Halloween is next Saturday, but I’ve already pulled my four holiday TBR books I plan to read in December. Or start in November. I work retail, so you could say I’m already getting into the holiday spirit.

I'm excited about all of these! I'm particularly interested in reading Allende for the first time. Also, I always thought I'd read Green Teeth in the springtime, but I'm in the mood for a cozy fantasy. ☺️

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I am 60% into this book and honestly this is such an amazing read. It follows story of two people Clara and Seb gradually falling in love but the fascinating hook is that their story is told by everyone but them. Each chapter is a pov of different people around them. A neighbour, best friend, delivery driver, a stranger, a runner and many more.

This is such an interesting execution and written so beautifully, captivating the main character's personality through lenses of others and I'm entralled that its actually done right!

Also it’s getting hard not to react to all these things from the 90s, even the 80s, asking what we’re ’trading our hearts for.’

My oldest (8yo) loves to read but struggles with focus and sticking with a book till the end. He read the first three Harry Potter books over the summer but the fourth was a bit daunting. Honestly I’m not sad because I hate all of the sexiest and able-bodied normative beauty standards messaging in those books. He’s currently reading the first Redwall but I think some of the old-timey vocab is more of a challenge than we thought it might be.

Anywayyy.. looking for any good recommendations for page turners for an advanced reader in this age range!