Valloween! I love that. So excited for you to watch The Love Witch! I'm also reading Bluebeard's Castle 🖤
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
I can’t wait to watch the Love Witch!! I actually thought it was made in the 1960s until I read interviews with the author and then I saw she published a book so recently. I’m like WAIT how old is this person? 🤣
@katrinabrown
7 ай бұрын
So excited for Valloween! ❤️🦇❤️🦇 I've never read Carmilla as well! I need too! Reluctant Mortals was fun!!
@DarkVioletDreams
7 ай бұрын
So many great covers in this TBR! I hope you have a wonderful Valloween! 🖤🖤🖤
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Thank you! You too! 👻💖🥰💕
@herbivorehaunts
6 ай бұрын
A long time dead is the perfect read for February 🥰 I need to rewatch Crimson Peak, I think that would be a perfect watch this month. Valloween is perfect for gothic literature and vampire stories for sure!
@happyhauntslibrary
6 ай бұрын
Yesssss I whole-heartedly agree 👻 Those are my kind of Valloween vibes!! 🕷️💗💕
@LadyJaneBooks
6 ай бұрын
I have heard mixed reviews of Carmilla too! The Voice Upstairs has a gorgeous book cover! Wonderful book list! 👏📚
@happyhauntslibrary
6 ай бұрын
I read Carmilla a few weeks ago and I am obsessed with it!!
@andiecurlybooks
7 ай бұрын
Bluebeards Castle and The Voice upstairs look so good. ❤
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Hey Andy!! I really hope they work for me. Wishing you a wonderful ✨Valloween✨
@estivaldawn
7 ай бұрын
I had to pull up my library's catalog to request some books while watching this. I love the gothic romance vibes and also the blending of Halloween and Valentine's Day.
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Ahhh! This made my Halloween heart so happy!! It’s all about adding little touches of Halloween all year long on this channel 👻 I hope you find some winners this month 💕
@Alicia-606
7 ай бұрын
Looks like you have a great lineup! I love the covers for The Voice Upstairs & Phantom Mannor. I read Carmilla in high school, but it was so long ago and I don’t remember much.
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Oh wow! Did you read Carmilla as an assigned book or on your own? I have never heard of a teacher doing that and I’m impressed if so!
@literarylove123
7 ай бұрын
I have the same Carmilla edition as you❤I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of it. For me, Carmen Maria Machado's editing makes the story that much more interesting. In Reluctant Immortals, I enjoyed the way Gwendolyn Kiste thrust the two "bad" women from Dracula and Jane Eyre into the spotlight and created personalities for them that extend beyond their relationships with the men in the classic novels. I found it empowering to revisit these women with a fresh perpsective. I'll also be reading Bluebeard's Castle, and fitting it into several readathon prompts, too. It looks like your February is going to be amazing! Also, this video looks (and sounds) great, so no worries💘
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
I’m so glad that you enjoyed Carmilla and Reluctant Immortals, especially since so many people didn’t. 🤪 Especially Releuctant Immortals! I don’t know how much longer I can wait until I crack open Bluebeard’s Castle - it’s probably going to be my first read of February! 👻 Also THANK YOU for your kindness regarding my audio issues. I was so annoyed when I realized it but what can ya do haha.
@queenvictoria4237
7 ай бұрын
I hope you enjoy all the books in your tbr. I unfortunately read reluctant Immortals and completely hated it as to me it doesn't do a retelling well at all.
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up! I have heard a whole lot of negative reviews on this one but I am no stranger to Outlier Island 🤣 It wouldn’t be the first time that I loved an unpopular book 👻
@ElliotPlays
7 ай бұрын
Valloween, love it! 😊Great picks to read for February, they have such cool covers. Happy reading! 😊📚
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
I am such a cover lover 🤣 Thanks so much for the comment, friend. Have a great February!! 💌
@danieleigh6468
6 ай бұрын
Bell book and candle is a great movie! It’s about a witch also the ghost and Mrs Muir the movie and the show
@happyhauntslibrary
6 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh I haven’t thought of BB&C in ages! The Ghost is my mom’s fave!!
