Horror Aficionados discussion

Here's a place for us to track our reading for the year! Post your goal, (if you have one, if not, that's okay too), and then add to your list each book you've read over the course of the year. Good luck with your challenges!

No goal as such, unless as many as possible counts, but here be my book tracking place, zombie flag planted



January reads (total count 20) 2 novellas, 1 audio book




February reads (total count 37) 1 beta read, 6 novellas, 2 skinny classics



March reads (total count 34 ) 2 nonfiction, 2 audi books, 7 novellas



April reads (total count 24) 4 novellas, 2 nonfiction, 2 audiobooks



May reads (total count 26) 3 novellas, 3 audiobooks, 1 nonfiction



June reads (total count 25) 2 novellas



July reads (total count 23 ) 1 novella, 2 nonfiction, 2 audibooks



August reads (total count 19) 4 novellas, 2 nonfiction, 1 audio book



September reads (total count 27) 2 audio books, 2 novellas, 6 graphic novels, 1 nonfiction



October reads (total count 35) 3 audio books, 3 novellas, 2 nonfiction, 1 short story

Mine!
Goal: 25 books

January: (3 books; 1, 014 pages)
1. The Revenant by Michael Punke (2*)
2. The Travelling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon (5*)
3. Dark Water by Koji Suzuki (4*)



February: (1 book; 473 pages)
4. Loop by Koji Suzuki (3*)



March: (3 books; 1, 223 pages)
5. Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright by Chris Riddell (4*)
6. Time and Time Again by Ben Elton (3*)
7. Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino (5*)



April: (2 books; 1, 506 pages)
8. In the Dark by Richard Laymon (3*)
9. Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (3*)



May: (3 books; 666 pages)
10. The Gunslinger by Stephen King (3*)
11. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (4*)
12. Green Tea by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (4*)



June: (1 book; 454 pages)
13. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (3*)



July: (2 books; 963 pages)
14. The Fireman by Joe Hill (2*)
15. The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura (3*)



August: (3 books; 978 pages)
16. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by John Tiffany, Jack Thorne & J. K. Rowling (3*)
17. The Batman Adventures: Mad Love and Other Stories by Paul Dini & Bruce Timm (4*)
18. Island by Richard Laymon (4*)



September: (1 book; 441 pages)
19. The Muse by Jessie Burton (3*)



October: (2 books; 860 pages)
20. I Remember You by Yrsa Sugurdadottir (4*)
21. Night in the Lonesome October by Richard Laymon (4*)



November: (1 book; 390 pages)
22. A Midsummer's Equation by Keigo Higashino

Planting my flag here! My goal is 130 books.

JANUARY
1. Haunting Investigation by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 3*
2. X's For Eyes by Laird Barron (novella) 3*
3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 3.5*
4. Little Dead Red by Mercedes Yardley 4*
5. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (audiobook) 4*
6. The Grownup by Gillian Flynn (audiobook, novella) 3.5*
7. Out of Tune by Various. (Short Story collection) (Audiobook) 3.5*
8. Birthdays for the Dead by Stuart MacBride 4.5*
9. The Collector by John Fowles 3.5*
10. The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
11. The Eye by Michael Jensen 4* (Beta Read)
12 The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King 3*
13. Zero Lives Remaining by Adam Cesare (novella) 4*
14. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (audiobook) 4*
15. Redshirts by John Scalzi (Audiobook) 3.5*

FEBRUARY
16. Toplin by Michael McDowell 5*
17. Hap and Leonard by Joe Lansdale (short story collection) 4.5*
18. House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski 5*
19. Hell's Bounty by Joe and John Lansdale 3*
20. Children of the Dark by Jonathan Janz 4.5*
21. Midnight Solitaire by Greg Gifune 4*
22. Unseemly by Jason Parent (novella) 3.5*
23. The Lies of Locke Lamora (audiobook) by Scott Lynch 5*

MARCH
24. The Vines by Christopher Rice (audiobook) 3*
25. The Fireman by Joe Hill 4.5*
26. A Little Light Screaming by Johnny Mains (Short story collection) 4*
27. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (audiobook) (short story collection) 5*
28. Magic By William Goldman 3.5*
29. Shine Your Light On Me by Lee Thompson 4*
30. Horror Guide to Massachusetts by the Goudsward brothers 5*
31. Long After Midnight by Ray Bradbury (short story collection) 3*
32. Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini 4*
33. Mrs. Zant and the Ghost by Wilkie Collins (audiobook) 3*
34. Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson (audiobook) 5*
35. Savage Species by Jonathan Janz 4*
36. Honky Tonk Samurai by Joe Lansdale 4*
37. Lock In by John Scalzi (audiobook) 4.5*
38. A Mixed Bag of Blood by David Bernstein (short story collection) 3.5*
39. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (audiobook) 4*
40. Stories of the Strange and Sinister by Frank Baker (short story collection) 3*
41. If You Ask Me by Betty White (audiobook) 4*
42. Wicked Stepmother by Michael McDowell 4.5*
43. The Complex by Brian Keene 4*
44. Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew (Audiobook) 4*
45. Where Nightmares Begin by Glenn Rolfe 3.5*

APRIL

46. Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry (audiobook) 4*
47. Fountain of the Dead by Scott T. Goudsward 3.5*
48. Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (Graphic Novel) 5*
49. The Sadist's Bible by Nicole Cushing (novella) 5 BIG ASS STARS
50. The Beetle by Richard Marsh 3*
51. The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House (graphic novel) by Neil Gaiman 5*
52. Wolf Hunt 2 (audiobook) by Jeff Strand 4*
53. Fellside by M. R. Carey 4.5*
54. The Drive-In by Joe Lansdale 4*
55. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink (audiobook) by Elvis Costello 4.5*
56. Savage Season (audiobook) by Joe Lansdale 3.5*
57. Finders Keepers (Audiobook) by Stephen King 3.5*
58. The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country (graphic novel) by Neil Gaiman 4*

MAY

59. 2113: Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush (anthology) 4*
60. Redemption Road by John Hart 4.5*
61. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (audiobook) 4*
62. Blood Rubies by Michael McDowell 4*
63. The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel) 5*
64. I Kill in Peace by Hunter Shea (novella) 4*
65. Let the Right One In by John Lindqvist (Audiobook) 4*
66. The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror by Joyce Carol Oates (Short story collection) 3*
67. Invisible Fences by Norman Prentiss (novella) 4*
68 Preacher, Vol. 1: Gone to Texas31] (graphic novel) 5*
69. The Gunslinger (DT 1, Audiobook) 5*
70. The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman (Graphic novel) 5*
71. Almost Interesting by David Spade (Audiobook) 5*
72. Greener Pastures by Michael Wehunt (short story collection) 5*
73. Salt of the Earth by Jack Olsen (Audiobook) 5*
74. Freedom of the Mask by Robert McCammon 5*
75. The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel) 4*

JUNE
76. Babylon Terminal by Greg Gifune 4*
77. House of the Rising Sun by James Lee Burke (Audiobook) 4*
78. The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman 5*
79. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (Audiobook) 3.5*
80. Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay 4*
81. Pressure by Brian Keene 4*
82. The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman 4*
83. The Monster Underneath by Matthew Franks 4*
84. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (audiobook) 4*
85. Nothing Lasting by Glen Krisch 4*
86. Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay 4*
87. The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone 4.5*

JULY

88. Preacher, Book 2 by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon (graphic novel) 5*
89. The Devil's Evidence by Simon Kurt Unsworth 4*
90. Cast A Cold Eye by Alan Ryan 4*
91. Last Train from Perdition by Robert McCammon 5*******
92. The Passage (Audio) by Justin Cronin 3*
93. Where the Bodies Were Buried: Whitey Bulger and the World that Made Him by T.J. English (Audio) 3.5*
94. The Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock 4*
95. JEDI Summer: With the Magnetic Kid by John boden (novella) 4*
96. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 4*
97. End of Watch by Stephen King (audio) 4*
98. Hell House by Richard Matheson 4*
99. The Night Parade by Ron Malfi 4*
100. Preacher, Book 3 by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon 5*
101. Spectral Shadows: Three Supernatural Novellas by Robert Westall 4*
102. The Ballad of Black Tom (novella) by Victor Lavalle 4.5*

AUGUST
103. Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 1 (anthology) 4.5*
104. A Time of Torment by John Connolly 5*
105. Blighters by Tim Major (novella) 4*
106. The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman (Graphic novel)5*****
107. Shock Totem 10: Curious Tales of the Macabre and Twisted (Magazine) 4*
108. The Angel and the King of Cruel BY W.T. Shad 4*
109. The Elementals by Michael McDowell (audio) 5*
110. The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing by Gavin Edwards 5*
111. You Don't Belong Here by Tim Major 3*
112. Dark Gods by T.E.D. Klein (4 novella collection) 5*
113. The Wrath Of Concrete and Steel by John Claude Smith (Collection) 5*
114. Preacher, Book 4 by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (Graphic novel) 5*

SEPTEMBER
115. Troll Bridge by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel) 5*
116. The Caballa by Walter Spence (Beta read, fantasy) 4*
117. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Audiobook) by Steve Martin 3*
118. Bumps in the Road edited by Chad Lutzke (Anthology) 4*
119. Preacher, Book 5 (graphic novel) 5*
120. Darktown: A Novel by Thomas Mullen 4.5*
121. Bad Apples 3: Seven Slices of Halloween Horror (short story collection) 4*
122. The Rising by Brian Keene (Audiobook) 3.5*
123. The Only Living Boy #1: Prisoner of the Patchwork Planet (graphic novel) by David Gallaher 3.5*
124. Red-Blooded American Male: Photographs by Robert Trachtenberg 4*
125. Bound by Matt Hickman and Andrew Lennon 3*
126. Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (Audiobook) 4*
127. The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent by Larry Corriea (Audiobook) 3*
128. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo written and read by Amy Schumer (Audiobook) 4*
129. Everything Under the Moon: A Novel by Jeff Johnson 4*
130. Bats by William Johnstone 2.5*
131. Chills by Mary SanGiovanni 4*
132. The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman (Audiobook) 3*

OCTOBER

133. The Factoryby Mark West (novella) 4*
134. Preacher, Book 6 by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (Graphic novel) 5*
135. The Only Living Boy #2: Beyond Sea and Sky by David Gallaher (Graphic Novel) 4*
136. Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner (Audiobook) 3*
137. The Box: Uncanny Stories by Richard Matheson (Audiobook) 4*
138. The Apartment by S.L. Grey 3*
139. Detritus in Love (Novella) by Mercedes Yardley and John Boden 4.5*
140. Blood Verse (short story and poetry collection) by Patrick James Ryan 3.5*
141. Laudanum Nights by Stephen Bacon 4*
142. Wrathbone by Jason Parent (short story collection) 5*
143. It by Stephen King (Audiobook) 5*
144. The Only Living Boy #3: Once Upon a Time (graphic novel) by David Gallaher 4.5*
145. The Picture Frame: A Horror Novel by Iain Rob Wright 3*
146. Braineater Jones by Stephen Kozeniewski (audiobook) 4*
147. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi (Audiobook) 3*
148. The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One (Short story collection) 5********
149. Lost Gods: A Novel by Brom 4*

NOVEMBER

150. Paupers' Graves (novella) by James Everington 4*
151. Coco Butternut by Joe Lansdale
152. Deadlands: Dead Man’s Hand by various. (graphic novel) 5*
153. American Vampire, Volume 1 by Scott Snyder, Stephen King 4*
154. Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon (audiobook) 4*
155. Black January by Douglas Wynne 4* (read in October, but forgot to add.)
156. The Night It Got Out by Patrick James Ryan 3*
157. The Secret Life of Souls by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee 5*
158. A Taste of Fear: A Collection of Short Horror Stories by Andrew and Georgia Lennon 4*
159. Eat the Night by Tim Waggoner 4.5*
160. American Vampire, Volume 2 by Scott Snyder (graphic novel) 4*
161. Becoming David by Phil Sloman (Novella) 4*
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I'm going to try for 100. Again. Let's see if I can do it this year.

I'm dropping my number back next year to focus on a) my podcast b) breaking my marathon PB, and c) reading some longer books I've been neglecting because they would get in the way of my reading goal.

So let's make it a flat 75 books.

January
1. Swamp Monster Massacre (novella) by Hunter Shea - 3.5*
2. Apeshit by Carlton Mellick III - 1*
3. Pressure by Jeff Strand - 4*
4. The Grim Company by Luke Scull - 4*
5. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay - 3*
6. Red Dust: The Fall by Ben Dixon & Sam Campbell - 2.5*

February
7. SNAFU: Survival of the Fittest edited by Geoff Brown - 3*
8. C is for Clown (short story) by Iain Rob Wright - 2.5*
9. Zero Lives Remaining (novella) by Adam Cesare - 3.5*
10. Cruelty: A Novel by Edward Lorn - 3.5*
11. Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke - 4*
12. All Smoke Rises: Milk-Blood Redux (novella) by Mark Matthews - 3.5*
13. Watchers (novella) by P. A. Douglas - 2*
14. Blood Memory: Season One, Episode One (novella) by Perrin Briar - 2*

March
15. The Complex by Brian Keene - 4.5*
16. The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes - 4.5*
17. They Rise by Hunter Shea - 2.5*
18. Benjamin's Parasite by Jeff Strand - 3*
19. All Hallow's Dead by Bryan Smith - 3.5*
20. Dead Ascent (novella) by Jason McPherson - 2*
21. The Daughters Of Inanna by Deering, Llewellyn, Burke & Fallon - 2.5*
22. Worlds of Hurt by Brian Hodge - 3*

April
23. The Abyss Above Us (novella) by Ryan Notch - 2*
24. The Walking Dead, Vol. 14: No Way Out (graphic novel) by Kirkman et al - 4*
25. The Walking Dead, Vol. 15: We Find Ourselves - (graphic novel) by Kirkman et al - 3*
26. The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World (graphic novel) by Kirkman et al - 3*
27. Jackpot (novella) by Bernstein et al - 4*
28. Monster Gauntlet by Paul Emil - 1.5*
29. Predator - Incursion: The Rage War 1 by Tim Lebbon - 3*
30. MEAT: Uncut by Michael Bray - 3*
31. Spine: A Collection of Twisted Tales (short story collection) by Steven Jenkins - 3*
32. Last One Alive by Kristopher Rufty - 3.5*

May
33. Dweller by Jeff Strand - 3*
34. Razorbacks (novella) by George S. Mahaffey Jr - 2.5*
35. Survivor by J. F. Gonzalez - 3.5*
36. The Mystery Knight (novella) by George R. R. Martin - 3*
37. The Turtle Boy (novella) by Kealan Patrick Burke 3*
38. The Cruelty Of Autumn (short story collection) by Brian Keene - 3*
39. Waiting Out Winter (novella) by Kelli Owen - 2.5*
40. Where We Live and Die (short story collection) by Brian Keene - 4*

June
41. The Creation: Axis Mundi by The Behrg - 3.5*
42. The Imago Sequence and Other Stories (short story collection) by Laird Barron - 2*
43. Gator Bait (novella) by Adam Howe - 4.5*
44. Unseemly (novella) by Jason Parent - 4*
45. Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet by Adam Howe - 4.5*
46. AFTERTASTE by Kyle M Scott - 3*
47. Where Wolves Run (novella) by Jason Parent - 3*

July
48. My Little Children (short story collection) by Keith Deininger - 3*
49. Ice Station Zombie: A Post Apocalyptic Chiller by J E Gurley - 1.5*
50. Sword of the North by Luke Scull - 4*
51. Toxic Behemoth: A Deep Sea Kaiju Thriller (novella) by David Bernstein - 3*
52. Letting The Demons Out (short story collection) by Ray Wallace - 4*

August
53. Bird Box by Josh Malerman - 3.5*
54. The Invasion by Brett McBean - 3.5*
55. Chasing Ghosts (novella) by Glenn Rolfe - 3.5*
56. Headhunter (novella) - 3.5*
57. The Creeping Kelp by William Meikle - 3*
58. The Old One: A Lovecraft Mythos Novel by P. A. Douglas - 3.5*
59. Still Born: A Short Horror Story (short story) by The Behrg - 4*
60. The Deep by Nick Cutter - 2*

September
61. Chills by Mary San Giovanni - 3*
62. Shades (novella) by Geoff Cooper & Brian Keene - 3*
63. Dead Leaves: 8 Tales from the Witching Season (short stories) by Kealan Patrick Burke - 3*
64. The Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea - 2.5*

October
65. Hollow Mountain Dead by Jonathan Moon - 2.5*
66. Voracious (novella) by Wrath James White - 3*
67. Dead Lake (novella) by Murphy Edwards - 2*
68. The Squirming (novella) by Jack Hamlyn - 4*
69. Tijuana Donkey Showdown by Adam Howe - 4.5*
70. Out of Range (short story collection) by Glenn Rolfe - 3.5*
71. The Island of Death by Edgar Bloo - 3*
72. Dark Entities (short story collection) by David Dunwoody- 3*

November
73. NPCs by Drew Hayes - 4*
74. Bloody Bank Heist by Tim Miller - 1.5*
75. Bubba Ho-Tep (novella) by Joe Lansdale - 3*
76. The Fireman by Joe Hill - 3.5*
77. Children of the Dark by Jonathan Janz - 4*
78. Choose (novella) by Ryan C Thomas - 3*

December
79. The Killing Floor by Craig DiLouie - 3*
80. The Black by Paul Cooley - 2.5*
81. Sadie the Sadist: X-tremely Black Humor/Horror by Zane' Sachs - 2*
82. Beyond the Gates of Toyland (short story) by Edward Lorn - 3*
83.

Not sure about how many total to put up for next year, but I want to at least read 25 horror

Well, I have 79 on my 2015 list, and will probably add another one or 2 before the end of the year. I'm not sure it's realistic to assume I'll beat that, because I read a lot of novellas this year, so I think I'm going to set a more or less "keep up" goal of 75.

Seeing as I have utterly failed this year, I am going to start out small and say 30 but I would love to crack at least 100.

I will set my goal at 100.

Goal of 175 this year.

