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??

Goals for Quarter 4 of 2022: October/ November/ December

Hi my loves

Let's look at what's left on the 2022 Goals list to be completed. These are what I want to work on.  I also raised the TBR Goal to 225.  

1. Participate in 2 book clubs each month, along with book discussions
2. Complete 7 of the Challenges I have given myself
3. 25 Non-Fiction books
4. Return to the daily reads for my spiritual books
5. One religious monthly read per month. 
6. Use Scribd/ Hoopla & Libby to make sure I'm reading all that I can and utilizing all my resources
7. Increase Black authors on the books shelves
8. Work on the 7 most unread author's shelves
9. Maintain a purge a list and make sure to list books on paperbackswap, after three months donate to local library.
10. Work through the ARCs on my shelves and purge down duplicates and titles I am no longer interested in.  

Completed:

1. Reading Goal for the Year: 100  COMPLETED!!!
2. Read 75 owned books COMPLETED
3. Nora Roberts Challenge: COMPLETED   Goal:12,  Achieved: 29  Balance: 0

Lemonade Syllabus Challenge 

Goal:12,

Achieved: 2

Balance: 10

Complete:

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Sugar by Bernice McFadden

Brenda Jackson Challenge:  Complete  2 of the family sagas, and maintain the current place in the  Westmoreland series 

Goal:12,

Achieved: 13

Series Completed: 1 (Steeles) 

Over All Balance: 0

Series Balance: 1

Christine Feehan Challenge:

Goal:12,

Achieved: 1

Balance: 11

New Author Challenge:  Goal to read 12 new authors for the year. One a month would be best but read them as I find them is better. (Mainly working from my shelves) 

Goal:12,

Achieved: 10

Balance: 2

1. Octavia Butler
2. Michele Grant
3. Sharon M Draper
4. Zuri Day
5. Mia Sheridan
6. Nalini Singh
7. Bernice McFadden
8. Washington Irving 
9. Stephanie E Jones
10. Tasha L Harrison

Med Made in America Challenge: I used a random number generator to help pick the states I was going to read.  I got the following 

Goal:5

Achieved: 0

Balance:5

• #2 Alaska Borrowed Dreams by Debbie Macomber
• #16 Kansas: A Time To Keep by 
• #41 South Dakota: For Old Times Sake by Kathleen Eagle
• #43 Texas For the Love of Mike by Candice Schaler
• #47 Washington: The Waiting Game by Jayne Ann Krentz

ARC Challenge: Read a few of the books I have on my ebook and physical shelf to clean up my numbers somewhat.

Goal:12,

Achieved: 1

Balance:11

Incomplete Series Tracker: Work on finishing some of the series I'm aware I'm reading books in.  

Goal:12,

Achieved: 6

Balance: 6

Completed:

• Modern Love by Alisha Rai
• Brown Sisters by Talia Hibbert
• Dreamers Series by Adriana Herrera
• Thunder Point by Robyn Carr
• Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
• Adam harrison series by Heather Graham 

And that's where I am currently. What's going on with your challenges for the year?? Are you doing and tracking towards any big goals?? Let's chat in the comments. 

Love You lots

Happy Reading and see you later