Horror Aficionados discussion

As we enter the spooky season, it's time for another HA reading challenge.

You can sign your soul up for this challenge here:
https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

The challenge will be to read horror stories that meet one of the listed Halloween related subjects, either in title, theme or even book cover. The 13 topics are:

Bat
Cat
Ghost
Graveyard
Haunted Attraction
Jack-o'-lantern/Pumpkin
Monster
Scarecrow
Treats
Tricks
Vampire
Witch
Zombie

How fun!!! Going to sign up!

Oooo, Halloween fun! Thanks, Alan!

Ok I’m having trouble signing up. When I click the link it just takes me to my own 2021 Reading Challenge. I’m doing this on my phone (no access to desktop Goodreads)

I challenged myself to 8 books! Thanks, Alan!

Hmm, it worked perfectly for me, Beth. There is no denying that the GR app sucks and that's probably why. I tried a different way, try this link. My fingers are crossed for you!

https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

I'm going for 5, since the offspring are NOT allowing for my usual reading time.... ;)

6 books for me

I love this time of year.
Ghost -
Graveyard-
Jack-o'-lantern/Pumpkin-
Haunted Attraction-
Treats-
Vampire-

I’ll start with two. When I went to sign up the link took me to my personal reading challenge.

I'd love to see suggestions. Here are a couple that have been on my TBR:

Graveyard: Tales from a Gas-Lit Graveyard - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Pumpkin: October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween II- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Monster: The White People and Other Weird Stories - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I signed up up for 6

Tricks - Kill River
Graveyard - August's Eyes
Vampires - Until Summer Comes Around
Ghost - The Haunting of Blackwood House
Haunted Attraction - The Night Silver River Run Red (centered around around a traveling circus in the old west)
Ghost - The Silent Companions

Thats my list it may change depending on my mood or I may add to it, as i read more things that fit the challenge.

I've decided to add two more.

Cat - The Last House on Needless Street
Jack-o'-lantern/Pumpkin - Halloween Nights: Tales of Autumn Fright

Beth wrote: "Ok I’m having trouble signing up. When I click the link it just takes me to my own 2021 Reading Challenge. I’m doing this on my phone (no access to desktop Goodreads)"

Try coping the link to this page and open it in your web browser on your phone and go to desktop mode(if it doesn’t already use desktop mode). You might have to sign in, and if that happens you’ll have to re-paste the link into the browser. :) that’s what I did.

Yay! This will be fun! Just finished a book last night and have to choose a new one tonight. I’ll find one that fits.

I signed up for 7 books. Not sure what I will be reading yet. I'm impressed with all of you who have it all planned out already!

Oh fun! Just joined this group, looks like perfect timing. I've signed up for 7.

Here are a few I'm thinking of to start with:
Graveyard - The Graveyard Apartment
Haunted Attraction - The Sun Down Motel
Monster - Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Vampire - Certain Dark Things
Witch - Cackle
Zombie - Survivor Song

This one looks good. Its been a few months since I've participated in a group read or challenge.
I will sign up for all of them.

13/13 completed 😃

1. Bat The Bat 10/14/21
2. Cat Face in the Snow 10/16/21
3. Ghost Bad Moon Rising 9/26/21
4. Graveyard Toy Cemetery 10/31/21
5. Haunted Attraction Widow's Point 9/18/21
6. Jack-o'-Lantern / pumpkin The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Tales 11/2/21
7. Monster Pearl 9/21/21
8. Scarecrow Batman Arkham: Scarecrow 11/2/21
9. Treats Tastes Like Candy: A Slasher Novel 9/29/21 (borrowed this one from Liz's list)
10. Tricks Trick or Treat 10/9/21
11. Vampire Fevre Dream 10/22/21
12. Witch Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery 9/11/21
13. Zombie Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology 10/11/21

Can’t wait to get started on this one. 😎

Zain

Darn! The link isn’t working! Why does this always happen to me? 🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤨

I decided to sign up for 13!! That's about two books per week. Doable, I am guessing. There were a couple I wasn't so sure on so I took direction from Scott. Thanks, Scott! I have since found others but am keeping his choices on the back burner in case I'm just not feeling mine.

