Castle Macabre's I Read Horror Year-Round Challenge

[Elyse]

Castle Macabre's I Read Horror Year-Round Challenge home base: http://castlemacabre.blogspot.com/202...
13 Movie & TV Adaptations of Horror Books: https://bookriot.com/horror-adaptatio...

Here are the categories, or themes:
Winter theme, or winter appearance on the cover (snow, ice, etc.)

Ghosts or spirits

Psychological

Monster or monsters

A body of water (featured in story, on cover, or in title)
Really scary book cover
Woman on cover

Written by a woman

Written by a best-selling horror author

Written by an indie author
Historical horror (must be an historical novel written by a contemporary author. Example: The Historian, Mexican Gothic, Interview with the Vampire)
Folk horror (Ideas: https://tinyurl.com/yy8jj56a)

Levels:
Spooky: Read 6 books from 6 categories
Chilling: Read 12 Books from all 12 categories
Frightful: Read 2 books from each category for a total of 24 books
Horrifying: Read 3 books from each category for a total of 36 books

Challenge runs from January 2021 (anything you've read thus far counts) through December 31, 2021. Cross overs with other challenges count. Short stories are allowed if you're reading an entire collection or anthology. Books must be over 100 pages. You do not have to pick your books ahead of time, but you can if you want.

[Elyse]

TO READ
really scary book cover

historical horror

A body of water (featured in story, on cover, or in title)

[Elyse]

other choices:
The Route of Ice and Salt by Jose Luis Zarate (A body of water)
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (scary book cover)
The Rust Maidens by Gwedolyn Kiste (Indie author)
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell or Slewfoot by Brom (Historical horror)
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher (Folk horror)