JANUARY
1. House on Fire, Arch Oboler (3*)
2. Graveworm, Tim Curran (5*)
3. The Flesh Market, Richard Wright (2.5*)
4. The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories, Ambrose Bierce (4*)
5.The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King (4*)
6. The Wards, Alan Ryker (4*)
7. *BETA read*
8. Birthdays for the Dead, Stuart MacBride (4*)
9. The Crane House: A Halloween Story, (various authors; group book) (5*)
10. The House On The Moor, William Meikle (4*)
11. Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places, Brad Steiger (3*)
12. Nightwalk, D. Nathan Hilliard (4*)
13. Strong Steps, Ronald Kelly (4*)
14. Christmas Horror Volume 1, ed. Chris Morey (4.5*)
15. Unit 731, Craig Saunders (4*)
16. Phantom Effect, Michael Aronovitz (3.5*)
17. Submerged, by Thomas F. Monteleone (4*)
18. Unseemly, by Jason Parent (4.5*)**
FEBRUARY
19. 14, by Peter Clines (4*)
20. The Devil's Woods, by Brian Moreland (4*)
21. Toplin, by Michael McDowell (4*)
22. Midnight Solitaire, Greg Gifune (3.5*)
23. The Girl Who Couldn't Come Up With an Original Title, The Behrg (5*)
24. Winter Horror Days, David Lucarelli (3*)
25. Zero Lives Remaining, Adam Cesare (4.5*)
26. Antique Dust: Ghost Stories, Robert Westall (4.5*)
27. Children of the Dark, Jonathan Janz (5*)***
28. My Little Children, Keith Deininger (4*)
29. Little Secrets, Megan Hart (2.5*)
30. The Revenant of Rebecca Pascal, David Barker & W.H. Pugmire (4*)
31. Babylon Terminal, Greg Gifune (3*)
32. Things We Fear, Glen Rolfe (3.5*)
33. Sleep Deprived: *Warning: Some Scenes May Disturb, Dawn Cano (4*)
34. All Smoke Rises: Milk-Blood Redux, Mark Matthews (4.5*)
35. The House That Death Built, Michaelbrent Collings (5*) * * *
36. Evil Intent, Bernard Taylor (3*)
MARCH
37. The Wolf's Hour, Robert McCammon (4*)
38. Magic, William Goldman (4*)
39. Hanover House, Brenda Novak (3*)
40. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (5*)*
41. Ratman's Notebooks, Stephen Gilbert (4.5*)
42. The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever, Jeff Strand (5*)
43. Dead of Winter, Brian Moreland (4*)
44. Woman in White, Kristin Dearborn (2*)
45. Savage Species, Jonathan Janz (5*)
46. Night Show, Richard Laymon (3*)
47. The Girl with All the Gifts, M.R. Carey (4*)
48. The Silence, Tim Lebbon (4*)
49. Annie's Day, Andy Weir (5*)
50. The Winter Box, Tim Waggoner (4.5*)
51. What They Find in the Woods: Dark Minds Novella 2, Gary Fry (4*)
52. Wicked Stepmother, Michael McDowell (4.5*)***
53. Cemetery Dance: Issue #73, Richard Chzimar, editor (4*)
54. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling (4*)
55. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (5*)*
56. Rum Runner, J.A. Konrath (3*)
57. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (5*)*
58. The Ghost Hunters, Neil Spring (3.5*)
APRIL
59. Die Dog or Eat the Hatchet, Adam Howe (4.5*)
60. The Elementals, Michael McDowell (5*)***
61. Dominoes In Time, Matthew Warner (4.5*)
62. *BETA*
63. The Ice Twins, S.K. Tremayne (3*)
64. The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka (4*)
65. The Blue People, Mary SanGiovanni (4*)
66. The Creation: Let There Be Death, The Behrg (5*)* *
67. Charmed Life, Bernard Taylor (2*)
68. The Black Death, Jon R. Meyers (5*)
69. Blood Sacrifices, Brian Moreland (4.5*)
70. The Witching House, Brian Moreland (4.5*)
71. The Vagrants, Brian Moreland (4*)
72. The Beetle, Richard Marsh (3*)
73. * BETA read*
74. Childhood Fears, Soares, Gunn, Hayton, Moncrieff, & Faherty (4*)
75. The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, Joyce Carol Oates (2.5*)
76. The Sorrows, Jonathan Janz (4.5*)
77. Vicki Beautiful, Somer Canon (1.5*)
78. The Angel and the King of Cruel, W.T. Shad (3.*)
79. Winterwood, J.G. Faherty (4*)
80. The Girl from the Well, Rin Chupeco (3*)
81. Healing Crystals: The A-Z Guide to 555 Gemstones, Michael Gienger (3*)
82. The Croning, Laird Barron (5*) ****
83. Buk & Jimmy Go West, Brett McBean (4.5*)
MAY
84. Video Night, Adam Cesare (4*)
85. Too Fond, Leanna Renee Hieber (3*)
86. Blood Rubies, Michael McDowell (4*)
87. The Ruins, Scott Smith (5*)
88. *BETA*
89. The Cypress House, Michael Koryta (4*)
90. EXTANT, Michael McBride (ARC) (5*)
91. *BETA*
92. *BETA*
93. WEBCAM - A Novel of Terror, Jack Kilborn (3*)
94. The Seance, John Harwood (4*)
95. The Familiar Stranger, Brett McBean (4*)
96. Like Thunder, Nate Southard (3.5*)
97. The Massacre Mechanism, Michael Richan (4*)
98. Beyond the Ice Limit, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (4*)
99. The Complex, Brian Keene (4*)
100. The Hatching, Ezekiel Boone (4*)
101. Where Wolves Run, Jason Parent (4*)
JUNE
102. The Magpies, Mark Edwards (3.5*)
103. The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories, Robert Chambers (4*)
104. A Little Magenta Book about a Dollhouse, Edward Lee (4*)
105. Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 1, ed. Randy Chandler & Cheryl Mullenax (4.5*)
106. The Fireman, Joe Hill (4*)
107. *BETA*
108. Six Dead Spots, Gregor Xane (4*)
109. The Last Motel, Brett McBean (5*)
110. Cast a Cold Eye, Alan Ryan (4*)
111. 101 Power Crystals: The Ultimate Guide to Magical Crystals, Gems, and Stones for Healing and Transformation, Judy Hall (3.5*)
112. Charnel House, Graham Masterton (4*)
113. The Night Parade, Ronald Malfi (5*)**
114. The Most Haunted House in England: Ten Years' Investigation of Borley Rectory, Harry Price (3*)
115. Mayan Blue, The Slaughter Sisters (3*)
116. The Jersey Devil, Hunter Shea (4.5*)
JULY
117. Dark Matter, Blake Crouch (5*)****
118. House of Skin, Jonathan Janz (4.5*)
119. Last Call, J.A. Konrath (3.5*)
120. To Wake the Dead, Richard Laymon (2*)
121. Spectral Shadows: Three Supernatural Novellas, Robert Westall (4.5*)
122. Pressure, Brian Keene (4*)
123. 2389: A Space Horror Novel, Iain Rob Wright (3*)
124. Monsterland, Michael Phillip Cash (2.5*)
125. Last Train from Perdition, Robert McCammon (5*) ***
126. The Little Ochre Book Of Occult Stories, Karl Edward Wagner (4*)
127. The Haunting of Pitmon House, Michael Richan (4.5*)
128. The Girl Who Collected Butterflies, John Hennessy (4*)
129. Odd Adventures with your Other Father, Norman Prentiss (5*) ***
130. Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell, Paul Kane (5*)
131. They Say a Girl Died Here Once, Sarah Pinborough (4.5*)
132. The Chinese Beetle - A Story From The Lost Level, Brian Keene (4*)
133. The Invasion, Brett McBean (4*)
134. Rockinghorse, William W. Johnstone (4*)
135. The Lost Level, Brian Keene (3*)
136. The Nature of Balance, Tim Lebbon (2.5*)
AUGUST
137. The Night Sister, Jennifer McMahon (4.5*)
138. Plan 9: Official Movie Novelization, Matthew Warner (4.5*)
139. The Reach of Children, Tim Lebbon (5*)
140. Nothing Lasting, Glen Kirsch (4.5*)
141. Disappearance at Devil's Rock, Paul Tremblay (4*)
142. *BETA read*
143. *BETA*
144. *BETA*
145. *BETA*
146. Little Dead Red, Mercedes Yardly (5*)***
147. *BETA*
148. We Eat Our Own, Kea Wilson (5*)**
149. Odd Man Out, James Newman (5*)**
150. Things Slip Through, Kevin Lucia (5*)
151. Devils In Dark Houses, B.E. Scully (3.5*)
SEPTEMBER
152. *BETA*
153. Gilded Needles, Michael McDowell (4.5*)
154. Night Wraith, Christopher Fulbright & Angeline Hawkes (4.5*)
155. The Stepmother, Claire Seeber (4*)
156. Awakening: The Prequel To Charlotte, Stuart Keane (5*)
157. Hollow House, Greg Chapman (4*)
158. The School of Revenge, Michael Richan (4.5*)
159. Harvest Home, Thomas Tyron (5*)
160. The Awakening, Brett McBean (4.5*)
161. Bad Apples 3: Seven Slices of Halloween Horror, Adam & Evans Light, Jason Parent, Gregor Xane, et all. (4*)
162. The Clearing of Travis Coble, Jonathan Janz (5*)
163. The Sludge, David Bernstein (4*)
164. The Book of Baby Names, Norman Prentiss (4*)
165. Eat the Night, Tim Waggoner (3.5*)
166. Wrathbone, Jason Parent (5*)***
167. Corpse Rider, Tim Curran (4.5*)
168. Chasing Ghosts, Glenn Rolfe (4*)
169. Usher's Passing, Robert McCammon (5*)**
170. Vostok, Steve Alten (2.5*)
171. The Obsidian Chamber, D. Preston & L. Child (3.5*)
OCTOBER
172. The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One, ed. by James Jenkins & Ryan Cagle (5*)***
173. Castle of Sorrows, Jonathan Janz (4.5*)*
174. *BETA* read
175. *BETA* read
176. The Halloween Man, Douglas Clegg (3*)
177. Siren of Depravity, Gary Fry (3*)
178. Dream Woods, Patrick Lacey (4.5*)
179. Expulsion, Angel Gelique (4.5*)
180. The Picture Frame: A Horror Novel, Iain Rob Wright (3*)
181. Pretty Little Dead Girls, Mercedes M. Yardley (4.5*)
182. Fungoid, William Meikle (4.5*)
183. The Feasting Dead, John Metcalfe (4.5*)
184. The Orchard, Charles L. Grant (4*)
185. *BETA* read
NOVEMBER
186. Thorne Manor...And Other Bizarre Tales, Diane Wing (4*)
187. Amy: The Sequel To Charlotte, Stuart Keane (5*)
188. Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury (4*)
189. Loch Ness Revenge, Hunter Shea (5*)***
190. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson (4*)
191. The True Nature of Energy: Transforming Anxiety Into Tranquility, Diane Wing (4*)
192. The Child Thief, Brom (4*)
193. The House That Hell Built, Matt Shaw, Stuart Keane, Michael Bray (3.5*)

My spot! Setting of goal of 80 Books!

