Horror Aficionados discussion

Introducing our challenges for 2021, we're starting with an old favorite, the Mount TBR Challenge!

For this, you challenge yourself to read X number of books ALREADY ON YOUR TBR list. No need to hunt down or buy expensive books, just choose the ones you already want to read and probably already own. Use the link below to tell us how many books you chose and to chat about how you're progressing!

Sign up here: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

Use this thread to tell us how many books you plan to read for the challenge and update it as you like!

I signed up to read 30, and I named my shelf 2021 Mt. TBR Challenge.

Good thing to reduce my pile but it will take some time to add all my intended books for this challenge to a shelf to select from...to name a number, let‘s say I'll try 24 - 2 per month. That matches the number of my book shelves, and encourages me to especially reduce my physical book pile...
(note: NG TBR titles not included here, though of course I intend to reduce that pile as well...)

TBR read:
1. Wormwood
2. Lebkuchen mit Bittermandel. Ein Fall für Paul Flemming
3. Of Thimble and Threat: A Novel of Catherine Eddowes, the Fourth Victim of Jack the Ripper
4. Aus schwarzem Wasser
5. House of Leaves
6. Schwarzer Winter
7. Ginny Moon hat einen Plan
8. Das Erwachen
9. Jedi Summer With The Magnetic Kid
10. Die Magie von Winterhaus
11. Über das Verbrennen von Büchern
12. Pechmaries Rache
13. Im Königreich der Kälte
14. Der Tod so kalt
15. Die eingelegte Apokalypse der Pfannkucheninsel

TBR - reminder:
- lb sub
- squeeze-in shelf
- Jack the Ripper Victims series
- The Eyre Affair
- Ketchum

I got 40! Here is to a great 2021!

I signed up for 20. My shelf name is 2021 Horror TBR -- My plan is to go for all books that I currently own. I am really going to try to read some backlist books in 2021 instead of buying new ones constantly! I am hoping this challenge will help with that.

I have pledged 24 but will rise. I have copied you Char, and named my shelf the same.

Elke wrote: "Good thing to reduce my pile but it will take some time to add all my books to this shelf...to name a number, let‘s say 24 - 2 per month."

Sounds good, 24 for me also and trying to keep with Horror only for this group as have challenges in others. Good thing there is already a lot in my TBR.

I'm changing my shelf name to Char's as well, 2021 Mt. TBR Challenge! :)

I'm hoping to read 50 books for this challenge! I named my shelf Mount TBR

I signed myself up for 15. My shelf is labeled 2021 TBR Challenge. Should be easy enough to keep track of it with that label as I don't have any other group challenges going. If I do end up with other, I will copy what others have named theirs.

Gonna try 20

Refreshed my pledge went through my TBR pile, now want to read 52.

This is my spot.
I'm going for 25 books off my tbr list. I try to pick books I've had for a while and for one reason or another I haven't read yet.
If I buy fewer books this year that number might go higher.

This is a great idea! I've got so many books on my TBR that I need to read. I've got to quit adding to that list though. hahaha!

I'm going to go with 25 for now and this is my spot to update my count.

25/25

1. Into the Wild
2. I Am Legend
3. The River of Souls
4. Little Women
5. Reborn
6. The Great Gatsby
7. House of Leaves
8. Slaughterhouse-Five
9. Reprisal
10. The Call of the Wild
11. Night Film
12. Station Eleven
13. Anna Karenina
14. The Lovers
15. Death on the Nile
16. The Whisperers
17. Swan Song
18. FantasticLand
19. The Other
20. The Body Snatcher
21. Master of the Moors
22. Peace Talks
23. The Nightingale
24. Until Summer Comes Around
25. The Empty Grave

I will sign up for 50, If it looks like I will meet this number early I will adjust it.

100/100 *Completed* 12/25/21 Merry Christmas all.

