Spring into Horror Read-a-thon

Hosted by Michelle, The True Book Addict

Don’t let the word ‘horror’ scare you away. You only have to read one scary book during the duration of the read-a-thon. However, that book can be horror, paranormal, thriller, mystery, etc. The rest of the read-a-thon, you can read whatever you want. More horror/scary stuff or just your regular reading repertoire.

Goals

I haven’t read too much horror in a while. Lot’s of mysteries this year so far, but not much out-and-out horror. It used to be my favorite genre! I’d really like to get 500 pages in, but I’m going to be missing the majority of Saturday due to frisbee league finals. We’ll see how it goes.

Fodder

I never stick to my lists. This is what I may or may not read:

Finish Sherlock Holmes & the Needle’s Eye (not scary, but I want to finish it)
A couple of of short stories – I’m behind on my short story per week reading.
14 by Peter Clines (NetGalley)
The 7th Woman by Frédérique Molay (NetGalley)
Bad Glass by Richard E. Gropp (Stoker nominated)
Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino (Stoker nominated)
44 by Jools Sinclare (Amazon taster)
Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris (TBR pile)

Progress


Updates

Monday: Finished reading Sherlock Holmes and the Needle’s Eye by Len Bailey, a NetGalley ARC that I didn’t quite finish over the weekend. I was on the fence about what short stories I might read for this week. I’m in the mood for Glen Hirshberg, but have none. I was considering the Poe’s Children anthology, but I’m *not* in the mood to deal with the quality inconsistencies that sometimes happen with anthologies. Finishing Mr. Bailey’s book made up my mind for me. It’s time to dip back into Sherlock Holmes canon. “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box” is a grisly piece of work, sensational for its time.