Our family has graduated...when it comes to pumpkin-carving kits.

If you live in America, or somewhere else where pumpkin carving is popular, you probably know about those cheap pumpkin-carving kits you can buy at the grocery store. We’ve gotten them before. The blades have a tendency to bend as they cut through tough pumpkin skin.

This year, we got a quality kit. And it doesn’t just have a scooper and blades. It’s got what my 14-year-old daughter called “clay tools.” They’re for not just carving pumpkins, but sculpting them.

(They also look a little bit like tools of torture.)

And she made amazing use of them. Here’s her pumpkin: the Lannister House symbol from Game of Thrones.

Incredible, right?

Like you and me, she loves reading (including Game of Thrones).

Let’s move on to this week’s book recommendations!

A New Release to Check Out

The Rose: Volume 1 is a dystopian sci-fi thriller new release...and it’s available for a special sale price until November 1! Click to buy.

Fox Amongst Wolves is a YA shifter novel that just released this month! Click to buy or to read free with your Kindle Unlimited subscription.

This Week’s Affordable Read

A Penny Lost is a time-travel fantasy with awesome reviews! Click here to buy it.

This Week’s Free Books

The Paradox Journals Prequel is a free time-travel story. Download it for free!

If you love paranormal and fantasy tales like I do, check out this giveaway, with over 40 stories to choose from. Click here to download as many as you’d like!

Hey, fantasy and sci-fi readers...check out 50 free stories by clicking here! Download as many as you like.

This Week’s 20-Second Story

Once a week or so, I like to share a super-short story with you. Hope you enjoy this one! I write these on Twitter daily; you can follow me @CBethAnderson. 

Enjoy stories like this? I have an entire book of them! Check out The Curio Cabinet on Amazon and other retailers!

Hope some of you have some books...or jack-o-lanterns...or both in your near future!

-Beth 

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