#cuddleupwithoct21

[thethornsrose]

“This was how normal people survived their own fairy tales. They became their own kind of monster.” ― Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Hearts We Sold . . . . . . . 💀October Wrap-Up💀 . . . The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ . . . The Drink Coffee With A Ghost by Amanda Lovelace (not pictured) 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ . . . Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Okay, I gotta talk about this one for a second. It almost got 3 stars, and I actually went back and forth for a while about it. I love Kerri’s writing style, and I was really looking forward to the enemies-to-lovers trope… but MY GOODNESS the smut in this novel!!! I did what I always do when it comes to reading spicy scenes - I skimmed. lol. It was just waaaaaayyyyyy too much for me. Maybe you felt differently? Let me know! Lol) . . . The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ . . . The Woods are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ . . . . #hallowqueensoctober HALLOWEEN • Wrap up #spookyoct21 October #wrapup #cuddleupwithoct21 This is Halloween - book and pumpkin #readgushoct21 October wrap up #thebookwormrebellion wrap up #rfaboct21 Halloween https://www.instagram.com/p/CVtGlFiL-gN/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thethornsrose]

“Your pride didn't appear in that bone circle the night you spilled blood and summoned me. It was your wrath. Your fury.” ― Kerri Maniscalco, Kingdom of the Cursed . . . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober PUMPKIN HEAD • books & pumpkins #spookyoct21 October #bookhaul #cuddleupwithoct21 Trick or Treat: book and treat #readgushoct21 October haul #thebookwormrebellion favorite spooky read #rfaboct21 read in October https://www.instagram.com/p/CVqujm9rCsa/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thethornsrose]

I like to picture myself stealing this book to give to the poor… 🏹 . . . . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober Beetlejuice • costume and books #spookyoct21 Horrid • read in one sitting #cuddleupwithoct21 grim grinning ghosts - favorite ghost story #readgushoct21 Goosebumps: book that gave you goosebumps #thebookwormrebellion an urban legend #rfaboct21 zombies https://www.instagram.com/p/CVlGcR3r2IS/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thethornsrose]

“I wanted to be an author as far back as I can remember, mixed with occasional bouts of wanting to be a werewolf when I grew up. But mostly, when I daydreamed, it was about being an author.” - Neil Gaiman . . . I’m afraid of a lot of things - some rational, some irrational lol Rational: getting kidnapped while getting into my car outside of the grocery store, getting attacked at the gas station, getting kidnapped on walks - okay so generally all the fears any woman has (am I right, ladies??) 🙃 Irrational: cruise ships, ocean depths, pool drains, and people in costume. Yes, those are all actual fears of mine… 😅 . . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober IT • your greatest fears #spookyoct21 Contagion: science fiction #cuddleupwithoct21 Monster Mash: book with monsters #readgushoct21 skull on cover #thecollectorofdyingbreaths #thebookwormrebellion someone dies #rfaboct21 werewolves https://www.instagram.com/p/CVgR6hurjTf/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thethornsrose]

“I can no longer focus on everything I've lost. No matter how many times I hit replay, I can't change anything. I vow to focus on whatever else the universe has in store for me.” ― Amanda Lovelace, To Drink Coffee with a Ghost . . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober CANDMAN • books & candy #spookyoct21 Ghost Wood Song • musical story elements #cuddleupwithoct21 Werewolves • book set in another country #readgushoct21 Dracula: vampire book #thebookwormrebellion magical vibes #rfaboct21 ghosts https://www.instagram.com/p/CVdtqGaLILS/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thethornsrose]

“Once, when I was six, I was sent home from school because I couldn't stop crying. When my mother inquired as to what happened, I did my best to explain. I told her I had raised my hand, which I rarely did, and ask my teacher when were we going to learn what was on the other side of the map of the world that hung on the wall of our classroom. She flipped it over and showed me it was blank. ‘That is the whole world. There is no more.’ All the things I would ever see or know were printed right there on a paper with no second side, no new world to explore. There was no more. My little heart couldn't take it. But now, in a bed carved with fairies and sneaking vines, I feel as if my teacher may have been wrong. Here I am, on the opposite side of the map, in a world that is entirely new.” - Sasha Peyton Smith, The Witch Haven . . . My favorite excerpt from the book!! . . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober Child’s Play • orange #stacksaturday #spookyoct21 Wilder girls: boarding school setting #cuddleupwithoct21 Little Shelf of Horrors: #shelfie #readgushoct21 Halloween #socksunday #thebookwormrebellion favorite Halloween prop #rfaboct21 witches https://www.instagram.com/p/CVbmEQ-rmcP/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thethornsrose]

“They say only the good die young, but that’s just a line in a stupid song we used to sing. It isn’t real. It isn’t true. I know that because Shaila Arnold was so many things—brilliant and funny, confident and wild. But honestly? She wasn’t all that good.” ― Jessica Goodman, They Wish They Were Us . . . . . . . . . . . #spookyoct21 Anna Dressed in Blood: character name in title #cuddleupwithoct21 Thriller - Favorite Thriller #readgushoct21 Frankenstein: green and black stack #thebookwormrebellion has a dark mood #rfaboct21 black and red #hallowqueensoctober FRIGHT NIGHT • Vampires and the undead https://www.instagram.com/p/CVY2VAyrJv5/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thethornsrose]

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline . . . . . . . #hallowqueensoctober nightmare on elm street • all-nighter books #spookyoct21 City Of Ghosts: middle grade #cuddleupwithoct21 Edgar Allen Poe - favorite suspense/horror author #readgushoct21 The Adams Family: bookish families #thebookwormrebellion got it from a friend - so I got this book from ThriftBooks, and clearly it’s been attacked by a dog, so I like to think I rescued it lol #rfaboct21 black and white https://www.instagram.com/p/CVWrZINLzZ4/?utm_medium=tumblr