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It no secret that I‘m a spooky book lover. So today I shared a few of my favorites over on the blog. Also, my spooky shelf is getting dangerously small so please share your favorites in the comments.

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My favorite read of August was Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig, my first read by this author. #bookbracket2025 #readingbracket2025 #readingbracket #bookbracket

I didn‘t know apples could be creepy but Chuck Wendig pulled it off. This is probably one of the most unique horror stories I‘ve ever read. I didn‘t know I needed a spooky farmers market in my life but it worked. But don‘t go into this one thinking it‘s going to be a fast read because it‘s not. It‘s super slow to start, almost slice of life in the beginning, but it builds up to a terrifying conclusion. I totally recommend it for spooky season.

Don‘t mind me. I‘m just over here trying to invoke October in hopes that I can forget about the heat advisory outside. 🥵🥵🥵

Finally finished a book after completing ZERO (😭) in October, mostly due to work and also consuming so much news. Still very busy at work, but I‘ll have more time for books since I‘ll be avoiding the news for the next few weeks/months/years…😭😭😭
Anyway, this was great! My first Chuck Wendig, had to try due to the apple theme. So many hours on audio, but I was engaged throughout. Got super invested in the characters! I‘ll read more from him.

Thank you soo much for sending such a perfect (tho unnecessary 😉) #AllHallowsReadSwap pkg @AmyG !! I‘m sooo excited for these books, there was so much candy (& such variety!!), the coffee smells soo yummy & I love the socks, the amaze-bates motel notepad, & stickers! 😍😍 Oh & did I forget to mention the best. bookmark. ever? That clown bookmark is so perfect for me!! Thank you so much for your always generosity & sweetness & thoughtfulness!!♥️♥️

Shout out to the Okanagan for providing an actual orchard as a background. Wrong season for actual apples, you get the grocery store variety and my countertop for ✨the vibes✨.
Let's start with the thing others might disagree on: I don't think it was too long! I don't think it had pacing issues. 1/?

You can't go wrong with a black and red horror cover. Hints of gold and gray, apparently acceptable. White text for contrast seems popular from this sample size. 😏

Have I mentioned I love Wendig's similes?

Apple tree grafting described in the style of Borg assimilation. It's giving solid spooky vibes.

I have questions, Chuck.

Gotta love a fun fact mixed in with an unsettling description. 🥀🍎

If anyone has read this let me know whqt you thought....I'm having such a hard time getting into and need to know if it's disappointing or the payoff is there.

💜Rainy library days.☔

Enjoying this audiobook. Single dad struggling to keep his family orchard afloat is the story-line that most engages me.

This book has Stephen King vibes (the voice is similar...a little glib, a little self-consciously clever) and some creepy characters and scenes. It also has a few inconsistencies (and "exeunt" used in the singular when it's plural by construction), some annoying plot armor, and some unsettlingly codependent relationships, but I enjoyed it anyway. It helped me procrastinate all of the work I ought to be doing this week.

I'm not able to devote quite as much time to the tagged as I'd like, but it's getting nice and creepy. No connection to this photo, really, except that I'm kind of obsessed with the lighting, which looks a little like it was painted by a Dutch master, which is maybe a little uncanny.

Afternoon treat! 🍨 📚

What am I reading? Sorry to all the people who have this on hold. I only have a hundred pages left so you have to wait.

I was a little surprised at how much I ended up enjoying this one! It‘s vicious and violent and so engrossing. I will say it was a little hard to keep track of all the characters but I just went with it and tried to keep track. The story reminded me of Stephen King or Justin Cronin which is great because I enjoy both of them. I can‘t wait to read more by the author! 🌟🌟🌟🌟💫

Who would have thought a 640 page book about evil apples would be this entertaining? Well, it was!
At first I thought this seemed a tad corny, but then Wendig quickly pulls you into the lives of various characters in this small rural town. It‘s gruesome and gory at times, but never dull.
Coincidentally, while reading I got a shipment of Harry & David apples.
I never eat apples.
Yet I was compelled to do so.
They were delicious.
I need MORE!!!!

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Who knew a horror book centered around an apple could be so good! I loved this one.

Dan wants to fulfill his father's dream of having an orchard. The apple growing in his orchard, though, is a variety that's been unseen for years and has sinister side effects when eaten.

This book really surprised me with the depth of the characters, the social commentary, and the creepy vibes throughout.

Magical apples. What harm could there be? I enjoyed a nice juicy apple while I finished it. Because I‘m weird like that. If you like Stephen King you will like Chuck Wendig. Their imaginations work in very similar ways. This might be his best novel so far.

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃a perfect fall read for the spooky season. Who knew apples could be so sinister. Move over Stephen King s new boys in town.

This was a fantastic tale about a small town and its evil apple orchard. The ruby slipper apples are literally possessing the citizens. Chuck Wendig is quickly becoming an autobuy author for me. His storytelling is fantastic 🍎
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A small town is transformed by dark magic when a strange tree begins bearing magical apples in this new masterpiece of horror from the bestselling author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents. Black River Orchard is written by Chuck Wendig. It is told with short chapters but is way too long a story for me.