2025 October Spooktacular Wrap Up
I did a lot of reading during October and recovering from gall bladder surgery. Quite a mixture of scary, thrilling, mysterious, with some lighthearted moments thrown in. My October Spooktacular Wrap Up: The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks was a fascinating close room take of what happens when the unthinkable does. 5 stars Dying to Meet You by Sarina Bowen was full of mystery and secrets and bad guys and what happens when your ex husband appears after 15 years. 4 Stars New Dragon City by Mari Mancusi which was a great middle grade story about survival, lore, hate, acceptance, and resilience. Lots of dragons involved. 4 Stars The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown which was a scary good book about a woman who stumbles upon a door created by the Book of Doors which opens a world of travel, lying, killers, time loops, and all kinds of trouble. 5 stars The Forest of Lost Souls by Dean Koontz – a megalomaniac, a criminal depute, sha...