Halloween Reads for Spooks in Need!

I won't lie, just like Scrooge vowed to keep Christmas in his heart the whole year long, I made it my personal mission to do the same with Halloween! I write not only about witches and vampires, ghosts and death, but skeletons and mummies too. 

So it should come as no surprise that my Halloween Reads list of 2020 ranges from poetic early readers to my YA Urban Fantasy first love and is a carefully curated curious thing indeed. 

Say that three times fast! Then try and say this:

Moundshroud's the name, Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud.

The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury is a must read for me every Halloween season. It follows eight trick-or-treating friends as they have an adventure to save their friend Pipkin, while learning the true meaning of Halloween. 

There is also a 90's animated film version with the cast cut in half—but a fun edition to any Halloween TV bender. You can see about the film here. 

Call in the spirits, wherever they're at!

You might not know this about me, but I have a serious thing with the Haunted Mansion! I've got a half completed Haunted Mansion Office (don't ask me about it, no doubt, you'll see it when I'm done), and it's the first and last ride I do everytime I am at Disney. I've got cool Haunted Mansion merch, art, and even clothing. 

I've also got this ridiculously cute book of the song Grim Grinning Ghosts (which by the way can be heard at my house every 3rd song on Halloween night). 

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Being a YA book lover such as I am, I spend a lot of time with books that have Holly Black's name on the cover. Still there's something special about the The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. Set in a sort of Vampire Apocalypse, there is a ton of really great world building here. 

For a book about vampires, it was wholly original. Dark and bloody for sure, with a mad as rabbits love interest and a few unexpected twists. Read it if you love YA. You can get it on Kindle and binge it with me tonight. (Seriously, I am doing that as soon as I finish this!)

Don't have a Kindle? You can read Kindle books on almost every device. 

Need more great Halloween Reads? Check out Halloween Academy—written by me and my bestie other Angela.

Halloween Reads 2015 Day Three

Welcome to day three of the 2015 Halloween Reads Event!I really like the number three, odd numbers in general... go figure. Don't forget to check out the sponsors and enter to win the AWESOME prizes provided by them at the bottom of the post--all after getting your B00000k on!

Because terrible things make great stories.

Louis Kearny is burying something sinister in the middle of a desolate forest on a cold January morning. He killed his wife, Christina, and he intends to put her in the ground. Little does he know that his actions on this day can cause deadly repercussions... Burials is a humorous and bloody short story, number two in the Terrible Tales series.

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Bad things often start with good intentions.

Ashley "Ash" Prince hates using magic, but that doesn't stop her mother from forcing lessons on her. She resists except when it helps her stepbrother, Charlie. 

Charlie is sick and none of the doctors knows why. When Ash has a witch dream, she is determined to find the elusive and rare Ghost Orchid—a flower that could be the key to saving him. Her mother begs her not to go because not only did Ash's dream reveal a way to heal her brother, it also hinted at her death. But when her brother gets worse, she refuses to sit around and let him die. In a race against time, Ash and a boy she met in a coffee shop go in search of the Ghost Orchid. 

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It is 1897, the year of the Old Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Gerard de Montclaire, France's greatest detective of the Belle Epoque, is called to Scotland to investigate the sudden madness of the Earl and Laird. Local folk, around the small highland village of Aylswik, say it is the visitation of an Ancient Curse. A fiend, known since medieval times as The Horror, has returned from time to time to punish evil men, by driving them mad. Discovering the truth of The Horror will lead Montclaire and his associate, Sir Francis FitzMaurice, to uncover a great evil and to awaken memories of an old injustice.

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Miss  the other days? Find days One and Two here. 

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Halloween Reads 2015 Day Two

Happy Wednesday! Here's your daily dose of Halloween reads. Get your B000000000k on, then enter to win the awesome prizes!  Entering is easy, and scoring fantastic reads is even easier. Check back every day this week for more great for Halloween stories. Miss day one? Find is here.

Skeleton Lake is on SALE for .99, but only through Halloween! I dare you to find something better for Halloween than Skeletons.

Unsure if she's drowning or being saved, all Marlow wants to do is run away. Ensnared in a haunting love triangle, she realizes both boys have holes in their hearts; gaping spaces she can never hope to fill. Scars from loving the same girl, a girl who managed to stay dead. Now she is being hunted, for what she has become and what she never asked to be. Even as a Skeleton Marlow isn't the worst thing in the night-she isn't even close.

