I saw this spooky Halloween tag on Life of a Female Bibliophile blog and as its Halloween soon I thought I would get in on that action!

I have condensed it to 21 questions as I’m a scardey cat at heart and some of my answers would be totally yawn!

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1. Favourite horror or Halloween-themed song?

Zombie by The Cranberries

Love this and you can watch (and listen!) to it here.

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2. Favorite horror monster or villain?

Vampires all the way! 🧛‍♂️🧛‍♀️

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3. The creepiest thing that’s ever happened while you were alone?

I was fast asleep at my boyfriends house and he was out. Suddenly his CD player came on and started playing AT FULL BLAST and it was switched off. It was 2 in the morning and I put my clothes on and drove to my Mums!!!!

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4. If you were dared to spend the night in a “haunted house”, would you do it?

No way!!!! 😭

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5. Are you superstitious?

Yes and no! I salute magpies and love to blame Friday the 13th for stuff but dont believe in ghosts! 🙄

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6. Ever made a potion of any sort?

With my son at a Harry Potter night!!! 🧴🧴

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7. Do you get scared easily?

Yes! I am a proper scardey cat! 😿

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8. Have you ever played Bloody Mary?

Absolutely not!!! ⛔

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9. You’re home alone but you hear footsteps in your house, what do you do?

RUN!!!! 👟🏃‍♀️

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10. If you got trapped in one scary movie, which would you choose?

None! I’d faint, poop myself and then probably die very quickly! 💩

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11. If you could only wear one Halloween costume for the rest of your life, what would you be?

A witch…some of them got style!!!! 🧙‍♀️

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12. Would you ever go to a graveyard at night?

No, no and again, no! ⚰

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13. In a zombie apocalypse what is your weapon of choice?

A machete to lop those heads off!!!! 🔪

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14. Would you rather go to a Halloween party or go trick or treating?

Halloween party! (As long as they have Halloween themed games!) 🎃👻

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15. You’re in a horror movie. Are you the final girl, the first to die, the comic relief, the skeptic, the smart one, or the killer?

The skeptic….who also dies first!!! 🤦‍♀️

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16. Favorite scary book?

Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab.

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17. How old were you when you saw your first horror movie?

7….me and my bestie watched Evil Dead….and then wished we never!

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18. What was your first Halloween costume?

I cant actually remember. Probably a witch! On my sons first Halloween I dressed him as a pumpkin and he did not enjoy it! 🎃

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19. What are you going to be for Halloween this year?

Nothing. I have to be the toilet paper Mummy creator and keeper upper for my son! 🧟‍♂️

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20. If you could have a spooky Halloween pet (black cat, owl, bat, rat, wolf), what would you pick?

I’d love an owl! 🦉

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What would your answers be? Comment below!

Look at this!

Thank you so much everyone!

I had a goal, well more like a hope, to get 500 followers by the end of the year and it’s here in October!

Nothing else in this post apart from my hearty thanks to you all!

I think by the blurb and my review you get the jist! This was just what I wanted to read!

Title: Void

Authors: Coralee June and Raven Kennedy

I was born of nothing.

I’m a Void, a rare supernatural capable of absorbing powers at the brush of my skin.

Feared. Hated. Untouchable.

Thibault Academy is full of supernaturals that want me dead, and the most powerful of them, the Paragons, will stop at nothing to ensure I go back to the hell I came from. They’re cruel, heartless, and have created an unlikely alliance to take me down.

If I want to learn how to control the nothingness, I’ll have to survive them.

I was born of the void, but I’ll die from the power.

This is a reverse harem bully romance.

Firstly readers, let me give you some advice. Before reading, grab a towel and and some tissues cause this read is going to hit all the feels. All the feels, amongst other errrm, feelings!!!!

Another piece of advice. You will want to read this book in 1 sitting so make sure you have the time. No one wants to see your sex face wandering round the supermarket so choose your sofa, or your bed to read!

Advise number 3. Make sure you only have socks on. Shoes will do you no good when you kick your own bum for not reading this sooner. Take it from me, it hurts and it’s also hard to kick your own bum, gotta watch those pulled muscles!

I think you can gather from my copious amount of advice that I loved this book.

#TeamGritt

Yours sincerely

PNR lover

Steering away from books but……Halloween films!

I know I’ve mentioned before that I am a complete wuss and cant watch true horror films but I get in the spirit by watching family friendly ones.

Ok, I watch kids films 😂

But this means my son can watch too and I’ve got him into some of the old classics!

Here are the top 3 films that we crack out every year as we have them on DVD and watch to get in the mood!

Hocus Pocus

Casper

Addams Family

What Halloween films do you watch to get you in the mood?!

