking book let me know if you want to review in it I gave it a five out of five I highly recommend everyone read it / listen to it I just it was phenomenal the next book I read six across by Leigh bardugo yes I finally read it yes I just feel like we're Pat myself on the back because it's been like a year coming this is the first book in a duology the second book just came out so I definitely had to read it this year and I'm very glad i did i do have a review coming up for this very very suitable but overall i loved it i pull said there was a few problems with that my main problem was that it took a while for me to get into i'd say the first half was really kind of slow for me and then the second half came and I was totally invested in an average super fast and I just wondered more and more and more but this is a very character-driven books if you're looking for books that just really go into detail about each character and their backstory this is the book for you this is so character rich which really made the book amazing because you have six main characters that are going to this heist and it was all just awesome I gave it a 4 out of 5 I learn reason for that is because I felt like it took me a while to get into and if I would have gotten into it a little bit earlier I definitely would again if I'm out of high because I did really really enjoy it but like I said I do love you coming up very very soon and the last book I read well I haven't finished yet but I am filming this a couple of days before october ends so I didn't plan to technically finish it before october ends you know you got a phone a little bit early and that is three drunk crowns but kendar Blake like I said I only have this much to go through so I'm definitely gonna finish it in two days no problem i will say and really enjoying this and I was kind of worried with this one because I've heard very mixed things on Goodreads about it some people really like it some people didn't like it it's kind of a slow burn book but it's not the type of slow burn book that I mind this is all about three sisters who are triplets and there is separated and pretty much at age 16 they have to kill another person left standing is the Queen and you're learning all about each one of these sisters powers and half they're going to buy to be Queen and it's really interesting the confusing thing there are a lot of side characters a lot and that's what's confusing me so that's what's kind of making me like I don't think I'm gonna give it a full five minute I so far right now it's really as a 4 out of 5 for me but that's okay because I'm still really enjoying it I've heard the ending really throws you for a loop so I can't wait to see what happens but like finishes before october and right now it's pretty much a 4 out of 5 i highly recommend this one's definitely a creepy eerie novel not scary just definitely an October vibe for sure and that was all the pups i read in october and there i did i did read all the books i was planning to read in october except for one and that is only because i had used all my riddles up in the library and i had to put it back because it's being old by somebody else and that is night film by maria peschel and i don't know if i get to it anytime soon i feel like this is invoked definitely to read not cherish and may save it for next year in october who knows what i'll do but i'm sad i didn't get to it because i know a lot of people with that book but when stuffs due back from library what can you do if you have read any of these books please let me know the same way i did if you like the mortgage you like them less let me know let's talk about it on the comments down below and local CID you're not so but did you read any creeping everyone's or did your screen the same would usually read what do you do do a lot of you guys do like a spooky type of TBR for every October or let me know seriously I would love to know you liked this video be sure to give it a thumbs up and hit subscribe and I will see you in my next one bye you\n"