October TBR (2024)

 Hey guys, this is Abi here, 

And I'm back with my TBR for the month of October! 

I do have a couple of spooky reads for me to sink my teeth into, and also the final book published by Lucinda Riley, that I haven't read yet! 

I genuinely don't know what I'm going to do when there aren't any more left. Maybe cry? 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my October TBR, and feel free to comment your reading plans if you like. 

1. A Mind Full of Murder (Skulduggery Pleasant #16), by Derek Landy 

I received this for my anniversary in July, and with it being spooky season, it seems the perfect opportunity to start the final trilogy of one of my most beloved series'. 

I have been reading Skulduggery Pleasant since before I was a teenager, and I've very much grown up with Valkyrie, much like some of you have grown up with Harry Potter. Skulduggery Pleasant will always be a constant love for me, and I can't wait to delve back into this extroadinary world with their crazy adventures, for the final trilogy. 

2. The Girl on the Cliff, by Lucinda Riley 

I'm kind of nervous about this to be honest. To be reading my final Lucinda Riley book (unless her son edits and publishes any others). But still. After reading a book a month (at least) for over a year, and then to be at the end is heart-breaking but also good.

But, I still have one more book to enjoy. 

The Girl on the Cliff is about Grania Ryan, who has come home to Ireland, to be with her family, in the hope that being here will help her wounds to heal. When she comes across a girl on the cliff, she has no idea how meeting this girl will change her life. 

Or how their two families are strangely and deeply intertwined. 

From a bittersweet romantice in wartime London, to a relationship gone wrong in New York, the Ryans and Lisles have been help together for a century. Can Aurora find out how to break the circle of torment?

3. Near the Bone, by Christina Henry 

It's time! If there's a book I've been waiting for October to read, it is most definitely this one, by the amazing Christina Henry. 

I couldn't hope to better explain what Near the Bone is about, so I'll just quote the blurb:

"Mattie can't remember a time before she and William lived

alone on a mountain together. She must never make him upset. 

But when Mattie discovers the mutilated body of a fox in the 

woods, she realizes that they're not alone after all. 

There's something in the woods that wasn't there before, 

something that makes strange cries in the night, something

with sharp teeth and claws. 

When three strangers appear on the mountaintop looking for

the creature in the woods, Mattie knows their presence will 

anger William. Terrible things happen when William is angry." 

This sounds so atmospheric, so creepy, and it's been a while since I've read a Christina Henry book, so it's fair to say that I'm a tad excited. Anyone read this? It was nominated for Best Horror in 2021 on Goodreads, so let me know if you have. 

4. The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth, by Frances Wilson

And finally, this. 

I've put this on the end of the TBR, because it needs to be read. Also, I finished The Hidden Girl through train journeys today, so I'm currently ahead on my reading progress for the month. If all goes well, I should get through a good portion of this in October, if not finish it. 

For those of you that don't know, The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth is a biography, from William and Mary's wedding day, onwards. I picked this up because I wanted to know more about Dorothy as a person, not just about the poems she gave ideas and notes on. It's the third and final novel I bought at Dove Cottage last July, and although I have books I've had far longer, I know this is the one I'm likely to struggle with the most. 

Okay! Those are the books I plan to read for the remainder of the month! I would have loved to include another spooky book, but I really do need to get that last one finished! 

Is your month filled with murder and mystery, or marvellous magic? Let me know in the comments below! 

I hope you have a wonderful afternoon, and I'll see you all very soon! 

Byeeeee! 

-Abi xxxxx