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Minecraft is in, and it can be in with Halloween too!

Creepy is excited when a zombie pigman invites him to go candy raiding in a nearby village for Halloween. Unfortunately the friendly creeper doesn't have the required holiday "haunting license" and gets into big trouble with the village guards. It takes some quick thinking from his friend, Cube Cowboy, to save Creepy from getting locked up or worse. 

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Need I say more?

How does revenge lead to saving a life? And what is the perfect response to an almost perfect crime?

After a sad breakup all Ryan wants is to be alone to clear his mind. It's a small world in Mexico for a Canadian tourist, and it gets even smaller when Ryan meets a man who is practically a neighbour. How unfortunate that a spot of youthful mischief keeps them from becoming good friends! But two people so well matched in wits can make even better enemies, and the dazzle of Mexico's colours and sunshine is an ideal stage for the pageant of death.

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Halloween Reads 2015 Day One

It's here, it's here! The most wonderful time of year. Join us all week as we help you discover some really AWESOME Halloween Reads!

Oh and win some really AWESOME prizes in the process!

Into Zombies? OF COURSE, YOU'RE into Zombies!

After a night spent at a run-down cabin in the woods, estranged friends Zoe and Boggs wake to find that the dead have risen. They flee, hoping to find safety, but instead find themselves surrounded by their worst nightmares. Joined by two other survivors, they will face unimaginable horrors and suffer unthinkable losses as the rules of nature are rewritten. They will soon realize that the living dead aren't just the shambling, mindless creatures that legends portray.
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This book is one of the strangest paranormal books I have ever read. Yes, I did just say that. Yes, you need to buy it.

At summer's end, mysterious white pickup trucks take to the roads and compel nearly everyone to "drive off." Some of those who remain gather in a suburban Atlanta subdivision, and struggle to cope with a world whose infrastructure is rapidly crumbling. One of the few who are mentally and emotionally prepared for the end of the world is Cody Sifko, a youth who quickly becomes the inspiration for the others. When a strange homeless woman names him "Father of Nations," is she seeing his future or her own delusions? As winter and a hate group try to destroy Laurel Hills, can Cody overcome personal tragedy and seize his destiny?

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Read the blurb and tell me it's not perfect for Halloween!

Cadi Shaw doesn’t take much from humans - an ampoule of urine, a few snips of hair, maybe a toenail or two. Nothing essential. Nothing life-threatening. A magical sigil half-blood, Cadi collects the ingredients for her brother Torvi’s healing spells while he sells remedies for arthritis and minor ailments in their store. 

But not all sigils are harmless. Running afoul of three badly wounded Nychos, Cadi is forced to procure for them in exchange for her brother’s life. But they want a lot more than human hair to work the spells keeping them alive. They want her to kill . . . and Cadi has no choice. 

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Better than Easter, Better than Christmas: HALLOWEEN

It's October, that can only mean one thing...and it's not pumpkin shaped peanut butter cups or lattes. 

There is so much to look forward to this October:

• A  Giveaway 3 Giveaways... well counting this one it's 4!
• A book launch
• A cover reveal
• Halloween Reads 2015
• An awesome SALE
• An easy way to score one of my books for free
• AND MORE~

But what are you looking forward to? Ghost? Costumes? Candy? Well you'll want all three this month if you want to win! 

Leave what Halloween tricks or treats you are most excited about in the comments for you chance to win a:

$5 Amazon gift card! 

Winner will be chosen randomly. Entries must be in by 10/4 11:59PM Central Standard Time

Halloween Reads Part 2

It's 9PM the night before Halloween. Do you know what you're reading yet? 

Welcome to the last minute! Don't worry, we've picked out some awesome Halloween reads for your procrastinating butt. 

Plus, these books you can get FREE FOR HALLOWEEN!

Read all about the Skeletons & are in the market for something else? I recommend ZOMBIES! 

Grace Lost is also FREE for Halloween!

So is Hollowland by Amanda Hocking! These deals can end any time, so go go go!

Awesome Halloween Reads Part One!

If you are looking for a fun Halloween read, I've find some for you. I'll be posting them all week!

Authors, have an awesome read good for Halloween you'd like listed? For consideration fill this out.