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The Unknown Horrors of October
Books to Read Goal: #?
Books Read: 0
Categories Completed: 0
01. Hellraiser
02. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
03. Killdozer!
04. Salem's Lot
05. Candyman
06. The Crimson Rivers
07. Night at the Museum
08. Oldboy
09. The Haunting
10. The Innocents
BONUS...
11. October 21, 2015 it's Back to The Future II Day.
The Unknown Horrors of OctoberBegins: 01Oct15 / Ends: 311Oct15
10 / 11 completed
01. Hellraiser (1987 British Horror film).
Read a book that you think you might like. Tells us if it brought you pleasure in reading it. - The Lightning Dreamer ✔ – 15Oct15 - 4**** This piece of historical fiction is told entirely in verse. Engle’s poetry is moving and elegant; I marvel that she can convey so much in so few words. Full Review HERE
02. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 American psychological thriller)
Read a book with characters that are sisters - Dolly & Kitty are sisters in Anna Karenina ✔ – 26Oct15
03. Killdozer! (1974 science-fiction horror tv film)
Read a book where the character travels to a Country that isn't where they're from - The Goldfinch ✔ – 02Oct15
04. Salem's Lot (1979 Horror and other made for tv films).
Read a book with some sort of Supernatural Being (Vampires, Werewolves, Wiches, Elves, etc...)
OR Read a book that is set in a Small Town.
05. Candyman (1992 American horror film)
Read a book with some just Legends, Myths, - Sleeping Beauty legand in A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15
06. The Crimson Rivers (2000 French psychological crime film)
Read a Crime Fiction or Mystery book - Murder Must Advertise ✔ – 02Oct15
07. Night at the Museum (2006 American fantasy adventure-comedy film)
Read a Fantasy, or Adventure book - The Knife of Never Letting Go ✔ – 09Oct15
08. Oldboy (2003 South Korean mystery thriller neo-noir film)
Read a Manga/Graphic Novel (must be 100+ pages) - March: Book One ✔ – 14Oct15
09. The Haunting (1963 British psychological horror film)
Read a Horror Book - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pretty suspenseful / tension builds to a confrontation that had me on the edge of my seat.
10. The Innocents (1961 British supernatural gothic horror film )
Read a book with children in the story - Zia ✔ –13Oct15 (NO, the children are not possessed)
BONUS...
11. October 21, 2015 it's Back to The Future II Day
Read a book written in the 1980s - B is for Burglar ✔ – 30Oct15 (first published 1985)
The Unknown Horrors of OctoberBegins: 01Oct15 / Ends: 311Oct15
1/11 completed
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Rules:
October's Challenge starts October 1st and ends Oct 31st.
* Books must be over 100 pages long.
* But most of all... The amount of books read is up to you..
* Don't want to make you feel pressured in doing all the categories, so pick and choose your amount (or all). Up to you. Have fun.
* Book must be used for 1 (one) individual category, no sharing in order to cross off more than 1 category.
* Books read before this month don't count (unless you've only read less than 25% of the book).
* Books finished on the First of the month do not count, unless you also started reading it on the First or you have read OVER 100 pages on the First of the month.
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So until the 1st of October, we all have zero books read for October.
1/11 completed"02. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Read a book with characters who are sister.)
The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz
Rating: ★★★★
Stieg Larrson, author of the Millennium trilogy, died before he realized the fame of his fictional character, Lizbeth Salander, the sexually abused adolescent and infamous computer hacker who learned to survive and obtain revenge on "Men Who Hate Women." With permission from the Larrson's family, David Lagercrantz, continues the Salander legend and her working relationship with investigative journalist, Mikael Blomkvist in this fourth novel of the Millennium series.
Frans Balder, famous computer scientist returns home to Sweden to take care of his autistic son, August. Although he is notified by American and Swedish intelligence that he might be in danger from a criminal organization known as the "Spider Society", he ignores the warning resulting in his murder. The murderer assuming that August who witnessed the murder has a severe mental disability and his uncommunitative chooses to spare his life only to learn later that August possesses is a savant in his ability to draw photographic-like sketches of whatever he sees. Now his life is in danger unless Blomkvist and Salander can save him and expose the criminal organization.
Although I don't believe that the current author did as well as Larsson, I thought his depiction of Blomkvist and Salander was written well enough to be a tribute to Larsson's memory. If one has not read the first three novels, don't fear picking up this book and begin reading. Lagercrantz provides enough background for the new reader to understand each character's motivation. I can understand why some avid fans of the series was distressed by frequent digressions for background information. However, as for me, I eagerly wait reading any further Lisbeth Salander novels.
John wrote: "The Unknown Horrors of OctoberBegins: 01Oct15 / Ends: 311Oct15
1/11 completed"
John wrote: "The Unknown Horrors of October
Begins: 01Oct15 / Ends: 311Oct15
1/11 completed"
Update to message #3 - 10/11 completed - 30Oct15The Unknown Horrors of October
Begins: 01Oct15 / Ends: 311Oct15
10 / 11 completed
01. Hellraiser (1987 British Horror film).
Read a book that you think you might like. Tells us if it brought you pleasure in reading it. - The Lightning Dreamer ✔ – 15Oct15 - 4**** This piece of historical fiction is told entirely in verse. Engle’s poetry is moving and elegant; I marvel that she can convey so much in so few words. Full Review HERE
02. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 American psychological thriller)
Read a book with characters that are sisters - Dolly & Kitty are sisters in Anna Karenina ✔ – 26Oct15
03. Killdozer! (1974 science-fiction horror tv film)
Read a book where the character travels to a Country that isn't where they're from - The Goldfinch ✔ – 02Oct15
04. Salem's Lot (1979 Horror and other made for tv films).
Read a book with some sort of Supernatural Being (Vampires, Werewolves, Wiches, Elves, etc...)