Bat
Cat
Ghost
Graveyard
Haunted Attraction
Jack-o'-lantern/Pumpkin
Monster
Scarecrow
Treat
Trick
Vampire
Witch
Zombie

Reading is my Escape wrote: "I signed up for 7 books. Not sure what I will be reading yet. I'm impressed with all of you who have it all planned out already!"

I'll confess to planning a lot of my fall/Halloween reading very very early in the year. So much good stuff out there to read and so little time to read it all!

I chose 3, but I'm going to try to read longer books.

Zombie--Handling the Undead
Vampire--Let the Right One In
3rd--still thinking!

If anyone has recommendations (especially books about witches) I'd love to hear them!

You don't have to decide right now on all your books. You can always add what you read afterwards.

My first (witch) is Crone by Jeannie Wycherley. I’ll definitely add as I go. I like to wait and see what I’m in the mood for.

I'm in! Halloween is so much fun for horror!
I'll try for 5 :)

Bat
Cat
Ghost - The Haunting of Leigh Harker Finished Sep 27, 2021
Graveyard - The Haunting of Gillespie House Finished Sept 12th.
Haunted Attraction Something Wicked This Way Comes Finished Sept 21st
Jack-o'-lantern/Pumpkin
Monster Near the Bone Finished Sept 18
Scarecrow
Treats Winterset Hollow - Finished Oct 12th
Tricks - I Call Upon Thee - Finished Oct 3, 2021
Vampire
Witch - HEX finished Oct 6, 2021
Zombie

Oooh this was really fun last year!

Goal: 3
Completed: 5

Haunted Attraction: Harrow Lake Review Here
Jack-o'-lantern/Pumpkin The Halloween Tree Review Here
Monster: House of Leaves Review Here
Witch: The Ghost Tree Review Here
Tricks: Tender Is the Flesh Review Here

Ooh sounds fun! I've signed up for 13

Here's my tentative TBR:
Progress: 3/13

Bat -
Cat -
Ghost -
Graveyard -
✔Haunted Attraction -
Jack-o'-lantern/Pumpkin -
Monster -
Scarecrow -
✔Treats -
✔Tricks -
Vampire -
Witch -
Zombie -

If you need some ambient Halloween background noise while you work on the challenge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51C3a...

I signed up for 4 but depending on time I might do more. What I'm considering so far:

Cat - Cat's Cradle
Ghost - Remember Me
Monster - The Children's Ward
Treats - Tastes Like Candy: A Slasher Novel
Tricks - The Wrong Number
Vampire - Bloodchild
Zombie - Necrotic Fever (could be debatable as horror but considering the love interest seems like a zombie-esque creature, that could be horrifying to some.)

Liz wrote: "I decided to sign up for 13!! That's about two books per week. Doable, I am hoping. There were two topics for which I had difficulty finding books, so, I took direction from Scott. Thanks, Scott!

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Your welcome

Awesome! This looks like so much fun! I signed up for four, but I'm not sure which ones I'm going to read yet. :)


Read Relic for monster! 3 more to go! :)

Really looking forward to this, going to set a goal of 8. Hope everyone has a great time with it and a great spooky season overall :)

oooooo I'm so in! I'm gonna go big with 13! :D I'm being optimistic! Haha...

I need some help with scarecrow though. I'll be looking for recommendations for that one in this thread. :3

My plan right now is to do short stories, just in case I don't have a ton of time. I've got Poe's complete works, plenty of Stephen King short stories, and other ghost story books, plus a list of horror short stories that I've been enjoying. Then once I finish the challenge I'll see if I have any time left for full novels. Loving everyone's recommendations!

I did this challenge last year and it was so much fun. I am going to try and do all 13 books.

Bat -
Cat -
Ghost -
Graveyard -
Haunted Attraction -
Pumpkin -
Monster -
Scarecrow -
Treats -
Tricks -
Vampire -
Witch -
Zombie -

Excellent!!!

This sounds like a lot of fun! I will try reading 6 books for this.
Ghost
Monster
Treats
Tricks
Witch
Zombie

Awesome! I signed up. I just put my own name for the challenge, is this correct? There isn't a specific one I had to use for the shelf?

