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Announcing My Spooky Read for October
About a week and a half ago, I traveled to Arizona for a mother/daughter trip with my oldest. It was a much-needed getaway and the beautiful Sedona landscape did not disappoint. It seems, though, that while I was away the temperatures back home turned more toward autumn-like temperatures and when I returned so did the heat and humidity.
If you don’t know, I love warm weather and the hot, dry temperatures in Arizona were right up my alley, but there’s something also special about fall. Maybe it’s because I've lived in the Midwest all my life and am used to experiencing seasonal changes, but around this time of year, by body is ready to be wrapped in flannel and chunky sweaters.
Autumn, especially October, is the time of year when I start formulating a serious to-be-read list. With the days getting shorter and darkness arriving earlier each evening, there’s less distraction and the call to be outside is muted. I’m inside longer at night and have more time to read.
Can you relate?
Every October, I pick a spooky book to read because it’s Halloween and the one time out of the year that this genre piques my interest. Usually, I’ll read Salem’s Lot by Stephen King or Bram Stoker’s Dracula, but this year, I’ve decided to read The Shining. I watched the movie when I was little, but always on Channel 11, which meant it was heavily edited with oddly placed commercial breaks. Who knows what I’m talking about?
Anyway, my husband is a huge Stephen King fan and we have a large collection of King’s books, including The Shining. That’s the first book I’m going to read as part of my fall reading and today, as I write this, is the perfect day to start a spooky read because the wind is shredding the leaves from the trees in my backyard, it’s cloudy, and slightly cool.
But I have some questions for you:
Do you read spooky books during October?
What’s your favorite spooky book?
If you don’t know, I love warm weather and the hot, dry temperatures in Arizona were right up my alley, but there’s something also special about fall. Maybe it’s because I've lived in the Midwest all my life and am used to experiencing seasonal changes, but around this time of year, by body is ready to be wrapped in flannel and chunky sweaters.
Autumn, especially October, is the time of year when I start formulating a serious to-be-read list. With the days getting shorter and darkness arriving earlier each evening, there’s less distraction and the call to be outside is muted. I’m inside longer at night and have more time to read.
Can you relate?
Every October, I pick a spooky book to read because it’s Halloween and the one time out of the year that this genre piques my interest. Usually, I’ll read Salem’s Lot by Stephen King or Bram Stoker’s Dracula, but this year, I’ve decided to read The Shining. I watched the movie when I was little, but always on Channel 11, which meant it was heavily edited with oddly placed commercial breaks. Who knows what I’m talking about?
Anyway, my husband is a huge Stephen King fan and we have a large collection of King’s books, including The Shining. That’s the first book I’m going to read as part of my fall reading and today, as I write this, is the perfect day to start a spooky read because the wind is shredding the leaves from the trees in my backyard, it’s cloudy, and slightly cool.
But I have some questions for you:
Do you read spooky books during October?
What’s your favorite spooky book?