@danieleigh6468
6 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntslibrary I love both of those!!! The innocents is good too
@danieleigh6468
6 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntslibrary I think both are on Tubi
@culturalcobwebs
7 ай бұрын
*whispers* I like Carmilla better than Dracula.....🦇 Your TBR is so good and The Love Witch is such the perfect movie for Valloween!! The costumes are amazeballs and the whole film is like visual catnip. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! 💅 I really wanted to love Disfigured but it struck me as not adding all that much new to critical conversations on disability and representation. I also didn't quite agree with her readings of some texts, like Carter's "The Bloody Chamber" and that to be sweet is to be pitiful. I get where she's going but it didn't land for me so I'm excited to hear your thoughts!
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Ooo I rated Dracula a 3 so there’s definitely room for me to love Carmilla more! Visual catnip 😍 Ahhh! I am so excited to get to it!! It reminds me of how much I loved Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette when it first came out for all of its over the top costumes and set design 🍰 And that’s good to know about Disfigured! I found it on Everand randomly and the FF readathon gave me a good excuse to prioritize this audiobook. I hope I learn atleast a few new nuggets of knowledge!!
@booksby__emily
7 ай бұрын
I definitely think I’ll be leaning more towards valloween this year! I also love the folk tale of Bluebeard! 4:19 The cover is beautiful! 😍
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Yay!!!! I hope you have a blast getting into all the Valloween vibes. ❤🦇 I plan on also doing some horror romance reading vlogs, too! And oh my gosh THAT COVER! Seriously, these are works of art haha.
@eriebeverly
7 ай бұрын
Glad you're so excited about your future reads. I went into Patricia Wants to Cuddle expecting it to be funnier and/or a more pointed satire about reality TV and it wasn't. And that's entirely on me.
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Darn but that’s what I want from this book too 🤣 Now to re-adjust my expectations hehe. Thanks for the heads up!!
@AmyNoelleReads
7 ай бұрын
What a great month of reading you have lined up! Potentially, I mean. lol. I've not read any of it. But I too am wanting to get some vampire reads in (carmilla is on my list as well). I'm also very interested in reading Bluebeards Castle. Very intrigued to see how Anna Biller's work comes across in book format. Hope you have an awesome Feb!
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for all the positive vibes, Amy!! I just hope all the romance stuff doesn’t get too annoying after a while but luckily February is a short month 🤣🤣 and I can’t wait to FINALLY watch the love witch!!!!
@thegrimhobbyist
7 ай бұрын
I need to get in on celebrating Valloween with all of my other spooky halloween lovers! Also...all of these books just dropped into my TBR, so thanks for that haha! I do think I already have Our Shadows Have Claws on there, which I so need to pick up soon! I love short story collections
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Yes!!! Join the Valloween celebrations! 🦇💜 I am so happy that I gave you some new spooky romance books to check out. I am a big fan of short stories, too. They can be so hit or miss but a good short story is worth it!!
@thegrimhobbyist
7 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntslibrary I'll eye what I have on my shelves for books, to celebrate in Valloween! Because I'm also doing the read your physical TBR challenge. I think I've got a few witchy romance books on my TBR though, so those should work! The good thing about short story collections is, you'll at least enjoy (hopefully) a good many of them!
@katsnoveladventures1863
7 ай бұрын
Valloween! ❤ That cover of Camilla is great! Actually, all of the books you are reading in February have great covers. So excited you’re participating in Folklore February. You have some intriguing selections on your TBR. Also, I love your Funko Pops!
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
I have come to terms with the fact that I indeed judge a book by its cover 🤣 Can’t wait for all the folklore!! I also have some movies for Folklore February, too 👻 I want to try out the recent La Llorona movies and see if I like it even though it has terrible reviews lol.
