Track the Books You've Read in 2018!

[Rachel]

Rachel's Tracking Post
1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018
Goal: 60 Horror Books

JANUARY

Total Completed: 5

FEBRUARY

Total Completed: 2

MARCH
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Total Completed: 3

APRIL
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Total Completed: 5

MAY

Total Completed: 4

JUNE

Total Completed: 7

JULY

Total Completed:

AUGUST
Total Completed:

SEPTEMBER
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OCTOBER
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NOVEMBER
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DECEMBER
Total Completed:

[Trisha]

Trisha's Spot

January
1. Into the Drowning Deep
2. Cold Moon Over Babylon
3. Strange Weather
4. Scary House
5. Sick House

February
6. The Beast of Barcroft
7. Northwoods
8. The Devil's Colony
9. Beneath
10. The Girl Who Threw Rocks at the Devil
11. Wolfsbane
12. Tanners Dell
13. Magda
14. Bane County: Returning Moon

March
15. Bitten
16. Drained
17. Snow
18. Bone White
19. Kill Creek
20. Signal Failure
21. The Pretty Ones
22. Sour Candy
23. Blood And Rain
24. Becoming

April
25. The Demonic
26. Land of Bones
27. Ravenous
28. Live Girls
29. Night Life
30. Devil Board: A Dark Tale of Occult Horror
31. I Call Upon Thee
32. We Are All Completely Fine

May

[Hectaizani]

Hectaizani's Spot

January Total: 13
1. Strange Weather by Joe Hill (1/4)
2. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay (1/4)
3. Indexing by Seanan McGuire (1/9)
4. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (1/10)
5. The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum (1/13)
6. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (1/14)
7. State of Nature by Ryan Winfield (1/16)
8. Gone for Good by Harlan Coben (1/19)
9. Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong (1/21)
10. Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart (1/25)
11. Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo (1/26)
12. Splatterpunk Fighting Back by Bracken MacLeod (1/26)
13. Outside by Shalini Boland (1/27)

February Total: 14
14. The Stand by Stephen King (2/4)
15. Artemis by Andy Weir (2/5)
16. The Terror by Dan Simmons (2/8)
17. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2/9)
18. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (2/10)
19. The Girls by Emma Cline (2/12)
20. Vector Analysis by Jack C. Haldeman II (2/14)
21. All the Little Children by Jo Furniss (2/16)
22. The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson (2/16)
23. John Dies at the End by David Wong (2/19)
24. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (2/21)
25. Poison Promise by Jennifer Estep (2/24)
26. dEaDINBURGH: Vantage by Mark Wilson (2/25)
27. The Humans by Matt Haig 2/26

March Total: 17
28. Next Stop: Growing Up Wild-Style in the Bronx by Ivan Sanchez (3/2 )
29. Animal's People by Indra Sinha (3/6)
30. Cast A Cold Eye by Alan Ryan (3/8)
31. The Dead Zone by Stephen King (3/11)
32. Everything That's Underneath: A Collection of Weird and Horror Tales by Kristi DeMeester (3/12)
33. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (3/12)
34. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (3/13)
35. Grist Mill Road by Christopher J. Yates (3/15)
36. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse (3/19)
37. Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman (3/22)
38. Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving (3/23)
39. Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (3/26)
40. Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear (3/26)
41. The Organ Scrubber by Jason Werbeloff (3/27)
42. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (3/27)
43. Q's Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books by Helene Hanff (3/28)
44. An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon (3/31)

April Total: 16
45. Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo (4/1)
46. Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (4/3)
47. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (4/4)
48. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (4/6)
49. Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body by Neil Shubin (4/9)
50. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor (4/11)
51. Swerve by Vicki Pettersson (4/11)
52. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (4/15)
53. Chasing the Moon by A. Lee Martinez (4/16)
54. Complementary Medicine for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses by Nancy Scanlan (4/16)
55. The Listener by Robert R. McCammon (4/17)
56. Northshore by Sheri S. Tepper (4/21)
57. Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman (4/24)
58. The NeverMind of Brian Hildebrand by Martin Myers (4/27)
59. Black Widow by Jennifer Estep (4/29)
60. Bone Chimes by Kristopher Rufty (4/30)

