October Witchy Reading Challenge 2026

 Hi My loves

It's another chance to get some fun books read off my shelf. I looking at doing a challenge instead of a specific reading list since I want to give myself a lot of options:  I did something like this a few years ago and thought this would be a good way to work my way through the Paranormal shelves. Here are the prompts:

•  Samhain is a time for honoring your ancestors... so once again, pick a book that features your heritage.
•  This Sabbat is a time when the veil is thinnest, pick a book that features communing with the dead... (ghosts or mediumship or necromancy)
• We are heading into the darkest part of the year... Pick a book that promises to be dark & twisted.
• Witches often make offerings to spirit guides or gods... Pick a book that involves a pantheon of deities! 
• Dancing round the bonfire is a Samhain tradition... pick a book that has fire on the cover.
• Many celebrate the Sabbat as Halloween and dress up, post a picture of your costume and share it. 

Previously did this as part of a readathon on twitter. Previous Post

A few other prompts from challenges I have seen 

• Read a book with Skull on it
• Is Set in The Woods
• A Book That Scared You
• Characters Celebrate Halloween
• Characters are Witches
• Witches are in the book
• Ghosts appears
• Set in a Magical World
• Book has a cat in it
• Title contains a spooky number (13, 6)
• Has a scene in a graveyard
• Black Cat appears (on the cover, in the book)
• Creepy setting 
• Raven/ Crow on the cover or in the book
• Fave Witchy Read
• Spell in title
• Orange covered book
• Set in Autumn
• Cover with a night sky
• Character wears a disguise
• Character wears a Halloween costume
• Begins with an "O"
• Witch as the protagonists
• Has a full moon on the cover
• Has a pumpkin on the cover
• Spell goes wrong
• Book has a missing character
• Books have non human or 1/2 human as a character
• Published in October
• Set in a haunted house

Let me know what you're reading this season and I can't wait to show you the wrap up.

Do you have any books to recommend that fit these prompts?? What are you looking forward to reading this season??

Can't Wait Wednesdays (Waiting On Wednesday) (2026) Under Fire by Brenda Jackson #WaitingonWednesday

Originally hosted by: Jill over at Breaking The Spines.  However, the Breaking The Spines blog is no longer hosting the prompt, there is a new one called Can't Wait Wednesdays hosted by Wishful Endings. Same premise of sharing books we can't wait to get our hands on. This is a weekly book lust prompt, asking for us to share our absolute can't wait to get our hands on a copy, books. Swing on over to find out how to participate and to see what others are sharing. 

Adult Fiction/ Romance / Erotica

Title:  Under Fire (the Defenders Book 1) by Brenda Jackson

Synopsis

Meet Locke Dangerfield, Shogun Duke and Macayle Wasilla, the surrogate sons of Sheppard Granger. POWER…..PASSION…PROTECTION…

The law firm of Dangerfield, Duke, and Wasilla is not only committed to proving its clients are innocent of all charges, but also to ensuring the guilty party is brought to justice…while managing emotional conflicts for women who intend to change their lives forever.

Locke Dangerfield is determined to prove his client is innocent, even if he has to bring down the bad guys in several government agencies to do so. What he hadn’t counted on wa
s that former Special FBI Agent Hollis Calloway, the woman he hires to assist in the murder investigation, would be a distraction.

Due Date: October 27, 2026

Print:  ebook, paperback, and audiobook

Pages: 

Publisher: Brenda Jackson
Status:  I have Pre-Order/Will Borrow From Library/ Contemplating
Where to Get It: Brenda's Bookshop
Why I'm Excited:

I haven't been reading alot of romance in the last few years because I had gone back to school and was hyper focused on it and the coursework. However, one thing I'm always going to do is collect my favorite authors, Brenda is a auto-buy for me. I absolutely loved the Granger Series  which this is connected to. I'm highly anticipating and since the pre-orders opened on Sept 10th, I made sure to get mine in there as well.  

Make sure to check out the Granger series: 

Are you getting any of these?? What's on your book lust list?? Share in the comments down below!!

Happy Lusting