My September Books & October Reading Plans

Hi Malissa, if you're looking for another nonfiction memoir, I recommend you check out I'm Laughing because I'm Crying by Youngmi Mayer. She also narrates her audiobook, and I thought it was so funny but also sad, which I loved haha.

Reading Book Pal Challenge

Choose someone as your book pal and see how many books you all can read by the end of the year.

Or/And

Reading Book Buddy Challenge

See how many books you can read to someone 6yrs and under by the end of the year.

Give names of book read.

ahh I just finished The Haunting of Hill House, and i was thinking of reading The Turn of the Screw next, but I might have to pick up The Sundial!

Great list. I would temper your expectations regarding Quartet in Autumn. I read it earlier this year in autumn (I’m in the southern hemisphere) and while some parts are heartwarming, overall it’s not necessarily a cosy autumn read in my opinion. It is suffused with themes of ageing, mortality, and loneliness (as its 4 characters navigate retirement and getting older). Still a great book though.

I just started rereading Frankenstein, so excited for the movie to come out :3

Hey Malissa I don’t know if you’ll read this or not, but I must mention that I watch all of your videos and this one recently comforted me. I just totaled my car and I’m trying to figure out how I’ll be able to finish EMT school. Thank you for providing a brief reprieve for me

Hey , I recommended my friends for your channel, We're long distance friends and you are the thread connecting us, love you. Read "The five people you meet in heaven" by Mitch Albom

Malissa! Have you tried Book Loft by Bath & Body Works? They came out with the body care line a bit ago and I keep wondering what you would think of it!

I plan on reading Pride and Prejudice. I am curious what the book is like as opposed to the movie!

I am currently reading Conflict is not abuse by Sarah Schulman and it has blown my mind in the best way. Would be curious to hear your thoughts about it too. For October I’m going to be reading As I lay dying by Faulkner because I wanted something strange and gothic.

Omg you are in for a shock with Quartet in Autumn … definitely would not describe it as heartwarming but it is so so good. Would love to hear your thoughts on The Sweet Dove Died, another of her uncharacteristically dark books

I just finished quarter in autumn today!

omg yesss I really, really recommend The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. I read it just last month and it was so good for me, god. I had read a bunch of opinions from people saying it was boring or not scary, but for me the essence of this book is how you feel like you’re actually in it. Like, it’s crazy, it had never happened to me before, but I genuinely felt like I was living the scenes of the book, and it was so shocking and scary to feel it in my own skin, so crazy. Never had an experience like that before, and idk if it was because I hadn’t slept much when I read it or what, but it was truly so good and smooth. I really hope you read it and tell us what you think too!!

I feel like the months fly by!! Already October :) I'm trying to read for autumn/spookier books this month. I'm going to start with Her body and other parties and i have a few books in my kindle i want to read.

I cannot wait for you to read the fate of Mary rose!!!

3:21 Middle schoolers? I think you may be overestimating the average young adult's ability to do these things! 😅

WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT COPY OF THE SKIN CHAIRS. I've been on the hunt for ages as Barbara Comyns is one of my favorite authors!!!!

Read a book called Death must die by atmananda. its great

If you are still looking for nonfiction, I just finished Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh and it was a really interesting blend of memoir and the history of the orange 🍊 It definitely was eye opening and a read that I would recommend to anyone who has ever felt othered.

I think you’d love Women in White! It’s a “ghost” story

“The violin as person facial composite” I have tears in my eyes ❤

the soul of kindness reminds me a little of mina by kim sagwa, the main character thinks she’s gods gift to humanity, cant stand her

This October, my small book club is reading "A Treachery of Swans" by A.B. Portranek but I also have "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James on my tbr list. I heard it was a spooky read.

I would definitely recommend the turn of the screw, and additionally recommend following it up with the film The Innocents (1961) which is based on the book!

yess Malissa! loved this

I'm reading vilette by Charlotte Bronte and foul fortune lady by chloe gong, might add more for my tbr this month

if you're looking for more non fiction recs, i think you'd like eros the bittersweet. it is a reading experience like no other

Just found your channel and I love your takes! I was planning to read The Empusium since Flights by Tokarczuk was my fav read so far this year, but I just started The Obscene Bird of Night today caus I unexpectedly got my hands on a copy. Enjoy your spooky reading!

Omg no way I deleted tiktok a long time ago and I was upset that I would not be able to watch some of the book content in tt. It's a very nice surprise that fyp recommended your video to me!!!!

Elizabeth Taylor…..🧡🧡🧡

October, October by Katya Balen is a lovely read. Beautifully illustrated by Angela Harding, it is truly an Autumnal sensorial feast!🍂🍁🔥

where do you normlly buy books from?

I agree with you that 'Katalin Street' is the best Magda Szabo novel, at least of the five published by New York Review Books that I have read. I also found 'The Fawn' to be disappointing. Anyway, great to see someone on YouTube giving Szabo the spotlight she deserves...

You didn't talk about it, but I noticed that there's a Simenon in the thumbnail! I love the Maigret mysteries and I've never come across anyone else who has read them. My personal favourites in that detective series are The Yellow Dog and Maigret and the Headless Corpse.

I like vintage books too. I just read my copy of 20,000 leagues under the sea and the cover fell off and the spine was split up too - sigh

I’m so glad you are on YouTube! I found you on TikTok, follow you on Instagram and now found your YouTube which I’m so grateful for I can watch your videos while I work from home!

just finished East of Eden, which was my only September read. I’m trying to read Last Words from Montmartre before my upcoming trip to Paris!

Hey Malissa, love your videos as alwaysssss. Just a quick question, have you read "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte & "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton? Tbh I'm a little bit hesitant to read authors from the 1800's because of the vast, poetic vocabulary, since English isn't my first language :)

Just read Quartet in Autumn last week and I think you are going to love it!

This month I finished The Safe Keep and Bonjour Tristesse!! I was on holiday in Australia reading Bonjour Tristesse and was lazing by the pool - the perfect mood omg

I much preferred The Woman in White, but Turn of the Screw seems more your style. Woman in White has romance and is much longer and drawn out. The mystery is intense though. In Turn of the Screw, you have to think about the ending for a long time afterwards to figure out if what you just read is really that twisted.

I agree that most editions of Pride and Prejudice chose weird unflattering paintings. My favorite editions of Jane Austen are the old Dover Thrift editions

Have you ever read Agota Kristof? Classic 20th century hungarian female author. I believe you would love her trilogy.

YOU ARE MY FAVORITE YOUTUBER. I love your content so much! Thank you for sharing such wonderful videos with us ❤

I think you would love the publisher, Persephone Books from the UK. They reprint neglected women authors from the mid 20th century. I've found some amazing authors from them, especially Dorothy Whipple.

similar with katalin street is human acts by han kang. if you haven’t read it yet i highly recommend it! ❤ it’s about the gwangju uprising and each chapter is narrated by a different character - it shows their experiences on different moments and the hardships they endure even years after