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Summer Horror Reading Challenge
To anyone reading The Fisherman - have you started yet? Are you liking it?
I finished The Fisherman last week and I loved it.
Justin wrote: "I finished The Fisherman last week and I loved it." Good to hear! I'm going to start it in the next couple of days.
Agree with Justin - I read it for this challenge and I loved the book. Excellent good stuff. And it definitely fits the theme of aquatic terror.
I read The Fisherman last year and it was great! This is how I started my review: "I read this book because it was the 2016 winner of the Bram Stoker Award. I enjoyed this book because John Langan is a damn fine writer."
I just finished my challenge amount (10) but I am enjoying the books I have read so much, I think I'm going to try for 20 instead. Before I break my arm too much over this accomplishment two of the books I read were short stories and one was a novella.
If no one minds...I am about to start this
, since it just showed up, and would like to count it as part of the Summer Reading Project (I figure some SF might be allowed, as I think Wyndham's The Kraken Wakes has already been deemed acceptable).This would be my second read for the Project;
was fabulous, almost perfect!
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Two Envelopes And A Phone wrote: "If no one minds...I am about to start this , since it just showed up, and would like to count it as part of the Summer Reading Project (I figure some SF might ..."Oh I loved The Wicked Deep! Now I feel like I should reread it this summer
Amber wrote: "Two Envelopes And A Phone wrote: "If no one minds...I am about to start this , since it just showed up, and would like to count it as part of the Summer Readin..."I feel like I should reread it this summer!
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and it sure does create some emotion will one character's meaness. About 20% and liking it. Good aquatic horror!
I'm reading The Narrows by Ronald Malfi right now, expecting it to fit the water, as there's a flooding as essential part of the plot
So far, I've read Salvage: A Ghost Story 4 stars & My Heart Is a Chainsaw 5 stars! I have a few more water related horror novels in the queue for this summer.
I started this late, but I created my shelf, and thought I had posted my spot, but apparently not. I am trying for 10.6/10
1.) Into the Drowning Deep 06/23
2.) Meg 06/29
3.) They Came From The Ocean
4.) Jaws 08/12
5.) Rolling in the Deep 08/27
6.)Origins 06/30
7.) The Fisherman 07/25
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Reading my fourth,
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1. Black Tide
2. The Lake of the Dead
3. Influencer Island
4. The House Across the Lake
5. Tales from the Lake Vol. 2
The Fisherman is so good. Pretty scary too. Reading before bed last night in a rustic cabin was maybe not the best idea …
Next up for me is
. Supposed to be kind of a Horror/SF hybrid.
I'm staring
. At 111 pages, this is a shorty.
I finished the The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' for this challenge. It's available for free in multiple places - I read it as a free download from the Gutenberg Project. It was awesome!
I finished The Devil and the Deep which in my opinion was a decent anthology - although I think I have read better Datlow anthologies. Currently reading Zombie Sharks with Metal Teeth and will follow with Flowers for the Sea . I'm really enjoying this challenge, such a good idea!
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I'm glad you're enjoying this. I'm having a good time seeing all the different books everyone is reading. :)
To Justin and badseedgirl, and anyone else who read The Fisherman, I finished and really liked it. I particularly liked the “story within the story” portion, (view spoiler) I thoroughly enjoyed this read, and the author’s writing. Great characters and a well-painted, immersive story.
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I enjoyed the books I chose... just one more to go to finish.
How are you doing with this challenge?
Read anything you'd recommend to HA members?
I've got two books to get to, to complete my goal of 9 Aquatic Horror reads. Most recommended so far:
. I'm actually about to start
, and I'll finish off with
I'm reading the last book for this challenge and I'm actually really liking it:
Another one I really liked, although not exactly horror, is:
Thank you so much WendyB for this challenge, I had a lot of fun. I never participated in these "seasonal" challenges before but I might have changed my mind 😃
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It's fun thinking up reading challenges throughout the year. Kinda forces us all to try different books and authors. I've discovered many good reads this way.
WendyB wrote: "Down to the last few weeks of the challenge. I enjoyed the books I chose... just one more to go to finish.
How are you doing with this challenge?
Read anything you'd recommend to HA members?"
I sort of have a question. :)
If it goes past August 31st will this thread still be open?
I am just slammed with stuff at the moment and I have two books left to go - I am going to try and make it but I don't know if I will or not.
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Read fast!! ...or read short books? :)
Oh damn. I might not get more than 1 more in. I have Those Across the River audiobook borrowed from Libby, but I guess it's not about the water, just around it maybe. ha ha
WendyB wrote: "Marie, this thread will stay open but the challenge be over on August 31. It shuts down after that and won't add books read. Read fast!! ...or read short books? :)"
Decisions - lol. Thanks Wendy. Read fast probably. lol
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I read that book and the river is an important part of the story. Enjoy!
A bit late to the party. My goal is to read 5 books for this challenge.Book List:
1. The Chill by Scott Carson
2. Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
3. Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft -> 3/5 stars
4. The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft
5. The Fisherman by John Langan
Books Read: 1/5
Cousin It wrote: "A bit late to the party. My goal is to read 5 books for this challenge.Book List:
1. Into the Drowning Deep by Scott Carson
2. Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
3. Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft
4. T..."
Do you mean The Chill for #1?
Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "Cousin It wrote: "A bit late to the party. My goal is to read 5 books for this challenge.Book List:
1. Into the Drowning Deep by Scott Carson
2. Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
3. Dagon by H..."
Yep, my mistake. Thanks for correcting me.
Cousin It wrote: "A bit late to the party. My goal is to read 5 books for this challenge.Book List:
1. The Chill by Scott Carson
2. Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
3. Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft
4. The Shadow Ove..."
Cousin It, I’m interested to hear your thoughts on The Fisherman. I really enjoyed it.
Lisa wrote: "Cousin It wrote: "A bit late to the party. My goal is to read 5 books for this challenge.Book List:
1. The Chill by Scott Carson
2. Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
3. Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft..."
I'm still reading it, so I can't give my full opinion on it. But so far I'm enjoying it.
I really enjoyed The Fisherman. For me, Kill River will probably be my last book for this challenge. There are still a few books on my possibility list for the challenge that I want to read as the summer ends.
Turns out On Stranger Tides will be my last book in the series. I received it from Overdrive and since it fits the theme so well, I decided to read it.
Badseedgirl wrote: "Turns out On Stranger Tides will be my last book in the series. I received it from Overdrive and since it fits the theme so well, I decided to read it."Enjoy! I found this to be a good adventure story full of derring-do!
Those Across the River was definitely not aquatic. I plan to listen to The Deep next. I borrowed the audiobook from Libby.
I failed the challenge :/ A combination of not being in the mood for reading those water stories and also it was hard to be sure when starting s story, if it really had water as an important part. many stories is named like water is important, but then it turns out it's only metaphorically lol, so honestly this was a lot harder to find the right books for my taste living up to the theme as I had expected
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Part of the idea is to expand your reading horizons and check out books that may not have caught your attention otherwise.
okay, but I failed with bravour my goal of 10 books lol
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Planning on reading:
They Came From The Ocean
Merfolk
The Chill
Jaws
My Heart Is a Chainsaw