R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvii

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvii
September 1 - October 31 (details) ~*~
Peril of the Fiction Read!

Motherthing
by Ainslie Hogarth
Horror, Ghosts | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Homicide and Halo-Halo
by Mia P. Manansala
Mystery, Cozy, Filipino | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

Hallowe'en Party
(Hercule Poirot #41)
by Agatha Christie
Mystery, Crime, Halloween | Published: 2012 (first 1969) | Goodreads

Peril of the Short Story!

Gothic Tales
by Elizabeth Gaskell
Short Stories, Gothic, Horror, Victorian | Published: 2000 | Goodreads

Peril of the Screen!

Suspiria (1977)
Director/Writer: Dario Argento
Writer: Daria Nicolodi
Based on book: Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas De Quincey
Stars: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci
Horror | imdb | my rating: 4

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

Suspiria (2018)
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Writers: David Kajganich, Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson
Drama, Fantasy, Horror | imdb | my rating: 4

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

Peril of the Real!

Helltown:
The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod
by Casey Sherman
True Crime, Biography | Published: 2022 | Goodreads

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvi: Peril of the Fiction Read

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvi
September 1 - October 31 (details)
hosted by @perilreaders
#ripxvi #ripperils #ripcozy #riptradition #ripatmosphere
Peril of the Fiction Read
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What's Done in Darkness
by Laura McHugh
Mystery, Thriller | Published: 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 3
Seventeen-year-old Sarabeth has become increasingly rebellious since her parents found God and moved their family to a remote Arkansas farmstead where she's forced to wear long dresses, follow strict rules, and grow her hair down to her waist. She's all but given up on escaping the farm when a masked man appears one stifling summer morning and snatches her out of the cornfield.

A week after her abduction, she's found alongside a highway in a bloodstained dress--alive--but her family treats her like she's tainted, and there's little hope of finding her captor, who kept Sarabeth blindfolded in the dark the entire time, never uttering a word. One good thing arises from the horrific ordeal: a chance to leave the Ozarks and start a new life.

Five years later, Sarabeth is struggling to keep her past buried when investigator Nick Farrow calls. Convinced that her case is connected to the strikingly similar disappearance of another young girl, Farrow wants Sarabeth's help, and he'll do whatever it takes to get it, even if that means dragging her back to the last place she wants to go--the hills and hollers of home, to face her estranged family and all her deepest fears.

Never Saw Me Coming
by Vera Kurian
Mystery, Dark Academia | Published: September 2021 | Goodreads | my rating: 4
listen to author interview with Murder by the Book (here)
Meet Chloe Sevre. She’s a freshman honor student, a leggings-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. Her hobbies include yogalates, frat parties, and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her.

Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study for psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements.

When one of the students in the study is found murdered in the psychology building, a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins, and Chloe goes from hunter to prey. As she races to identify the killer and put her own plan into action, she’ll be forced to decide if she can trust any of her fellow psychopaths—and everybody knows you should never trust a psychopath.

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* part of RIP xvi challenge (schedule)

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvi

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril xvi
September 1 - October 31 (details)
hosted by @perilreaders
#ripxvi #ripperils #ripcozy #riptradition #ripatmosphere
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Peril of the Group Read

The Sundial
by Shirley Jackson
Classics, Horror, Gothic | Published: 2014 (first 1958) | Goodreads
discord discussion on October 1
Aunt Fanny has always been somewhat peculiar. No one is surprised that while the Halloran clan gathers at the crumbling old mansion for a funeral she wanders off to the secret garden. But when she reports the vision she had there, the family is engulfed in fear, violence, and madness. For Aunt Fanny's long-dead father has given her the precise date of the final cataclysm!

Peril of the Real
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin

Peril of the Fiction Read
What's Done in Darkness by Laura McHugh
Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Peril of the Short Story
Spooky Mo by Marivi Soliven Blanco

Peril of the Listen
Macabre London

Peril of the Screen
Blumhouse Amazon Prime releases

On The Nightstand:
Ghosts
The Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens
The Kindred Spirits Supper Club by Amy E. Reichert

Witches
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
Heather House: Witch of the Moors by Carmen Caine
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

Vampires
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Puzzles: Castle Bran

RIP Photo Challenge - Cozy

Tea & Treachery
by Vicki Delany
Mystery, Cozy, Food, Cape Cod | Published: 2020 | Goodreads

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril 13

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril 13
September 1 - October 31, 2018
details and signup | review links

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I participated in this challenge back in 2009 and 2015 had a blast. I am DTFor it again.

I carried over some picks from the past that I finally want to get to.

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Rules:
1. Have fun reading (and watching).
2. Share that fun with others.

Select from these genres and pick your peril:

Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Dark Fantasy.
Gothic.
Horror.
Supernatural.

Or anything sufficiently moody that shares a kinship with the above.

My Peril picks:

Peril the First: Read four books, any length, that you feel fit (our very broad definitions) of R.I.P. literature. It could be Stephen King or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Shirley Jackson or Tananarive Due…or anyone in between.

A People's History of the Vampire Uprising
by Raymond A. Villareal
-Horror, Vampires | Goodreads | my review: tba

Grotesque
by Natsuo Kirino
-Mystery, Horror, Japan
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | my rating: 5

I'll Be Gone In The Dark:
One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
by Michelle McNamara
-True Crime, Mystery
Amazon | Goodreads | my review | my rating: 4

Demon Freaks
by J.R.R.R. Hardison
-Horror, Humor, YA
courtesy of Wunderkind -Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads | my review: tba

Night Film
by Marisha Pessl
-Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Amazon | Goodreads | my review: DNF
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Peril of the Short Story: Read short stories any time during the challenge.

