Laurel County Public Library discussion

October anticipate releases:
A Song to Drown Rivers
The Bridge Kingdom
The Fury of the Gods
Blood Over Bright Haven
A Dark and Secret Magic
The Crescent Moon Tearoom
Spark of the Everflame

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What’s your favorite pumpkin-flavored treat?"

I'm not big into pumpkin flavored treats. I enjoy a pumpkin muffin / donut every once in a while.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What October releases are/were you're most anticipated?"

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Coup de Grace by Sofia Ajram
An Astonishment of Stars by Kirti Bhadresa
Model Home by Rivers Solomon

QOTD: Do you enjoy reading spooky books in October, or do you prefer something cozier? If something cozier, what genre do you gravitate toward during fall—mystery, fantasy, or romance?

I used to try to read spooky books for October, but I kind of just go with whatever reading mood I'm in to avoid a slump. I typically don't gravitate towards horror. I'll read the occasional thriller, but I enjoy reading fantasy, dark academia, and gothic books during the fall.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Do you enjoy reading spooky books in October, or do you prefer something cozier? If something cozier, what genre do you gravitate toward during fall—mystery, fantasy, or romance?"

I don't read specific genres during different seasons/holidays. I just go for whatever.

QOTD: What’s your favorite literary quote(s) that reminds you of fall?

Some of my favorite literary quotes that remind me of fall:

• “He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

• "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

• “For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of coffee or tea.”
― Katarina Bivald, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

• “Even now I remember those pictures, like pictures in a storybook one loved as a child. Radiant meadows, mountains vaporous in the trembling distance; leaves ankle-deep on a gusty autumn road; bonfires and fog in the valleys; cellos, dark window-panes, snow.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

• “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

• “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.”
― Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

• “It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

I think probably just the new Caraval novella from Stephanie Garber. But I haven't read it yet lol

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What’s your favorite pumpkin-flavored treat?"

pumpkin roll!!!

I like pumpkin bread and pumpkin muffins.

QOTD: If you could visit any fictional bookstore or library, which one would it be?

I know there are probably other ones that I will love dearly once I read the book or see the movie, but out of what I've seen and read already, these are some of my favorites:
• A hole in the ground (hobbit house) filled with books in Bag End from The Hobbit.
• The Shop Around the Corner from You've Got Mail
• The Fox Library from The Book of Doors
• The library in The Midnight Library
• Flourish and Blotts and the Hogwarts library from HP
• The castle library and the village bookstore from Beauty and the Beast

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: If you could visit any fictional bookstore or library, which one would it be?"

Cemetery of Forgotten Books from The Shadow of the Wind.

QOTD: What book feels like an old sweater—something comforting and familiar?

I have a few I could list for this but I think that one of my favorites and most comforting books that feels like an old sweater is probably The Hobbit.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What book feels like an old sweater—something comforting and familiar?"

I haven't re-read this yet but Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. I do find his writing comforting even though the content can be quite deep. It's one of my favorite books of all-time, and I need to reread it SOON.

QOTD: What is your favorite movie to watch on Halloween?

I have a few favorites that I enjoy watching on, or near, Halloween.
Hocus Pocus
Halloweentown
Casper
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Scream

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite movie to watch on Halloween?"

I don't think there is one.

QOTD: Happy Halloween! Do you have any fun plans? Are you dressing up? Handing out candy?

I plan on having a cozy night in and watching some Halloween movies.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Happy Halloween! Do you have any fun plans? Are you dressing up? Handing out candy?"

I don't do anything on Halloween. I'll probably just stay in.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite movie to watch on Halloween?"

Hocus Pocus
Halloween Town
Twitches
Scream

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Happy Halloween! Do you have any fun plans? Are you dressing up? Handing out candy?"

I will be taking my kiddos trick or treating and then hopefully watch a Halloween movie after they go to bed for the night.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What book feels like an old sweater—something comforting and familiar?"

Hard to say, I don't generally re-read books but for this weather, I do like to re-read a cozy mystery like an Agatha Christie or something.

QOTD: Happy November! What's on your TBR?

November TBR

I am a little all over the place right now, so this a wild guess.

Continuing from October
- The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd
- Hot Ice by Nora Roberts
- The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
- Annex by Rich Larson

Planned
- Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
- Orange, Vol. 2 by Ichigo Takano
- What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan
- Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
- Violet by S.J.I. Holliday
- Never Never by Candice Fox and James Patterson
- Should I Tell You? by Jill Mansell


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LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Happy November! What's on your TBR?"

I don't even have a TBR for November. I want to finish what I'm reading (Bras Cubas and The Book of Doors), and maybe pick up The Wishing Games or God of the Woods.

QOTD: How many books did you read in October? What was your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in October? What was your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"

Read: 11
Favorite: The Man Who Knew How by Dorothy L. Sayers (Wow)
Least favorite: Sister Raven by Karen Rae Levine

I read 3 books in October.

Favorite: Coexistence by Billy-Ray Belcourt

Least favorite: Circe (I still gave it 3 stars, so it wasn't too bad)

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in October? What was your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"

October was a reading slump for me, I didn't finish anything :(

November TBR/Hopefuls:

Circe
Legends & Lattes
A Court of Wings and Ruin

I finished 6 books in October. I had a pretty good reading month. My favorites were A Court of Mist and Fury and Frankenstein, and my least favorites were The Ex Hex and The Most Boring Book Ever.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in October? What was your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"

I read 4 books in October.

Favorite: The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

Least Favorite: The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore

QOTD: What are your anticipated November releases?

The Road of BonesThe Songbird & the Heart of Stone
The Courting of Bristol Keats
The Teller of Small Fortunes
The Serpent and the Wolf
A Tribute of Fire
The Last Hour Between Worlds
The Lotus Empire
The Half King
Where the Library Hides

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What are your anticipated November releases?"

The only one on my GR tbr is She's Always Hungry: Stories by Eliza Clark

QOTD: What's one goal you have for the month? (Can be bookish or non-bookish.)

I'd like to work on getting my house decluttered and hopefully have it finished by the end of the month.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's one goal you have for the month? (Can be bookish or non-bookish.)"

I don't really have any goals this month.

QOTD: Are you planning to tackle any big books this month?

I think the biggest book I plan on reading this month is A Court of Wings and Ruin.

My biggest book for this month is just barely over 500 pages. Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are you planning to tackle any big books this month?"

I definitely won't finish it this month, but I am starting my re-read of The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.

QOTD: Do you have any fun, exciting plans this weekend? Cozy, bookish plans?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Do you have any fun, exciting plans this weekend? Cozy, bookish plans?"

I have to work so I don't know how much of anything will get done. I have no other plans.

QOTD: What’s something you’re looking forward to this month?

I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving. I'll have a few days off from work and will be spending a lot of time being cozy and reading, watching Christmas movies, and maybe playing on my Switch, at least that's the plan.