Loved this challenge last year! Thank you for proposing it again.
I'm going for the full 13, starting with Guy N. Smith's The Neophyte for the Cat topic.

0/13

1. Bat
2. Cat

The Neophyte
3. Ghost
4. Graveyard
5. Haunted Attraction
6. Jack-o'-Lantern / pumpkin
7. Monster
8. Scarecrow
9. Treats
10. Tricks
11. Vampire
12. Witch
13. Zombie

Rebel wrote: "Awesome! I signed up. I just put my own name for the challenge, is this correct? There isn't a specific one I had to use for the shelf?"

You can name the shelf on your own page whatever you want. To have it link to the actual challenge on the group page, make sure you enter the same name in the box where it says "Enter a a shelf name...."

I've been reading a lot of dark stories lately (looking at you, Stephen King), so I added some "fun" to my potential list.

Ghost - Floating Staircase
Haunted Attraction - Travelers Rest
Monster - Frankenstein
Tricks - Tick Tock
Vampire - Dead Is the New Black
Zombie - Handling the Undead

Caroline wrote: "I chose 3, but I'm going to try to read longer books.

Zombie--Handling the Undead
Vampire--Let the Right One In
3rd--still thinking!

If anyone has recommendations (especially books about witches..."

I love Let The Right One In. Enjoy!

I'm signing up for three.
6/3
1. Monster - SYMPATHY FOR NO DEVILS, VOLUME 1 graphic novel by Brandon Thomas (writer) and Lee Ferguson (artist)
2. Monster - TWO MOONS, VOLUME 1: THE IRON NOOSE graphic novel by John Arcudi (writer) and Valerio Giangiordano
3. Zombie - CRUELER THAN DEAD manga by Tsukasa Samurai and Kozo Takahashi
4. Monster - ALIEN, VOLUME 1: BLOODLINES graphic novel by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Salvador Larocca
5. Ghost - 10 YEARS TO DEATH graphic novella by Aaron Douglas and Cliff Richards
6. Ghost, Graveyard, Treats, Tricks - OCTOBER NIGHTS by Kevin Lucia (October 29)

Going for five books. Not sure which prompts yet. Just hope I'll find some books that matches the prompts I would like to read about. =)

Alan wrote: "If you need some ambient Halloween background noise while you work on the challenge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51C3a..."
Fun! Thanks for this.

Lisa wrote: "Caroline wrote: "I chose 3, but I'm going to try to read longer books.

Zombie--Handling the Undead
Vampire--Let the Right One In
3rd--still thinking!

If anyone has recommendations (especially bo..."


Thank you! I read it so long ago it's time for a re-read!

Will be doing can’t sign up here though. Looks fun.

I signed up for 5 books, but I plan to over achieve on this one.

Bat - Bats by William W. Johnstone
Cat - The Cats of Ulthar by H.P. Lovecraft
Ghost - The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli
Graveyard - Tales from Valleyview Cemetery by John Brhel
Haunted Attraction - The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
Jack-o'-lantern/Pumpkin - Scary Halloween Stories by Various
Monster - Goblin by Josh Malerman
Scarecrow - Before the Harvest by Kimberly Bettes
Treats - Joyland by Stephen King
Tricks - Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Vampire - Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
Witch - Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez
Zombie - Zombies vs The Living Dead by Frank Tayell

1 down 5 more to go.

Just finished #2, 4 more to go, looks like I'll finish the challenge this year.



09-21

3 down, 3 more to go. Going to take a little break from my list

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A Night In Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny.

While its more dark fantasy then horror, I still suggest this book because it has Jack The Ripper, and his faithful familiar trying to stop The Old Ones from coming to our world, while also interacting with Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and Frankenstein and his Monster among numerous other fictional and very real characters.

It's honestly the perfect book for October (it even has the month in the title)!

A Night in the Lonesome October

I signed up for 5 but I hope to over achieve as well.

Bat
Cat
Ghost
Graveyard
Haunted Attraction
Jack-o'-lantern/Pumpkin
Monster
Scarecrow
Treats
Tricks
Vampire
Witch
Zombie

Just signed up for 3 :)

Ghost - No One Gets Out Alive

Tricks - Hell House

Witch - Cackle