So sorry I'm late with this check-in! With all the scary events going on, it completely slipped my mind.
How are you doing on the challenge?
Here's my progress on the Chilling level (12 books in a year)...
- Book by BIPOC author - My Heart is a Chainsaw, Stephen Graham Jones
- Title with Dead, Blood, or Bone - The Dead Path, Stephen M. Irwin
- Horrific cover - The Vessel, Adam Nevill
- Set in the past - The Green Man, Kingsley Amis
- Folk Horror - The Loney, Andrew Michael Hurley
- Winter theme or cover - Subhuman, Michael McBride
- Black, red, or white cover - Black Mouth, Ronald Malfi
- Zombies, Witches, Vampires, or Werewolves - Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker (I LOVED this book!)
- Something by Poe - The Fall of the House of Usher (click the title to read my write up).
All I have left are three categories and I already have planned reads for them. I'm hoping to get to them this month, but we shall see. Planned reads...
- Fairy Tale Retelling - Gretel by Christopher Coleman
- Written by a woman - Hummingbird by T.C. Parker
- Debut Horror - Awake in the Night by Shauna McEleney
Important: I'll be working on next year's challenge soon and I want you to help me come up with the categories. If you are actively participating in this year's challenge, please post your category in the comments. Thank you! I can't wait to see what you come up with.
Happy Horror Reading!
My new category: Nature gone wild. Either plants or animals are after you!
ReplyDeleteCompleted 10 categories (17 books,) so Spooky. But am hoping to get to Chilling by the end of the year.
Fairy Tale Retelling
1. The Taking by Dean Koontz
Zombies, Witches, Vampires, or Werewolves
1. The Wolf’s Hour (Michael Gallatin #1) by Robert R. McCammon
2. The Hunter from the Woods (Michael Gallatin #2) by Robert McCammon
Book by BIPOC author
1. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Title with Dead, Blood, or Bone
1. Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Set in the past
1. The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
2. Different Seasons by Stephen King (three of the four stories are set in the narrator’s past)
Horrific cover
1. Bethany’s Sin by Robert McCammon
2. The Tea Party by Charles L. Grant
Folk horror
1. Fairy Tale by Stephen King
2. Fairie Tale by Raymond E. Feist
3. The Summoning God by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Black, red, or white cover
1. The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles
2, Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
Written by a woman
1. The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley
2. Craven Manor by Darcy Coates
Debut horror
1. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Wow! You're doing great. You read one of my favorite Stephen King books...Bag of Bones. There are some on your list I need to add to mine.
DeleteThank you for the category. I love it!
I really enjoyed "Bag of Bones." I'd bought it when it first came out, but hadn't gotten around to reading it. The challenge was just the thing for me to pull it out!
DeleteI've completed 7 and my goal was 6!
ReplyDeleteBook by BIPOC author: Jackal by Erin E. Adams
Title with Dead, Blood, or Bone: The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Something by Poe : The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
Folk horror: Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
Written by a woman: Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
Black, red, or white cover: #MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil
Zombies, Witches, Vampires, or Werewolves: Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
I've offered suggestions for categories in the past like: [creepy] doll, [creepy] child, [creepy] house as a character. I do like Gilda Elise's category! I'll hold off reading The Ruins in case it's a category next year. 😉
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