(Links to all challenges with full details, and to sign-up, can be found in this post.)
Challenges listed below:
Book Challenge by Erin 19.0
Freebie – The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende
Set in Ireland - The Darkling Bride, Laura Anderson
“Day”in the title - Devil’s Day, Andrew Michael Hurley
Starting with E or G - Geist, Philippa Ballantine
Published in the 1970s - Hotel Transylvania, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Inspired by a real event - Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann
Animal in the title - The Penguin Book of Witches, Katherine Howe
One-word title - Dracul, Dacre Stoker & J.D. Barker
Relating to food, cooking, kitchens - Hearth and Home Witchcraft, Jennie Blonde
Mental health - The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
- The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir February 17
Book by an Australian author - The Dead Path by Stephen M. Irwin April 29
Book whose author goes by three names - The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley February 23
Book with "black" or "white" in the title - Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi April 21
GoodReads award winner from any year - Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (2015, Best Goodreads Debut Author) May 4
Book set in a small town or rural area - The Green Man by Kingsley Amis April 2
Book with "heart" or "love" in the title - My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones January 15
Book that starts with the first letter of your first name - The Maidens by Alex Michaelides March 12
Book with an unusual narrator - The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Book with a prime number under 1000 in the title - Five Mile House by Karen Novak
I host this challenge at my sister (horror) blog, Castle Macabre. Year Three!
Here are the prompts and levels.
Spooky: Read 6 books from 6 categories
Chilling: Read 12 Books from all 12 categories
Frightful: Read 2 books from each category for a total of 24 books
Horrifying: Read 3 books from each category for a total of 36 books
My main level...
First One to the Theater - Read 4+ books (2023 releases only)
The Witch Elm, Tana French The Sparrow, Maria Doria RussellThe Last Duel, Eric Jager The Double Bind, Chris BohjalianBlack Mouth, Ronald Malfi Geist, Philippa Ballantine Subhuman, Michael McBrideDracul, Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker
Book Challenge by Erin 18.0
2023 TBR Pile Challenge
2023 I Read Horror Year-Round
2023 Book to Movie (and TV) Challenge
2023 Read Your Shelf Challenge
2023 TBR Pile Challenge
2023 I Read Horror Year-Round
2023 Book to Movie (and TV) Challenge
2023 Read Your Shelf Challenge
Set in Ireland - The Darkling Bride, Laura Anderson
Published in the 1970s - Hotel Transylvania, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Inspired by a real event - Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann
Animal in the title - The Penguin Book of Witches, Katherine Howe
Relating to food, cooking, kitchens - Hearth and Home Witchcraft, Jennie Blonde
Mental health - The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
Though I did not complete the challenge, I did manage to read 8 out of 10. I'm pretty happy with that.
Book with an unusual narrator - The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Book with a prime number under 1000 in the title - Five Mile House by Karen Novak
- The Loney, Andrew Michael Hurley (2015) finished February 23
- The Maidens, Alex Michaelides (2021) finished March 12
- The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson (2004)
- Murder in the Cathedral, T.S. Eliot (1964)
- Red Queen, Victoria Aveyard (2015) finished May 4
- The Orphan Witch, Paige Crutcher (2021)
- Dracul, Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker (2018) July 2023
- The Penguin Book of Witches, Katherine Howe, Editor (2014)
- Subhuman, Michael McBride (2005) finished June 15
- The Green Man, Kingsley Amis (1969) finished April 2
- The Princes in the Tower, Alison Weir (1994) finished February 17
- The Last Duel, Eric Jager (2004) finished May 29
Alternates:
1. The North Water, Ian McGuire (2016)
2. I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Iain Reid (2016)
I host this challenge at my sister (horror) blog, Castle Macabre. Year Three!
Here are the prompts and levels.
