A pun that bad can only mean one thing: Halloween is here! I promise there are only treats and no tricks in this newsletter (or do I???) (of course I do!), so scroll with confidence.
Autumn is here, which means it’s time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it’s romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes.
Bookish Goods
Snoopy Pumpkin Bookmark by BookshopByKendra
Keep the spirit of Halloween alive all year long with this magnetic Snoopy pumpkin bookmark! $5
New Releases
Stories of the Islands by Clar Angkasa
In this inventive collection, Angkasa shares three classic Indonesian fairy tales, but with a twist: all of the women in peril, from the princess turned into a snail to the sisters menaced by their own father, get to save themselves.
The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber by Juni Ba and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
In the world of monsters, if you’re no good at wrestling, you’re just plain no good. And Felix, a non-confrontational little fellow, is the absolute worst at wrestling! Determined to prove himself as a monster, he follows champion wrestler Macabber on an epic quest to learn what true strength is all about.
For a more comprehensive list of new releases, check out our New Books newsletter!
Riot Recommendations
Today’s Riot Rec theme is: haunted houses! Is there a better day of the year to go traipsing through a haunted house (comic) than Halloween?
The Nice House on the Lake by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martino Bueno
This newly-released deluxe edition includes the entire 12-issue series, in which a strange man named Walter invites a group of people to join him at his cabin for the ultimate vacation. But you know what they say: if something seems too good to be true…
The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Twins Milly and Billy have always had their parents to rely on. But when they are tasked with cleaning up a house with a grisly past, they find themselves alone for the first time. Can they survive a night in the company of terrifying spirits and dark revelations about their family history? The second book in the trilogy, Her Little Reapers, is available now!
Have an excellent, creepy, and safe Halloween, nerd friends. May your trick-or-treat baskets be devoid of candy corns (unless you like them, in which case, you can have mine)!
~Eileen