October TBR - Some Spooky Classics | 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ต.ค. 2024
- I think I had most of these on last October's TBR, but maybe this time I will actually read them! ;)
Books Mentioned:
Autumn: An anthology of the changing seasons edited by Melissa Harrison
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Challenges Mentioned:
Read What You Own
Big Books of Summer
Occult Detective October
Victober
Spooky Scary Skeleton Halloween Readathon
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Hi everyone!
My favorite genres to read are: Classics, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller, Classic Horror (not too scary!), Nature/Environment, Health, History and Speculative/Paranormal Romance.
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So many classic spooky stories! I'm working my way through them as well, it feels great to cross them off the list! The Night Circus is one of my favs!!
I agree, it's fun to finally read these spooky classics we've always known about but never read. Last year I read Bram Stoker's Dracula and it was fun to finally be able to chat with others about what the book was actually about! I'm glad to hear you liked The Night Circus! I started it and was intrigued, so I'm looking forward to finishing it this fall sometime. :)
I love so many of these books!!! Interview with the Vampire... A Discovery of Witches... The Night Circus... The Hobbit... love all of these 🥰
@@krisreviews ooh nice! I’m glad there are some good ones in there! I only wish I had more time to read 🤩.
I can't get used to you not complaining about Clarissa any more...I read Frankenstein and The Haunting of Hill House some time ago, and enjoyed them. One time I was reading Hill House on the bus and I came to a particularly startling scene I almost levitated from my seat:) Your mentioning The Hobbit reminded me that I have an old LP record set of Nicol Williamson reading the book. He does a great job with all of the characters, especially Gollum. It would be fun to listen to it again.
@@KatJack-vl8xj I love those old LPs that used to be like audiobooks. I remember my sister and I listening to some children’s books that way back in the 80s. Loved the cracking sound as it played and that will always feel nostalgic ✨. I bet the LOTR would be great as audio!
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed both Hill House and Frankenstein. Oh boy, I hope Hill House isn’t too scary! 😱😄. Ah yes, haha I think I’ve talked about Clarissa in over 75% of these videos lol. Don’t worry, there will be one more Vlog to come about it and then I should be done. 😂
A fantastic list of possibilities! Happy October!
@@M-J Thanks MJ, happy spooky season to you too! 👻❤️✨📚
I love the laid-back approach to TBR/possibilities lists. No need to add pressure to a hobby. That Autumn anthology sounds wonderful--looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
I'm not yet in much of a spooky season mood (it's still HOT here in Texas), so I hope to read Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam, and the Library of America collections of Loren Eiseley and Wendell Berry.
Always a pleasure to hear you talk about books and things! Take care.
Hi Ellis! It's so nice to hear from you, and thank you for your sweet comment, as always! I have a really good friend that lives in San Antonio and she always complains about the heat down there this time of year. She came to visit us one year in October to see the fall foliage and it was so cute to see how in awe she was and how happy she was to be wearing a sweater outside!
Bowling Alone sounds really interesting. The decline of community is not something that usually pops into my thoughts, but it's so true and I'm sure very thought-provoking to read about his thoughts on why this would've happened. I hope you enjoy it as well as your Library of America collections. Thanks again for visiting and saying hi. :)
such cool picks! im feeling inspired 🦊🍂🍄
Thank you!
Autumn sounds really good. I enjoyed Frankenstein when I read it (I read the 1831 edition), and really enjoyed the Haunting of Hill House. lol, love the Boston accent of "Horror". I'm still reading stuff from September, but am hoping to read whatever horror I have on my eReader this month. Great video, happy Fall season :)
@@ReadbyFred Thanks, Fred! Glad you enjoyed both Frankenstein and Hill House, I think I will like them too. I hope you enjoy the “hahra” books you get too and sounds like you’re still sticking to the Read What You Own challenge/Kindle Kobo Clean-out! I need to speed read to reach my goal of 36 books before the next one starts! 😬😆
I read Frankenstein earlier this year and really loved it. By chance, i read it right after reading Milton's Paradise Lost, which was quite serendipitous. There are lots of connections there.
Wow, that's so interesting! I have Paradise Lost on my shelf to get to eventually, so I'll have to remember this when I read it. I'm glad you enjoyed Frankenstein! I think I'll hopefully be able to start it this weekend. :)
I've had A Discovery of Witches on my kindle for years and kept saying that I would watch the TV show after I read it. I think my husband lost patience because he binged the entire TV series without me!
Haha! I've been waiting on the TV show too. My sister has been trying to get me to read the books and watch the show for years now, I don't know why I kept putting it off :D
Nothing wrong with having a large selection for the TBR. Better to have multiple options. ;p
I really should re-read Frankenstein someday. I remember liking it, but I didn't love it as much as Dracula.