1. Home Before Dark 1/2/21
2. She Wakes 1/4/2021
3. An Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy Collection - ABC
4. Live by Night 1/9/21
5. The Saint Intervenes 1/9/21
6. Deathtrap: A Thriller in Two Acts 1/9/21
7. Winter Prey 1/11/21
8. Q.B.I. Queen's Bureau of Investigation 1/12/21
9. In a Dark, Dark Wood 1/14/21
10. Labyrinth: A Novel Based on the Jim Henson Film 1/17/21
11. Nevermore 1/21/21
12. Locked Rooms 1/21/21
13. Back Spin 1/22/21
14. Lock Every Door 1/27/21
15. The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 1 1/29/21
16. The Silent Patient 1/30/21
17. The Perfect Family 1/30/21
18. Amara 2/6/21
19. Winds of Wrath 2/6/21
20. The Hobgoblin of Little Minds 2/13/21
21. The Death of Mrs. Westaway 2/14/21
22. Storm of the Century 2/18/21
23. Night Prey 2/18/21
24. Paradise Club 2/21/21
25. Dead Man's Song 2/22/21
26. The Saint Goes On 2/24/21
27. Offspring 2/27/21
28. Void Moon 2/28/21
29. The Father Hunt 3/5/21
30. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 16 Skeletons From My Closet 3/5/21
31. A Drink Before the War 3/6/21
32. The Fog 3/10/21
33. If It Bleeds 3/11/21
34. Silent Partner 3/14/21
35. The Saint in New York 3/14/21
36. Death of a Toy Soldier 3/19/21
37. Killing Mr. Griffin 3/23/21
38. Dark Pattern 3/25/21
39. Papillon Movie Tie-in 3/27/21
40. Stranger Danger 3/27/21
41. The Language of Bees 4/3/21
42. One by One 4/6/21
43. You Love Me 4/10/21
44. The God of the Hive 4/10/21
45. Saint Overboard 4/12/21
46. Larry 4/13/21
47. Dragon 4/17/21
48. Q.E.D.: Queen's Experiments in Detection 4/27/21
49. The Mist 5/2/21
50. Pirate King 5/2/21
51. Timeless 5/7/21
52. Garment of Shadows 5/16/21
53. Predator One 5/20/21
54.Boundless 5/29/21
55. Angel Killer 5/29/21
56. Kill Switch 6/5/21
57. Castle Shade 6/5/21
58. Relentless 6/11/21
59. Dogs of War 6/15/21
60. Deep Silence 6/22/21
61. Rage 6/27/21
62. Name of the Devil 7/4/21
63. Time Bomb 7/11/21
64. Relentless 7/11/21
65. The Saint at the Thieves' Picnic (aka: The Saint Bids Diamonds) 7/16/21
66. Death Times Three 7/17/21
67. Gremlins 7/17/21
68. Starlight Enclave 7/17/21
69. Ten Days' Wonder 7/19/21
70. Joyland 7/27/21
71. The Survivors 8/4/21
72. The Saboteurs 8/7/21
73. The Saint Plays with Fire 8/13/21
74. Black Fall 8/27/21
75. Mastermind 9/5/21
76. Sahara 9/19/21
77. Bad Moon Rising 9/26/21
78. Follow the Saint 10/6/21
79. Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology 10/11/21
80. The Bat 10/14/21
81. Face in the Snow 10/16/21
82. Fevre Dream 10/22/21
83. Murder of Innocence 10/24/21
84. Private Eyes 10/27/21
85. Toy Cemetery 10/31/21
86. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Tales 11/2/21
87. Saint #21 The Happy Highwayman: Some Further Adventures of the Saint 11/4/21
88. Spook 11/14/21
89. Saint #22 The Saint in Miami 11/14/21
90. Julius Katz and Archie 11/17/21
91. The Infinite Sea 11/19/21
92. Assignment: Spy 11/20/21
93. Saving Cascadia 11/22/21
94. Death of a Dude 11/27/21
95. Witch's Canyon 11/30/21
96. Calamity Town 12/3/21
97. Dreaming Spies 12/9/21
98. Inca Gold 12/20/21
99. The Saint Goes West 12/23/21
100. The Murderer is a Fox 12/25/21

I will sign up for 25 from my tbr shelf to try to whittle down my stack, but I want to leave some room for new books that catch my eye!

Sitting on my shelf off the top of my head : The Gone World, Station Eleven, Unbury Carol, and The Last Sword to name a few

1. Lady of the Lake
2. What the Hell Did I Just Read
3. We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
4. The Bone Jar
5. Devil's Cut
6. The Orphan Master's Son
7. The Brothers Karamazov
8. Shards of Honor
9. Barrayar
10.The Warrior's Apprentice
11.Station Eleven
12. The Vor Game
13. The Mountains of Mourning
14. Cetaganda
15. Double Barrel Horror: Chef and the Maiden / These Things We Do for Our Children
16. Unbury Carol
17. Slaughterhouse-Five
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25.

I'm generally terrible at these things so I'll sign on for 20.

Progress: 20/20
COMPLETE!

1. The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow Review Here
2. Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff Review Here
3. The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku Review Here
4. House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess Review Here
5. Swarmthief's Dance by Deborah J. Miller Review Here
6. Fallen by Lauren Kate Review Here
7. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer Review Here
8. The Book Collectors of Daraya by Delphine Minoui Review Here
9. Hard Rain by Irma Venter Review Here
10. FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven Review Here
11. The Fear Index by Robert Harris Review Here
12. The Girl in the Tree by Şebnem İşigüzel Review Here
13. Lost temple by Tom Harper Review Here
14. Crimes that Shocked the Nation by Alan J. Whiticker Review Here
15. The Dragon Blood Collection, Books 1-3 by Lindsay Buroker Review Here
16. Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis Review Here
17. The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry Review Here
18. Mark of Fire by Richard Phillips Review Here
19. Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin Review Here
20. Arson at the Art Gallery by Grace York Review Here

Yay, I’m glad this one was brought back. I signed up for 45 books from my TBR shelf.

