It’s so silly that people are rude in the comments when they like a book that you didn’t. Like...it’s all subjective...booktube is just about opinions so calm down haters
On Lock Every Door: when I was reading it, I was telling my boyfriend about it - just the plot and my theories as I was reading. And the man straight up guessed "the why" in his first guess. He spoiled the book without having read the book!
I love just listening to Noelle talking about her views passionately about everything, it's so soothing, I just play it sometimes in the background and it calms me down and makes me all fuzzy and hopeful and also excited
I guessed the plot twist to Lock Every Door about halfway through, but I think the author did a good job of sprinkling hints here and there. Like the author lady signing all the books with “your youthfulness gives me life” or something like that.
I’ve nearly read all of Kings books (I have about 7 left to go) every King fan has a King book they hate and several they don’t like 🤷♂️ the dude has like 70 books they can’t all be winners 😏
This month I read Perfume: A Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind and let me tell ya, if you like a mix of overly descriptive chem lab stuff and a fetish murderer that makes perfumes like I apparently do, I highly, hiighly recommend this. It was so wierd.
I read Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin this month and man did this one catch me off guard on how anxiety inducing it was. More than just creepy, also stressful dynamic between the main character and her husband. Definate gave me chills! Wonderful wrap up as always. 🕸😊🎃
i finally read misery this month because of ur constant recommendations and i think it actually was my favourite book of october!! definitely the scariest. i'm currently reading pet sematary which i'll probably finish tonight, very interested to see how it ends
girl don’t worry about expressing your opinion! if people are saying things to you about “hurting their feelings” just because you thought a book was bad, they have much bigger issues and you shouldn’t be concerned with them. reading is for you and NO ONE ELSE
So happy to see Noelle's channel growing! Started watching over the summer and you have quickly become my favourite youtuber, always brightens my day when you post. Keep up the great content!!!
I relieved to see someone else that doesn't like Carrie, I'm a Stephen King superfan but this book didn't got me invested in the story and I know a lot of people think it's an Iconic book!
I actually agree with your take on Carrie. I think it's disheartening that people can't handle when someone doesn't like a certain book, I think it's like tea - just because you don't like super sweet tea doesn't mean the next person isn't going to like it either. It's definitely not my favorite King book I'm indifferent to it. But thank you for always being honest with us!
Mexican Gothic, I couldn't put it away, loooved loved, but the end, Idk.. not the best, but I gave 4/5 anyway because I've enjoyed soo much most of the time!
I enjoyed that it was sort of a love letter to classic gothic literature with a modern twist, but other than that I thought it was a very ok book. The ending was odd which is fine, but it didn’t stick the landing for me.
I read The Bloody Chamber. It's a collection of short stories, but man. The vocabulary is so rich. I actually found myself looking up word meanings. I really enjoyed the retelling of fairy tales and Angela Carter's take on them.
I read 5 books in October: Pet Sematary (Stephen King) - 4/4.5 stars The Sun and Her Flowers (Rupi Kaur) - 4 stars Horrid (Katrina Leno) - 4.5 stars Legendborn (Tracy Deonn) - 4 stars Home Before Dark (Riley Sager) - 5 stars Home Before Dark was my favorite followed by Horrid. I loved the plot twists from Home Before Dark and the story was awesome. Horrid gave me spooky supernatural vibes this month. Paired with some haunting classic music...I really enjoyed it.
The popsicle stick jokes are by far my favorite thing to look forward to every time there’s a new vid. Thank you for keeping me somewhat sane during a really rough time in my life 🖤
I don't really read horror or similar scary stories because they scare me, but I did finally get the chance to read the Hilda graphic novel series. I loved them so much, so fun and beautifully made. The animated series is equally nice!!!
I agree with basically everything you said about One by One. I didn't figure out who the killer was because I dismissed it as a red herring. It's kind of a shame because I really enjoyed the whole concept of the novel.
