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Spring Readathon
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Spring into Horror Readathon
Continuing my true crime (and GSK), which is the utmost horror because it is real, with listening to
.
Bri wrote: "Books finished:Before She Knew Him"
How was it? I have a hold on Overdrive, 16 week wait!
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."Definitely horror!
Read
yesterday. Oh and I've been reading
since mid-March! Woohoo it counts! lol. I was hoping I would've been done it before April. Not even close.
Finished Books 3 and 4:
(finished Sunday)
Books Finished:
#springhorror #readathon
Finished listening to
, perfect conclusion to
!Started listening to
this morning.
Tammie wrote: "
these audio books was creepy"
I read Pet Sematary last month! It was so good.
Started listening to
this morning. Turns out it's a mystery! Among other things.
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The Oath. Michael Lewis. NG
Fungi Anthology. Silvia Moreno Garcia. Scribd.
Till Sudden Death Do Us Part...."
Wow, Mallory! You're doing some great reading!
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Link to the prize page posted in the top post. We have some great prizes on offer this time. :-)
Finished listened to
last night and started listening to
this morning. I read almost 100 pages of
.
I listen to all of my horror books and read them to thanks for letting me join
Hi! Currently reading
. Very creepy so far.
Mid-Event Check-In:Listened:
(halfway through)
Read:
To Listen:
To Read:
(on page 386)
I had to massively slim down my "To Read" list. lol. I have Wife Between Us from Overdrive and the other 2 are ARCs due by the beginning of May. And I'm on page 386 of The Stand but I've been reading it every day now! I've read almost 150 pages in 2 days and I've decided it's coming with me on vacation on Thursday. I have 2 other Overdrive books that aren't for this 'thon as well. Agghhhh. lol.
My Overdrive hold just came in for The Shining which will be a re-read because my GR group is reading
next month. I own The Shining on paperback but I could barely read it the first time, the font is too small and the pages are yellowed and kind of smudgy.
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Listened:
[bookcover:Lulla..."Great reading, Elyse! I need to start Doctor Sleep before the movie comes out, but I know I can't read it in a month. Is that how long your group read-along is...one month?
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today!Working on finishing
and reading
for my GR book group.Currently listening to
I wasn't planning to read this for the Horror readathon, but I finished Robert Bloch's Psycho this evening. I read it for 1950s period research, related to a separate project.It is clever, at times well written, but consistently a bit less gripping than the Hitchcock film. All of the ideas are here and clearly come from Bloch, but the characters are a bit seedier and less empathic in the book.
Michelle wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Mid-Event Check-In:Listened:
..."We don't really structure our group reads. We have a start date but we don't put a time constraint on it, everyone can read at their own pace and we just hide talking points with the spoiler tag. We're shooting to start May 4 if you want to join us! :) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Michelle wrote: "Currently listening to ..."I've had Good Omens from my library for about 4 weeks now. Renewing it again today and it's coming on vacation with me. Definitely want to read it before the show starts!
I finished listening to
(it was okay) last night and started listening to
this morning!
Joshua wrote: "I wasn't planning to read this for the Horror readathon, but I finished Robert Bloch's Psycho this evening. I read it for 1950s period research, related to a separate project.It is clever, at tim..."
I agree. I really liked the book, but it was one of those rare times when I actually thought the movie was better.
Joshua wrote: "I wasn't planning to read this for the Horror readathon, but I finished Robert Bloch's Psycho this evening. I read it for 1950s period research, related to a separate project.It is clever, at tim..."
I loved it! Did not care for Psycho II as much and really disliked Psycho House. Many years passed between each one being written.
April Showers Bring Fungi From Yuggoth wrote: "Mid-readathon check-in, a tad late:)https://thehauntedreadingroom.blogspo..."
That is impressive, Mallory!
I will be starting
on my flight today! New Orleans bound!
Just finished
Recommended. Creepy, scary, and hard to put down. Finishing up
(I am loving it) About to start
. I guess I'm on a creepy kid kick right now. Any recommendations?
I have listened to 16 audio books now I’m liking this read a thon
I read
and loved it! Halfway through listening to
and I'm focusing on reading
.
Finished Dracula this evening. I loved it this time around. Van Helsing definitely veers toward didactic at points, but there is so much thematic, ground-breaking stuff in this book, so much I missed when I read it twenty years ago... It is truly a must-read genre book, straddling horror, gothic fiction, fantasy, and even steampunk sci-fi. I will post my full review for the book tomorrow.
Finished: 
My mystery read (it's been awhile since I've gotten into anything scary):
Finally picked up listening to
again, now that I'm back from vacation. I should be finishing it tonight or tomorrow. I read 215 pages of
in the past 2 days, woot! lol. Just over halfway through. I am DETERMINED to finish it by April 30! I ended up buying the e-book so I could always be reading it, plus the MMP is hard to read.
I'm way behind on updates in here. Haven't gotten as many books read as I'd have liked this month. Busy work schedule and I was working on some longer books than I typically have on my currently reading list. Anyhow, I haven't actually read any horror this month, but everything this month has been dark fantasy, gothic fantasy, romantic suspense. My finished reads to date:
Currently Reading:
Finished listening to
last night. Enjoyed it. I liked the movie more for some reasons and the book more for other reasons. Started listening to
this morning, it will be my last audiobook of the month and the readathon since it's 21 hours long!
My finished reads for April: Ebooks: Ravenous, Little Darlings, The Mere Wife, Lying Next to Me
Audiobooks: The Burn Journals, The Poppet, Grendel's Lair, The Old North Road, Brave
Currently Reading:
,
, and
Finished Haunting at Hill House The Haunting of Hill House today. It was a muddling book, with an oddly incomplete feel, but certainly a great source of inspiration for the genre. I am up to 4 completed books for the Readathon now, with one more possibly to go before the end of the month.
Joshua wrote: "Finished Haunting at Hill House The Haunting of Hill House today. It was a muddling book, with an oddly incomplete feel, but certainly a great source of inspiration for the genre. I am..."I also felt meh about Hill House. I loved Hell House if you're looking for something darker and more horrific. Also gore.
Currently at 22 . With my upcoming move imminent I cant count on adding to that #....I do need your expertise Michelle in getting my info added to wrapup and giveaway as discussed.. Huge appreciation 🏆
I'm in the home stretch of
! About 250 pages left! I will definitely finish by tomorrow night.I'm almost halfway through listening to
so I'm confident I will finish that by tomorrow night as well.
Bri wrote: "Finished My Best Friend's Exorcism.Can't believe it has taken me this long to finally read it."
Great book!
Finished 'Salem's Lot this evening. It wasn't bad, but I found it disappointing. It was a very odd mash up of effusive bursts of literary language, cheesy pulp, bloatedness, and underdevelopment. It felt like the sophomore effort that it was. Ah well. I am pleased to have read it. That marks five horror stories for me this month, and three classics. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Wrap-up link is in the top post of this thread. Thanks for joining us! Hope to see you for SciFiJune next month.
I finished listening to
and finished reading
in the nick of time last night!Wrap-Up
Listened:
Read:
Haven't gotten as many books read as I'd have liked this month. Busy work schedule and I was working on some longer books than I typically have on my currently reading list. Anyhow, I haven't actually read any horror this month, but everything this month has been dark fantasy, gothic fantasy, romantic suspense. I just have a hard time reading horror this time of year when everything is so gorgeous outside with spring waking up the world around me. I want to read lighter, more relaxing books this time of year, like fun cozies, quirky small town contemporary romance, romantic comedy
My finished reads to date:
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These are the scary/horror titles I'm reading this month:
Also going to try to get to
Non-scary books for this month: