Vampires, like, totally suck! Am I right, or am I right? Should I show myself out now? Just to be safe in case another dad joke comes out of my mouth? Listen, I've been on a vampire kick lately because clearly I'm stuck in a time warp or something. (Also, THEY ARE COMING BACK.)

'TIS THE SEASON FOR A SPOOKY? What do you mean that's not how the song goes? Are you sure?

This was such a refreshing change of pace with what I've been reading all month. I definitely enjoyed Allie Michelle's prose!

More than just a beautiful cover: Aphrodite Made Me Do It is one of the best poetry releases of the year.

The Nerd Herd rides again! And is truly better than ever. No, seriously. I know my feelings during my reread have been all over the place about House of Night, but this first installment of House of Night: Other World, Loved, is honestly my favourite in the House of Night world so far. I definitely loved Loved.

I only twisted this weeks topic slightly. I'm not the most creative person when it comes to titles or names. Can I write? A bit. Can I come up with alternate titles? NOT AT ALL. So, instead, I'm going the more classic approach and dragging titles I don't like. And by dragging, I mean, I'm just listing them. Mostly.

The good news is that the only cringe worthy thing about Hunted is its synopsis. Well, okay, fine, there are a couple of other things, but nothing as painful as it was in prior installments and definitely not as cringey as the blurb for this! I'm so sorry, but hoo boy that is SO not eye-catching and super cheesy and I am definitely suffering from secondhand embarrassment. In case the bold lettering wasn't clear.

Despite the cringe, I'm still feeling head-over-heels and hyped beyond belief over my reread of the entire House of Night series. I love the magic and mythology. And, of course, a lot of these characters. How could I not? They were some of the ones I grew up with, quite literally.

While I've already stressed the fact that I feel VERY differently toward a good chunk of it as an adult, it's still something that I've got a world of fondness towards.

It's no secret that I consume a lot of true crime content. It's also no secret that I've been writing a novel on my aunt's murder. Which is why I wanted to include these books in my Blogtober posting lineup. I think it speaks for itself, really.

Now that I've really gotten into the groove of rereading House of Night, I'm seriously flying through the series! Although my thoughts about it have changed a lot in the years since I first read it/it was published, I'm still really enjoying this reread and Untamed is probably my favourite yet. I think I've said this about every book in my reread but I think that is just a nod to the fact that House of Night kept getting better and better with time.

Honestly it's just so indulgent. I feel like I am back in high school. Not necessarily in a bad way, either. It's just something about the crisp autumn air and the familiar comfort of an old favourite, you know? It takes you back to another time and place and honestly, it's exactly what I needed. I can't believe I'm already on book four (although, to be honest, by the time this goes live, I'll be starting book seven.)

So, let's just dive on in!

Apologies in advance for any spelling and grammatical errors with this post! They're probably worse than usual because (a) I am sick and (b) my keyboard is being a pain and still sticking with certain keys so sometimes specific letters just don't work. I swear, I'm going to get it fixed soon! 

Okay, okay, before you all yell at me that it's TOO EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS STUFF please hear me out: The Candy Cane Caper is worth me jingle belling it up in October. TRUST ME. (Or don't? It's fine!! More Christmas stuff for me?)

Introduction? What is an introduction? HOW DO I MAKE AN INTRODUCTION? 911, my brain has let the building. Who does it think it is? Elvis?

Get ready for some beautiful magical realism! Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune really impressed me. And also made me hungry, but that's neither here nor there.

We all know I love to curl up with good reads during the autumn. And one of my favourite things to do is grab a poetry collection, some page tabs to annotate, snuggle up and read.

October means thrillers, thrillers, thrillers and more thrillers! Today's read? The Arrangement!

There are so many types of supernatural/paranormal creatures out there in literature. We, as readers, have always had so many varying interests in creatures of myth and wonder.

Happy Tuesday! Ah, I bent this week's topic a bit! Mainly because I actually have something up my sleeve re: character traits and didn't want to go into it before that post goes live! Also, I think I just really fancied the topic of friendship groups in literature--ones that I adore, ones that, well, I don't. Let's do this!