@bookswithtofucado
7 ай бұрын
your edition of carmila is so BEAUTIFUL! I cannot wait for you to read reluctant immortals, i LOVED IT! Patricia wants to cuddle was very quirky and funny. It feels more like a summer read tho but who am i to say that when i read christmas books during the summer holidays 😂
@happyhauntslibrary
6 ай бұрын
I really hope I love reluctant immortals as much as you do. People don’t really enjoy it 🤣 and I still remember seeing you read Secret Santa in the summer 🤣🤣🤣 you do you!!!
@Kritz_Reads
7 ай бұрын
Quite a few of these I haven't heard of. The voice upstairs calls to me. Excited to hear what you think of it! I've been curious about Cinderella is dead for awhile now as well. I love how you have your Frankenstein monsters in that little bat cage - so cute!
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
I found Cinderella is Dead randomly on my Libby app! Are people loving it? I hope so because that author and I don’t have a great history 🤣 And I need to keep my lil Frankenstein and bride behind bars or else they just run amok all over the dang place!
@Kritz_Reads
7 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntslibrary I just remember seeing it on TBRs of people awhile back and the title and cover always catch my attention. You'll have to let me know if I should give it a shot! amok, amok, amok!!
@gingerbibliophile
6 ай бұрын
Love Valloween and vampires! I’ve been collecting some romantic Halloween decor and putting some on my wishlist waiting for a sale 😅 I need to read Camilla as well. I think I’ve got a copy in my kindle that I’ve had since the early version and still haven’t gotten to. This is a perfect excuse to finally try it! 😊
@happyhauntslibrary
6 ай бұрын
Reading vampire books is great for reading all year round in my opinion 👻🕷️ but Valloween season especially!! I hope you have a fantastic reading month no matter what you read! 🤗💗
@gingerbibliophile
6 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntslibrary yes! Though mine tend towards urban fantasy full of vampires and other fun creatures instead of all out horror. Strange considering my first adult book was Interview with a Vampire when I was 13 😂 hope your month is full of fantastic reads as well!! 😊
@ITCamefromthePage
7 ай бұрын
Interested to see what you think about Carmilla. I've heard about it for ages but I bet it is more entertaining in my mind than it is on paper. A really interesting array of books for you to read this month, best of luck with it!
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Classics usually pan out that way for me 😂 I am hoping there’s some winners in February!! 👻
@thefaeriewilds
7 ай бұрын
Carmilla is one of my all time favorites! I choose it for research projects/papers every chance I get haha. We need to bring back book covers like Phantom Manor.
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Yes more book covers like Phantom Manor, please! And I’m so glad you love Carmilla! 😍 what about it appeals to you so much?
@thefaeriewilds
6 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntslibrary I'm not sure honestly! I think there's just so much in it, every time I read it it feels like a whole new story. The first time I thought it was so cool that it was like one of the first vampire stories, and comparing it to the kind of standard vampire lore we're used to now. The second time I really liked the sapphic/feminist elements. This third time I was doing a class project on how vampire stories usually comment on xenophobia and fears about the "other", so all the stuff about foreign-ness, and how people define identity and stuff like that. It's like new stuff to think about every time haha.
@astoldbymaddie
7 ай бұрын
awww Valloween, I've never heard of that before. I'm excited to see what you think of reluctant immortals. I didn't enjoy it but I know I'm definitely in the minority. ouuu disfigured sounds amazing. adding to my tbr now!
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Haha I know you really disliked it 🤣 Pretty sure it made it in one of your “worst books” videos, right?! 🤣🤣
@maddymoonslibrary
7 ай бұрын
So many amazing covers 😍 that is my favorite cover of carmilla for sure!!! I need to read that and then go into the bat caves again right after, that we have close to my house 🦇
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Wait that literally sounds like the best day EVER! 🦇 you are my kind of gal, Maddy!! 🥰👻
@maddymoonslibrary
7 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntslibrary Great Aries think alike 🤭✨️
@the_creepy_geek
7 ай бұрын
I too always forget Sheridan Le Fanu is a man! I still need to read Carmilla!! Had it on my shelf for a while now 🙈🙈
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
It’s been staring at me, too 😅😂 THIS IS THE MONTH!! 🤣 I promise!!