May Total: 18
61. The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (5/5)
62. Jackals Charles L. Grant (5/5)
63. Campbell Biology by Lisa A. Urry (5/7)
64. Sweet and Low: A Family Story by Rich Cohen (5/7)
65. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (5/12)
66. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach (5/15)
67. Firestarter by Stephen King (5/18)
68. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (5/20)
69. Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed (5/21)
70. The Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines by Donald R. Kirsch (5/21)
71. Chance by Kem Nunn (5/23)
72. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (5/23)
73. The Feed by Nick Clark Windo (5/24)
74. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (5/25)
75. Jacqueline Willoughby by Schuyler Randall (5/26)
76. Vermilion by Molly Tanzer (5/28)
77. NPCs by Drew Hayes (5/30)
78. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (5/31)

June Total: 14
79. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (6/1)
80. Nancy in Hell by El Torres (6/5)
81. Madness: A Brief History by Roy Porter (6/6)
82. Mycophoria by Tom G.H. Adams (6/8)
83. Lettie's Plight by Michael Bussa (6/10)
84. The Broken Girls by Simone St. James (6/12)
85. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (6/13)
86. Relic by Douglas Preston (6/16)
87. The Last Dog on Earth by Daniel Ehrenhaft (6/17)
88. Dead Spots by Rhiannon Frater (6/18)
89. The Elementals by Michael McDowell (6/20)
90. Morning Glories, Vol. 1: For a Better Future by Nick Spencer (6/22)
91. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (6/26)
92. Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant (6/29)

July Total: 9
93. The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy (7/1)
94. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (7/8)
95. The Fifth Doll by Charlie N. Holmberg (7/10)
96. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (7/14)
97. The Phoenix Code by Catherine Asaro (7/16)
98. Southshore by Sheri S. Tepper (7/21)
99. The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey (7/22)
100. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (7/25)
101. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (7/30)

August Total: 9
102. Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman (8/2)
103. In the Tall Grass by Stephen King (8/3)
104. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (8/10)
105. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (8/11)
106. Knit. Sock. Love. by Cookie A. (8/12)
107. The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan (8/14)
108. Pandemic by A.G. Riddle (8/19)
109. The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (8/24)
110. Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels (8/25)

September Total: 6
111. Blood and Oak by Garrett Bettencourt (9/8)
112. The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson (9/12)
113. Secret Stairs: A Tribute to Urban Legend by Russell S. Newquist (9/17)
114. The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (9/19)
115. Year One by Nora Roberts (9/26)
116. The Lost War by Karl K. Gallagher (9/30)

October Total: 12
117. The War Revealed by Karl K. Gallagher(10/5)
118. Journey to the Alcarria: Travels through the Spanish Countryside by Camilo José Cela (10/5)
119. Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (10/7)
120. The Skin Collector by Jeffery Deaver (10/11)
121. The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man by Mike Carey (10/14)
122. Head On by John Scalzi 10/15
123. Dr. Becker's Real Food For Healthy Dogs And Cats: Simple Home Made Food 10/15
124. The Human Division by John Scalzi (10/24)
125. Ring by Kōji Suzuki (10/25)
126. The Unwritten, Vol. 3: Dead Man's Knock by Mike Carey (10/27)
127. The Unwritten, Vol. 4: Leviathan by Mike Carey (10/28)
128. Provenance: And Other Tales by I. Kairé (10/30)

November Total: 26
129. Chronicles of Wormwood by Garth Ennis (11/1)
130. Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami (11/1)
131. The End of All Things by John Scalzi (11/3)
132. Lullaby by Jonathan Maberry (11/5)
133. The Way the World Ends by Jess Walter (11/6)
134. Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry (11/6)
135. Rebel Dad: Triumphing Over Bureaucracy to Adopt Two Orphans Born Worlds Apart (11/7)
136. The Day I Went Missing by Jennifer Miller (11/10)
137. The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry (11/13)
138. This Is Your Brain on Parasites: How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society by Kathleen McAuliffe (11/13)
139. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (11/16)
140. The Tangled Woods by Emily Raboteau (11/20)
141. I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas (11/20)
142. Miao Dao by Joyce Carol Oates (11/20)

