Happy Saturday and welcome back to Whatcha Reading! Here’s how we’re wrapping up October:

Lara: To quote my psychiatrist, ‘pregnancy is a potent and unique stressor’ so I’ve temporarily abandoned my ARCs and I’ve started a reread of Murderbot. ( A | BN | K | AB ) Ten out of ten!

Shana: There’s no better comfort than a Murderbot reread.

I just finished a m/m Beauty and the Beast retelling, Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray, where the father who finds the cursed castle stays instead of his daughter. Beauty and the Beast stories don’t usually work for me, but I adored this.

Carrie: I’m almost done with The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning. ( A | BN | K | AB ) It’s super cheesy but I kind of love its unabashed cheesiness. However I do t love the fact that I know there’s a cliffhanger ending and the whole book feels like the prologue to something more interesting.

Amanda: I’m revisiting Throne of the Fallen to gear up for the next book in the series, which is out on the 29th.

Elyse: I just started that! Is it good?

Amanda: Throne of the Fallen? I reviewed it and loved it. It’s a book that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Elyse: Awesome. I’ve been on a spooky book kick lately and I need a breather.

Amanda: It’s an “everything AND the kitchen sink” sort of book

Sarah: I am reading the new Elizabeth Hoyt, No Ordinary Duchess, and there’s a whole coven of secret Wise Women as part of the plot driving the series and this book. It’s not magical but there’s a mystery, a very bad person, a hunt for an item of Great Importance, and a group of secretive women who help other women, and it leans HARD into all of those elements.

Tara: I’m reading Most Wonderful by Georgia Clark. ( A | BN | K | AB ) It’s a Christmas romance with three siblings each (probably? I’m not sure about one of them) finding love. They’re also the children of a celebrity. I’m more than halfway through and I’m enjoying it a lot so far.

Whatcha reading to cap off October? Let us know in the comments!