October Reading Wrap-Up

I finished October with 12 reads (not counting 3 books I gave up on). Here are my favorites of the month:

📚 The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt was unexpectedly delightful and funny. It is very short (60 pages?) so can be read in one sitting. It is better to go in blind and be pleasantly surprised

📚 Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio is a dark academia/mystery novella. It fit great with seasonal vibes and her writing is always superb

📚 The Changeling by Victor Lavalle is another perfect October horror story. This is the third book I’ve read by this author and I five-starred every single one

📚 Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble by Amie McNee features witches (or wisewomen) and is set in the 16th century England. If you like Anne Boleyn and Tudor England, this one is definitely worth a read. I was a bit distracted by the language choices: sometimes the author would use archaic syntax more in line with the time the book is set in, and other times, it read too modern for historical fiction. But I still really enjoyed it overall. The author’s background is also quite fascinating so please make sure to check out the author’s bio.