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Be Afraid: It's Horror Week on Goodreads!
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I have four books going right now, but the spooky ones are "Japanese Ghost Stories" by Lafcadio Hearn, and "Imaginary Friend" by Stephen Chbosky.
Getting ready to start Stephen King's The Institute
If anyone like's children's horror and fantasy, do try Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. You can read the review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Its spooky and clever.
If you like dark woods, witches and the maledictions of a terrible past, you should read Blackwood: A Gotheim TaleIt's a perfect, quick novella to get you in the mood for horror month...
Jelena wrote: "DraculThis one is sooo spooooky"
I just put this one on hold at my library. It looks like it might be good.
Jelena wrote: "DraculThis one is sooo spooooky"
I LOVE Dracul. It thought it was better than Dracula.
I'm planning to read some Stephen King this October.
I'm going to read The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
Started listening to the Audible version of The Institute by Stephen King very good, so far. King has been hit or miss with me lately, I much prefer his old stuff.Also reading An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris.
October 1st, I start We Live Inside Your Eyes by Kealan Patrick Burke - extra creepy!
I read The Turn of the Key, thinking it might be an update of The Turn of the Screw. It wasn't. It was supposed to be suspenseful, but it wasn't. It was disappointing. I had some of it figured out and wasn't surprised at the big reveal. I think the scariest book I've read in the last few years is We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.
I'm focusing on books by both Hunter Shea (just read 'The Montauk Monster' and it was awesome) and Scott Sigler offers! Kind of wish I hadn't read the latter's 'Infection' trilogy in February as those books still haunt my nightmares!
Listening to Dan Simmons' The Terror on audiobook. So good!
Please, this Halloween read Shirley Jacksons The Haunting of Hill House. It must be one of the best out there!
I am just getting started on the book title "We are all completely fine" by Daryl Gregory. It is a semi superhero, zombie horror, and supernatural thriller book.
Tulelei wrote: "I'm going to read The Invited by Jennifer McMahon"Really enjoyed that one! Hope you like it. :o)
Ptaylor wrote: "I read The Turn of the Key, thinking it might be an update of The Turn of the Screw. It wasn't. It was supposed to be suspenseful, but it wasn't. It was disappointing. I had some of it figured out ..."Interesting... your take on We Have Always Lived in the Castle. I enjoyed the story but didn't think it was scary in the least. That's what I love about books. Everybody has a different perspective. :o)
Ziggy wrote: "I'm focusing on books by both Hunter Shea (just read 'The Montauk Monster' and it was awesome) and Scott Sigler offers! Kind of wish I hadn't read the latter's 'Infection' trilogy in February as th..."Loved Montauk Monster! Sigler's trilogy is on my list but haven't gotten around to it yet. Might have to move that one up sooner. ;o)
Horror books are my main genre so that is mostly what I read all year long, but for October I am doing my own personal challenge of reading horror books that are about Halloween. So I got a few lined up to read. But I will also be reading some other horror books mixed in with the Halloween ones. So this last weekend I kicked it off with this one, though it is not about Halloween, it is about a ghost and so far it is spooky! :) Sick House by Jeff Strand
I'm mostly into horror as well. I'm planning on doing an all-ghost story challenge for next year.
Hopefully I'll get to read The Outsider by S. King!
I am reading through 'Annihilation' by VanderMeerthe first book, of a trilogy, and I am awed
A mix of lovecraftian elements, employed with maestry of bits and pieces of exobiology & dystopian-medical (less in the mid so far, but they are still there) innuendos, that make this work stand out from anything ive tries so far!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I actually attempted to read some Lovecraft recently and was so bored I couldn't finish it.
I have 2 ghost stories lined up, The House on Cold Hill by Peter James and The White Devil by Justin Evans.I saw the Peter James book in a news mail from World of Books, I got The White Devil from eBay at least 5 years ago based on the cover only.
I have 7 more days before the 1st library book is to be delivered, but it is easy reading, so I can read these 2 first, both are large print too.
Elizabeth(The Book Whisperer) wrote: "Getting ready to start Stephen King's The Institute"
Which is a decent book, but it's SO not horror.
Which is a decent book, but it's SO not horror.
Linda ~ chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny ~ wrote: "I actually attempted to read some Lovecraft recently and was so bored I couldn't finish it."
Lovecraft is a great idea man. His concepts and ideas are phenomenal...but yeah, his writing leaves a lot to be desired. I think he was honestly terrified of writing dialogue, because the rare times he did use it, he usually had the speaker using such heavy patois that it made it quite difficult to read.
And the rest is just thick, heavy paragraphs of description.
Lovecraft is a great idea man. His concepts and ideas are phenomenal...but yeah, his writing leaves a lot to be desired. I think he was honestly terrified of writing dialogue, because the rare times he did use it, he usually had the speaker using such heavy patois that it made it quite difficult to read.
And the rest is just thick, heavy paragraphs of description.
Keith wrote: "Please, this Halloween read Shirley Jacksons The Haunting of Hill House. It must be one of the best out there!"This book has been on my shelf for a long time, alongside with The lottery and Other Stories. I've read We Have Always Lived in the Castle and loved it, so I might read the other two this Halloween.
Keith wrote: "Please, this Halloween read Shirley Jacksons The Haunting of Hill House. It must be one of the best out there!"Karen wrote: "Listening to Dan Simmons' The Terror on audiobook. So good!"
Keith, I agree with you. My all time classic scary story is "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson. She also wrote "We have always lived in the Castle" which I also loved.
Looking forward to reading Dracul?
Currently reading Stephen King's Desperation. So far this has been a really awesome start, lots of creepy action from the first 20 pages!
I read horror all year long but this week I'll be reading Sawkill Girls & Here There Are Monsters. Thank you for celebrating the horror genre, Goodreads!
Currently reading short stories "Bazaar of Bad Dreams" by Stephen King. Some are really creepy
I don't know if Coraline graphic novel is counted as horror or not, but suddenly I want to read it. Also Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson
I will be reading more Robert Aickman. His story "The Cicerones" is the most terrifying story ever written, even more than "The Willows".
Ptaylor wrote: "I read The Turn of the Key, thinking it might be an update of The Turn of the Screw. It wasn't. It was supposed to be suspenseful, but it wasn't. It was disappointing. I had some of it figured out ..."I think a couple of the twists were so obvious we were supposed to get them.
I know he is not the best in the horror genre, but I thought a classic young adult anthology like R.L. Stine's
would be fun to read during an October vacation. Then I am debating on The Living Evil or Isobel.
Currently reading King's The Institute. And Eat the Dark, by Joe Schreiber.
My Halloween pull for this year:Rebecca
The Turn of the Screw
The Black Witch
Not so much deep horror this year as classic Gothic and magic-based fantasy.
Hex by Olde Heuvelt, Thomas ... best horror story i've ever read.
Jelena wrote: "DraculThis one is sooo spooooky"
Glad to know that. I have it on hold at my local library.
Ptaylor wrote: "I read The Turn of the Key, thinking it might be an update of The Turn of the Screw. It wasn't. It was supposed to be suspenseful, but it wasn't. It was disappointing. I had some of it figured out ..."I just finished up The Turn of the Key and for the most part I agree with your take on the book. TBH, while reading it I kept thinking this was one of the better books I've read all year, but the ending really left a lot to be desired and kind of spoiled things.
I'll be continuing to read the third book in the Asylum Series, Catacomb.
What am I reading for Horror Week?!??What I am reading now... " The Outsider " ...
This one is sooo spooooky