October Books and Movies

🎃 October Books and Movies: 

What I Want to Read and Watch 🎃

I will not be reading all of these books, but these are the ones that I will be picking from this month. I hope to be able to read most of these. Every year in October I also like to watch many Halloween movies that I have since I was a kid so I will be taking some time to do that.

🎃 The Books 🎃 

👻 Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller Audiobook -

 I will be finishing this book early this month because I started it in September. So far I am fully enjoying it. This is an audiobook that I received for an honest review. 

☠️ Tropic of Kansas by Christopher Brown - 

This is another book that I received for an honest review. It's a dystopian novel that looks quite interesting. I haven't read one in over three years, so I'm interested to see how I like it.

🦇 William Shakespeare's plays Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear - 

Shakespeare's plays are usually quick reads for me so I'm hoping I can get through these in a day or two. I have read Macbeth three times before (in eighth and eleventh grade and in my third year of college). I want to read it again because Wyrd Sisters is based on it and also Hamlet. I also have read Hamlet in my senior year of high school. I want to read King Lear because Fool is based on it and I have never read King Lear. Let's hope I enjoy it. If I get through these quickly I hope that I can maybe get to Merchant of Venice too, but if I don't I already have read it so it's not a big deal. 

💀 Fool and Serpent of Venice by Christoper Moore -

These are two books that I have been meaning to read since I got the sequel Serpent of Venice. I have had Fool for over a year, but I wanted to wait for the sequel. They are based on three of Shakespeare's plays: Hamlet, King Lear, and Merchant of Venice.  

🕸️ Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett -

The next two books in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. These will definitely be books that I read this month. I hope to read at least two of his books each month until I finish them. These are the two that I wanted to read in October so I'm glad that I got to them. I cannot wait to read them. 

🍬 This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee - 

Earlier this year, I heard of Mackenzi Lee for the first time because she was doing an interview about her new book The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. I really enjoyed her personality and looked into her book more and also her. That is when I also heard about this book and that it was based on Frankenstein. I really enjoy Frankenstein and the premise of this book sounds really intriguing. It is the book I am looking forward to the most this month. 

👻 Rhett and Link's Book of Mythicality: A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and Tomfoolery by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal - 

This is a book that had to be on this list. I have been waiting for this book since the first day I heard about it and pre-ordered it literally the minute after I heard about it. Rhett and Link are two of my favorite YouTube creators and Good Mythical Morning has become a part of my life that I fully enjoy. I make sure to watch them every weekday. So on October 10th, when their book comes to my house I will be reading it. Yay, it's almost here!

☠️ Turtles All the Way Down by John Green - 

This is another book that I have been waiting for since John first announced it months ago. John's books are some of my favorite contemporaries and I have been waiting for another book for about four or five years. Also, this book sounds great. I loved his reading of the first chapter on YouTube a bit ago. I also pre-ordered this book and will be reading it whenever I actually receive it. This also comes out on October 10th, but I will be getting it probably a week after that. Cannot wait!

🎃 The Movies 🎃

👻 Hocus Pocus- 

Every year I watch this movie at least once if not twice in the month of October. This is my favorite Halloween movie and it is one of my favorite movies of all time. I cannot wait! 

☠️ Halloweentown and Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge - 

This is going to be a bittersweet rewatch after the death of Debbie Reynolds last year. I grew up on these movies and there has not been a year that I don't watch them at least once in October. Another favorite of mine. They will never get old. 

🦇 The Nightmare Before Christmas - 

This will be the first time that I have watched this movie since I was a kid. I know that this is a well-loved movie and I enjoyed the story in the manga. What I'm really looking forward to are the visuals which I already love from what I have seen. Also, the music is some of my favorite from Disney movies. "This is Halloween" and "What's This". 

💀 Casper Meets Wendy-

Most of this list of Halloween movies are going to ones that I have loved from an early age. This is another that I usually watch every year. It's been quite a while since I watched it, so I'm excited to see it again. This is what made me love Hilary Duff from a young age. 

🕸️ Underwraps-

This is another classic Disney Channel original movie that I loved as a kid. I have always loved the story of the mummy befriending the kids. 

🍬 Tower of Terror-

This movie is almost tied with Hocus Pocus as my favorite on the list. I have always loved the mystery in this movie and loved the creepy feeling that it gave me. Also, I loved Steve Guttenberg in it.