more stories = (not so very) spook*tober book reviews!!
hullo, and welcome to spook*tober my cutie gummy worms of snack-sized candies in glow-in-the-dark pumpkin buckets!!
here you’ll find each of monday morning’s weekly reading book review videos complete with links to explore the titles on bookshop.org if it sounds like something you wanna add to your TBR!
in addition to books of the week, i’ll share other tales o’ the week, too: movies, tv shows, and what i hope to read next. because i’m here for all the stories. :)
cute ghosts only, plz,
*hallie :)
✨🎃 weekly reading book review october 2026: episode one!! 🎃✨
📖 this week i read:
😑 a derivative middle grade novel i was unimpressed or inspired by (sorrryyy?!?! 🫣🫣🫣🫣)
🖤 BEFORE YOU WERE ANNE by emiko jean
(heavy true crime-esque female detective adult thriller 😥💔)
📚 currently reading:
🪐 SPUTNIK SWEETHEART by haruki murakami
📺 watched:
🕷️ SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023)
(dear sony animation : k-pop demon hunters was great, but where’s spider-man something-verse number threeeee?!?? pleazzzeeeee?!? 🥹🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🎨🩰❤️🔥)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9362722/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
🖤 KNIVES OUT (2019)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8946378/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
🎬 currently (trying to be) watching:
💛 CLEOPATRA (1963 ; listen to the banger of a podcast ep with WHAT WENT WRONG!! 🎧)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
📚 maybe reading next from the TBR towers:
💛 THE LIBRARY OF UNRULY TREASURES by jeanne birdsall
💚 EXIT PARTY by emily st. john mandel
🎭 LITTLE WOMEN by kate hamill
what stories are you loving right now?!?
🤩🎨🎬🎧📝📚🥳
today i’m finishing up this month’s crayon box sticker art + happy mail prepping…!!
& let me know if there’s anything (that i don’t already own on dvd) that i need to watch on disney+ before my subscription expires friday…! 🥰
here to make minnie ears an everyday & everywhere accessory,
💜xo,
*hallie 🤓
stay tuned for our next weekly reading book review on monday, october 12!
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