Hello fellow ghouls and goblins! Though it may not feel like it (if you are like me in the Midwest where we have been crashed by a heat dome) it is time for the Summerween readathon! If you aren’t familiar with my blog, this is a readathon created by _myfictionalworld (also known as gabbyreads) and oliviareadsalatte on Instagram and YouTube in which participants are encouraged to read scary, spooky stories in July to get into the fall feeling. It is one of my favorite reading events of the year and I’m so happy to be doing it again this year.

This year the readathon is taking place from July 3rd to the 9th but as with the previous years I will be changing the dates a little bit for me. I am starting it today, July 2nd, as I am off for the Fourth of July holiday and will finish July 12th. Since I have to work most days I like to stretch it out a bit, and also because I just have so much fun with this readathon.

Now, without further ado, what are these years prompts and which books will I be reading to complete them?

Prompts:

Read a horror/thriller book: The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

Read a book with pink on the cover: This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum

Read a book in the dark: Night Watcher by Daphne Woolsoncroft

Read a book that is less than 300 pages: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

Read a book from a new author (either to you or a debut): I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

I also have two backup books just in case one of these books don’t work out, Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen and Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven. Finally, make sure to swing back here after the end of the readathon for my Summerween wrap-up. Happy spooky reading!