88/80

JANUARY

1. Flesh and Coin 3.5 Stars
2. The Last American Vampire 3.5 Stars
3. Hide and Seek 3.5 Stars
4. The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning 3 Stars
5. The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams 3.5 stars
6. Tooth and Nail 4 Stars
7. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams 4 Stars
8. Death in the Clouds 4 Stars
9. Predator One 5 Stars
10. O is for Outlaw 3.5 Stars
11. The Shunned House 3-3.25 Stars

FEBRUARY

12. Strip Jack 4 Stars
13. The Absent One 4 Stars
14. The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life and Death 4-4.25 Stars
15. Gathering Blue 4 Stars
16. Red Rising 4 Stars
17. Bits & Pieces 5 Stars
18. The Stand: American Nightmares 4.5 Stars
19. Messenger 4.5 Stars

MARCH

20. The ABC Murders 4 Stars
21. Them or Us 3 Stars
22. Son 4 Stars
23. P is for Peril 3.5 Stars
24. Zoo 4 Stars
25. Annie's Day 4 stars
26. The Egg 4 Stars
27. A Conspiracy of Faith 4.5 Stars
28. The Black Ice 4 Stars
29. Fated 3 Stars (meh)

APRIL

30. The Dark Tower, Volume 5: Battle of Jericho Hill 5 Stars
31. Finders Keepers 5 Stars
32. Killing Floor 3.5 Stars
33. Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Journey Begins 3.5 Stars
34. The Body in the Library 3.5 Stars
35. Parasite 3-3.25
36. Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Battle of Tull 5 Stars

MAY

37. The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel 4.5 Stars
38. The Reapers are the Angels 5 Stars
39. 14 5 Stars
40. Q is for Quarry 4 Stars
41. The Walking Dead, Vol. 25: No Turning Back 4 Stars
42. The Wolf's Hour 4.5 Stars
43. Murder in Mesopotamia 3 Stars

JUNE

44. The Concrete Blonde 4 Stars
45. A Pleasure and a Calling 4 Stars
46. Wicked Smart Carnie 2.5 Stars
47. The Drive-In: A Double-Feature Omnibus 3 Stars
48. The Bottoms 5 Stars
49. Nightingale's Lament 3 Stars
50. Cinder 3.5 Stars

JULY

51. The Last Coyote 4.5 stars
52. The Likeness 3-3.5 Stars
53. Paths Not Taken 4 Stars
54. I Travel by Night 4 Stars
55. Live Girls 3.5 Stars
56. End of Watch 5 Stars

AUGUST

57. Disappearance at Devil's Rock 3.5 Stars
58. High Moor 2: Moonstruck 4 Stars
59. The Importance of Being Earnest 4 Stars
60. Kill Switch 5 Stars
61. The Magician 4 Stars
62. High Moor 3: Blood Moon 4-4.5 Stars

SEPTEMBER

63. Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth 4 Stars
64. American Vampire, Vol. 1 5 Stars
65. Faithful Place 5 Stars
66. Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Little Sisters of Eluria 5 Stars
67. Ghostwalkers 5 Stars

OCTOBER

68. Dead Leaves: 8 Tales from the Witching Season 4 Stars
69. The Haunting of Esther Cox 4 stars
70. When The Stars Are Right 3.5 Stars
71. A is for Antichrist 3 Stars
72. 20th Century Ghosts 4.5 Stars
73. Seed 5 Stars
74. The Walking Dead, Vol. 26: Call to Arms 3.5 Stars
75. Infection 3.5 Stars
76. The Rats

NOVEMBER

77. They Thirst 4 Stars
78. Zoo 2 4 Stars
79. Dark Tower: The Gunslinger: The Way Station 4.5 Stars
80. American Vampire, Volume 2 5 Stars!
81. The Highway Kind 4 Stars
82. Wayward 5 Stars
83. Storm Front 3.5 Stars
84. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies 4 Stars

DECEMBER

85. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists 4.5 Stars
86. Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide 4.5 Stars
87. The Last Town 5 Stars
88. Broken Harbor 5 Stars

I'll go here so Alondra isn't last anymore. My goal is 60 books.

25/60

1. For I Have Sinned
2. Dorothy Must Die
3. No Place Like Oz
4. The Witch Must Burn
5. The Wizard Returns
6. The Sugar Queen
7. Girl Waits with Gun
8. Winter's Fairytale
9. Out of Tune
10. Mrs. Zant and the Ghost
11. The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
12. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible
Things
13. Out of Sorts
14. Red Rising
15. My Name Is Lucy Barton
16. Slade House
17. The Ex
18. The Widow
19. The Knockoff
20. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
21. Fool Me Once
22. Midnight Sun
23. The Flood Girls
24. A Head Full of Ghosts
25. Cinder

Mine.

JANUARY:

1. The Last Four Things 3 stars
2. The Left Hand of God 3 stars
3. Swamp Monster Massacre 3 stars
4. Outpost 3 stars
5. Afraid 4 stars
6. Every Dead Thing 3 stars
7. Bull Mountain 3 stars
8. The Girl with All the Gifts 4 stars

FEBRUARY:

9. Rules for a Knight 3 stars
10. Gideon's Corpse 3 stars
11. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams 2 stars
12. The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge 3 stars
13. Relic 3 stars
14. Raising Steam 3 stars
15. The Planets 2 stars

MARCH:

16. Zombie, Ohio 2 stars
17. Dreadtime Stories: Volume One: From Fangoria 3 stars
18. Dreadtime Stories: Volume Two: From Fangoria, America's #1 Source for Horror! 3 stars
19. 14 3 stars
20. A Stir of Echoes 3.5 stars

APRIL:

21. This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It 2 stars
22. The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories 5 stars
23. Tucker 3 stars

MAY thru OCTOBER:

24. Warriors 2 stars
25. The Lottery and Other Stories 2 stars
26. Saying Uncle 3 stars
27. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 4 stars
28. Churchill 4 stars
29. The Fireman 2 stars
30. Psycho 4 stars
31. Rise of the Evening Star 3 stars
32. Hungry Tales 3 stars
33. The Brave 3 stars
34. The End of the Trail 3 stars
35. Stories: All-New Tales 3 stars
36. Nyarlathotep 3 stars
37. And The Sea Called Her Name 3 stars
38. Raylan 2 stars
39. The Deep 2 stars
40. Games Creatures Play 3 stars
41. Serial Uncut: Extended Edition 4 stars
42. A Head Full of Ghosts 3 stars
43. Blood and Smoke 3 stars
44. Killers Uncut - A Novel of Terror 3 stars
45. Shallow Graves 2 stars
46. Age of Myth 4 stars
47. Signal Failure 3 stars
48. The Norsemen: Understanding Vikings and Their Culture 4 stars
49. A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson 2 stars
50. Ex Oblivione 2 stars
51. Drunken Fireworks 4 stars
52. A Night in the Lonesome October 4 stars

NOVEMBER:

53. Drunken Fireworks 4 stars
54. The Breathing Method 3 stars

DECEMBER:

55. Pickman's Model 4 stars
56. Horrorstör 2 stars
57. Plan 7 From Sin City 3 stars
58. Killoe: A Novel 3 stars
59. Night Terrors 3 stars

Read in 2016

Total to date 194/200

January 53

1. Spawn #1 5* 1/1
2. Spawn 5* 1/1
3. Spawn #3 5* 1/1
4. Spawn #4 5* 1/1
5. Spawn #5 5* 1/1
6. Spawn #6 5* 1/1
7. Hellspawn #3 5* 1/1
8. Hellspawn #45* 2/1
9. Empty Zone #1 5* 2/1
10. Empty Zone #2 5* 2/1
11. Empty Zone #3 5* 2/1
12. Empty Zone #4 5* 2/1
13. Empty Zone #5 5* 2/1
14. Spawn #7 4* 3/1
15. Spawn #8 5* 3/1
16. Spawn #9 4* 4/1
17. Hellspawn #5 4* 4/1
18. Bugboy 3.5* 4/1
19. Spawn #11 3.5* 5/1
20. Spawn #12 4* 5/1
21. Spawn #13 5* 5/1
22. Spawn #14 5* 5/1
23. Hellspawn #6 4* 6/1
24. Hellspawn #7 5* 6/1
25. The Dark Servant 3.5* 9/1
26. Spawn #15 5* 11/1
27. Spawn #16 4* 11/1
28. Birthdays for the Dead 5* 13/1
29. Spawn #17 4* 14/1
30. Spawn #18 4* 15/1
31. Spawn #19 3.5* 15/1
32. Spawn #20 4* 15/1
33. Do Unto Others 3.5* 16/1
34. Hellspawn #8 5* 16/1
35. Hellspawn #9 5* 16/1
36. Hellspawn #10 4.5* 16/1
37. Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Volume 1: Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer 4* 16/1
38. Hellspawn #11 4* 20/1
39. Hellspawn #12 4* 20/1
40. Hellspawn #13 4* 20/1
41. Wanted 3.5* 23/1
42. Spawn #21 4* 25/1
43. Spawn #22 4* 25/1
44. Spawn #23 4* 25/1
45. Spawn #24 4* 25/1
46. Spawn #25 4* 25/1
47. Spawn #26 4* 25/1
48. Hellspawn #14 4* 28/1
49. Red Sonja/Conan: The Blood of a God 3* 30/1
50. Hellspawn #15 4* 30/1
51. Starve, Volume 1 4* 30/1
52. Hellspawn #16 4.5* 30/1
53. The Flesh Market 4* 31/1

February 15

54. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium 4.5* 11/2
55. Swords of Sorrow Complete Collection Volume 1 2* 11/2
56. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3: Commercial Suicide 3* 13/2
57. Midnight Solitaire 4* 14/2
58. Jennifer Blood, Volume One: A Woman's Work is Never Done 4* 14/2
59. Harrison Squared 4.5* 20/2
60. Memory Collectors 5* 20/2
61. Southern Bastards, Vol. 1: Here Was a Man 4* 20/2
62. The Boys, Volume 7: The Innocents 5* 21/2
63. The Boys, Volume 8: Highland Laddie 4.5* 21/2
64. Unit 731 4* 25/2
65. The Boys, Volume 9: The Big Ride 4* 27/2
66. The Boys: Butcher Baker Candlestickmaker #1 5* 28/2
67. The Boys, Volume 11: Over the Hills with the Swords of a Thousand Men 5* 28/2
68. The Boys, Volume 12: The Bloody Doors Off 5* 28/2