[Hectaizani]

Hectaizani's Spot Part II

November (continued)
143. The Sleep Tight Motel by Lisa Unger (11/21)
144. Stephen King Limited: Volume Two by Kevin Quigley (11/21)
145. Hannah-Beast by Jennifer McMahon (11/21)
146. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty (11/23)
147. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel (11/24)
148. Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers? by Jimmy Moore (11/24)
149. The Suicide Collectors by David Oppegaard (11/24)
150. Keto Clarity: Your Definitive Guide to the Benefits of a Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet by Jimmy Moore (11/25)
151. Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (11/27)
152. Supernatural Horror in Literature 11/28
153. The Shadow Over Innsmouth 11/29
154. Vox 11/30

December Total: 20
155. A Secret History of Witches 12/1
156. Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History 12/3
157. The Hospital: The First Mountain Man Story 12/3
158. The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting 12/4
159. A Tale of Jerusalem 12/5
160. The Salt Line 12/9
161. Red Clocks 12/10
162. My Best Friend's Exorcism 12/11
163. Horrorstör 12/13
164. The Consuming Fire 12/17
165. Among the Cannibals: Adventures on the Trail of Man's Darkest Ritual 12/17
166. Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York 12/18
167. The Story of My Tits 12/18
168. Speak: The Graphic Novel 12/18
169. We Sold Our Souls 12/23
170. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet 12/24
171. The Stepford Wives 12/30
172. A Christmas Carol 12/30
173. Danse Macabre 12/30

[Char]

I will go through and delete our comments later, leaving only our tracking spots.

[Canavan]

Canavan’s books

January

1. The Travelling Grave and Other Stories , L. P. Hartley (1948). ✭✭✭½
2. Diamonds Are Forever , Ian Fleming (1956). ✭✭✭
3. Darkness Weaves , Karl Edward Wagner (1970/1978 ed.). ✭✭✭✭½
4. Death Angel’s Shadow , Karl Edward Wagner (1973/2014 ed.). ✭✭✭✭
5. Bloodstone , Karl Edward Wagner (1975). ✭✭✭½
6. Dark Crusade , Karl Edward Wagner (1976). ✭✭✭✭
7. Night Winds , Karl Edward Wagner (1978/2014 ed.). ✭✭✭✭½
8. Hey, Wait a Minute (I Wrote a Book!) , John Madden & Dave Anderson (1984). ✭✭
9. The Book of Kane , Karl Edward Wagner (1985/2014 ed.). ✭✭✭✭½
10. Red Wolf, Red Wolf , W. P. Kinsella (1987). ✭✭✭½
11. The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction , Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, & Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.) (1989). ✭✭✭
12. O Is for Outlaw , Sue Grafton (1999). ✭✭✭✭
13. The Complete Peanuts: 1973 to 1974 , Charles M. Schulz (1973-1974/2009). ✭✭✭✭½
14. Girl Genius: The Second Journey of Agatha Heterodyne, Book Three: The Incorruptible Library , Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio (Author & Penciller), & Cheyenne Wright (Colorist) (2015-2016/2017). ✭✭✭✭
15. Hellboy: Krampusnacht , Mike Mignola & Adam Hughes (Artist) (2017). ✭✭✭½