45/45

1) The Midnight Library
2) Every Heart a Doorway
3) Wanderers
4) Invasion Earth
5) Dead Moon
6) The Future Is Yours
7) Invasion of the Body Snatchers
8) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
9) Golden State
10) If It Bleeds
11) Here and Now and Then
12) The Machine Stops
13) The Windup Girl
14) Game Changer
15) The Drowning Kind
16) The Fleshless Man
17) The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
18) The Woman in the Window
19) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
20) Hummingbird Salamander
21) Six Wakes
22) Emily Eternal
23) Our Things / The Oilman
24) The Apocalypse Seven
25) The Word for World is Forest
26) The Book Thief
27) Never Let Me Go
28) Hollow Kingdom
29) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
30) In the Valley of the Sun
31) Everything, Everything
32) Gateway
33) Network Effect
34) Foundation
35) A Beginning at the End
36) Open Minds
37) The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
38) Intensity
39 The Silence
40) A Small World
41) This Is How You Lose the Time War
42) Blackfish City
43) Way Station
44) The Psychology of Time Travel
45) Burnt Offerings

I'm going to aim for 20. If next year is anything like this year I won't get near that many but at least I can try!

I'm going to be crazy and try for 100. Because my TBR is totally out of control.

I'm in with 30.

Update 12/26/21: Two down, 28 to go. *insert SMH emoji* I need a better plan for next year. 😜

Ginger wrote: "This is a great idea! I've got so many books on my TBR that I need to read. I've got to quite adding to that list though. hahaha!
I'm going to go with 25 for now."

It's a never ending battle! I have to quite adding to the list! Hahaha

I am going for broke - lol! I am listing 50! I surpassed my reading goal on GR this year with over 100 books so I am going to kick off some books next year! Happy to see that you mods blew the cobwebs off of this challenge and threw it back up on here for your members! LOL :)

Going to name my challenge (as I do all my HA challenges - hey I have a system for the last 4 years so sticking with it -lol) as: HA 2021 Mt. TBR Challenge.

My spot - I'm aiming for 20 ;-)

My spot here. I want to read 30 from my TBR list.
UPDATE: Completed my challenge on October 05!
37/30 so far . . . . . .
JANUARY
1. A Song For The End by Kit Power (Jan 03)
2. A Song For The Dark Times by Ian Rankin (Jan 05)
3. The Wind In My Heart by Douglas Wynne (Jan 15)
4. Scout Volume I graphic novel by Timothy Truman (Jan 21)
5. Scout Volume II graphic novel by Timothy Truman (Jan 23)
FEBRUARY
6. Witch Hammer graphic novel by Cullen Bunn (Feb 03)
7. The City We Became by N.K. JEMISIN (Feb 15)
8. Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru, Volume 1 by Masashi Kishimoto (Feb 24)
MARCH
9. A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost (March 04)
10. The Blacklist, Volume 1: The Gambler by Nicole Dawn Phillips (March 17)
APRIL
11. Perish by L.C. Barlow (April 05)
12. The Case of the Vanishing Blonde: And Other True Crime Stories by Mark Bowden (April 13)
13. Basketful of Heads graphic novel by Joe Hill (April 17)
MAY
14. The Law Of Innocence by Michael Connelly (May 09)
15. Cat Crusader graphic novel by John Gallagher (May 13)
16. From Death Reborn by Kenneth W. Cain (May 21)
JULY
17. The Magpie Coffin by Wile E. Young (July 9)
18. When You Find Me by P. J. Vernon (July 18)
19. Double Threat by F. Paul Wilson (July 22)
20. Lake of Fire graphic novel by Nathan Fairbairn and Matt Smith (July 22)
21. Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby (July 27)
22. Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon (August 12)
23. Survive The Night by Riley Sager (August 20)
24. Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks (August 30)
SEPTEMBER
25. Ocean Prey by John Sandford (September 04)
26. Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby (September 17)
27. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix (Sept. 26)
28. Miles Morales: With Great Power graphic novel by Brian Michael Bendis (Sept. 30)
OCTOBER
29. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Oct. 04)
30. Babyteeth, Volume 1: Born graphic novel by Donny Cates and Garry Brown (Oct. 05)
31. Falling by T.J. Newman (Oct. 17)
32. The Maidens by Alex Michaelides (Oct. 31)
NOVEMBER
33. IQ by Joe Ide (Nov. 19)
34. Under-Earth graphic novel by Chris Gooch (Nov. 20)
35. The Animals In That Country by Laura Jean McKay (Nov. 28)
DECEMBER
36. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Dec. 08)
37. Dead Woman Scorned by Michael Clarke (Dec. 27)

So it says this starts the 17th of this year. Is that right because I’m about to finish a book that’s been on my tbr

Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ wrote: "So it says this starts the 17th of this year. Is that right because I’m about to finish a book that’s been on my tbr"

Yep that's right.
It's easier to have the challenge start right away when they are put up.