Never read any Anne Rice, but I know a lot of people enjoy it.
Night Circus!! I love that book, and might be re-reading it next year!
Good luck with all of your reads this month!! :)
@@Man-With-a-Hat-Who-Reads Haha, the more books the merrier! That’s great that you enjoyed both Frankenstein and The Night Circus and I’m excited to get to those. I also really loved Dracula when I read it last year. Such a great story! If only I had more time to read, October is definitely a fun month for reading!
Good morning ! I prepared my TBR yesterday and wonder if this month I'll stick to it or stray. I went for "spooky" atmosphere. I started "The road" by Cormac McCarthy and will follow with "Lasher" by Anne Rice. It's the 2nd book in the trilogy on witches. I read the first one years ago. And I added "The Penguin Book of the Undead". 🤞
Have fun and enjoy the colours 🍁🍂
@@martinelanglois3158 Ooh excellent, spooky list 👻. I didn’t know Anne Rice had a witch trilogy! I haven’t read of The Road or The Penguin Book of the Undead, but I hope you enjoy them if you get to them! Yes, the fall colors are starting up here now and it’s so beautiful. I hope you have a great Autumn season too 🍁✨😊
This ws such a fun video! I have had JD Robb books on my authors to read for a while I need to just commit and read
@@Already-Overbooked thank you! I know what you mean, I’ve read thr first three JD Robbs and I keep forgetting to keep going. They are really good so there’s no excuse!
Hey Farrah! We’re also guilty of not keeping to or finishing our monthly tbr, so definitely no judging! Honestly I usually forget what I said I was gonna try to read by the end of the month 😅Mood Readers unite!! 😂😂
I tried Frankenstein and had to DNF. It was making me angry. You do better than me with classics, so hopefully you get through it enjoy it!
Haunting of Hill House sounds awesome! I put a hold on it over the summer and still waiting. I can’t say horror to save my life 😂
I need to do an Anne Rice read through again! I’ve been meaning to get to it since Michael K Vaughn mentioned it. It’s what got me started on vampires as a teen. I don’t think grandma realized what she was letting me read 😅
Good luck with Discovery of Witches! I had some not nice thoughts and gave Ven more fodder to tease me 😂 JD Robb wooo! In Death is a simple but fun series. Hobbit!!! Yaaaay! I love it! The whole reason I want to go to New Zealand is LOTR. Love the nails and sneaky kitty slinking through the background! Hope you enjoy spooky season and whichever books you get to! That’s quite the big pile there! Happy reading! 😊
Thanks, Kat! I think from now on, I'll just make TBRs every so often, when the mood strikes and that will give me a chance to catch up with the ones I already made months before, haha. Sorry to hear you didn't like Frankenstein, I know it's a mixed bag or whether people liked it or not. Yeah, "horror" looks like we should be saying "horr - orr" but it doesn't naturally roll off the tongue like that!
Lol, your grandma gave you Interview with a Vampire? That's amazing. I'm sure I read it way to young too, but I remember loving it! Of course, the Brad Pitt/Tom Cruise/Christian Bale adaptation was very easy on the eyes too, when it came out! :D
I would also love to go to New Zealand to have a tour of filming locations for LOTR. I'm so excited to get to that one!
Thanks so much for watching and your wonderful comments, as always :) Hope you have a great weekend!
Soo many good books for fall / spooky season! Thanks for this, I was struggling to find a book that fit this season well, hoping to listen to interview with the vampire now :). I just finished and loved the hobbit :)
Oh awesome! I'm glad that you're inspired to listen to The Interview with a Vampire! I bet it's a fun audiobook :) I'm glad to hear you loved The Hobbit too. It seems like a great time to read that series and I think I will really like it too. :)
@@bookstalgic I hope you do :)
I loved Frankenstein and The Haunting of Hill House, I remember The Vampire Lestat being better than the first book but liking both. The Hobbit feels like Christmas to me, I love reading Tolkien around then. I'm diving deep into Victober because I love it, and I will try and fit one horror in at the end.