I read The Woman in White for my uni course, it's a classic 19th century novel (and I've actually decided to write my dissertation around the sensation genre, so I'm glad I did!!), and I was surprised at how the plot unfolded and how it has a nice mixture of leaving you in suspense but also letting you in on some liiiittle secrets throughout. Some good representation of strong women and issues around mental illness too!!
Can't wait to read Lock Every Door and One by One. My fav book I read this October was Salem's Lot, the first Stephen King book I've read. He did a great job of depicting a little town getting insidiously taken over by vampires. Super creepy and really well written!
The end of Lock Every Door shocked me!! My mouth flew open. I’m still not quite sure how I feel about it but I definitely have to give Riley Sager props for it!
The secondary mystery not being solved in LED reminded me of the DEVASTATION of the *original* mystery not getting solved in tana french’s first Dublin murder squad book (I forget the name) and then thinking it’d be addressed in the next book in the series just to find out the main character shifts in every book????? You’re KILLING ME TANA
I think my favorite read in October was Six of Crows. Such a fun fantasy heist story! I read it for a class, but had been meaning to read some Bardugo for a few months already.
My favorite book from this month was definitely the girls by Emma Cline! This was my version of a spooky Halloween read since I'm so bad with anything scary
my favorite would be The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. it's been awhile since I'm absorbing into a book. love the writing, the characters, and ofc the freaking the mystery of it! definitely need to finish the rest of the series this year (it's a standalone book series, you can read the other in every order and still makes sense). it's an ultimate fav of mine!!!
October was a really good reading month for me - I read Shining for the first time and absolutely adored it, it was sooo creepy! I also read The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud which was just exceptional, that haunted house... * chef's kiss * Oh and I read a really interesting thriller called Ragdoll by Daniel Cole which was a weird mixture of hilarious and horrifying lol
Read Pet Semetary again, my 4th time and stilllllll chills! And I’m thinking of ending things...wtf!!! Almost done with Mexican Gothic, no green wallpaper or mushrooms in my immediate future
I also read Carrie during October and REALLY enjoyed it BUT I also respect your opinion! Every book can't be right for everyone all the time - never gonna happen! I enjoy hearing opinions and perspectives that are different from mine because it helps me see certain aspects of the book in ways I wouldn't on my own and that's a good thing :) Oh and my fave reads from October are Pretty Girls, You Should Have Left, and I'm Thinking of Ending Things!
I actually ordered the Troop like 2 hours ago because you and Kat made me so eager to read it now! My spooky reads were: - Salem's Lot (King) which was my favorite this month, this book had EVERYTHING - Rosemary's Baby (Levin) second fav - the Ghost of Canterville (Wilde) I had no idea it was a bunch of short stories but still good - Haunting of Hill House (Jackson) very atmospheric - Pretty Girls (Slaughter) blew me away! I'm actually pretty satisfied :)
One of the books I read in October was Devolution by Max Brooks. I listened to the audiobook and wow!! I never expected to like this so much and the cast of narrators were awesome!! Who knew a Big Foot book would freak me out but it did. Get the audiobook!!!
Great video! I think I'm getting the devil all the time next week at the library which I'm excited for. My favorite read in October was The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones - it was terrifying, funny and moving and had a stunning narrative arc about cycles of violence that really resonated with me. The audiobook was incredible too, and I cried at the end, which I almost never do at books! Wholeheartedly recommend
My favourite thing I read this month was probably Red Dragon but I'm also reading American Pyscho right now (almost finished) and I think it's really fantastic!
Lock Every Door is that one book that every so often I'll wake up in a cold sweat and realize something new... ps Noelle this shade of green is *your* color
Love all your videos! Greetings from Greece. I finished Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King and just started mexican gothic by Sylvia Moreno Garcia. I loved Dolores Claiborne so much but mexican gothic does not exactly excite me, nothing to do with my favourite gothic books like Jane Eyre, wuthering heights and Frankenstein but i have to finish it to have a more specific point of view! Keep up the Good job, Noelle!
I read a bunch of Stephen King and absolutely LOVED "Needful Things"!! Gothic setting of creepy antique/junk store with an even creepier store owner. Crazy shit happens. I highly recommend it!
