It’s October! You know what that means! It’s almost time for Halloween. To get in the mood, I have prepared my entire month of reading and watching movies around Halloweeny type things. I’ve tried to include a little bit of everything: witches, paranormal, vampires, zombies and slashers. Although I didn’t include any paranormal in my movie list, I have plenty for backup if I run out of movies to watch.
My TBW includes:
- Hocus Pocus (witches)
- The Craft (witches)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (slasher)
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (slasher)
- The Crazies (zombies)
- Scream 1-4 (slasher)
- World War Z (zombies)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (slasher)
UPDATE: Brandie reminded me that I completely forgot one of my all-time favorite movies! PRACTICAL MAGIC! I am officially adding it to my list of movies to watch!
My TBR includes:
- The Witching Hour by Anne Rice (witches)
- I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (zombies)
- Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (vampires)
- The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich (paranormal)
The Witching Hour is over 1000 pages so I have only selected 4 books for my set TBR. And for backup books in case I finish all 4 books, I have selected a few alternates.
- Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (vampires and witches)
- Dracula by Bram Stoker (vampires)
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (monsters)
And just in time, I got my awesome Halloween bookmark pre-orders from Happy Hello Art!
I am so excited to start off my October with some creepy reads! I am going to start with a re-read of The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich so I can finally read it through with the finalized pages.
HAPPY OCTOBER! Are you reading any creeptastic reads this month?
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Love it!! I love those bookmarks – I wanted to order them. I haven’t seen Hocus Pocus in years, I need to rewatch it. Scream is probably my second favorite scary movie ever. Great selection of movies! I also love Practical Magic.
I hope you enjoy all of your scary books!
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Omg! I love Practical Magic! I can’t believe I forgot to put that in there. I need to remedy that! It is officially part of my TBW now.
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I love the way you did your pictures! 🙂 I thought about taking pictures of my books, but some of them are e-books, so I decided not to use my own pictures.
Great movie choices! I haven’t seen the Scream movies in such a long time! I can’t wait for Hocus Pocus. Your TBR also looks awesome! I can’t wait to read The Dead House, it looks like it’s going to be a great read!
I really hope my Happy Hello Art bookmarks come in! I got a few Halloween ones from Craftedvan too.
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Thanks 🙂 I love the Scream movies. Some of my favorite “scary” movies. I love the Happy Hello Art bookmarks. I need to check out Craftedvan too but then again, I already have sooooo many from HHA lol.
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Lovely bookmarks! I have one too but not halloween themed 🙂
Your choices for movies are on point especially Texas Chainsaw 🙂
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I have a huge collection of Happy Hello bookmarks lol. I can’t seem to stop buying them.
It’s been years since I last watched Texas Chainsaw so I am really looking forward to watching it again!
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I think Hocus Pocus is my favorite Halloween movie ever, I loved it as a kid (still do)! Frankenstein is the best, have you read it before? I also have the Dead House on my October TBR (which is scheduled for go up tomorrow if you are interested). Hope your October is spooktacular!
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Hocus Pocus is definitely the ultimate Halloween movie. I have not yet read Frankenstein so I’m hoping to get to it if possible this month. I’ll be sure to check out your October TBR tomorrow! 🙂
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Hopefully you get to it, it’s fantastic! I cannot wait for Hocus Pocus to air on television.
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I love Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic. I hope you enjoy your Halloween reads and watches 🙂
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I love the graphic you made, Maren!
Salem’s Lot was the first Stephen King book I ever read. Still like it. I have the first movie, made quite a while back starring David Soul. Tried watching the newer version, but gave up on it.
My first October book has plenty of paranormal with vampires, Werewolves and probably a witch among other assorted ghouls. It’s the last Sookie Stackhouse book, Dead Ever After.
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I’ll be very interested to hear what you think of the way Harris ended the Sookie series! I’m a big fan of the series but wasn’t too keen on the ending.
I didn’t realize Salem’s Lot was made into a movie! It will be my first Stephen King novel.
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Salem’s Lot – twice, although at least one of them may be a tv movie.
I’m only 50 pages in to Dead Ever After, but wondering if I’m seeing a hint of the direction it will take.
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The ending of the Sookie series came as a total surprise to me. I caught an inkling of it in the beginning of the last book, but thought it might be a red herring. Not quite what I wanted, but probably one of the very best for Sookie.
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I love those adorable bookmarks. Enjoy your Halloween books.
Marilyn
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Love your lineups. We’re planning a Screaming Screening in October where friends gather for scary movies. We’re watching Halloween, The Birds, Scream, and have yet to decide on a fourth. As for books, I really want to know what you think of The Witching Hour as it’s on my TBR list. For now I’m reading The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
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Thanks! Good choices for movies! I just ordered Halloween the other day to fill out my horror collection. Maybe I’ll even get to it this month. I love the Scream movies! I will definitely let you know how The Witching Hour is. I need to check out The Haunting of Hill House.
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I love both your tbr and tbw! My October tbw is always The Nightmare Before Christmas, Halloween Town and Hocus Pocus!
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Thanks! I thought about adding The Nightmare Before Christmas. I didn’t add it to my official list but I will most likely be watching it at some point this month.
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