October 2017 is quite the spooktacular month! Are we tired of that pun yet? 😀 But really, look what it has:
1) My birthday!
2) Friday the 13th!
3)Halloween!
Believe me, my birthday can be scary. And I love Friday the 13th, I consider it a lucky day. Halloween is obvious.
I thought I’d share a few of my favorite books that are perfect for this time of year. It’s hard to narrow it down, but I kept it to four. There’s also a giveaway to see if any of the Friday the 13th luck rubs off on one of you!
Okay, here’s my creeptastic picks. I hope you try at least one of them if you haven’t already. They link to my reviews.
Brother by Ania Ahlborn – A story about a family of serial killers living in the heart of Appalachia? Sounds like a plot from a cheesy Chiller channel movie, right? That is not this book. Brother is an excellent story that’s dark, disturbing and twisted. Oh, my!
The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle – Vampires, man. They suck the life outta everything. Do not, I repeat, do not let the YA label fool you. This book is freaking creepy and not for the faint of heart. It’s one of the best horror books I’ve read.
Bird Box by Josh Malerman – How do you fight a monster when you don’t even know what it is or what it looks like? Whoever looks at them dies, so imagine feeling them breath down your neck while keeping your eyes firmly shut, and only using your other senses to try to survive. This book gave me chills!
Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts – Zombies, vampires, ghosts … they can all be scary. However, there’s something a lot more disturbing about regular people turning on one another and hunting their neighbors, friends, and families. This book kept me up all night to read in one sitting.
Giveaway
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I bought Bird Box a while ago and have been meaning to read it forever. I will read it one day, mark my words! Lol.
I don’t read horror stories very often due to having problems sleeping without reading them. 🙂 But The Shining and Misery are the best for me.
Carol L
My favorite horror movie is definitely Grave Encounters and my favorite horror book is Night Shift by Stephen King.
Thanks for the chance to win and for the awesome book recommendations!! Happy Halloween 🙂
Okay this is so cheesy because it isn’t even that scary of a movie but…I love The Burbs! I watched it as a kid and still love it. There is just something about the characters and humor and the little tiny bit of suspense that it has that I’ve always loved. Stupid right? Ahh well. Anyways Brother looks and sounds so good, I definitely want to read it now! I loved the I Hunt Killers series, still one of my favorites and the book Normal, absolutely loved them all!
I LOVE The Burbs! I used to have it on VHS. lol. You for sure need to read Brother. Normal was this | | close to making my list. I contemplated making it 5 instead of 4 just to add it. 😀
I’ve contemplated buying it every year but usually it comes on Netflix or Amazon Prime so I’ve put it off but so far I haven’t found it on either sites so I might have to break down and get a copy.
This is a great list. Favorite? I have so many. Right now I wil go with NOS4A2 Happy Friday the 13th!!
The Craft or Eagle Eye. Happy Friday 13th!
My favorite movie is Halloween..the first one. Probably because I’ve seen it so many times and I know what is going to happen. I’m a big chicken lol.
Stephen King’s The Shining was really scary to me. The little girls creep me out when I watch the movie!!
I have Brothers but never read it, though I did read this author’s book The Devil Crept In and just thought it was okay but I really need to try this one.
I really enjoy Hunter Shea’s books they are just fun and creepy. 🙂 Let’s see scary movie…The Exorcist…it scared the crap out of me I had to wait and watch it during the day…lol. (The book on the other hand was kind of boring.)
I liked The Devil Crept In, but to me, Brother is way better. I should watch The Exorcist again, it’s been yeeeeeaaaars!
I’ve been trying to get more into the practice of reading horror/spookier books lately, mostly due to the time of the year. All of these books sound great/spine-tinglingly creepy (is that even a phrase?!) and I’m particularly interested in The Hallowed Ones–it sounds BRILLIANT. Your birthday is in October? YES! October is the best. I am still in shock we have a Friday the 13th this October. Wild.
I go through and mark all the Friday the 13ths on my calendar like 2 years in advance, and I was so excited when I saw one landed in this month. lol. You for sure should read The Hallowed Ones.
Happy birthday month!! I have Brother and need to read it. Maybe soon since it is the season. I am not super into scary stuff but Poltergeist always freaked me out when I was a kid.
I don’t get scared by movies, but that freaking clown under the bed scene in Poltergeist freaked me out some when I was little. lol.
My favorite horror movies to watch during Halloween are Nightmare on Elm Street movies. And for books Stephen King novels. Thanks for the awesome chance!
Hey happy birthday this month! Love your picks… Bird Box sounds freaky and is one I’ve kinda been wanting to read. The Hallowed Ones- I feel like vamps should be scary AF so I’ll have to loo at it.
I love Creeptober so much too! great list! I’m sold with the Hallowed Ones and Dark Inside!!!
I am such a wuss, I cannot really do horror novels. They just get into my head and give me weird dreams, and I have enough of those! I will happily watch the odd movie though, I usually find them quite amusing 🙂
All of those sound good.
Favorite Horror Thriller: The Shining by Stephen King
I love October, and I love spooky reads. I need to read Birdbox. It sounds so creepy. Loved the Hallowed Ones. Have you read IT by Stephen King?
I don’t watch a lot of horror/scary movies, but two of my favorite are The Craft and Poltergeist.
I kind of love that quote at the end! Ah, so true. I love October and all things Halloween. I’ve only read Bird Box from your list but I love it, and I’m so curious about Brother.
Happy Birthday!! I am pumped for fall and Halloween. The Hallowed Ones is a great book and perfect for the season.
Happy Birthday!
Oh the Hallowed Ones. I’ve been wanting to read that for a while. Might have to start with that one.
I think the reoccurring entertainment I do every year is “The Lost Boys”. Not too scary but just something Halloween-y to veg out to every year. 😀
We are big horror movies junkies at our house! We just watched Wished Upon yesterday, and my daughter and I started the Saw series, She’s old enough to watch them now. Yay!
oh 😀 a birthday during october! Fun. I love the sound of The Hallowed Ones and Bird Box, I need to add Bird Box to my TBR. I think Brother would freak me out
I haven’t tried any of these. I really love NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. Christine and It by Stephen King were great too.