2026 I Read Horror Year-Round Challenge - Second Quarter Check-In

Here I am...late again. So sorry! Not much to report on my end. I may not have read anything matching any of the categories. We shall see below. My reading year is not going great at all.

How did the first quarter go for you?

I'm doing the Chilling level which is 12 books in a year. Plus, I'm going to try to do the Complete the Word Bonus Challenge. I picked FRIGHT. Here's how it's going so far...

• Winter - set in winter or snow on the cover or winter in the title
  Freezing Point, Karen Dionne
• Epistolary horror - found footage, told in letters and/or diaries
• Cult and/or ritual
• Haunted house
• Full moon and/or woods on the cover
• Indigenous, Asian, or Latino author
• Pumpkins/Jack O' Lanterns on the cover
• Black author
• Book published in the 60's, 70's, or 80's
• Social justice horror
• Yule/Christmas holiday themed
• Whatever scares you the most
  Marla, Jonathan Janz (creepy...creepy scares me the most. lol)

F - Freezing Point, Karen Dionne
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H - Hell Bent, Leigh Bardugo
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So, yeah...not doing so great. I'm still trying to turn things around. I have some good horror lined up for a four month challenge I'm participating in so that should help. I'm currently reading Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice. A third time read for me!

I keep track of my yearly challenges over on my sister site, True Book Addict. There's a link to my 2026
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.)...

Thanks for bearing with me! Wishing you continued terrifying reads!