Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's Top Ten Tuesday asks bloggers to blog about a Halloween freebie. I decided to list top ten books to read on Halloween. You can see my previous lists for creepy Halloween reads for 2015 and 2016. The following books are in no particular order.
1. Forest of Thousand Lanterns by Julie Dao is a retelling of the Evil Queen in Snow White but with an East Asian twist. Don't be fooled and thinking it will be similar to how Disney portrays the Evil Queen. Dao's dark fantasy is intoxicating, unexpected and quite unsettling.
2. Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel is a dark paranormal fantasy that make you second guess about crows in the future. Kassel wrote a captivating and engaging novel about two teenagers that are fated to be together but due to certain circumstances, they must stand their distances to save each other.
3. Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco is the sequel to Stalking Jack the Ripper. If you are looking for a Victorian gorey thriller, check out this novel. Join Wadsworth and Cresswell on their journey at a forensics science school in Romania.
4. Haunting the Deep by Adriana Mather is the sequel to How to Hang a Witch. The main character narrowly escaped a fiasco in Salem, MA and she can see spirits. In this novel, she tries to solve a mystery involving the Titanic.
5. Caraval by Stephanie Garber is a carnival novel that will sweep you off your feet with mysteries and puzzles to solve before time runs out. Garber's twisty dreams and illusions will keep you entertained.
6. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman is one of my favorite books since the early 2000's. Join the Owens family as they embark on their living their lives in a small town in Massachusetts. Magical realism intertwines within this captivating novel. The book focuses on Sally and Gillian.
7. The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman is the prequel to Practical Magic but this time the novel focuses on the the lives of Frances, Jet and Vincent. Join the siblings in the 1960's and how they pave their own paths to avoid the Owens Curse.
WANT TO READ
1. Ravenous by Amy Lukavics sounds super creepy! One of the Cane sisters dies but comes back to life craving the flesh of other people in order to survive.
2. Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King just came out and it sounds fantastic. Women go through a transformation where they become feral after a cocooning process. However, one woman is immune to this disease.
3. The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw is a hybrid of Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic rolled into one. Yes, please! I am fortunate enough to be able to read this via Edelweiss. This novel will be out in 2018.
3. The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw is a hybrid of Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic rolled into one. Yes, please! I am fortunate enough to be able to read this via Edelweiss. This novel will be out in 2018.
What novels are you reading in October or for Halloween?
I so wanted to read the 'Jack the Ripper' books this month, but alas, I didn't find the time. Maybe in the next couple of months, because they seem like reads I could totally still enjoy during the winter months. :)
ReplyDeleteCaraval is another I'd like to read but haven't yet - but it strikes me as another really good fit for this topic (and time of year).
I hope you have time to read Kerri's books and Caraval when you have a chance!
DeleteI don't read a lot of scary books, but these do look particularly creepy!
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DeleteHaunting prince Dracula does seem like a great read for Halloween. Forest of a Thousand Lanterns is high up on my wishlist.
ReplyDeleteBoth books are excellent! I hope you have a chance to read them.
DeleteNumbers 1, 3 and 4 are definitely in my tbr list. And excellent choice with Caraval.
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Have a nice week!
I hope you enjoy the books on your TBR list! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI haven't read any of these books yet, but Black Bird of the Gallows has a very interesting cover.
ReplyDeleteHere is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
I agree that the cover is very intriguing!
DeleteThe Ravenous would be PERFECT to read on Halloween!!! Cannibals freak me out!! Also, I really want to read Black Bird of the Gallows. I'm so far behind on the books that came out in Sept-Oct.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! The Ravenous sounds super creepy! I hope you have a chance to read Black Bird of the Gallows.
DeleteForest of A Thousand Lanterns was on my list this week too, I haven't read it yet, but it sounds like a great Halloween read!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/top-ten-tuesday-131/
FOTL is an excellent read in general but I found it very fitting for this month.
DeleteA mouth watering list if ever there was one! Several of these are on my wish list and a few on my TBR pile. I am dying to read . Forest of Thousand Lanterns, and I just bought a copy of Caraval since it was on sale. I love Practical Magic. The prequel is on my wish list.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover of The Wicked Deep! I hope you end up loving it.
Thank you for sharing!
I hope you get to read FOTL, Cavaral and The Rules of Magic! I love the cover to The Wicked Deep as well!
DeleteI really need to get my hands on a lot of these (many of which are on my TBR list) and I am swooning over these picks because they are, frankly, perfect for Halloween/this time of the year. I love that you picked Caraval for it as well--I love that book so much.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope you get to enjoy all the books on this list!
DeleteI love both Forest of a Thousand Lanterns and Hunting Prince Dracula. Both are perfect reads for this time of year. Great list!
ReplyDeleteI love both book so much! Both are definitely gory enough for October.
DeleteGreat list! I hope you get a chance to read them all!
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