I’m glad you enjoyed some of those books on my TBR! I know what you mean about Victober and I wish it was in a different month so I could fully enjoy it. I decided to try Vanity Fair as Mark from Booktime with Elvis is doing a group read of that, but it will probably take me a few months going at the rate I get through books 😂. I can see myself having similar vibes with The LOTR series over fall and Christmas too. So cozy and nostalgic. Hope you have a great upcoming weekend of reading 🍁✨📚
Hi Farrah. Lovely video. Your seasonal anthologies sound wonderful! I love that you are reading Frankenstein this month. That is a novel that I used to teach every year. It's not what people expect it to be, but it's such an important novel. I've been reading Agatha Christie too, though I am reading Miss Marple books right now. I've liked the "..In Death" series too. The edition of The Hobbit that you held up is the same edition that I have from my box set from the early 1970's. A classic edition! So I'm reading some Victober selections this month and also some spooky books. I'm also reading Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake for MJ's "Im with the Banned" Book Club. And I'm reading William Kent Krueger's The River We Remember for my book club. Busy month. I hope you're doing well. 😊
Thanks, Pat! How fun that you used to teach about Frankenstein in your classics! I think I will really like it. I love that 70s edition of The Hobbit. I found it in a thrift store and also found The Return of the King in the same edition. I’m on the hunt for the other two as well. I’m looking forward to the Marple books too, by Agatha Christie. I know I’m going to LOVE her 😊. I hope you enjoy Oryx and Crake. I remember reading that book about 10 yrs ago and I can’t fully remember the plot, but I remember being hooked. Thank you for the reminder as I wanted to follow along on Fable to see what everyone’s thoughts were! Hope you have a great reading month, Pat ❤.
@@bookstalgic hi Farrah. I do love Miss Marple. I’ve started Oryx and Crake and started commenting in Fable. It’s a really powerful and disturbing book. I’m definitely hooked. I don’t think any books should be banned; but I don’t think this a book-or a trilogy-for kids. It’s a very adult story. Lots of really creepy, disturbing stuff in it.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 That's great! I also remember being a little surprised as the book got going as it was nothing like I had expected!
Oh I remember what you said you were going to read and then not read them. I paid attention. 😂😂😂 Yeah sure I did. Lol I'm doing a buddy read this month on Frankenstein. So I look forward to your take. I also look forward to your take on the hell House book as I wasn't a huge fan of that so I'll be curious to see what you think of it.
Hahaha, well glad to know there is someone here to keep me in check! Hope you enjoy Frankenstein too! Yeah, I think Hill House is one that people either love or dislike so I hope I end up liking it.
Oh by the way, I saw on FB that there might be a chance to see the Northern Lights again tonight or tomorrow night in NY so if you find yourself outside, point your phone up to the Northwest sky take a pic 📸 😊
An excellent selection of books Farrah! I am really interested to hear your thoughts on Interview With A Vampire, really loved that book. I know I am in the minority with Haunting of Hill House 😂 but I did love We Have Always Lived In The Castle. The Hobbit is a delightful book, I say go for it! Happy Reading! 🎃
Thanks Cliff! You’re not the only one who didn’t like The Haunting of Hill House, don’t worry 😂. I’m exited for this month of reading for sure! 👻✨I also can’t wait to start The Hobbit. I’ll hope to get to it in November. 😊 Hope you like whatever you read this month!
@@bookstalgic Hey Farrah, I would still love to have a live chat with you one day. It doesn't have to be all about horror, but there is enough there to make it spooky.
@@CliffsDarkGems Yes definitely! I think it would be fun to chat now that I am actually reading some Stephen King and have some other horror lined up. Maybe sometime in the next few months when my weekends will be more free as the kids sports wind down in our winter (your summer!) haha. :)
I keep pushing Frankenstein back and I don't know why. I liked the Hobbit well enough, indefinitely prefer the book to the stretched out Hobbit movies. Great options and I hope you have a great time with whatever you end up reading
Thanks, Ven! Yeah, there's no real reason why I keep pushing Frankenstein away for another month either. I think I sometimes do that because I'm waiting for the perfect time to read it because I think I'm really going to enjoy it. Well, I'm going to start it as soon as I'm done with my ebook I'm reading now so I will definite get to it this month! I really enjoyed The Hobbit movies, but I had never read the books so I didn't have anything to compare it too. At the very least, at least it will help me visualize some of the characters and settings. I hope you have a great October of reading!
Excited for your picks! I know sometimes your picks change but still, they seem well balanced for the season. Am still walking with Dante and I have some George Washington biographies to read. I think I may pick up more poetry? One poet that strikes to mind this season is Walt Whitman. Him or Emily Dickinson.
Wow, that's crazy you mentioned Emily Dickinson! I just read my "Greatest Works of Emily Dickinson" book of poems that I thrifted last year and I really loved it. I haven't read much poetry in the past, and was so surprised how much I liked them! I also have Leaves of Grass on my shelf that I will eventually get to. Hope you are still enjoying Dante! :)
@@bookstalgic No kidding?!! I’m glad that you ended up enjoying it! I’ve heard amazing things about her style and subject handling, so I may just try one of her collected works. Robert Frost is sitting on my shelf but I may wait until January to read from him. And Dante goes well, though sometimes tough when I don’t immediately understand his references.
