Hey guys, it’s Izzy here and today we’re going to be doing a tagged post, a Halloween tagged post which is super exciting. This tag I discovered from the YouTube channel Bookables. We’re going to be looking at different songs that have Halloween vibes and there is a question with each song and I will be providing an answer to you guys. I will leave all the info for this tag linked down below if you guys would like to check it out and give me some of your answers down below in the comments. Let’s get into it.
There are so many great songs on this tag. When I think Halloween, I don’t really think music. The only holiday I really think music for is Christmas. This is such a creative tag because there are some songs that give those Halloween vibes. I’ve been listening to a great playlist on Spotify. I’m going to actually link that below as well. I don’t remember who the creator was but there are a lot of songs with spooky Vibes.Stevie Nicks is the queen of that but let’s get into the tag.
The first one is Thriller you can’t get more iconic than that a book that was an absolute page turner so I should say not all these books are going to be spooky books but some of them might be. So a page turner I read recently was Play as it Lays by Joan Didion this was my first fiction pick by her and I absolutely loved it. I was is going through it so fast it’s a short book but I was still constantly wanting to know what was going to happen next and I feel like it’s still so prevalent to our society even though it was written 50 years ago I think even longer than that and then it was such an influential book compared to a lot of the sad girl lit books we see today in contemporary or literary fiction subgenere this book was the founding stone of that genre.
Number two is I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me a book that gave you the serious creeps for me that is one of my all-time favorite books and that is The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Ellison. I was telling a friend about this other day and he says he’s going to read it so I’m super excited. It’s my favorite science fiction book but this book gave me nightmares it’s not even a horror it’s a pandemic novel where the majority of the world’s population has died and it’s trying to come to terms with that because it it happens as this pandemic is happening and basically how objectified women become and this book is literally my worst nightmare I would rather die than go through what this book is about it’s terrifying and as I said not a horror but it gives me nightmares I think about it all the time one of the best books I’ve ever read.
Number three: Vampire – a book that was soul sucking Laika which is a graphic novel about the first dog to or first living being from Earth anyway that has gone into the atmosphere of Earth and literally I cried it takes a lot for a book to make me cry this one did that.
Number four: I Put a Spell on You a book featuring witchcraft or magic and I’m choosing the Price Guide to the Occult this is a young adult fantasy but it is more magical realism. I read it back in July and I honestly didn’t expect a lot going in but I loved it and it’s a really fast read and it’s perfect to read this time of year. With slight magic and witchcraft they all have very little powers like maybe being able to understand the animals and plants around them like little things like that nothing major like I don’t know you know there’s these where there’s other races of like like elves and goblins that kind of thing it’s not that kind of fantasy.
Number five: This Is Halloween your favorite treat or snack while reading I don’t do that I don’t eat while I’m reading because I don’t know if I’m going to keep or unhaul a book and if I’m unhauling it I don’t want there to be greasy fingerprints all over the book because that is kind of gross and I don’t want somebody to have to experience that so I might have a drink while I’m reading; water, soda, tea, milk, or whatever that’s all I drink. I might have a drink but I’m not having a treat while I’m reading.
Number six: time warp let’s do the time warp again what books or book do you like to return to this time of year I haven’t actually done this but one that I always think would be great to return to this time of year is Stalking Jack the Ripper I really want to continue that series. I do think I’m going to do a reread next year in 2024, reread the first book and then finish the rest of the series which is a young adult historical thriller but it was so good and so atmospheric and one of the first books I annotated actually.
Number Seven Hungry Like the Wolf a book you loved so much you devoured this would also be a soul sucking one Us Against You by Frederick Backman this is the second book in the Bear town series. Now what is the Bear Town series about, it is a book in a small town in Sweden that is really a hockey town. Hockey is just the culture there it runs everything and a sexual assault case goes on and really divides the town and this is just showing the aftermath of the trial and everything. The character work is so good. I honestly don’t know how Frederick Backman does it he’s just a master at character work.
Number eight the Adam’s Family a book that features a dysfunctional family now there are plenty. Every single family is dysfunctional, in a sense, but we’re going with The Rules of Magic which is a prequel to Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman this is about three siblings in the 1960s and they are witches and a warlock so they are going through that really tumultuous time in history while dealing with having magical powers.
Number nine scary monsters and super creeps a book genre you’re scared or intimidated to pick up one that’s been extremely extremely popular in the recent months which is just fantasy romance. Romance is a genre that I really just started getting into last year so it’s still one that’s new to me. I am trying still trying to find out what tropes are for me and which ones aren’t and then fantasy, I’ve been having a hard time with. Fantasy was one of my first favorite genres but I really now just have a hard time getting into it so putting those two together just seems really difficult for me. I haven’t really found one that really really grips me by the description.
Number 10 our last question here The Twilight Zone A book with a completely different and unique premise really anything by, actually not anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid but at least three of her historical novels but the one I’m going with is a short story. I’m going with Evidence of the Affair it is told all in letters and it is between two people who their spouses are cheating on them with each other and honestly, I’m like how do you come up with that. It was a good short story and very unique.
That is the Halloween Song Book Tag. I hope you guys enjoyed. Leave a pumpkin Emoji if you made it all the way through and as always comment, rate, and subscribe and don’t forget to ring that notification bell to be notified when all my posts go live I’ll see you in the next one! bye!
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