I saw this somewhere (I’m so sorry I forgot to note down who!) and thought it was a great idea!

This time last year I was participating in OWNtober where you read books off your TBR…….see how I did here.

Anyway….here are the books I read and reviewed this time last year for Spooky Reviews!

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City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

See my review here.

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Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox

See my review here.

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Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

See my review here.

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What were you reading this time last year?

Title: Nevernight

Author: Jay Kristoff

In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.

Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father’s failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and her father’s former comrades. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the door of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined.

Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic—the Red Church. If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel, poison and the subtle arts, she’ll be inducted among the Blades of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and one step closer to the vengeance she desires. But a killer is loose within the Church’s halls, the bloody secrets of Mia’s past return to haunt her, and a plot to bring down the entire congregation is unfolding in the shadows she so loves.

Will she even survive to initiation, let alone have her revenge?

Another audible listen!

Firstly, this narrator is absolutely fabulous! I also love this author’s writing style, it’s funny, it grabs you and I can’t believe I haven’t started this series sooner. Wow what a read. It’s right up there on my top reads of the year!

I fell completely, head over heels in love with Mia. I want to be her (minus all the stuff she went through as a kid!) She is just so sarcastic and funny! There was 1 part when I hated her….but it was for the greater good!

The characters and the world were fascinating. My faves were Mr Kindly and Naev. And then there was Tric. I didn’t just love him, I LOVED him!

Then there was ‘that bit’. You know THAT bit. With Tric and Mia. Omg pass me a fan!!!! I was gagging for something to happen between them….

And sadness. Sadness overtook everything for me. People dying left right and centre and my world shattered. Waaaaah.

Gimme more of that…..book 2 please!

Oh wow.

I was putting this post together and realised just how many books that are releasing in November that I want.

6. I want need 6 books! 7 if you include my Fairyloot book (but I dont know what that is!)

What with October releases and my humongous (it’s a word!) TBR, I’m done for! Who needs to eat? Tinned goods are the way forward I feel!

Anyway, I digress…..

Firstly there is ITUE by LJ Shen.

No full title, cover or blurb yet. Shebis such a tease! This is coming on 8th November and the book releases on 19th November.

 

 

The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

 

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Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw

 

 

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The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

 

 

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Supernova by Marissa Meyer

 

 

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The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

I thought I would do a little update on one of my challenges for this year….Ultimate Reading Challenge! You can see my June update here (and it links to my original post).

The prompts for each month are:

I’m so happy to say that I AM UP TODATE WITH THIS CHALLENGE!!!! (lets not talk about my other challenges!!)

August – Tear Jerker

One Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole

Oh God. I hate a tear jerker. 1) because I am basically dead inside and not much makes me cry and 2) when I do cry I call myself a pussy!

This is a book I knew would make me blub, so I read again…..I couldn’t get my review link from Amazon (I wasn’t searching through all my reviews) so here it is:

This book made me have a tear and snot fest!!

I can’t string a sentence together at the mo and I don’t even want to try and write a review…so this will be it.

Beautiful. Heartbreaking. Cry fest. And now I have a headache.

September – book with a cover you like

Valiant by Holly Black

Not sure why but this cover calls to me!!! Plus it was my first audible listen!

See my review here.

 

October – recommendation from a friend

Now I had a list as long as my arm of books I could’ve used for this month!

Rage by Cora Carmack

So many people recommended this and who am I to say no?

See my review here. 

 

I am ready for November and December – bring it on!

As a proud Skyfire Stormheart owner, it was a no brainer to read this!

Title: Rage

Author: Cora Carmack

Princess or adventurer.

Duty or freedom.

Her Kingdom or the Stormhunter she loves.

If Aurora knows anything, it’s that choices have consequences. To set things right, she joins a growing revolution on the streets of Pavan.

In disguise as the rebel Roar, she puts her knowledge of the palace to use to aid the rebellion. But the Rage season is at its peak and not a day passes without the skies raining down destruction. Yet these storms are different—they churn with darkness, and attack with a will that’s desperate and violent.

This feels like more than rage.

It feels like war.

We return to Pavan…..and boy, it’s in a mess!
Aurora knows she needs to get back in that castle……and we know that will lead to more trouble!
I won’t say anything specific about the plot but I was so mad at Aurora for keeping her true identity from those who took her in, her friends, those that loved and trusted her. I wanted to shake her!
We saw a bit more of the secondary characters in this book, Nova being 1 and Jinx another. I love them and I want more from these guys in the next book.
I’m confused about what team I’m on! Am I team Cassius or team Kiran? IM SO CONFLICTED! I can’t take this, normally I pick a side and that’s it but I’m torn! So torn!
A great read, there wasn’t a dull moment and with that ending I need book 3 NOW!!!