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Watch Read Listen: October

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Watch

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (in theaters)
Am I late to the Beetlejuice party? Yup. Having just watched the first one, I have to say I enjoyed the character of Beetlejuice much more in the sequel. I thought it was a fun slightly spooky watch. (Ash)

Chimp Crazy (Max)
From the people who brought us Tiger King, Chimp Crazy is softer, sadder, and way more unhinged. Troubling storytelling about people who obsess over chimps and primates to the extreme, suffering SERIOUS bodily harm, bankruptcy, loss of relationships, and deft litigation from PETA. It’s a wild ride. (Lauren)
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Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
I recently started watching this with my roommate, and we’re already on the second season! It’s like a cozy murder mystery but it’s also hilarious! (Hazel)
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The Perfect Couple (Netflix)
Based on the Elin Hilderbrand’s book (which I haven’t read), I thought this murder miniseries was great fun and there were so many red herrings that I was completely surprised by the ending. (Tessa)

The Righteous Gemstones (Max)
This Danny McBride lead comedy series about a family of televangelists has been an absolute joy. I came for Walton Goggins as Baby Billy Freeman, but I stayed for the absolute ridiculousness of it all. (Liz)

The X-Files (Hulu)
I mean, it’s a classic for a reason. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in their prime! (Christie)
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Read

Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness
I love the All Souls series, but I really didn’t love this book. I got lost trying to keep up with the plot and found it distracting from the love I feel for the rest of the series. (Kelly)

Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
This is a story of a young girl with a severe immune disease who has not been able to leave the “bubble” of her home for most of her life. When a family moves in next door, the son befriends her and the friendship blossoms online. He shows her what life is like on the outside and she realizes life is too short to not be lived. (Kerry)

Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca
I loved Jen DeLuca’s Well Met series so I had to checkout her newest release. Cassie Rutherford moves to the seaside town of Boneyard Key only to discover that her house is seriously haunted. Lifetime Boneyard Key resident, coffee shop owner, and lovable grump Nick Royer quickly becomes enamored with the vivacious Cassie, but he has a few ghosts of his own. This was a fun read! (Liz)

How To Read a Book by Monica Wood
Super cute story of a young woman getting out of prison and trying to get her life back together. Great characters! (Deb)

The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving A F**k: How to Stop Spending Time You Don’t Have With People You Don’t Like Doing Things You Don’t Want to Do by Sarah Knight
Funny satire with words of wisdom. Wild laugh-out-loud examples and tips for managing your time, energy and money. Covers the gamut of Things, Work, Friends, and Family and how you can focus on what brings you joy, and firmly-yet-politely decline that which might annoy or drain you. Lots of F-bombs, but pearls of wisdom and clarifying perspective throughout. (Lauren)

Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe
This contemporary romance is perfect for fans of the X-Files: Imagine if Scully worked for Buzzfeed and tapped Mulder to star in a new web series. Do they find Bigfoot? Do the find love? I want to believe. (Liz)

My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
This is a spooky, atmospheric gothic tale perfect for October. Someone is dead, but is the culprit our main character who has a spirit companion? Or was it someone or something else? (Ash)

Needful Things by Stephen King
Terror comes to a small New England town when a man named Leland Gaunt opens a curiosity shop on Main Street. The store has plenty of interesting items, and should one look hard enough, they’ll find the exact thing they want. But Gaunt demands a steep price for such objects, and to be his customer is to risk damnation. A modern retelling of the Faustian bargain, this is one of my favorite Stephen King books. (Greg)

Rez Ball by Byron Graves, narrated by Jesse Nobess
A Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award 2024 contender, this story is simple, heart-felt, and chock-full of basketball. A semi-autobiographical story about Tre, a native Ojibwe living on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota. His family is still reeling from the unexpected loss of his older athletic superstar brother, and Tre becomes determined to continue the family’s, and tribe’s, scrappy-but-superior basketball legacy. His journey is one that helps heal his own broken heart, and his larger community still grieving the loss of their rising hero. A little romance and teen drama sprinkled in amongst the lengthy, but vivid, descriptions of the game. (Lauren)

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
Long anticipated sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea! Really heartwarming found family vibes. Plus some fun fantasy aspects through magical children. I LOVE both books! (Hazel)

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Based on the Perseus and Medusa myth, Haynes flips the narrative to portray Medusa as an tragic figure whose life is altered by to the whims of men. Zeus is a womanizer, Poseidon is petty, and our “hero” Perseus is the true monster. This easy read makes for an enjoyable vacation book when your brain doesn’t want something dense. (Tessa)

Talking at Night by Claire Daverley
A love story of two teenagers that keep coming back to each other despite life’s tribulations and tragedies. A beautiful, heart wrenching love story. (Kerry)

The Unmothers by Leslie Anderson
Lyrical southern gothic horror. A newspaper writer is sent to a small town to figure out if a horse really did just give birth to a human baby. What she finds is a town where women have secrets, and the men will do almost anything to figure them out. (Ash)

A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings
This book is an emotional rollercoaster ride. Levings’s story has mostly made me angry so far, and sad (I ugly-cried in public while reading it), but also hopeful. I’m looking forward to reading about her escape and how she’s gotten to where she is today. (Dana)

The Women by Kristin Hannah
I couldn’t finish it. I know everyone else seems to love this book but I think it’s her worst one. Started strong and lost something toward the end. (Kelly)

Listen

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
A fresh take on the fantasy/magical realism genre, set in the present day. About two estranged sisters who grew up in a family dedicated to guarding a secret library of magical books. The prose is refreshing and really enjoyable to read! The narrator is amazing and has consistent, believable voices for each character that help keep you in the flow of the story. Highly recommend! (Christie)

The Likeness by Tana French, narrated by Heather O’Neill
I have officially joined the Tana French club. Her prose is gorgeous and her characters are complex and compelling, and the plot keeps me on my toes. This is her second book in the Dublin Murder Squad series. It deals with doppelgangers and identity and the question of what it really means to exist as yourself in the world, all wrapped up in a juicy mystery and told with an Irish accent. (Christie)

Pageboy by Elliot Page, narrated by the author
Heartbreaking, but enlightening and insightful. (Deb)

The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most by Dashboard Confessional
Living up my elder emo nostalgia by listening to this soundtrack of my early college days. Fun to scream/sing along with during my commutes! (Dana)

Take Me Back to Eden by Sleep Token
Alternative metal, perfect for October. (Ash)

Teke::Teke
A Japanese psych-rock surfer funk band with a ton of energy and groovy tunes! (Christie)

What An Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman, narrated by the author
Fascinating owl science! (Deb)

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