I know I’m a little late in posting this, but I promise I’ve been working on a lot of great stuff that’s coming out soon. My October reading list isn’t filled with too much adult horror this year, instead, it’s more of a nostalgia trip. Something October tends to be for me anyway. This list started out a little longer with several other books, but since I’m going to be on a road trip to Salem near the end of the month it wouldn’t have been possible to finish them.
The Dark-Thirty: Patricia C. McKissack
This book scared me as a kid and it’s one of my favorite books to revisit when I can. Luckily, my local library carries a copy and I was able to read it again this year.
- Hocus Pocus & The All-New Sequel by A.W. Jantha
I grew up on the Hocus Pocus movie so when I saw this at the library I knew I had to grab it. The first part is basically a novelization of the original movie with a follow-up sequel at the end, which follows the kid of the two main protagonists from the first one. I’ve only just started it, but so far it’s not bad.
- Spookesville Books 7-9
I’ve slowly been making my way through the Spooksville series, it’s been harder than I’ve liked to find all the books. But, they’re very entertaining and one of those series that I never read in order as a kid and often left them sitting on a shelf in favor of Goosebumps and other books. Now, that I’m older I get a lot more of the jokes and banter and all around revisiting this series has been entertaining, to say the least.
- Lore
I’m late to the Lore podcast, but it’s quickly become one of my favorites. There’s nothing better for me than reading a book filled with scary tales based on real-life events and just wondering whether or not something might be lurking out there in the dark.
- The Scavenger Hunt by Christopher Pike
I love Christopher Pike’s books. If that hasn’t been made clear, I was lucky to find a small stash of some of his early teen horror books at a used book store down in Myrtle Beach. Among them was the Scavenger Hunt which I’m already halfway into. It’s ominous and starts off pretty dark, with a kid being blamed for not being able to save another who died in a flash flood and an end of the year Scavenger Hunt which seems just a little too sinister.
This is what I’m reading this October, what are you reading?