- Fairy Tale Retelling
- Zombies, Witches, Vampires, or Werewolves
Dracul, Dacre Stoker July 2023 - Book by BIPOC author
My Heart is a Chainsaw, Stephen Graham Jones - finished January 15 - Title with Dead, Blood, or Bone The Dead Path, Stephen M. Irwin finished April 29
- Something by Poe - The Fall of the House of Usher October 2023
- Set in the past
The Greeen Man, Kingsley Amis - finished April 2 - Horrific cover The Vessel, Adam Nevill finished June 29
- Folk horror (Ideas: https://tinyurl.com/yy8jj56a or https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/folk-horror?page=1
The Loney, Andrew Michael Hurley - finished February 23 - Winter theme or cover
Subhuman, Michael McBride - finished June 15 - Black, red, or white cover Black Mouth, Ronald Malfi finished April 21
- Written by a woman
- Debut horror
Spooky: Read 6 books from 6 categories
Chilling: Read 12 Books from all 12 categories
Frightful: Read 2 books from each category for a total of 24 books
Horrifying: Read 3 books from each category for a total of 36 books
I'm doing the Chilling level. I've listed some of my planned reads above.
First One to the Theater - Read 4+ books (2023 releases only)
The Fall of the House of Usher October 2023
Also, additional levels...
Not Ready to Let Go: read at least one (1) book made into a movie or series in 2022
Living in the Past: read at least one (1) book made into a movie in previous years
Not Ready to Let Go: read at least one (1) book made into a movie or series in 2022
Living in the Past: read at least one (1) book made into a movie in previous years
The Last Duel, Eric Jager finished May 29
The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende October 2023
Beloved, Toni Morrison December 2023
If It Bleeds (Mr Harrigan's Phone), Stephen King November 2023
The Movie Was Better (What?!): watch the movie(s) for the book(s) you read.
The Movie Was Better (What?!): watch the movie(s) for the book(s) you read.
The Last Duel
Potential books:
(Reread) The Witching Hour, Anne Rice (series, Mayfair Witches, currently streaming on AMC/AMC+)
The Pale Blue Eye, Louis Bayard (movie currently streaming on Netflix)
The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay (Knock at the Cabin, Feb 3)
(Maybe I'll actually finish it this time) Dune, Frank Herbert (Dune: Part 2, Nov 3)
The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe (tbd, 2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann (estimated May 2023)
Uglies, Scott Westerfeld (Netflix 2023 - expected)
2022
Potential books:
(Reread) The Witching Hour, Anne Rice (series, Mayfair Witches, currently streaming on AMC/AMC+)
The Pale Blue Eye, Louis Bayard (movie currently streaming on Netflix)
The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul Tremblay (Knock at the Cabin, Feb 3)
(Maybe I'll actually finish it this time) Dune, Frank Herbert (Dune: Part 2, Nov 3)
The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe (tbd, 2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann (estimated May 2023)
Uglies, Scott Westerfeld (Netflix 2023 - expected)
2022
Death on the Nile, Agatha Christie
Kindred, Octavia E. Butler
2021
The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton
The Last Duel, Eric Jager
The Woman in the Window, A. J. Finn
The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan
Kindred, Octavia E. Butler
2021
The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton
The Woman in the Window, A. J. Finn
The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan
Completed books will be listed after the graphic below. The title will be struck through in the list below and its replacement will be listed beside it.
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Books from my "holds shelf"...
Diary of an Immortal, David J. Castello
The Orphan Witch, Paige Crutcher
Universal Harvester, John Darnielle
The American Adventuress, C.W. Gortner
The Year of the Witching, Alexis Henderson
The Penguin Book of Witches, Katherine Howe, Editor
Devil's Day, Andrew Michael Hurley
Billy Summers, Stephen King
Fairy Tale, Stephen King
The Twisted Ones, T. Kingfisher
Relics, Tim Lebbon
The Witch Doesn't Burn in this One, Amanda Lovelace
The North Water, Ian McGuire
All the Dark Places, Terri Parlato
I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Iain Reid
The Chestnut Man, Soren Sveistrop
The Book of Speculation, Enka Swyler
A People's History of the Vampire Uprising, Raymond A. Villareal
Additions to the hold shelf - 10 4 3 0 open spots (new acquisitions)
Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo
Hell Bent, Leigh Bardugo
Freezing Point, Karen Dionne
The Marsh King's Daughter, Karen Dionne
The Forever House, Tim Waggoner
The Writing Retreat, Julia Batz
Lone Women, Victor LaValle
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Camp Zero, Michelle Min Sterling
Babel, R.F. Kuang
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| My "Holds Shelf" |
Completed books
Black Mouth, Ronald Malfi finished April 21
The Witch Elm, Tana French finished May 18
The Last Duel, Eric Jager finished May 29
Subhuman, Michael McBride finished June 15
Dracul, Dacre Stoker July 2023
