Over the last few years I've set a reading challenge for myself in October --- sometimes this extends to September or December but it's always always been in October. I dedicate this month to read all the "scarier" books I pushed off the rest of the year. And normally I would look forward to this challenge but this year I live alone so reading scary books is a bit of MORE than JUST a challenge for me, especially with my anxiety acting up and making me see things that aren't there (which it tends to do when I get really stressed out --- I just cant figure out the trigger for it this time and it's driving me nuts).

If you'd like to see the covers to the books I'm mentioning you can check out my Amazon list of it [ H E R E ] as I'm too lazy to figure out a format for these book covers in this entry though I would love to do it, if I could figure it out. Perhaps I'll edit this entry later and play around with that. Or not. Who knows. But for now you get just a basic list.

Any titles I come across to add to the list that isn't on this list can be found on the Amazon list. In addition I have 2 1/2 re-reads I try to do every year of my 2 favorite passed challenge reads!

Every year on my previous book blog I would do an annual October/Halloween reading challenge were I pick books that fall into retellings or paranormal that I hope to read through the month of October.

This year is a little different --- life is a little more hectic so I can't read all the titles I hope to. With that being said, I had my boyfriend pick out titles for me to read this year. He picked 4 from my list which you can find here. If I have more time, I'll read more titles.

So this year my list is a little shorter and laid back than the previous years, but that's fine. I can always go nuts and back to my normal crazy goals next year.

I haven't decided if I'll attempt to re-read the Hex Hall or Twilight series this year like I normally do.