October Preview

 Hello Interwebs!

So fall is officially upon us: Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes are in stores, leaves are falling off the trees, my house is decorated for fall, and spooky season is upon us. And with all that in mind October is going to be a very, very busy month for me. 

First off I'm getting married! On October 15th, which is two weeks from tomorrow (cue internal screaming). So that week looks like therapy appointment on the 10th, kiddo doctor appointment on the 12th, rehearsal on the 13th, family dinner on the 14th, wedding on the 15th, and then we're out of here on the 16th for about a week. So that's already crazy. 

So with a crazy month going on what do I decide to do? I decide to participate in all the spooky season readathons! Like four of them, I wish I was kidding. But to be fair I am reading a variety of short books that give me some overlap. I'll tell you what the readathons are and give you my full TBR for the month and then we'll do separate posts for each readathon in separate blog posts which each one comes up. 

Halloweekend

This readathon takes place every weekend in October from September 29th to October 31st and has four hosts: Erin Megan (who I follow on YouTube), Lexie, Michelle, Katrina, and Sav. It has 5 book prompts, 5 activity prompts, and 5 photo prompts with 5 alternate book prompts. 

Stabathon 

This is also a readathon that is being done by Erin Megan and is Scream themed. It goes from October 3rd to the 9th and has both book and photo prompts. 

Happy Haileyween

This is hosted by Hailey Hughes on YouTube and goes from October 13th-16th and has some really fun prompts. My plan for this is to use the prompts but not really to go for the four days of the actual readathon since this is in the thick of my wedding week. 

Weekendween: The Monster Mash

This is the Halloween weekend readathon hosted by GabbyReads and OliviaReadsaLatte on YouTube and goes from October 28th to the 31st and has reading prompts. 

So next my main TBR. There's a lot of short stories and novellas and such on here and my plan is to get through as many of them as possible during this month. 

• Goddess of Filth by V Castro
• Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess
• Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives by Adam Cesare
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
• Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
• Shiver by Junji Ito
• Halloween Fiend by C.V. Hunt
• Dead Leaves by Kealan Patrick Burke
• The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
• Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
• Below by Laurel Hightower
• Blanky by Kealan Patrick Burke
• Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana
• The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones
• Men, Women, and Chainsaws by Stephen Graham Jones
• Zombie Sharks and Metal Teeth by Stephen Graham Jones
• Attack of the 50 Foot Indian by Stephen Graham Jones
• Man Made Monsters by Andrea Rogers
• Taste Like Candy by Ivy Tholen
• Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca
• The Promised Neverland Volumes 1-3 by Kaiu Shirai

So that's my TBR and my insane reading plans for an already crazy month. Keep an eye out for readathon specific posts for the full TBRs for each one as well as the prompts. 

Happy Reading!

Richelle