Am I the only person who likes to read books based on the season? Like I need to get into the mood of whatever holiday is coming up by living in the shoes of some fictional person.

Example:
September to October — supernatural
November to December — contemporary
January to April — thrillers
May to August — mystery

That’s not — thankfully — written in stone, but I feel more festive if the characters in the book are experiencing the same weather changes.

Have you ever picked a book based on the season?

My Halloween read this week, Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness was solely chosen based on the fact that the TV show just launched and I saw the trailer for it. I’d seen the book a time or two at the bookstore (I think the third book only recently came out), but besides being a huge fan of Theresa Palmer, the concept of the trilogy sounded intriguing.

“Are you smelling me?”

After yesterday I suspected that my body was giving him all kinds of information I didn’t want him to have.

“Don’t tempt me,” he murmured.

I think it’s sad that the show is only playing in the UK (at the moment). It might eventually find its way to Netflix, but who can tell? Also, side note, Netflix has its “chills” collection up and OMG! So many girly squeals right now. Seriously, I can’t even. If you don’t have, GET NETFLIX! Even if only for October. But back to our book. lol

DISCOVERY OF WITCHES

Book one of the New York Times–bestselling All Souls trilogy—”a wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight” (People)

Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont.

Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar’s depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspense. The story continues in book two, Shadow of Night, and concludes with The Book of Life.

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Have you read anything by Deborah Harkness?

It’s started off at a fairly good pace. I like how successful and brilliant our girl is. She stubborn without it being too much and she’s not insufferable.

His name is Matthew Gabriel Philippe Bertrand Sebastien de Clermont (try saying that ten times fast lol), and he’s absolutely delicious. My kind of vampire. *I kid you not, my auto-correct kept changing vampire to cake. Lol*

But definitely grab your copy and read along with me. We can exchange notes and discuss all the danger I can feel coming up. Let me know in the comments if you’re up for it.

I think that’s my Friday Read. I left a few questions above that you’re welcome to answer in the comments below. Until next time…