The Living Dead
edited by John Joseph Adams
-Short Stories, Zombies
Goodreads
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Peril On the Screen: This is for those of us that like to watch suitably scary, eerie, mysterious gothic fare during this time of year. It may be something on the small screen or large.

Patient Zero
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Screenplay: Mike Le
Stars: Natalie Dormer, Matt Smith, Stanley Tucci
-Action, Drama, Horror, Zombies
imdb | my review: tba

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Director/Screenplay: Christopher Landon
Screenplay: Carrie Lee Wilson, Emi Mochizuki
Story by: Lona Williams, Carrie Lee Wilson, Emi Mochizuki
-Action, Comedy, Horror, Zombies
imdb | my review | my rating: 5

The Visit
Director/Writer: M. Night Shyamalan
-Horror, Thriller
imdb | my review | my rating: 4

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril X

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril X
hosted by the Estella Society
September 1 - October 31, 2015
(details and signup) | (review links)

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I participated in this challenge back in 2009 and had a blast. For this Fall season, I decided to do it again with the new books and films coming out.

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Rules:
1. Have fun reading (and watching).
2. Share that fun with others.

Select from these genres and pick your peril (here):

Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Dark Fantasy.
Gothic.
Horror.
Supernatural.

Or anything sufficiently moody that shares a kinship with the above.

My Peril picks:

Peril the First: Read four books, any length, that you feel fit (the very broad definitions) of R.I.P. literature.

The Demon's Grave
by E.M. MacCallum
-Urban Fantasy
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

The Devil and Winnie Flynn
by Micol Ostow
illustrated by David Ostow
-Paranormal, YA
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

Escape from Witchwood Hollow
by Jordan Elizabeth
-Fantasy, Witches, YA
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

Silent Circle
(The Witches Circle #1)
by Cassandra Larsen
-Fantasy, Witches, YA
Amazon | Goodreads | my review
Extra:

The Girl Without A Name
by Sandra Block
-Psychological thriller
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

The Measure of Temperance
by Ichabod Temperance
-Steampunk, Zombies
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

Night Film
by Marisha Pessl
-Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Amazon | Goodreads
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Peril of the Short Story: Read short stories any time during the challenge.

Necronomicon:
The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
(Commemorative Edition)
Amazon | Goodreads=====> I read the first story in this collection and did not really take to it. I will try one more and if it is another no-go then I will change my book pick for this peril.

=====> Read the second story which was somewhat amusing. I will try again with the third story in this collection.

=====> Just can't bring myself to read another story. I will set this aside for another time.

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Peril On the Screen: This is for those of us that like to watch suitably scary, eerie, mysterious gothic fare during this time of year. It may be something on the small screen or large.

Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
Revenge of the Creature (1955) --> Clint Eastwood has a small part in this one
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
-Horror, SciFi
my rating: 4
Amazon | imdb=====> Creature from the Black Lagoon can be viewed as a classic in that monster costumes come into play.

Let The Right One In (2008)
Director: Tomas Alfredson
-Horror, Vampires
my rating: 5
imdb=====> This is one that you could re-watch and become aware of different aspects of the story being told. A love story (or not) in different ways.

The Visit
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Theatre release date: September 11, 2015
imdb | my review -coming=====> Aw shucks, missed it in theatre. Will have to wait for DVD.

The Last Witch Hunter
Director: Breck Eisner
Theatre release date: October 23, 2015
imdb

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Director: Christopher Landon
Theatre release date: October 30, 2015
imdb
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Peril of the Group Read: September 18 to October 18

The Quick
by Lauren Owen
Amazon | Goodreads=====> I started reading this but just could not get into it. Perhaps I will try it another time.

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* R.I.P.X artwork by Abigail Larson

R.I.P. IV challenge

R.I.P. IV challenge
hosted by Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings
~~ completed ~~

This challenge is simply irresistible for this time of year.

It is also a great way to get credit for some zombie reading you may already be doing for September Zombies week.

Let's get spooky together! Join in!

Details:
There are two simple goals to the
R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril Challenge:

1. Have fun reading.

2. Share that fun with others.

Deadline:
September 1 - October 31, 2009

Select from these genres and pick your peril:

Mystery
Suspense
Thriller
Dark Fantasy
Gothic
Horror - maybe some zombiessssssss
Supernatural

My challenge:
I've chosen to do --> Peril the First:
Read Four books of any length, from any subgenre of scary stories that you choose.


The Lace Reader
by Brunonia Barry - my review

The Agency: A Spy in the House
by Y.S. Lee - my review

The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman - my review

Cluck: Murder Most Fowl <-- eeek! zombie chickens

by Eric D. Knapp - my review

Oops, just realized I snuck in an extra ;-D

Angel's Game
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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Not on my original list but read during R.I.P. time:

Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean

by Justin Somper - my review

Hybrid
by Angie L. Reed - my review

Vampire Haiku

by Ryan Mecum - my review

Tokyo Zombie
by Yusaku Hanakuma - my review

Rot by Michele Lee - my review

Soulless by Gail Carriger - my review

Ring by Koji Suzuki - my review

Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L. J. Smith - my review

And let me know if you join in, so I can keep tabs on your reviews.


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