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Cat Thursday - Happy Fall

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Cat Thursday - Autumn is here!

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#CatThursday - The cool, bad breath, and fall is finally here! #cats

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Yes, this was me!

This isn't me any longer. I live in Michigan now! Yay!

Happy Fall!!!

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Readers Imbibing Peril (R.I.P.) XV #ripxv

Fall is upon us. Well, fall to me means September 1st, especially now that I'm living in the north (Michigan) where fall really shows up in all its splendor. 🍁🍂

Fall also means it's time for all the scary...and that means all the scary events, including R.I.P., back for another year. Version XV.

I'm also hosting my yearly FrightFall Readathon in September and October this year (due to the hiatus of my summer readathon, High Summer, in August because of my move). FrightFall also happens in conjunction with my annual fall event, now in it's third year, Something Wicked Fall at my horror site, Castle Macabre. We are doing a read-along of Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White. Click the links above to find out all the details.

So, what will I be reading you ask? I have quite a bit of reading lined up, but not sure if I'll get to everything. I'm still unpacking and arranging the new house. Moving seriously takes a chunk out of reading time. 😠

• Finishing Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (I'm also watching the excellent series on HBO).
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
• A couple of classic horror novels as of yet not decided for my True Book Talk reading group in October. Possible titles...Le Fanu's Carmilla, Lowndes' The Lodger, Benson's The Necromancers
• The Witch of Ravensworth by George Brewer
• The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
• Snow by Ronald Malfi
• Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Watching tons of horror movies, of course. We will be having two or three horror film watch-alongs during Something Wicked Fall as well.

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Readers Imbibing Peril 13 #RIPXIII & #SomethingWickedFall 48 Hour Kick-Off #Readathon

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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

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!

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#CatThursday - It's almost here! #Cats can't wait either #Fall

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I know, I know. It's two weeks away. I can't help it. As soon as September hits, I'm immediately in Autumn mode. According to the internet, apparently it's the same with the kitties. 🍂😺🍂

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Cat Thursday - Happy Fall, Sarah McLachlan and Random Fun!

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I survived my sleep study and should be fitted for my CPAP device in a few days. Can't wait to see how Arya reacts to it since she's the one that sleeps with me all the time. Thank you everyone for all the well wishes. I really appreciate the encouragement. <3

You know what song he's talking about, right? The one that makes you cry every time they play that ASPCA commercial! 

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#FrightFall Read-a-Thon - My reading plans, almost two days late, of course...

I just wouldn't be me if I wasn't late for something...and that even includes my own events. LOL So yeah, unless you live under a rock, you've probably heard that I'm hosting my annual FrightFall Read-a-Thon this week. It's the official season for scary reading (although I read scary year round *wink*)!

Here is what I'm reading this week:

• Trying to finish The House of Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne. I'm supposed to be hosting a read-a-long over at Castle Macabre and the 30th (today) is the last day. I have failed miserably at it. To be honest, the book is just not capturing my interest as I thought it would. I had the same reaction when reading The Scarlet Letter. Maybe Hawthorne is just not for me.
• My non-scary book that I must read for a review on Friday, Prisoner of the King, E. Knight.
• Will try to listen to some Edgar Allan Poe on audio this week.
• Start reading 77 Shadow Street, Dean Koontz, our scary read for TuesBookTalk

You can still join us for the read-a-thon. It runs for a week (last day is Sunday night). Sign ups are open until Friday night (late). Join us here.