March 25

69. Night Show 4.5* 2/3
70. 30 Days of Night, Vol. 3: Return to Barrow 4* 3/3
71. 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales #1 of 8 4* 4/3
72. Joe Hill's The Cape: 1969 4* 4/3
73. Nemo: Heart of Ice 2* 5/3
74. 30 Days of Night: Dead Space #1 3.5* 5/3
75. 30 Days of Night: Dead Space #2 3.5* 5/3
76. 30 Days of Night: Dead Space #3 3.5* 5/3
77. The Beauty, Vol. 1 5* 6/3
78. Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 4.5* 9/3
79. Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 4.5* 11/3
80. The Red Queen 4.5* 11/3
81. The Agonizing Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein 3* 11/3
82. Batgirl #0 5* 11/3
83. Clive Barker's Nightbreed Vol. 1 4* 14/3
84. Clive Barker's Nightbreed Vol. 2 4* 14/3
85. Clive Barker's Nightbreed #9 4* 14/3
86. Clive Barker's Nightbreed #10 4* 14/3
87. Clive Barker's Nightbreed #11 4* 14/3
88. Clive Barker's Nightbreed #12 4* 14/3
89.We Have Always Lived in the Castle 4* 15/3
90. Secret Skull 3* 19/3
91. Silent Hill: Past Life 4* 19/3
92. Deadpool Classic, Vol. 1 3* 19/3
93. Slowly We Rot 4* 29/3

April 9

94. I Hate Fairyland, Volume 1: Madly Ever After 4* 12/4
95. Wytches, Volume 1 4* 16/4
96. Harrow County, Volume 1: Countless Haints 4* 24/4
97. The Ice Twins 4* 27/4
98. Spawn: The Dark Ages #1 4* 27/4
99. Spawn: The Dark Ages #2 4* 27/4
100. The Hospital: The First Mountain Man Story 4* 27/4
101. Spawn: The Dark Ages #3 4* 27/4
102. Spawn: The Dark Ages #4 4* 27/4

May 10

103. The Girl on the Glider 5* 1/5
104. The Devil's Detective 4* 2/5
105. Krabat 3.5* 7/5
106. 14 3.5* 9/5
107. Close to the Bone 4.5* 11/5
108. Island of the Forbidden 4* 14/5
109. Spawn: The Dark Ages #5 4* 16/5
110. Spawn: The Dark Ages #6 4* 16/5
111. Little Dead Red 4* 17/5
112. The 45% Hangover 5* 17/5

June 5

113. The Way of All Flesh 4* 11/6
114. The Magpies 4* 14/6
115. The Adventures of Mr. Maximillian Bacchus and His Travelling Circus 3.5* 25/6
116. Babe on Board 4* 25/6
117. Beyond the Door 4* 29/6

July 15

118. Kayla and the Devil 4* 1/7
119. Red Sonja, Vol. 2: Arrowsmiths 4* 3/7
120. Eat This, Not That! 2012: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution 4* 7/7
121. The Raven 4* 17/7
122. Spawn: The Dark Ages #7 4* 18/7
123. Spawn: The Dark Ages #8 4* 18/7
124. To Wake the Dead 2.5* 22/7
125. The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes 5* 23/7
126. Southern Bastards, Vol. 2: Gridiron 4* 24/7
127. Requiem Vampire Knight Vol. 1: Resurrection and Danse Macabre 3* 24/7
128. Miss Fury Vol. 1: Anger Is An Energy 4* 24/7
129. Batman: The Killing Joke 5* 24/7
130. The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House 5* 24/7
131. Lady Killer 4* 24/7
132. Preacher, Book 2 5* 30/7

August 11

133. Suicide Squad, Volume 1: Kicked in the Teeth 5* 2/8
134. The Wake 3* 3/8
135. Tone It Up: 28 Days to Fit, Fierce, and Fabulous 3* 4/8
136. The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country 4* 6/8
137. Preacher, Book 3 5* 6/8
138. Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell 4* 10/8
139. Necroscope 4* 12/8
140. The Rising 4* 21/8
141. The Witches 4* 25/8
142. The Flood 4.5* 26/8
143. Preacher, Book 4 5* 30/8

September 9

144. Poisoning Eros Book I & II 3.5* 1/9
145. The Monkey's Paw 4* 2.9
146. Written in Red 5* 3/9
147. Graveyard Blues 2.5* 9/9
148. Falling Angel 4* 17/9
149. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 4.5* 17/9
150. The Rain Dancers 4* 25/9
151. Gilded Needles 5* 30/9
152. Preacher, Book 5 5* 30/9

October 22

153. Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 7: Hell and Back 4* 1/10
154. Colder, Volume 1 3.5* 1/10
155. Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 6: Booze, Broads, & Bullets 3rd Edition: Booze, Broads, and Bullets Bk. 6 4* 1/10
156. Murder of Crows 5* 7/10
157. The Elementals 4.5* 9/10
158. Preacher, Book 6 5* 13/10
159. The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists 4* 15/10
160. The Hedge Knight: The Graphic Novel 5* 15/10
161. Witch Island 4* 21/10
162. Spawn: The Dark Ages #9 4* 23/10
163. Spawn: The Dark Ages #10 4* 23/10
164. Spawn: The Dark Ages #11 4* 23/10
165. Spawn: The Dark Ages #12 4* 23/10
166. Spawn: The Dark Ages #13 4* 23.10
167. Spawn: The Dark Ages #14 4* 23/10
168. Bedlam, Vol. 2 4* 23/10
169. The One and Only Ivan 5* 26/10
170. Disclaimer 4.5* 28/10
171. C.O.W.L. Volume 1: Principles of Power 3* 28/10
172. Elephantmen 2260, Vol. 1: Memories of the Future 4* 29/10
173. Spread, Vol. 1: No Hope 4.5* 29/10
174. Black Cat Mojo 4* 30/10

November 20

175. Spawn: The Dark Ages #15 4* 5/11
176. Spawn: The Dark Ages #16 4* 5/11
177. Spawn: The Dark Ages #17 4* 5/11
178. Spawn: The Dark Ages #18 4* 5/11
179. Spawn: The Dark Ages #19 4* 5/11
180. Spawn: The Dark Ages #20 4* 5/11
181. Spawn: The Dark Ages #21 4* 5/11
182. Spawn: The Dark Ages #22 4* 5/11
183. Minimum Wage: Book One 2* 5/11
184. Spawn: The Dark Ages #23 4* 6/11
185. Spawn: The Dark Ages #24 4* 6/11
186. Spawn: The Dark Ages #25 4* 6/11
187. Spawn: The Dark Ages #26 4* 6/11
188. Spawn: The Dark Ages #27 4* 6/11
189. Spawn: The Dark Ages #28 4* 6/11
190. Dandelion Wine 4* 11/11
191. The Halloween Man 4* 18/11
192. Omerion: 4* 25/11
193. Jacked 3* 25/11
194. Batgirl, Volume 1: The Darkest Reflection 4* 25/11

December

195.

i ll go for at least 52.

My spot! Not saying how many I'm aiming for in 2016, though!

January
1. Meeting on Mars by E. Davis (3 stars).
2. The Enemy by Charlie Higson (5 stars).

February
3. Soul Eater, Vol. 01 by Atsushi Ohkubo (3 stars).
4. Spice & Wolf, Vol. 1 by Isuna Hasekura & Keito Koume (4 stars)

March
5. Night's Slow Poison by Ann Leckie (3 stars).

April
6. The Magicians by Lev Grossman (4 stars) (actually read between February and April 3rd).
7. Mono no Aware by Ken Liu (5 stars).
8. Bleach, Vol. 3: Memories in the Rain by Tite Kubo (4 stars).

May
9. Masques Two, edited by J. N. Williamson (3 stars).

June
10. Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 2: Includes vols. 4, 5 & 6 by Tite Kubo (4 stars).
11. A Colder War by Charles Stross (3 stars).

July
12. Overtime by Charles Stross (3.5 stars).
13. The Dead by Charlie Higson (5 stars).

August
14. Gridlinked by Neal Asher (4 stars).

September
15. Bison by Colin Clayton, Chris Dows, Lee Townsend (Illustrator) & Laurence Campbell (Illustrator) (3 stars).
16. Interlude with Tattoos by K. J. Charles (3 stars).

October
17. Lies by Michael Grant (4 stars).
18. One Piece, Volume 01: Romance Dawn by Eiichiro Oda (3 stars).

November
19. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (4 stars).
20. She Commands Me and I Obey by Ann Leckie (3 stars).

December
21. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu Arakawa, Akira Watanabe (Translator) (3 stars).
22. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 2 by Hiromu Arakawa, Akira Watanabe (Translator) (4 stars).
23. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (4 stars).
24. One Piece, Volume 02: Buggy the Clown by Eiichiro Oda (3 stars).
25. Safe Haven by L. E. Fitzpatrick (3 stars).
26. The Other Side by M. A. Jackson (3 stars).

Sorry, late lol! I plan for 100 specific horror books, but more in other genres.

January:
1. Phantoms *****
2. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams ****
3. Sightings ****
4. Darkness on the Edge of Town ****
5. The Children****
6. Night Terrors****
7. Dark Zone ***
8 The Arena ***
9. The Old One ****
10. Project Apex ****
11. From The Deep **

February:
12. 14 *****
13. The Last Town ***
14.The Island **
15.Consumption ***

I'm going to try 60 again this year.

Canavan’s spot.

I’m going set a goal of 150 books this year.

In part because the obsessive-compulsive way in which I fashion these lists generates a lot of characters (breaking the Goodreads-imposed cap on characters per post), I’m going to follow my usual practice of partitioning my posts by month.

January-September
October-December

JANUARY
1. Body Rides Richard Laymon (2 stars)
2. The Revelation Bentley Little (2 stars)

I'm trying for 100 again so this is my preferred spot.



