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- What are you reading for this category?Pet Sematary by Stephen King
- What's chilling about it?
It's about a cemetery (or 2), and people coming back from the dead. Pretty chilling, as is most of King's books.
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
Yes. In fact, I'm reading all Stephen King's books at the moment. It's taking me awhile, I predict in a year or 2, I will have read them all lol.
- What are you reading for this category?Black Canyon by Jeremy Bates
- What's chilling about it?
It is unsettling and a horror story. It's about a man retelling what happened to him and his parents in the woods when he was 12. It had some unexpected and chilling twists.
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
I read mostly mystery books but I do like some horror and thriller books. I read a lot more horror books as a kid.
What are you reading for this category?The Shining by Stephen King
- What's chilling about it?
Well. First of all it's a Stephen King book so you know it's going to be at least a little unsettling or weird, but it's about a guy who getting cabin fever and wants to kill his family while son his having these weird paranormal premonitions.
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...) ,
I guess recently I have, especially with the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton.
What are you reading for this category?The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
What's chilling about it?
It's set in two cold locations - Sweden and Latvia - and the subject is quite unsettling as it's about (view spoiler)
Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
I quite often read thrillers or mysteries that can be a little unsettling, but I don't like horror or very scary thrillers.
- What are you reading for this category? Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill- What's chilling about it? A Creepy ghost stalking the main characters.
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...) I used to read them all the time when I was younger and I still do on occasion but not nearly as much
What are you reading for this category?The Butterfly Garden
What's chilling about it?
a serial killer kidnaps girls, tattoos butterfly wings on them and then keeps them until he kills them and preserves them in cases
Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
I like them, but I read a lot of contemporary books
What are you reading for this category?And the Trees Crept In
What's chilling about it?
The overall atmosphere. The book is about two sisters who show up at their aunt's creepy house, which seems to be cursed. A lot of weird things happen, including the trees from the surrounding woods seeming to get closer each night.
Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
I'm a coward when it comes to horror, but I like psychological thrillers.
- What are you reading for this category?The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- What's chilling about it?
This is a post apocalyptic novel set in the US where animals are extinct, it snows gray ash, and food is nearly impossible to come by. Absolutely one of the bleakest settings I've ever read about.
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...) I've been a Stephen King fan for 3o+ years, but I don't actually read much other horror fiction.
What are you reading for this category?Bird Box by Josh Malerman
What's chilling about it?
Something causes people to go insane if they see it, but you don't know what it is.
Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
I don't like anything truly scary, but I love something that's a little creepy and unsettling.
- What are you reading for this category?We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
- What's chilling about it?
It's description says its scary and there's some suspicious murders involved.
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
Not all the time, but yes sometimes.. creepy and horror and strange books are good.
What are you reading for this category?The Woman in Cabin 10
What's chilling about it?
It takes place in the North Sea and it is a thriller
Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...
Not really. I do read them occasionally if something catches my eye.
- What are you reading for this category?In a Dark, Dark Wood- What's chilling about it? It is set in the woods and it seems like a psychological thriller.
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...) I started out reading a lot of horror books when I was a teenager - specifically Dean Koontz. I also read a lot of Mary Higgins Clark and some Stephen King. I haven't read those types of books in a long time. I've read some psychological thrillers but that is mostly it. I've been thinking about reading some more Stephen King and I'd like to try his son Joe Hill.
- What are you reading for this category? I read A Pale View of Hills
- What's chilling about it?
It's vaguely off-putting throughout, and then there's a moment when ants crawl up your spine and it becomes deeply unsettling.
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
Not usually.
What are you reading for this category? I also read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.What's chilling about it? Ms. Jackson was a master at infusing familiar settings like small towns with creepy people and situations.
Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...) Not what I read for the most part, but always enjoy a good one!
What are you reading for this category?Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
What's chilling about it?
Everything! The title, the setting (Wyoming in November, in a snow storm), and the content - missing people, spookiness, murder and conspiracy.
Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
Some, but they're not my favourite. I loved that kind of thing as a teenager, but not so much now.
- What are you reading for this category?Clown Wars Blood and Aspic
- What's chilling about it?
Clowns. Deathly ones.
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
I usually have several of them in my reading list for the year, but it's not something I read often. It was more my jam when I was a teenager.
Progress Post:- What are you reading for this category?
In the Month of the Midnight Sun
- What's chilling about it?
The story line - murder, Lapps, snow
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...)
No but I'll make an exception for Cecilia Ekback.
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- What's chilling about it? There is someone hunting down victims that survived previous mass killings.
- Do you usually read books that tend to be unsettling? (horror, thriller, weird...) I do although when looking for something to read this week there were a few that came up that I might not be able to handle.