Morbid Bookworm

I always feel like the Winter is the best times to read classics. They bring a warmth and an idea of simpler times. I love getting lost in classics and escape from the hustle and chaos of modern life. I like "textbook" classics as well as "modern" classics and I plan to read an assortment of each throughout the Winter months. The classics that I have read so far are: A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens This book is on a lot of people's TBR during the Christmas season. It is the timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. A stingy and selfish man who does not care for Christmas. His dead business partner, Jacob Marley, visits him in spirit form and warns Ebenezer to change his ways, for Marley is now a prisoner in the afterlife. He carries around chains (the burdens of his selfish ways during his life). He warns Scrooge that he will be visited by 3 spirits in the near future. The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas

Autumn is my favorite season of the year! I want to read as much as I possibly can during this time. These are the books that I read during the months of September, October and November. 1. The Serpent King  by Jeff Zentner 2. The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet  by Becky Chambers 3. The Virgin Suicides  by Jeffrey Eugenides 4. All The Ugly And Wonderful Things  by Bryn Greenwood 5. Just Kids  by Patti Smith 6. The Sun and Her Flowers  by Rupi Kaur 7. Tell The Wolves I'm Home  by Carol Rifka Brunt 8. The Female Of The Species  by Mindy McGinnis

***spoilers*** This book floored me. I read it in one sitting.  This is a book that follows Wavy and Kellan and their developing relationship.  In the beginning of the story, Wavy is an 8 year old girl who's parents are meth addicts. The don't pay attention to Wavy and when they do, its in an abusive manner. She is made to believe that she is dirty and that anything she puts in her body will become dirty too. She has a little brother named Donal and she tries to keep him from being the focus of her mother's flip outs.  One night, Wavy witnesses on of her father's friends wreck his motorcycle and she goes to help him. There begins a relationship of them taking care of each other in a way.  This book touches on drug abuse, pedophilia, child abuse, and how the most unlikely of people can be each others saviors.  Kellan is much older than Wavy and in the beginning all he wants to do is protect her and take care of her. He makes sure she goes to school and tha

The Mad Woman's Book Club This is a group on Goodreads that focuses on books about women with mental illness. Every month they read and discuss a book that fits those parameters. This month's selection is: Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel I am attempting to join in this read along and discussion. If you have Goodreads and want to join in the discussion, feel free to add yourself to the group! Link to the group is at the top of this post. 

My October TBR is probably going to be a little more ambitious than in previous months. This is my favorite time of year and I love the chill in the air and the colors and just the atmosphere of Autumn, Lets start with what I am currently reading and hope to finish in October. 1. The Virgin Suicides  by Jeffery Eugenides Synopsis HERE   2. Valley Of The Dolls  by Jacqueline Susann Synopsis HERE 3. Geek Love  by Katherine Dunn Synopsis HERE 4. Siege And Storm  by Leigh Bardugo Synopsis HERE These four are my priority at the moment. If I am able to complete them, I have three more that I would like to get into. One is a re-read for me and it is one of my all time favorite books. It is a group of Short Stories by one of my favorite Authors. That is: The October Country  by Ray Bradbury Synopsis HERE Also, I'd like to read: The Roanoke Girls  by Amy Engel Synopsis HERE And Lastly,  Final Girls  by Riley Sager Synopsis HERE

I have only managed to complete two books this month. I have four books open and in progress and yet, I am sitting here typing instead of reading, lol. The books that I am currently reading are good thus far, and I am anxious to keep reading them. October is my favorite month of the year and I am anticipating that my reading will pick up. I thought that by participating in a reading challenge may help me stay focused, but it added to my stress level because I wasn't able to complete my TBR for Sci-Fi September. The books I managed to finish in the month of September are: The Serpent King  by Jeff Zenter (5 Stars) The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet  by Becky Chambers (3.5 stars) Reviews for both of these books will be coming soon.  Thanks for reading!!!

Sci-Fi September is a book challenge originally created by Beckie Bookworm on YouTube. Here are the challenges and the books I plan to read to complete each challenge! 👽👽🌟💫🌜 1. A book with a strong female protagonist: 2. A book set on themoon: 3. A book with a space ship on the cover: 4. A book written by a woman: 5. A book written before the year 2000:

Favorite color and do you have the book in that color? My favorite color is black. And yes I have plenty of black books. I think the prettiest black book i own is The 50th Anniversary Edition of Valley of the Dolls  by Jacqueline Susann Describe yourself in 3 book characters. Coraline Jones from Coraline by Neil Gaiman Jack from Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire and finally, Susanna Kaysen from Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen  Hyped books yay or nay? If yay, what was the most hyped book you ever read? If nay, what was the most hyped book you decided not to read? Unfortunately,  I do tend to read hyped books. I think the book that I have read with the most hype was A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.  Recommend one book per season. Spring. Summer. Fall. Winter. Spring: Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Summer: The Girls by Emma Cline Fall: The October Country by Ray Bradbury  Winter: Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys  Name one book tha

My local Half Price Booked was having a clearance event. These are the books that I picked up! Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young (audio book) Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf  The Birth House by Ami McKay Carniepunk (short story collection) by various Authors Nineteen Eighty Three by David Peace Special Topics In Calamity Physics by Maria Pessl  Who Killed Kurt Cobain (graphic novel)