January 2016

1. Circus of Horrors- 2*

March

2. Billy 4*
3. The Children's Hour 3*
4. Depraved 3*
5. The Good Neighbor 4*
6. Dead Islands 5*
7. Lake Yixa 5*
8. The Attraction 2*

April

9. Outback Exodus 3*
10. Wanton Regard 5*
11. Rabid 3*
12.The Light of the Fireflies 5*

May

13. Shadow Animals 2*
14. The Rise of Macon: A Zombie Novel 5*
15. Day One: Alive 3*
16. The 8th 5*
17. Snow Angels 3*
18. Dead Leaves: 8 Tales from the WitchingSeason 3*
19. Coco Pinchard's Big Fat Tipsy Wedding 3*

June

20. Mazie Baby 5*
21. 44 4*

July

22. The Catacombs Anthology (Volume 4) 2*

Reserved!

Okay, I'll grab a spot here!

Shooting for 10 horror for 2016. I tend to genre-hop a lot, read a lot of fantasy/sf and mystery/crime/action-adventure as well as horror.

I want a lower goal for 2016, so I'm thinking 36. My focus will also be on longer books.

Other goals: (1) No book buying for all of 2016; (2) No re-reads in 2016 (too many unread books on my shelves; and (3) Read more non-fiction (no "memoir").

My spot!

Goal: 40

January
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams - 4 stars
Eight in the Box: A Novel of Suspense - 3 stars
Renfield: Slave of Dracula - 1 star
The Infinite Sea - 4 stars
The Acolyte - 4 stars
The Fifth House of the Heart - 3 stars
The Last American Vampire - 4 stars

February
S. - 3 stars
The Last Templar - 2 stars
The Kill Room - 4 stars
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - 4 stars
The Troop - 4 stars
Reaper - 2 stars

March
61 Hours - 3 stars
Medusa - 2 stars
A Plague of Secrets - 1 star
Eye of the Needle - 2 stars
Doing Harm - 3 stars
Criminal - 4 stars
Snatched - 4 stars

April
T is for Trespass - 3 stars
Deadly Exposure - 2 stars
Timeline - 4 stars
The Coffin Dancer - 4 stars
By the Light of the Moon - 3 stars

May
The Testament - 5 stars
Hidden Prey - 1 star
Play Dead - 3 stars
Saint Odd - 4 stars
Odd Thomas: You Are Destined To Be Together Forever - 5 stars
Triptych - 4 stars

June
Curtain - 4 stars
The Broken Window - 4 stars
End of Watch - 4 stars
The Silence of the Lambs - 4 stars

July
The City of Mirrors - 4 stars
A Case of Need - 2 stars
Fractured - 4 stars
The Last Star - 4 stars
The Rainmaker - 4 stars
XO - 2 stars

August
Hannibal - 3 stars
Now You See It . . . - 3 stars
The Final Victim - 2 stars
The Food of the Gods - 3 stars
Plague - 3 stars
The Catcher in the Rye - 4 stars
Body Bags - 3 stars

September
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - 3 stars
The Lincoln Lawyer - 4 stars
A Farewell to Arms - 2 stars
Next - 4 stars

October
The Confession - 4 stars
Grave's End: A True Ghost Story - 3 stars
Hannibal Rising - 3 stars
Stranger in a Strange Land - 3 stars
War and Peace - 2 stars
Roadside Crosses - 4 stars

November
An American Tragedy - 3 stars
The Strain - 5 stars
A Time to Kill - 4 stars

December
The Glass Castle - 5 stars
My Lobotomy: A Memoir - 2 stars
Great Ghost Stories: 101 Terrifying Tales - 3 stars

New year, new spot - this one's mine :)
I came much closer to, but did not reach my 2015's goal of 100, so that will remain my magic number for 2016 as well.

January:
01. Snowblind ****
02. The Realms of the Dead: Crossfades and Bleedovers ***
03. Schwaben-Finsternis ***
04. Dominion ***

February:
05. Watching **
06. Halfway Down The Stairs *****
07. Die Zelle ****
08. NYV: PUNK ****
09. Fall, Leaves, Fall ***
10. All Smoke Rises: Milk-Blood Redux *****

March:
11. Willkommen in Night Vale **
12. The Day The World Ended ***
13. Last Night Out **
14. Hellbound ****
15. Götter ***
16. Knochenarbeit **
17. Long Lankin ****

April:
18. Late Bite *****
19. In Extremis: A Hellbound Novella **
20. Balloon Animals ***
21. The Girl Who Couldn't Come Up With an Original Title *****
22. Marshmallow-Winter ***
23. Forsaken *****

May:
24. Splinters of Truth **
25. Gehasst **
26. Mosquitoes ****
27. Gravity Games ****
28. The Blackest Eyes: 2 Short Horror Stories ****
29. Sourmouth ***
30. Fuchskind ****
31. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things *****

June:
32. Tortured Souls: The House On Wellfleet Bluffs ***
33. Red Dust: The Seven ****
34. The Body Reader *****
35. Where Wolves Run ****
36. Dead Shift ***
37. Night Draws In **
38. Dark Memories - Nichts ist je vergessen ***

July:
39. Johnny Graphic and the Attack of the Zombies ***
40. The Butterfly Garden ***
41. Neuanfang mit Rockmusik ****
42. Sweetgum Ridge ****
43. Stumme Rockstars beißen nicht ****
44. Unseemly ****
45. Last Train from Perdition ****
46. Der fabelhafte Regenschirm - Die verrückte Stadt: Band 1 ****
47. Whiteout ****
48. Cooper. Roman ***

August:
49. Rockstar Sommer (3): Küsse niemals einen Rockstar ****
50. The Jersey Devil ****
51. Cold Moon Over Babylon *****
52. The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief ***
53. Neverland ****
54. Bats **
55. Rockstar Sommer (4): Haben Rocksongs ein Happy-End? ****
56. Waffel-Sommer ****

September:
57. The Narrator ***
58. Loney ****
59. The Devil's Grin ***
60. In the Valley, Where Belladonna Grows ****
61. Labor Day Hunt ***
62. Mother-Machine ***
63. A Life of Death: The Complete First Novel ***
64. Im dunklen, dunklen Wald ***
65. The Ghost of Christmas Past ***
66. Der andere Ich: Verwirrungen in Barcelona ***
67. Vampirjägerin inkognito: Bis(s) zum Sieg ****

October:
68. How To Raise A Good Kid *****
69: The Book of Kringle: Legend of the North Pole ****
70. Mein totes Herz ****
71. Very Christmas ***
72. Tovi the Penguin goes trick-or-treating ****
73. Omnia ***** great story!
74. Adele feiert Begräbnis ***
75. Disney Manga Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas *
76. I Want That Love ****
77. The Most Magnificent Thing ***** best picture book of the year!
78. Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire ***
79. Barlow After Dark *****

November:
80. Light ****
81. Muttertag ***
82. Mister Lugosi und die verschwundenen Kinder ****
83. Snowed ****
84. Filmscripts - Dreimal E-Book-Kino ***
85. Worry Doll: A Graphic Novel by Matt Coyle ***
86. Life Purpose: How To Find Your Reason For Living *
87. In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper ****
88. Erinnerungen an Philippe ***
89. Stiefkind ****

December:
90. WWWas?, Alles, was du schon immer übers Internet wissen wolltest **
91. Das Weihnachtswunder von Old Nichol *****
92. A Very Blessed Christmas Coloring Book **
93. Die letzten Sekunden **
94. Geheimnis in Weiß: Kriminalroman ***
95. Cat O’ Nine Tales ****
96. Love Volume 4: The Dinosaur ***
97. Merry WitchMas (Fantasy, Kurzgeschichte) *
98. Mein wundervolles Weihnachtsfest *****
99. Poor Things ****
100. Christmas Horror Volume 1 ****
101. Snow *****

Goal reached! :)
Average page count 216, not too bad...hope to make some more full-length novels next year.

25 horror books. No, let's make it 30. Can't wait.

I'll set an overall goal of 50 books for 2016, but for this forum I'll go for reading at least one book for each horror archetype.

1.) Vampire
2.) Werewolf
3.) Ghost
Haunted Route 66: Ghosts of America's Legendary Highway
4.) Ghoul/Flesh-eater
Death Troopers
5.) Thing without a name

It looks like I might not make my goal of 50 in 2015, but I'm going to give it another shot in 2016 anyway!

January

1. Love Stories - Various Authors (4 stars)
2. Marvel 1602 - Neil Gaiman (2 stars)
3. White Nights - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2.5 stars)
4. Secret Identity - Mike Quackenbush (3.5 stars)
5. Batman: Through the Looking Glass - Bruce Jones (2 stars)
6. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy - Sonya Sones (4.5 stars)

February

7. Chris & Nancy: The True Story of the Benoit Murder-Suicide & Pro Wrestling's Cocktail of Death - Irvin Muchnick (2.5 stars)
8. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief - Lawrence Wright (4.5 stars)

March

9. The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend - Jeff Leen (5 stars)
10. On the Road - Jack Kerouack (3.5 stars)
11. Physical Chess: My Life in Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling - Billy Robinson, Jake Shannon (4 stars)

April

12. A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki (3 stars)
13. Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang - Joyce Carol Oates (4 stars)
14. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk (4.5 stars)

May

15. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert (4 stars)
16. Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft - Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (5 stars)
17. Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games - Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (4.5 stars)
18-25. No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!, Vol. 1 Vol. 1-8 - Nico Tanigawa (3-5 stars)
26. Freezing, Vol. 1 - Dall-Young Lim (3.5 stars)

June

27. Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. - Viv Albertine (5 stars)
28. Nightmare Alley - William Lindsay Gresham (3.5 stars)

July

29. Battle Royale, Vol. 01 - Koushun Takami (4 stars)

September

30. Death in Midsummer and Other Stories - Yukio Mishima (5 stars)

December

31. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick (3.5 stars)
32. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell (4 stars)
33. In the Flesh - Clive Barker (4 stars)

I have not really set goals so much as tracked what I have read over the year. Given that I want to keep a good balance of:
1. Contemporary
2. Classics (filling gaps in my reading history)
3. Horror (of course, my personal favourite)

Liz wrote: "Other goals: (1) No book buying for all of 2016; (2) No re-reads in 2016 (too many unread books on my shelves"

No book buying is hard! I've set a goal (for kindle lol) to read (and delete) more than I purchase. In 2015 I managed to do it. We'll see what 2016 brings, but I hope to read (and delete) more than I buy again.

