From the new dedicated blog...
Welcome to the THIRTEENTH year of Readers Imbibing Peril, or RIP, as it is affectionately called. For the last 13 years, we here at RIP headquarters have embraced the spookiness of the seasons’ change.
The purpose of the R.I.P. Challenge is to enjoy books that could be classified as:
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Dark Fantasy.
Gothic.
Horror.
Supernatural.
Basically, read scary. Yay!
The levels of participation (participate in one, all, or various) are:
Peril the First: Read four books, any length, that you feel fit.
I'm doing this level. My list:
The Narrows, Ronald Malfi
A Head Full of Ghosts, Paul Tremblay
The Secret History, Donna Tartt
The Bank of the River, Michael Richan
The Vampire Armand, Anne Rice
Bird Box, Josh Malerman
Shirley: A Novel, Susan Scarf Merrell
The Bank of the River, Michael Richan
The Vampire Armand, Anne Rice
Bird Box, Josh Malerman
Shirley: A Novel, Susan Scarf Merrell
Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
This is more than four, but I'm working on a challenge so...
Peril the Second: Read two books of any length that you believe fit.
Peril the Third: We all want you to participate. This Peril involves reading one book that fits.
Peril of the Short Story: Self explanatory...read short stories.
I'll be reading Gothic short stories in September during my Something Wicked This Fall Comes event at my sister blog, Castle Macabre.
I'll be picking choosing stories from the following:
Edgar Allan Poe (of course)
M.R. James
Shirley Jackson
Algernon Blackwood
H.P. Lovecraft
There's a great list of Gothic fiction on Goodreads here.
Peril on the Screen: Again, self explanatory...watch scary TV shows/movies.
Horror movies and shows are my favorite so this is a no-brainer!
Movies/Shows I will be seeing/watching for sure...
Halloween
The Nun
The Haunting of Hill House (new series)
Peril of the Review: Submit a short review of any book you read (they may even post it on the blog).
I'll try!
I've participated in this challenge since 2009, so 10 of the 13 years. I'm stoked, and it goes along nicely with my scary Fall event at Castle Macabre and the FrightFall Readathon in October at Seasons of Reading.
Coming to Castle Macabre tomorrow...Something Wicked This Fall Comes! We are kicking off with a 48 Hour Readathon hosted at Seasons of Reading. Find out all the details for the Fall event here. Sign up for the 48 Hour Readathon here.
I'll be reading scary books from my RIP list above. Will probably start with The Narrows, but not sure.
Hope you will join us!
I love the RIP challenge--although I'm not starting until October, when I will be catching up on mystery series and enjoying a couple of new authors. On your list, I've read The Secret History and Something Wicked--neither of which was a favorite but counted in the "glad I read" column. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteI've signed up this year for the first time in a few years! Even wrote a kind of review which is shocking itself!
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