October got away from me (so busy this month!) and I was unable to record a podcast episode in time. Here’s a quick overview of what I read in October with links to each review, starting with my top reads of the month:

5 Star Reads:

• Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
• We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewar

4 to 4.75 Star Reads:

• Diavola by Jennifer Thorne
• Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
• Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews
• The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke
• Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
• The Gathering by C.J. Tudor
• The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
• The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
• Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
• Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney (ARC)
• The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert
• Dearest by Jacquie Walters

3 to 3.75 Star Reads:

• Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cessare
• Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta
• Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
• Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
• The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim
• Mr. Nice Spy by Tiana Smith (ARC)
• The Sunflower House by Adriana Allegri (ARC)

2 to 2.75 Star Reads:

• Where I End by Sophie White

I read a lot of horror and thriller books the past four weeks, and I am definitely ready for a break from them for a while! Here’s what I am most looking forward to reading in the coming month and a list of a few others that I hope to get to.

I haven’t planned out the rest of my reads for next month, but here are a few that I definitely plan to get to. Two are ARCs and the others are selections from Book of the Month and Aardvark.

• What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould (ARC)
• Sugar, Baby by Celine Saintclare
• Most Wonderful by Georgia Clark (ARC)
• Dirty Diana by Jen Besser & Shana Feste (My BOTM selection for November)
• Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens (another BOTM pick)
• Memorials by Richard Chizmar (An Aardvark pick this month)
• Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger