Seasons of Reading: September 2026

Thursday, September 24, 2026

2026 FrightFall Readathon (and Something Wicked Fall) - Scary season is upon us!

It's almost time for FrightFall! My apologies for the late sign-up post. I'm so ready for all the scary this fall. How about you?

We start at 12:00 am eastern time on October 1st and end at 11:59 pm eastern time on October 31st. (There is a handy link to a time zone converter in the sidebar menu.) I hope you're ready to get your scary on! Guidelines for the readathon can be found HERE or you can access in the sidebar menu. Any information you need about our readathons can be found there.

The one main "rule" of FrightFall is that you must read at least ONE scary book (which can be a thriller, mystery, Gothic novel, or similar for those who are faint of heart). I hope you will indulge the scary beyond the one book, but that is entirely up to you. It is all about the reading after all.

Our social media hashtag is #FrightFall
Our social media:
Facebook group
Facebook page
Goodreads group
Instagram
StoryGraph
Discord - this is an invite link. If you're already a member, you should still be able to access the server
(There is a FrightFall channel in the Discord channel sidebar).

All links to our social media are also in the sidebar menu.

Some orders of business...

I had planned a 24-in-48 hours event for this readathon. I posted a poll in the Discord and the dates decided were October 23 - 25. However, I recently found out I have two things going on that weekend because...of course. So I decided to make it a 24-in-60 event. We will start on Friday, October 23 at 8:00 am and end on Sunday, October 25 at 8:00 pm, all times are eastern. I will be doing most of my updates and check-ins on Discord (invite link to our Discord). Discord is free to join and it would be cool to have some lively chats over there. There will be a post here the day before the 24-in-60 event starts.
I will post a mid-event check-in here on the blog.
Grab the button and spread the word! It's in the sidebar or download the image at the top of this post.

FrightFall has officially been a part of Something Wicked Fall for nine years. The event runs September/October over at my horror blog, Castle Macabre. We are doing a read-along of Last Days by Adam Nevill through the end of October. We started September 1st so there's still time to join in. The reading schedule is posted on the event post, linked above and below.

Get all the details for what's going on during Something Wicked Fall here.

Any questions at all? Leave me a comment, or send me a message via the contact me link in the sidebar menu.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

2026 High Summer - Wrap-up

Our last summer readathon has come to a close, and fall is just around the corner. I can already smell it in the air! I hope you enjoyed the readathon and got in lots of good reading. I do want to apologize for not posting a mid-event check-in. With our 24-Hour readathon going on that weekend, I completely forgot.

The linky at the bottom of the post is the same one we've been using for this readathon. You can link to your wrap-up there, or leave a link (or summary) in the comments. Completely up to you, but I do try to get around to see what books everyone read.

Today kicks off Something Wicked Fall at Castle Macabre! The event post will be up later today over at the Castle Macabre site with all the details. The highlights...a folk horror read-along of Adam Nevill's Last Days (AND it was recently announced that it's being adapted as a streaming series...exciting!), all kinds of horror reading and watching...movie and book reviews, and more! Of course, all this will go along nicely with FrightFall coming up in October. I'll have sign-up ready for that soon.