@fiberartsyreads
7 ай бұрын
These are some awesome plans! Loving the vibes. I haven’t started thinking about February yet. 😂
@fiberartsyreads
7 ай бұрын
Oh and I’ll be curious for your thoughts on Carmilla!
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
I remember you recently reading it and enjoying it which is great because I have heard some folks be very very bored with it. I’m expecting it to read like a classic novel written in the 1800s 😅
@fiberartsyreads
7 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntslibrary yeah it’s definitely a product of it’s time in regards to the writing style but I thought it was very readable, but I enjoyed it SO much better than Dracula if comparing the two classic vampire books.
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
6 ай бұрын
Have you ever visited Whitby, England for the Goth events? Best wishes with your reading choices.
@happyhauntslibrary
6 ай бұрын
Hey there! No, I haven’t. What are some events that go on there?
@daisyreadshorror3701
7 ай бұрын
I also want to read vampire books in February one of which is Carmilla
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Yay!!! I am so glad to hear that! Have you read Dracula yet??
@daisyreadshorror3701
7 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntslibrary I actually haven’t 🙈 maybe this will be the year I get to it.
@midnight-tomes
7 ай бұрын
The "oh shit it's a man" is so real lmao. I just finished reading Dracula for the first time so I'm hoping to read Carmilla in February too!
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
Ooo what were your thoughts on Dracula? 😮
@midnight-tomes
7 ай бұрын
@@happyhauntslibrary It was just meh for me. I have a hard time really enjoying any book even over like 50 years old haha. BUT I think it was so important as a horror reader because you get all of that background knowledge that slips into so much other horror like Renfield, Demeter, etc.
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
@@midnight-tomes girl SAME. I only really liked the beginning chapters and then the Last Voyage chapter. It was a “meh” read for me. I talk about it more in my spooky summer Vlog where I read it but basically I just got too annoyed by the ways the men treated Mina because she was a woman and then Stoker writing her to just accept it.
@M.elissa.M
6 ай бұрын
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@happyhauntslibrary
6 ай бұрын
Have a wonderful February, Melissa!!! 💖💕💌🕷️💜💗
@WickedScorpio
7 ай бұрын
I definitely also thought Carmilla was written by a woman 🫠 super curious what you will think of it now. Great list!! I hope you have some 5 stars in there 🤞🏻 The only book I know i will be reading for sure is empire of the Vampire. I need to figure out the rest of my list 😂
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
So I’m not the only one!!! I think it’s because women typically hide their first name and just use their initial to be a little more gender ambiguous so when a man does it, I’m think they’re a woman by default. 🤪 Haven’t I seen empire of the vampire on your tbr before or some video? Is that the one with a red book cover??
@WickedScorpio
7 ай бұрын
@happyhauntslibrary lmao yes it has been on one or two tbrs 🫣 its a red, black and white cover with a jacked dude on it 😂
@happyhauntslibrary
7 ай бұрын
@@WickedScorpio hahaha I most definitely called you out there 🤣 my apologies!! Here’s to February being the month you knocked that one off your TBR 👻
@WickedScorpio
7 ай бұрын
@happyhauntslibrary hahah it's totally fine. Me and Katrina are doing a buddy read so I can't talk myself out of it this time 😆
@WickedScorpio
7 ай бұрын
@happyhauntslibrary ALSO I really enjoyed reluctant immortals!! I seem to be in the minority, but the themes and characters just really spoke to me. Go in for the characters, not the plot, and I think you will appreciate it more. It wasn't perfect 5 star, but I still think about it 2 years later. But I still haven't read dracula or Jane eyre😅
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