helllloooo spooky (& then some) reads of october!!
hullo, and welcome to october’s collection of our monday morning weekly reading book review videos— complete with links to learn more (&/or shop the titles!) at bookshop.org (online bookshopping that supports local, independent bookstores! woohoo!!)
happy spooky (or otherwise) crisp fall reads to you! :D
xo,
*hallie :)
✨📖 weekly reading book review october 2025: episode one!! 📖✨
🎃 here’s what (royal) we read this week:
💙 THE WAND KEEPERS: THE MUMMY SNATCHER CURSE by tiffany mcDaniel
❤️ THE HOUR OF THE PUMPKIN QUEEN by megan shepherd
💚 LOST EVANGELINE by kate diCamillo
🧡 HELLO, BROADWAY! A YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO MUSICAL THEATER by emily hurd & michael mitnick, & illustrated by natia rojas castro
📚 currently reading:
😳 ANOTHER by paul tremblay (thanks, quill tree books ! )
👻 HAUNTED USA by heather alexander, & illustrated by sam kalda
🎬 watched:
🌊 THE TEMPEST (2010; worth the-making-of, naturally!!)
📚 mmmmmmiiiiight pick up next:
❤️ SCARLET MORNING by nd stevenson (thanks again, quill tree !! 🥰 & yaaaay illustrated middle grade!! 🥳🎨✏️🙌🏽)
🩷 FORGET ME NOT by stacy willingham
my copy from book of the month (try for $5!)
💜 &/or maybe finish THE GRAMMAR OF FANTASY by gianni rodari (& illustrated by the matthew forsythe !!)
what stories are you loving right now?!
🥰🎨📚🎬📖👻🎃🩰🎧📝
about to finish this month’s spooky cute crayon box sticker mailing & then go make some WANDKEEPERS art!! 🥰💜
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with all my sticky*sweet heart,
💖xo,
*hallie 🤓
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october’s weekly reading book review episode no. 2 coming next monday, october 13!