crunchy leafy novembery page*turns
hullo, and welcome to our collection of november’s weekly reading book reviews!
posted every monday after filming, complete with links to bookshop.org (unless otherwise indicated) so you can find your next favourite book!
with peace, love, many colourful reads, and lots More stories to you,
💖xo,
*hallie 🤓
✨📖 weekly reading book review november 2026: episode one!! 📖✨
🍂 this week i read:
🧡 THE HALLOWEEN TREE By ray bradbury
❤️🔥 THE SISTERS OF THE CRIMSON HOUSE by melissa anderson sweazy
(loved the memphis setting, but got confused with the curse/magic “rules/reality” a few times)
i got mine from book of the month, which you can try for $5 with my referral link here: https://www.mybotm.com/4fk6zo9eig4
📚 currently reading:
💛 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS | THE SENIOR YEAR ADVENTURES • BOOK TWO: WRATH OF THE TRIPLE GODDESS by rick riordan
📚 reading next:
💜 BEAUTYLAND by marie-helene bertino
🎬 went & saw:
🙈 WILDWOOD (2026)
a remarkable human art film accomlishment, but yikes! hope you go see it & love it as much as WHAT WENT WRONG PODCAST did, but i couldn’t handle it. 😫❤️🩹
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2056785/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
the original book here: https://bookshop.org/a/5254/9780062024701
🤩 got to see:
🎭 GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE
a one-man retelling of HAMLET 🫠👻👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
vagabond shakespeare: https://www.vagabondshakespeare.com
📺 still slowly watching:
❤️ NOBODY WANTS THIS (season 3)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26933824/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
🤎 THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW (season 17, i think. 🙃🍰🍞)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877368/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
what stories are you loving right now?!?
🥰📝🎬🩰🎨🎧🎭🎟️📙
please save me a snickers.
💖xo,
your glow*in*the*dark story nerd,
*hallie 🤓
👉🏽 📬💌 p.s. new crayon box sticker happy mail goes out this week!! i cannnnooootttt wait for you to see november’s ExTra*special sticker from my studio!! 🥰🐻🎨🖍️🍁
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