I tried to read Frankenstein, I just couldn't get into the writting. I did however really like Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match 😄 RN I'm reading And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie. I'm a third of the way and so far giving this a 4 out of 5! I want to look up the Autumn book! 🍂 Happy October! 🎃🍂👻
@@munajedski Oh, I’ve heard that Agatha Christie one was a really good one! I just read the premise for Angelica Frankstein Makes Her Match and that sounds great 😂 “never judge a man by his cadaver” lol. I hope you have a great October! 🍁✨📚
i've been wanting to read a discovery of witches for a couple of years, my sister is the one that borrows books and keeps them forever too 😅i haven't read or watched LOTR, i keep saying i'm going to read the books first and its been decades lol
Haha, I'm glad I'm not the only one that has put off reading certain books for so long! I know, I feel so guilty to still have these books of hers. Luckily, she has two little kids and zero time to read right now anyway so she probably forgot I even have them, lol. :D
I've just started 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' by Sara Lodge, so Victober adjacent. So far it's really interesting - a non fiction book about said detectives.
@@clarepotter7584 That one sounds fun! I hope you enjoy it! I love the premise 🕵️♀️✨📚
❤1📚❤️ You have some wonderful books picked out! I loved Frankenstein and The Hobbit.
I'm starting The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes to finish The Inheritance Games Trilogy. Also, Buzzword challenge book is The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde for the first time. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo, and if I have time, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.
@@starlasell5698 I’ve heard great things about the Inheritance Games and I definitely have those on my list to read. I would also love to read The Picture of Dorian Gray as I also heard that one is great! You have so many good books lined up! 📚✨🍁
@@bookstalgic Thank you! I hope you can get to them. 😃
Hi Farrah! I read The Hobbit but it wasn’t for me as for Deborah Harkness… 😅 I’m trying to read victorian literature in October. Some Anthony Trollope maybe… I never plan in advance because I have too many library holds both in paper form and ebooks… It’s always my priority. Shouldn’t be but it is! 😂
Hi Julie! I know what you mean about the library books! There is nothing better than to pick out a book as you go and just mood read your way through the month. 😊 I think I’m going to try Vanity Fair for Victober as well. It was a last minute addition, haha! I’m sure I won’t finish it this month so it will likely be an ongoing read. I hope you enjoy your Victober choices! I’ve never read anything by Anthony Trollope, but I definitely want to!
Looks like a good TBR for this month. A few that I just started is "Being and Nothingness" by Sartre (a pleasant title I know, lol). I will also be reading the collected works of James Baldwin. Typically I don't like the whole activist writer stuff, but given the times he was writing in I can understand it. I think Baldwin's father was a preacher so I guess I'll see how much of that preaching rubs off on him. I have found a more direct style with writers with similar backgrounds, not as much elegance as some others. That's kinda what I appreciate though, a rawness to the writing. It's one of the reasons I like Russian writers.
Enjoyed the video!
Thanks, Jacob! I hope you enjoy your books this month. I had to look up"Being and Nothingness" by Sartre as I hadn't heard of it before (and yes, lovely title, lol) and it sounds interesting. I got into existentialism a little bit in my early 20s. I can't remember what I read at the time, but I found it all very fascinating. Life got busy and I guess I must've moved on from it, but that was the first time I started to "think outside the box" of my Catholic upbringing.
I've never read any of James Baldwin's works, but every time I've heard someone on Booktube talk about him, it's always in positive terms in regards to his writing.
In regards to "rawness of the writing", a fellow Booktuber I watched recently talked about that little window in the 90s when authors seemed to feel safer being honest and raw with their writing, more so than they do today due to the lack of the internet being what it now is. Nowadays with social media and instant sharing of thoughts across a large audience, writers may feel less safe to be raw in fear of being canceled if they rely on their works to pay the bills. Definitely interesting to think about.
Russian lit is absolutely something I want to dive into some day. There are a bunch of books on my Greatest Books of all Time list (the obvious Russian classics ones of course), but there are a few others I would like read too. Hope you have a great week ahead!
@@bookstalgic Existentialism is really important to me, especially as I head into my late twenties. It invites me into a whole world of possibilities and things that contend with the soul; it's a steadily beating drum that renders our lives clear, as well as my own feelings on certain subjects, or even the lack thereof.
Writers definitely have to be careful with what they write about: there's a standard for the "acceptable" and "most needed" topics for one to delve into. Not only delve into them, but how they delve into them (which often times carries an agenda). I'm always hesitant with contemporary writers, because I question the intentions behind their books: who or what exactly are you trying to serve or convince?
ooooo, night circus is solid
great tbr
i will judge thee unmeeting if you fail this tbr
Haha, I better get reading then! ;) Thanks, Groz!
Reading The God of the Woods
That one has been on my list, too, I hope you enjoy it!