Hooked on Books discussion

Welcome to the October edition of our beloved “What Are You Currently Reading?” thread — your cozy, creepy, and everything-in-between monthly check-in!

Whether you’re:
🎃 Diving headfirst into spooky season with ghost stories and thrillers
🍁 Curling up with cozy fall reads, mysteries, or classics by candlelight
☕️ Treating your TBR like a never-ending trick-or-treat bag (sweet surprises, hidden horrors)
📚 Or ignoring the season entirely and just vibing with whatever’s calling your name…

This is your space to spill what’s stacked on your nightstand, queued up on your Kindle, or keeping you company in audiobook form.

💬 Jump in with:
• What you just started / just finished
• A line that gave you chills (or made you laugh when you needed it)
• Your one-sentence “pumpkin spice” review — sweet, spicy, or a little bitter
• How your October TBR is going (spooky success or total haunted house of chaos 👀)

✨ As always, this thread will be open all month, and we’ll refresh with a new one in November.

🆕 Bonus Fun: Don’t miss our other group convos:
→ Weekly Author Appreciation: A new author to celebrate (or roast lovingly) each week
→ Monthly Theme Chat: October’s theme is Spooky (But Not Horror) 👻🕯 — perfect for sweater weather chills without the nightmares.

So tell us — what’s your October reading mood? Drop your updates below! 👇📖

Locked until Oct 1st

Welcome to October! 🎃🍁 Whether you’re stacking ghost stories, cozy mysteries, or ignoring the season entirely — this is your space to share what you’re reading, loving, or abandoning this month.

Just finished . I enjoyed it as usual with Patricia Briggs book.
MPG: Paranormal
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

working through Dungeon Crawler Carl, and finished The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and moved on to The Gate of the Feral Gods.

Read a quickie horror novella: Ring Shout⭐⭐⭐

And, knocked out one of the FRB's: The Henna Artist ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I’m reading a book called Terrified by Kevin O'Brien

I’m reading a book called The Drake House by Kelly Moran

Horror wise over weekend I finished the spooky novella The Lonesome Dead (4 stars) and haunted house iite We Live Here Now (3 stars)

Also did two free Audible Plus Great Course spooky themed audios: Slash and Grab: Horror of the 1980s and Serial Killers: Real and Imagined

I’m reading a book called Remain by Nicholas Sparks

I’m reading a book called Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery

Books I've read this month

The Pumpkin Spice Cafe Laurie Gilmore
Psychopath's Prey V.F Mason
The Kiss Curse Erin Sterling
Takeover Evelyn Sola
Little Dove Layla Frost
Triple Duty Bodyguards Lily Gold
Axle Bianca Lee Ward
The Wedding Witch Erin Sterling
Poemhood Various Authors
The Gift at Sugar Sand Inn Leigh Duncan
Sweet Addiction Hope Ford
Faux Beau Marina Adair
How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back Diana Rowland
Tangled in Tinsel Trilina Pucci
Haunted New Orleans: History & Hauntings of the Crescent City Troy Taylor
Caught Up Liz Tomforde
Feed Mira Grant
Harmony Addison Jane
She is A Haunting Trang Thanh Tran
A Wallflower Christmas Lisa Kleypas
Leap of Faith Danielle Steel
The Rom-Commers Katherine Center
Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler
A Sea of Unspoken Things Adrienne Young
Big Little Spells Hazel Beck
Teach Me Nina West or K.A Tucker
A Broken Bone Melinda Leigh
Buried Bones Melinda Leigh
Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items J.W Ocker
Haunt Sweet Home Sarah Pinsker
From Rags Suzanne Wright
Devil in Spring Lisa Kleypas
Now You See Her James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
How to be a Wallflower Eloisa James
Ruby Malice Naomi West
Bright Lights, Big Christmas Mary Kay Andrews
Heartscape Garrett Leigh
Champagne Kisses Katherine E. Webb
White Trash Zombie Gone Wild Diana Rowland
Making the Match Kristen Ashley
Heroes Are My Weakness Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Unveil Elodie Hart
Psycho Robert Bloch
Charming a Texas Beast Katie Lane
The Worst Best Man Mia Sosa
Happily Ever... Maybe? Hailey Shore
Bloody Mary J.A. Konrath
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler Kelly Harms
Mate Aly Hazelwood
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels India Holton
Lover Mine J.R Ward

I’m reading a book called The Unfinished Gift by Dan Walsh

I’m reading a book called Ocean City Sunglow by Claudia Vance

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