In 2015 I failed on my TBR list due to re-reading an entire series. Although I *did* catch up on at least 5 series, some of which I just started in 2015. My 2016 TBR list is the remains of the 2015 list...I didn't even add any new books on!

Goal - 50

January
1. Coven by Lee, Edward 4****

February
2. Wolf Land by Janz, Jonathan 4****
3. Deadline (Newsflesh Trilogy, #2) by Grant, Mira 5*****
4 .Curse of the Sphinx (Sphinx, #1) by Wagner, Raye 3***

March
5. They Rise by Shea, Hunter 4****
6. Loup-Garou: The Beast of Harmony Falls (The Ian McDermott Paranormal Investigator series) (Volume 1) by Aslin, David Reuben 4****
7. Blackout (Newsflesh Trilogy, #3) by Grant, Mira 5*****
8. The Sundial by Jackson, Shirley 4****


April
9. A Little Life by Yanagihara, Hanya 5*****

May
10. Snowblind II: The Killing Grounds by McBride, Michael 4****
11.The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Riordan, Rick 5*****

June
12.*69 by Crouch, Blake 5*****
13. Abandon by Crouch, Blake 5*****
14. Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4) by Martin, George R.R. 5*****

July
15. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) by
Riordan, Rick 5*****
16. Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1) by Kaufman, Amie and Kristoff Jay 5*****
17.Run by Crouch, Blake 5*****

August
18. In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ware, Ruth 5*****
19. Unearthed by Chizmar, Richard 4****
20. Benjamin's Parasite by Strand, Jeff 5*****


September
21. Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) by Maas, Sarah J. 4****
22. 2389 by Wright, Iain Rob 4****
23. Zenith (The Androma Saga #1) by Alsberg, Sasha and Cummings, Lindsay 5*****
24. Tar: An apocalyptic horror novella by Wright, Iain Rob 4****
25. Terra Insanus by Lee, Edward 4****

October
26. Sunruined: Horror Stories by Prunty, Andersen 4****
27. The Mist by King, Stephen 5*****
28. No Longer Safe by Waines, A.J. 5*****
29. Skeleton Crew by King, Stephen 4****
30. Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) by Maas, Sarah J. 5*****

November
31. The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3) by
Riordan, Rick 5*****

I am hoping for at least 50, but I am sure it will be more. It always is.

JANUARY
1. Robert Bloch Firebug
2. Robert Bloch Cold Chills
3. John Connolly Every Dead Thing
4. Tananarive Due Ghost Summer Stories
5. Tamara Thorne Bad Things
6. The Good House by Tananarive Due
7. Thunder Road - Tamara Thorne
8.Moonfall-Tamara Thorne

I'll stake a spot over here on the grass. I am shooting for 50 books for 2016.

1. Girl on the Glider - Brian Keene
2. Wolf Land - Jonathan Janz
3. The Hollows - J.S. Beck
4. Bazaar of Bad Dreams - Stephen King
5. Confessions of a Heretic - Adam Darski
6. Empty - Ty Arthur
7. Faith of my Fathers - John McCain
8. Skinner - David Bernstein
9. Fog Warning - Edward Lorn
10. Stone Cove Island - Suzanne Myers
11. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Tips... - Leil Lowndes
12. Little Girls - Ronald Malfi
13. Revival - Stephen King
14. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
15. The Night Gardener - Jonathan Auxier
16. The Dark Half - Stephen King
17. Dark Screams: Volume 1 - edited by Brian James Freeman
18. NOS4A2 - Joe Hill
19. Bloody Sunset in St. Augustine - Nancy Powell/Jim Mast
20. The Fireman - Joe Hill
21. Rabid Brigadier - Craig Sargent
22. Flesh and Coin - Craig Saunders
23. War Weapons -Craig Sargent
24. His Father's Son - Bentley Little
25. Cradle Lake - Ronald Malfi
26. Fevered Hills - Keith Deininger
27. Dark Fuse #1 - edited by Shane Staley

GOAL: 50

JAN
1. The Cobra Event by Richard Preston rated 4 stars.
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Rated 5 stars.
3. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. Rated 3 stars.
4. The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. Rated 5 stars.
FEB
5. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie. Rated 3 stars.
6. The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly. Rated 3 stars.
7. The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin. Rated 3 1/2 stars.
8. Villette by Charlotte Brontë. Rated 4 stars.
9. The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe by David I. Kertzer. Rated 4 stars.
MAR
10. Slade House by David Mitchell. Rated 5 stars.
11. Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz. Rated 3 stars.
12. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson. Rated 4 stars.
13. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay. Rated 4 stars.
14. A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine. Rated 3 stars.
15. The Shut Mouth Society by James D. Best. Rated 3.5 stars.
16. Abandon by Blake Crouch. Rated 4 stars.
APR
17. The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck. Rated 2 stars.
18. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill. Rated 4 stars.
19. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson. Rated 4 stars.
20. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier. Rated 4 stars.
21. The Circle by Dave Eggers. Rated 4 stars.
MAY
22. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. Rated 4 stars.
23. The Restorer by Amanda Stevens. Rated 3 stars.
24. Where Are They Buried?: How Did They Die? Fitting Ends and Final Resting Places of the Famous, Infamous, and Noteworthy by Tod Benoit. Rated 3 stars.
JUN
25. Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates. Rated 4 stars.
26. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King. Rated 4 stars.
27. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. Rated 3 stars.

Canavan’s books

January

1. La planète des singes ( Planet of the Apes ), Pierre Boulle (1963). ✭✭✭½
2. The Prince of Tides , Pat Conroy (1986). ✭✭✭½
3. Pale Kings and Princes , Robert B. Parker (1987). ✭✭✭
4. Crimson Joy , Robert B. Parker (1988). ✭✭✭
5. Anno Dracula , Kim Newman (1992). ✭✭✭✭✭
6. The Bloody Red Baron , Kim Newman (1995). ✭✭✭✭
7. Dracula Cha Cha Cha (variant title: Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959), Kim Newman (1998). ✭✭✭
8. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams , Stephen King (2015). ✭✭✭½



February

9. A History of England , David Harris Willson (1967/1972 2nd ed.). ✭✭✭
10. The Day of the Jackal , Frederick Forsyth (1971). ✭✭✭✭½
11. The Odessa File , Frederick Forsyth (1972). ✭✭✭✭
12. Lord Foul’s Bane , Stephen R. Donaldson (1977). ✭✭
13. Playmates , Robert B. Parker (1989). ✭✭✭½
14. Fatherland , Robert Harris (1992). ✭✭✭
15. The Ultimates, Volume 1: Super-Human , Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch (Penciller), Andrew Currie (Inker), & Paul Mounts (Colorist) (2002/2006). ✭✭
16. The Ultimates, Volume 2: Homeland Security , Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch (Penciller), Andrew Currie (Inker), & Paul Mounts (Colorist) (2002-2004/2006). ✭✭
17. The Ultimates 2, Volume 1: Gods and Monsters , Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch (Penciller & Inker), Paul Neary (Inker), Laura Martin (Colorist), & Larry Molinar (Colorist) (2005/2006). ✭✭
18. The Ultimates 2, Volume 2: Grand Theft America , Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch (Penciller & Inker), Paul Neary (Inker), & Laura Martin (Colorist) (2005-2007/2007). ✭½





March

19. QB VII , Leon Uris (1970). ✭✭✭
20. Stardust , Robert B. Parker (1990). ✭✭✭✭
21. Pastime , Robert B. Parker (1991). ✭✭✭✭
22. Double Deuce , Robert B. Parker (1992). ✭✭✭
23. Paper Doll , Robert B. Parker (1993). ✭✭✭½



April

24. Henry and Beezus , Beverly Cleary (1952). ✭✭✭½
25. Encyclopedia Brown Carries On , Donald J. Sobol (1980). ✭✭½
26. Encyclopedia Brown Sets the Pace , Donald J. Sobol (1981). ✭✭✭
27. The Year’s Best Horror Stories, Series IX , Karl Edward Wagner (1981). ✭✭✭½
28. Poland , James A. Michener (1983). ✭½



May

29. The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For , Alison Bechdel (1983-2008/2008). ✭✭✭✭



June

30. The Eyre Affair , Jasper Fforde (2001). ✭✭✭



July

31. Good Evening, Everyone! , Leslie H. Lambert (as by A. J. Alan), (1928). ✭✭½
32. Walking Shadow , Robert B. Parker (1994). ✭✭✭
33. Thin Air , Robert B. Parker (1995). ✭✭✭
34. Iron Lake , William Kent Krueger (1998). ✭✭✭½
35. The Bleeding Horse and Other Ghost Stories , Brian J. Showers (2008). ✭✭✭½
36. Madder Mysteries , Reggie Oliver (2009). ✭✭✭
37. Half-Minute Horrors , Susan Rich (Ed.) (2009). ✭✭½



August

38. Henry and Ribsy , Beverly Cleary (1954). ✭✭✭✭
39. Beezus and Ramona , Beverly Cleary (1955). ✭✭✭✭
40. Dark Matter, Volume 1: Rebirth , Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Gary Brown (Artist), & Ryan Hill (Colorist) (2012). ✭✭✭
41. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two , John Tiffany, Jack Thorne, & J. K. Rowling (Story) (2016, special rehearsal ed.). ✭✭✭



September

42. The Complete Johnny Comet: Vanguard Frazetta Classics, Volume 1 , Peter DePaolo, Earl Baldwin, & Frank Frazetta (Artist) (1952-1953/2011). ✭½
43. Chance , Robert B. Parker (1996). ✭✭✭½
44. True Stories, Volume One , John Backderf (as by Derf Backderf) (2002-2008/2014). ✭✭✭½
45. On the Edge of Twilight: 22 Tales to Follow You Home , Gregory Miller (2012). ✭✭✭
46. The Aeronaut’s Windlass , Jim Butcher (2015). ✭✭✭
47. The Hauntings at Tankerton Park , Reggie Oliver (2016). ✭✭✭½
48. The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots , Beatrix Potter & Quentin Blake (Artist) (2016). ✭✭✭½
49. Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide , J. K. Rowling (2016). ✭✭½
50. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies , J. K. Rowling (2016). ✭✭✭
51. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists , J. K. Rowling (2016). ✭✭½

Here's my spot!