February

16. Gods’ Man , Lynd Ward (1929). ✭✭✭✭
17. Madman’s Drum , Lynd Ward (1930). ✭✭✭½
18. Wild Pilgrimage , Lynd Ward (1932). ✭✭✭½
19. The Enormous Egg , Oliver Butterworth (1956). ✭✭✭✭
20. The Hundred and One Dalmations , Dodie Smith (1956). ✭✭✭✭
21. Follow My Leader , James B. Garfield (1957). ✭✭✭½
22. The Valachi Papers , Peter Maas (1968). ✭✭✭✭
23. School Days , Robert B. Parker (2005). ✭✭✭½
24. Happily Ever After , Charles Addams (as by Chas Addams) (2006). ✭✭
25. Hundred-Dollar Baby , Robert B. Parker (2006). ✭✭✭✭
26. The House with a Clock in Its Walls , John Bellairs (1973). ✭✭✭½
27. The Proteus Operation , James P. Hogan (1985). ✭✭✭✭
28. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary: II , Leah Moore (Adaptor), John Reppion (Adaptor), George Kambadais (Illustrator), Abigail Larson (Illustrator), Al Davison (Colorist), & Meghan Hetrick (Illustrator) (2017). ✭✭✭½




March

29. He Done Her Wrong , Milt Gross (1930). ✭✭✭✭
30. Tales To Tremble By , Stephen P. Sutton (Ed.) (1966). ✭✭✭✭
31. Star Trek 1 (alternate title: Star Trek), James Blish (1967). ✭
32. Star Trek 2 , James Blish (1968). ✭½
33. More Tales to Tremble By , Stephen P. Sutton (Ed.) (1968). ✭✭✭✭
34. Star Trek 3 , James Blish (1969). ✭½
35. Star Trek 5 , James Blish (1972). ✭
36. MAD’s Don Martin Cooks up More Tales , Don Martin & Albert B. Feldstein (Ed.) (1976). ✭✭✭½
37. P Is for Peril , Sue Grafton (2001). ✭✭✭✭
38. Q Is for Quarry , Sue Grafton (2002). ✭✭✭✭
39. S Is for Silence , Sue Grafton (2005). ✭✭✭
40. Lynd Ward: Gods’ Man, Madman’s Drum, Wild Pilgrimage , Lynd Ward & Art Spiegelman (Ed.) (2010). ✭✭✭½
41. The Echo of the Sea & Other Strange War Stories , Paul StJohn Mackintosh (2017). ✭✭




April

42. By Bizarre Hands , Joe R. Lansdale (1987). ✭✭✭½
43. Now and Then , Robert B. Parker (2007). ✭✭½
44. Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel , Robert B. Parker (2009). ✭✭✭½
45. Silent Night , Robert B. Parker & Helen Brann (2013). ✭✭
46. Phantasms , Peter Bell (2016). ✭✭✭½
47. Girl Genius: The Second Journey of Agatha Heterodyne, Book Four: Kings and Wizards , Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio (Author & Penciller), & Cheyenne Wright (Colorist) (2016-2017/2018). ✭✭✭½



May

48. The Sign of Four , Arthur Conan Doyle (1890). ✭✭✭
49. The Descent , Jeff Long (1999). ✭✭✭



June

50. The Tragedy of Macbeth , William Shakespeare (1623). ✭✭✭✭✭
51. Force 10 from Navarone , Alistair MacLean (1968). ✭✭
52. Puppet on a Chain , Alistair MacLean (1969). ✭✭
53. The New Voices of Fantasy , Peter S. Beagle & Jacob Weisman (Eds.) (2017). ✭✭✭½

[Patrick]

My spot, my goal is 53 books

January
1. Strange Weather by Joe Hill
2. Brother Odd by Dean Koontz
February
3. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

[Kenneth]

Fashionably late, but I'm joining the party.

My goal is 50.