Marie wrote: "I am going for broke - lol! I am listing 50! I surpassed my reading goal on GR this year with over 100 books so I am going to kick off some books next year! Happy to see that you mods blew the cobw..."

That’s funny, I use the same naming convention!

WendyB wrote: "Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ wrote: "So it says this starts the 17th of this year. Is that right because I’m about to finish a book that’s been on my tbr"

Yep that's right.
It's easier to have the ..."


Yay!! Thank you 😊

I signed up to read 64 books. My shelf is named - horror-afic-tbr-challenge .

I only signed up for 25, because I have a habit of picking up every "new, shiny!" book that comes first.... (REALLY hoping to surpass that, and get in at least 40).

Does it have to be exclusively horror? I mean I know this is a horror group and I read much of the genre anyway but haha. I just wanted to double check before I added any non-horror books to the list.

Will be doing 10 books, because every time I get aggressive and bold, I end up trying to fudge it.

Katherine wrote: "Does it have to be exclusively horror? I mean I know this is a horror group and I read much of the genre anyway but haha. I just wanted to double check before I added any non-horror books to the li..."

Nope. It can be anything already on your TBR list.

Nancy wrote: "Katherine wrote: "Does it have to be exclusively horror? I mean I know this is a horror group and I read much of the genre anyway but haha. I just wanted to double check before I added any non-horr..."

Thanks for the clarification <3

I'm doing 24, that's 2 a month should be able to do that along with the 24 I'm doing for the A-Z challenge it's gonna be a busy year.

I am trying for 40

I believe I signed up for 15 to start
this is my spot

megs_bookrack wrote: "It's a never endi..."

It just never ends Megs!
I feel like my TBR gets bigger each year. 😬🤣😂

Nancy wrote: "Katherine wrote: "Does it have to be exclusively horror? I mean I know this is a horror group and I read much of the genre anyway but haha. I just wanted to double check before I added any non-horr..."

Thanks for the clarification Nancy!

Nancy wrote: "That’s funny, I use the same naming convention! .."

That is because HA members are family and once you are a part of the family you start thinking alike! LOL :)

I'll go for 50.

Has anyone else been hurrying up and adding new books to their want to read shelf so that they will count for the challenge when it starts?

Lol my want to read shelf grows by the day, hour even.....

Yes, I add books all the time.

Sarah-Grace wrote: "Has anyone else been hurrying up and adding new books to their want to read shelf so that they will count for the challenge when it starts?"

I'm going to try and make this all books I already own just to up the difficulty haha

John wrote: "Elke wrote: "Good thing to reduce my pile but it will take some time to add all my books to this shelf...to name a number, let‘s say 24 - 2 per month."

Sounds good, 24 for me also and trying to ke..."

Had one currently reading, The Hollow Places so 1 down and 23 to go. Similar shelf name but many years as a programmer means acronyms so: hamounttbr2021

So I tend to read and listen to quite a few books a year. I'm going to set my goal at 52. I'm constantly adding books to my TBR and usually when it's a series, I'll only add the first book at a time, not the whole series to keep it more manageable. One a week hopefully won't be too difficult for me, but considering I am constantly adding books to my TBR, to help knock out some of the older stuff I have on it, I am going to count books added before today.

I only said 5 because I thought they had to be Horror books also, so I will triple mine to 15, along with what I set for my std read. Thanks for clarifying that for me.

Mt tbr is ridiculous and constantly growing. I'm going for 50 this year. My shelf is called Mount TBR 2021.

11/50

1. Verify by Joelle Charbonneau
2. The Hunger by Alma Katsu
3. The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
4. All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
5. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
6. Lock In by John Scalzi
7. Burial Ground by Michael McBride
8. The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
9. Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes
10. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
11. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

I am signing up for 12. That's one book a month. Surely I can manage that!
1. Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
2. Maynard's House
3.Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure Folk Magic from Appalachia
4. A House by the Sea
5. Daughters of the Lake
6. Hellboy, Vol. 5: Conqueror Worm TBR 2016!
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