Saturday, October 4, 2025

2025 I Read Horror Year-Round Challenge - Third Quarter Check-in


How did your reading go in the third quarter? 

I'm doing the Chilling level which is 12 books in a year (plus, I'm trying for the Cryptid Bingo). I only have three categories left for the main challenge, and five for Cryptid Bingo. 

My planned reads for the three main categories are Slewfoot (Brom) for Witches, The Root Witch (Mexican American author Debra Castaneda) for BIPOC, and The Beast of Brenton Woods (Jackson R. Thomas) for Frightening Cover. For Cryptid Bingo, right now I have The Jersey Devil (Hunter Shea) and The Wendigo (Algernon Blackwood) on my list for fall reading.

Here's how it's going so far...
  • Vampires - The Vampire Armand, Anne Rice
  • Witches
  • Folk Horror - Pine, Francine Toon
  • Written by a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) author
  • A Ghost Story - The Hacienda, Isabel Canas
  • Written by a female author - Pine, Francine Toon
  • Cosmic Horror - Annihilation, Jeff Vandermeer
  • Frightening Cover
  • Adapted as movie/series - The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
  • Katsu, Ketchum, King, or Koontz - Holly, Stephen King
  • Black, gray, orange, or red cover - Horseman, Christina Henry
  • Book featuring a Cryptid (mark off one BINGO square!) - The Dover Demon, Hunter Shea
I keep track of my yearly challenges over on my sister site, True Book Addict. There's a link to my 2025
challenge page in the menu above.

I hope you're enjoying your horrific reading! Share your progress in the comments (update, links to posts/reviews, etc.)...

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  1. I guess you can say that my horror reading has gotten away from me this year. In fact, I've already finished the Chilling level and just need one more book to finish Frightful. I don't know that I'll finish Horrifying but I'm going to keep going, anyway. I probably won't be finishing the bingo board, though.

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    1. That's awesome! Don't worry about the BINGO card. I'm not sure if I said in the sign-up post for this year, but it's completely optional. I should go back through the horror I've read this year and see if they fit the categories. I could very well be completing another level without knowing it.

      Looking forward to seeing how many you finish at the end. :)

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  2. I'm doing very well this year; only one category left to fill. So the rest will just be icing on the cake. Here's my list so far:

    Vampires
    1. They Thirst by Robert McCammon

    Witches
    1. The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Folk Horror
    1. Memorials by Richard Chizmar

    Written by a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) author

    A Ghost Story
    1. For Fear of the Night by Charles L. Grant

    Written by a female author
    1. The Conjurers by Marilyn Harris

    Cosmic Horror
    1. The Border by Robert McCammon

    Frightening Cover
    1. Blood of the Children by Alan Rodgers

    Adapted as movie/series
    1. We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

    Katsu, Ketchum, King, or Koontz
    1. You Like It Darker by Stephen King
    2. Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
    3. The Regulators by Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King)

    Black, gray, orange, or red cover
    1. The Fireman by Joe Hill

    Book featuring a Cryptid (mark off one BINGO square!)
    1. American Mythology by Giano Cromley

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    1. You are doing great! I'm so jealous of The Bewitching. Can't wait to read it. I'm intrigued by your Cryptid selection. I'll have to make a note of it. Is it any good?

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