Current: 16


Buddy-Reads:
1. Morning Star 2/14/2016 ★★★
2. The Anachronist Girls 4/17/2016 ★★★★★
3. The Secret History 4/25/2016 ★★★★
4. Halcyon Park (Beta Read)

David Bowie's Top 100 20:
1. Fingersmith
2. Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology
3. Darkness at Noon
4. Earthly Powers
5. The Master and Margarita
6. Journey Into the Whirlwind
7. In Cold Blood
8. Peking Story: The Last Days of Old China
9. 1984
10. Black Boy
11. The Iliad
12. The Stranger
13. As I Lay Dying
14. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
15. White Noise
16. The Songlines
17. Inferno
18. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
19. Nights at the Circus
20. Mr Norris Changes Trains

Group-Reads
Horror Aficionados:
1. Wolf Land 1/5/2016 ★★
2. 14 3/7/2016 ★★★
3. The Girl with All the Gifts 4/20/2016 ★★★★
4. Dead Leaves: 8 Tales from the Witching Season

She-Geeks:
1. My Little Monster, Vol. 1 1/2/2016 ★★
2. Bird Box 1/6/2016 ★★★★★
3. Deathless (Re-Read) 1/30/2016 ★★★★★
4. Nailbiter, Vol. 1: There Will Be Blood 2/26/2016 ★★★
5. Mushishi, Volume 1 3/7/2016 ★★★
6. The Penelopiad 4/23/2016 ★★★

Genres
Nonfiction:
1. The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900
2. Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare 1932-45 & the American Cover-up
3. The Queen of Whale Cay
4. Last Chance to See: In the Footsteps of Douglas Adams

Misc
1. Kampus 1/3/2016 ★★★★★
2. Christine 1/22/2016 ★★★★★
3. Vertoscope: A Villainous Collection by Many Devious Minds 4/9/2016 ★★★★★
4. Winter Tales 4/12/2016 ★★★★
5. Eddies in the Space-Time Continuum
6. Salem's Lot

Goal for '16 - 50

January

1. A Dangerous Man by, Charlie Huston (Thriller/4)

My goal is 50 again!

I'll give this a go! I'm doing a few other genre challenges, so I'll try for 10 Horror books for 2016.

Will try for sixty this year!

JANUARY
1) In a Dark, Dark Wood, two stars
2) Zodiac Station, two stars
3) Echoes of Honor, four stars
4) The Bette Davis Club, four and a half stars
5) Rogue Lawyer, four and a half stars
6) Weird Girl and What's His Name, Three and a half stars
7) Blackout, Five stars
8) Dead Reckoning: A Post Apocalyptic Thriller, Three and a half stars
9) Papyrus: A Thriller, Four stars
10) Out of Sorts, Gave up on
11) The Good Neighbor, Five stars
FEBRUARY
12) The Shuddering, Three stars
13) The Girl in the Spider's Web, Five stars
14) Hot Head, Five Stars
15) Playing for Keeps, Five stars
16) Crossroads, Five stars
17) The Rebuilding Year, Five stars
18) Life, Some Assembly Required, Five stars
19) Shifting Gears, Five stars
20) Full Disclosure, DNF
21) Zero at the Bone, Five star
22) Playing with Fire, Five stars
23) Play It Safe
MARCH
24) Family Man, Five stars
25) Come Unto These Yellow Sands, Three stars
26) Ashes of Victory, Two stars
27) Playing to Win, Five stars
28) Eagle in Exile, Five stars
29) Winter Kill, Four stars
30 Us, Five stars
APRIL
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

This year, I'll try to read 150 books. In 2015, I planned to read 100 books and ended up with 486, counting only the titles in the Goodreads database. I have to admit that many of the books were western comics, mangas, children's books and short novellas. The longest book I've read in 2015 was The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer with ca. 600 pages. I don't think I can top the 486 books this year, since I've got a 40 hour job now and less reading time, so my goal is a bit conservative this year.

Ekel wrote: "This year, I'll try to read 150 books. In 2015, I planned to read 100 books and ended up with 486, counting only the titles in the Goodreads database. I have to admit that many of the books were we..."

:O 486 in one year, even taking into account that many were manga or kids' books, is very impressive!

Will do 50 this year, at least 15 of which will be horror. Fifteen is my goal for the 101 challenge.

35 books this year. I have to pace myself.

Looking forward to seeing everybody's lists as they develop! My goal this year is to catch up on all things...SHANNARA! (plus at least 10 classics. And anything that Stephen King writes. And anything that seems like a good idea at the time.)

But my 2016 challenge goal is 65 books (10 classics).
Status: 65/65 (10/10)
Avg: 3.91 stars

JANUARY

To Kill a Mockingbird 5 stars
Go Set a Watchman 2 stars

The Word and the Void
1. Running with the Demon 4 stars
2. A Knight of the Word 4 stars
3. Angel Fire East 5 stars

The Genesis of Shannara
1. Armageddon's Children 5 stars
2. The Elves of Cintra 4 stars

FEBRUARY

3. The Gypsy Morph 5 stars

Legends of Shannara
1. Bearers of the Black Staff 4 stars
2. The Measure of the Magic 5 stars

Moby-Dick 5 stars (actually 10/5 stars, but ...)
To Have and Have Not 3 stars
Strong Steps 3 stars
Cut Corners Volume 2 4 stars

MARCH

First King of Shannara 3 stars

Shannara
1. The Sword of Shannara 4 stars
2. The Elfstones of Shannara 3 stars
3. The Wishsong of Shannara 4 stars

Indomitable 3 stars
From the Earth to the Moon 5 stars

APRIL

The Grapes of Wrath 4 stars
Beau Geste 5 stars

MAY

The Heritage of Shannara
1. The Scions of Shannara 4 stars
2. The Druid Of Shannara 5 stars
3. The Elf Queen of Shannara 3 stars
4. The Talismans Of Shannara 5 stars

JUNE

The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara
1. Ilse Witch 2 stars
2. Antrax 5 stars
3. Morgawr 4 stars

End of Watch 3 stars
Fudge Day: A Novella 3 stars

The High Druid of Shannara
1. Jarka Ruus 5 stars
2. Tanequil 4 stars
3. Straken 4 stars

The Dark Legacy of Shannara
1. Wards of Faerie 4 stars
2. Bloodfire Quest 4 stars
3. Witch Wraith 5 stars

The Defenders of Shannara
1. The High Druid's Blade 2 stars

JULY

2. The Darkling Child 3 stars
3. The Sorcerer’s Daughter 2 stars

This Census-Taker 4 stars
The Three Musketeers 5 stars
The Mystery of Edwin Drood 3 stars
Alicia's Ghost 3 stars
Catch-22 5 stars

AUGUST

The City of Mirrors 5 stars
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 5 stars
Pines 3 stars
Wayward 3 stars
The Last Town 3 stars
Dark Debts (2016) 2 stars
Dark Debts (1996) 4 stars

SEPTEMBER

The Colorado Kid 5 stars
The Century's Best Horror Fiction Volume Two 5 stars
Alicia's Sin 4 stars
Alicia Bewitched: The Third Carlos Mann Novel 2 stars
The Last Days of New Paris 5 stars
Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan 5 stars

OCTOBER

Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three 4 stars
Books of Blood, Volumes 4-6 5 stars
The Averoigne Chronicles 5 stars
The Fireman 2 stars
The Girl Next Door 5 stars

NOVEMBER

The City & the City 5 stars

December

The Catcher in the Rye 1 star

I fizzled out at the end of the year and ended with one of my least favorite books of all time. Oh well, onto 2017....

Last year was a wash on my reading, so I'm hoping to make up for it with at least 25 books read this year.

January 2016
1. Horror 101: The Way Forward by Joe Mynhardt - 4 Stars
2. Blackout by Tim Curran - 4 Stars
3. Dinosaur Lake by Kathryn Griffith - 2 Stars
3. Alone by Brian Keene - 5 Stars

Goal:104

January
1.After The Fog Clears 4 stars
2.Think of a Number 4 stars
3,Method 15/33 5 stars
4.Raising Steam 5 stars
5.Submerged 5 stars
6.Birthdays for the Dead 5 stars

Goal : 20

January
1. Ghost Story 5 stars

February
2. Fevre Dream 5 stars
3. Boy's Life 5 stars
4. The Terror 5 stars

March
5. House of Leaves 4 stars
6. Kin 4 stars
7. The Loney 4 stars
8. Speaks the Nightbird 5 stars

April
9. Sweetheart, Sweetheart 4 stars
10. The Traveling Vampire Show 4 stars
11. The Queen of Bedlam 5 stars

May
12. The Other 5 stars
13. The Bottoms 5 stars
14. Floating Staircase 4 stars
15. Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West 4 (tough) stars

June
16. Resurrectionist 4 stars
17. The Thicket 5 whopping stars

July
18. From a Buick 8 4 stars

August
19. Swan Song 5 whoppers!
20. Signal Failure 5 stars

September
21. Heart-Shaped Box 4 stars

October
22. Strangers 3 stars
23. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 5 stars
24. The Bleeding Season 5 Stars

November
25 Mr Mercedes 4 stars

December

26 The Last Days of Jack Sparks 5 stars (book of the year)