OR Read a book that is set in a Small Town.
05. Candyman (1992 American horror film)
Read a book with some just Legends, Myths, - Sleeping Beauty legand in A Kiss in Time ✔ – 10Oct15
06. The Crimson Rivers (2000 French psychological crime film)
Read a Crime Fiction or Mystery book - Murder Must Advertise ✔ – 02Oct15
07. Night at the Museum (2006 American fantasy adventure-comedy film)
Read a Fantasy, or Adventure book - The Knife of Never Letting Go ✔ – 09Oct15
08. Oldboy (2003 South Korean mystery thriller neo-noir film)
Read a Manga/Graphic Novel (must be 100+ pages) - March: Book One ✔ – 14Oct15
09. The Haunting (1963 British psychological horror film)
Read a Horror Book - The Night Strangers ✔ – 22Oct15 - pretty suspenseful / tension builds to a confrontation that had me on the edge of my seat.
10. The Innocents (1961 British supernatural gothic horror film )
Read a book with children in the story - Zia ✔ –13Oct15 (NO, the children are not possessed)
BONUS...
11. October 21, 2015 it's Back to The Future II Day
Read a book written in the 1980s - B is for Burglar ✔ – 30Oct15 (first published 1985)
BC, how do you embed the review within your list?
John wrote: "BC, how do you embed the review within your list?"I do all of this in a word document before I copy/paste it into a comment or list of tasks completed
Let's see if I can do this without actually creating a link...
You know how to do bold? Okay ... instead of the "b" you type
a href=
you HAVE to have that space between a and href
Immediately after the = (no space) you insert the url address of the page you want to go to.
Immediately after the end of your url address (NO space) you type ">"
Then immediately (again, NO space) type the words you want your link to read: e.g. John's Review
And then you close the whole thing by typing that
/a
inside of brackets (remember to include a SPACE after the a)
Hope that made sense. It's really hard to give you directions without actually creating the link.
John wrote: "BC, how do you embed the review within your list?"Most of the links I use in my task list are JUST links to the book, not to my review.
If you just want to include a link to the book (or author ... just above this comment box is a link add book/author You click on that, and get a pop-up menu.
Type in the name of the book, search for the right one and click ADD button. This will insert a link to the book in your text (wherever you left your cursor)
At the bottom of your Add Book pop-up box is a choice of adding a link or adding a cover image. It defaults to link but you can add a cover if the task element requires a particular cover image.
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Rules:
October's Challenge starts October 1st and ends Oct 31st.
* Books must be over 100 pages long.
* But most of all... The amount of books read is up to you..
* Don't want to make you feel pressured in doing all the categories, so pick and choose your amount (or all). Up to you. Have fun.
* Book must be used for 1 (one) individual category, no sharing in order to cross off more than 1 category.
* Books read before this month don't count (unless you've only read less than 25% of the book).
* Books finished on the First of the month do not count, unless you also started reading it on the First or you have read OVER 100 pages on the First of the month.
******************
The Unknown Horrors of October
Books to Read Goal: #?
Books Read: 0
Categories Completed: 0
01. Hellraiser (1987 British Horror film; sequels). Book: The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (1986)
Read a book that you think you might like. Tells us if it brought you pleasure in reading it. Or, like the characters in the movie, did it bring horror and pain?
02. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 American psychological thriller). Book: same title What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell (1960)
Read a Psychological Thriller Book
OR Read a book with characters that are sisters.
03. Killdozer! (1974 science-fiction horror tv film takes place in Africa). Book: 1944 novella by Theodore Sturgeon
Read a Science Fiction book
OR Read a book where the character travels to a Country that isn't where they're from (Construction workers travel to Africa).
04. Salem's Lot (1979 Horror and other made for tv films). Book: same title by Stephen King (1975)
Read a book with some sort of Supernatural Being (Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, Elves, etc...)
OR Read a book that is set in a Small Town.
05. Candyman (1992 American horror film; sequels). Book: The Forbidden by Clive Barker (short story in Books of Blood 1985)
Read a book with some Urban Legends (or just Legends, Myths, etc)
OR Read a book with a characters that is attending some school (as the main character in the film is a College student).
06. The Crimson Rivers (2000 French psychological crime film). Book: Blood Red Rivers (renamed Crimson Rivers) (French: Les Rivières pourpres) by Jean-Christophe Grangé (1999)
Read a something French with the setting, character, language or author.
OR Read a Crime Fiction or Mystery book.
07. Night at the Museum (2006 American fantasy adventure-comedy film). Book: same name, 1993, is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Milan Trenc.
Read a book that has some Historical Facts (Historical Fiction sometimes stays true to History)
OR Read a Fantasy, or Adventure book.
08. Oldboy (2003 South Korean mystery thriller neo-noir film). Book: Old Boy (manga) by Garon Tsuchiya
Read a book that is translated or the author is not from your Country.
OR
(For this category only!) Read some Mangas or Graphic Novels. And read a good number of them to equal 100 pages.
09. The Haunting (1963 British psychological horror film). Book: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (1959)
The Haunting was considered the most frightening films ever made.
Read a Horror Book (of some sort or other) and tells us if the book scared you or not.
OR Read a British Literature book.
10. The Innocents (1961 British supernatural gothic horror film ). Book: Henry James's novel "The Turning of the Screw"
Read a book with children in the story somehow. Are they possessed like these kids?
OR Read a Gothic book.
BONUS...
11. October 21, 2015 it's Back to The Future II Day
The Official Count Down Clock: http://www.october212015.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/October21201...
It's time to go Back to the Future. Read a book written in 1980s or is set in the 80s.
OR a Futuristic book.
OR If you really want to "go back in time"... Read a Time Travel book.
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