1. Witching Hour Theatre by Jonathan Janz
2. The House by Bentley Little
3. Splatterpunk Fighting Back edited by Bracken MacLeod
4. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson
5. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
6. The Ghost Club: Newly Found Tales of Victorian Terror by William Meikle
7. Succulent Prey by Wrath James White
8. A View from the Lake by Greg F. Gifune
9. The Devil's Colony by Bill Schweigart
10. Bone Chimes by Kristopher Rufty
11. Violet Eyes by John Everson
12. What Hides Within by Jason Parent
13. The Nightwalker by Thomas Tessier
14. All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By by John Farris
15. Dead City by Joe McKinney
16. Night of Broken Souls by Thomas F. Monteleone
17. The Rats by James Herbert
18. Ghost by J.N. Williamson
19. Video Night by Adam Cesare
20. Land of Bones by Glenn Rolfe
21. Waking the Ancients by Catherine Cavendish
22. Operation Antarctica by William Meikle
23. Little Brothers by Rick Hautala
24. Mister Slaughter by Robert R. McCammon
25. Last Day by Bryan Smith
26. Audrey Rose by Frank De Felitta
27. The Beast of Brenton Woods by Jackson R. Thomas
28. Jurassic Florida by Hunter Shea
29. The Switch House by Tim Meyer
30. The Incurables by Jon Bassoff
31. The Manitou by Graham Masterton
32. Monstrosity by Tim Curran
33. Apparition by Michaelbrent Collings
34. Breed by Owl Goingback
35. Baal by Robert R. McCammon
36. Practitioners by Matt Hayward
37. The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz
38. The Mark: A Supernatural Horror Novel by Lee Mountford
39. Bethany's Sin by Robert R. McCammon
40. The Pet by Charles L. Grant
41. The Night Boat by Robert R. McCammon
42. Under the Fang by Robert R. McCammon

[Kenneth]

My Spot, Part II - The Spot's Revenge

[Anne (w/ an E)]

Anne (w/ an E) wrote: "I would love to do this. I just hope I remember to come here and keep track of what I have read in 2018.
Let's try for 52 books (1 per week):"

The Night of the Moths
Makeup
All the Little Children
The Secret Life of Souls
The Waiting Room
I Let You Go
Crawl

[Alondra]

Will there be a tracking books for 2019, or just the new challenges?

[Char]

There sure will be! :)

[Kimberly]

Char wrote: "There sure will be! :)"

How else could we remember our book counts? ;)

[Alondra]

Kimberly wrote: "Char wrote: "There sure will be! :)"

How else could we remember our book counts? ;)"

You got that right. I also use it for updates on my challenges.

[Canavan]

Canavan’s books

July

54. Star Trek 6 , James Blish (1972). ✭
55. Mindbridge , Joe Haldeman (1976). ✭✭✭½
56. Laguna Heat , T. Jefferson Parker (1985). ✭✭✭✭
57. Pacific Beat , T. Jefferson Parker (1991). ✭✭✭
58. The Passenger: The Collected Spook Stories: Volume II , E. F. Benson (1999). ✭✭✭
59. She Said Destroy , Nadia Bulkin (2017). ✭✭✭
60. A Study in Emerald , Neil Gaiman, Rafael Albuquerque (Artist & Story Adaptor), Rafael Scavone (Story Adaptor), & Dave Stewart (Colors) (2018). ✭✭✭✭✭



August

61. Measure for Measure , William Shakespeare (1623). ✭✭✭✭½
62. The Languages of Pao , Jack Vance (1957/1958). ✭✭✭
63. The Haunting of Hill House , Shirley Jackson (1959). ✭✭✭✭✭



September

64. Addams and Evil , Charles Addams (1947). ✭✭✭½
65. Homebodies , Charles Addams (1954). ✭✭✭✭
66. My Crowd , Charles Addams (1970). ✭✭✭✭
67. Aickman’s Heirs , Simon Strantzas (Ed.) (2015). ✭✭✭



October

68. Nightcrawlers , Charles Addams (1957). ✭✭✭✭
69. From Russia, with Love , Ian Fleming (1957). ✭✭✭½
70. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs , Donald J. Sobol (2003). ✭✭
71. Inherited Disorders: Stories, Parables & Problems , Adam Ehrlich Sachs (2016). ✭✭✭
72. Hey, Kiddo , Jarrett J. Krosoczka (2018). ✭✭✭✭½



December

73. Drawn and Quartered , Charles Addams (1942). ✭✭✭✭
74. Star Trek 10 , James Blish (1974). ✭½
75. Star Trek 11 , James Blish (1975). ✭½