Title: Inside Madeleine by Paula Bomer
Genre: short story collection
Key Descriptors: alienation, lust, and young girls and women
Why I’m Reading It: This is the oldest book on my owned TBR pile (by a woman)
Title: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Genre: women’s fiction
Key Descriptors: books, family, introverts
Why I’m Reading It: This is the newest book on my owned TBR pile (by a woman)
Title: Owlflight by Mercedes Lackey
Genre: fantasy
Key Descriptors: forests, destiny, mages
Why I’m Reading It: This is the 14th book for #ReadingValdemar in 2019 — and the last trilogy we’re starting this year!
Title: The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge
Genre: science fiction
Key Descriptors: empire, information database, epic
Why I’m Reading It: This is the 3rd book in The Snow Queen Cycle series, which I’m enjoying. It’s a lil somethin’ extra.
Title: Among the Shadows by L.M. Montgomery
Genre: short story collection
Key Descriptors: supernatural, brooding, death
Why I’m Reading It: I had a small space in my reading schedule, so you know I had to cram it full — and this collection of spooky stories fits in perfectly for October
Title: Drawing Dead by S.M. Reine
Genre: paranormal
Key Descriptors: vampires, slayer, Las Vegas
Why I’m Reading It: I bought this book for my Reading Fat Women quest, and the paranormal theme fits with October nicely
Title: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Genre: horror
Key Descriptors: mute, violence, family
Why I’m Reading It: I want to attack my TBR books from the library list, so I added Stage’s book to fit with October’s creepiness
Title: Hauntings by various authors, edited by Henry Mezzo, illustrated by Edward Gorey
Genre: short story collection
Key Descriptors: classic horror, ghosts, gore-free
Why I’m Reading It: I’m trying to keep up with my TBR books I own written by men and picked another spooky collection for October
Do any of these stick out to you as must-read?
Grab the Lapels 
That looks like something a bit different from LM Montgomery’s usual fare . .. though I guess there are a lot of hauntings in her Emily series.
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A lot of people love Emily, even more so than Anne, yet I haven’t read her. I should! I thought The Blue Castle was a hoot, and even Montgomery’s books that I didn’t love were not bad. I’m excited. I also have a similar book about matrimonial tales by LMM.
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The Emily novels are the only LMM books I’ve read that I can re-read as an adult – I love them.
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That cover of Baby Teeth is very appealing!
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It’s interesting because the little girl, Hanna, isn’t much of a candy eater. The whole family is very health nutty. When Hanna wants a sweet treat, she eats chocolate-covered blueberries.
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I’ve read one of the books on your list–Inside Madeleine–and lemme tell you, it is MAJOR. Lots of female body talk, sexuality, and really really great writing. A must read!
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Excellent, thanks for the head’s up, Kellan! Did you review Inside Madeleine? Can you send me a link?
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Absolutely! Here it is, from 2017: https://29chapters.com/2017/05/23/review-inside-madeleine/
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This looks like a great list! I’ll be very curious to see your thoughts on Baby Teeth and Hauntings in particular. I hope you have a great month of spooky reading! 🙂
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Thank you! I got started on Baby Teeth and really dig it, so I hope you get a copy soon.
I bought Hauntings a few years ago because I *think* this is the collection of stories I used to check out over and over again from my elementary school library. But looking at the list of authors, would this have been too complex for me? There’s no way of knowing if it’s even the right book. I vaguely remember what the book looked like: greenish-grayish and just wonderful.
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Ooh, that sounds promising, I’ll keep my eye out for a copy!
That sounds like an exciting reading adventure, I hope it does turn out to be the book you loved as a kid! What a great idea trying to revisit it. And even if it does turn out to be something entirely different, I hope you have a good time reading it! It does look very intriguing.
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The insane thing is I have a good visual memory, so I can remember what the librarian looked like and where in my elementary school library this book was located on the shelf! Just not the title. . . *humph*
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So glad to see LM Mongomery on this list. Especially since I haven’t read that collection.
x The Captain
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I hope it’s delightfully spooky, with chests that won’t open, doors that open on their own, and ladies passing out all over the place.
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Hardy har har! Me too. I do hope ye choose to review all the stories. Though yer blog yer rules . . .
xThe Captain
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You mean review each individual story in the collection?
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Aye matey. In one post with a line or two about the story contents and yer thoughts.
x The Captain
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Ah! We’ll see if there are any stories written by women in there. I’ll likely review it on Goodreads; I think we’re friends there, yes?
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I am an idiot and being unclear. I want a review of all the stories in the Among the Shadows by L.M. Montgomery.
x The Captain
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OHHHHH! Well, you’re a lovely idiot? I’m just kidding; you’re fine 😛 I’ll cover as much as I can within the collection. I think there are 17 stories, so they must be very short. The book itself is rather only about 200-250 pages.
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ARRRR!!!!
x The Captain
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I’m curious to see what you think of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill! I have a copy on my shelves that I’d like to read soon. I also though Baby Teeth was good and hope you like it too.
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I just started reading The Bookish Life of Nina Hill last night (I only got in 2-3 pages because I fell asleep), and I have to say, right away it was so good! I love the author’s writing style!
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That’s great to hear!
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Baby Teeth looks terrifying, moreso because the title of baby teeth just scares me. Also, i had no idea that LM Montgomery had a book of spooky stories. How could I have not known this? What a terrible Canadian bookworm I am hahah
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I got through Baby Teeth and it was wonderful. More complex than I thought it would be (especially based on the Goodreads reviews of it). I think I discovered some of LM’s off-beaten books when I was randomly buying a bunch of Montgomery books after I finished the Anne series. Don’t feel too un-Canadian. Karissa’s two-year-old daughter had a Beaver-themed birthday party, so she beats us all! 😛
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beaver themed party oh my!
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I’ve never read Among the Shadows, but I should! I love Anne and Emily, and I’ve enjoyed exploring LM Montgomery’s short stories on KindredSpaces.
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I hadn’t heard of the Kindred Spaces website, but it looks like a one-stop celebration of LMM!
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