Horror Aficionados discussion

The long cool nights of Fall are here and Halloween is not far away. It's the perfect time to curl up in your favorite chair with a good book to provide some chills and thrills.

Sign up to read as many books as you'd like. This challenge will run until November 15 to provide just a bit more time to finish all those wonderful books you started for Halloween scares.

Lists of horror books to provide ideas for your challenge or simply to add to your ever growing TBR list are here:

https://www.worldswithoutend.com/list...
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/632779...
https://bookriot.com/2018/02/22/conte...
https://bookriot.com/2018/03/12/best-...

To join, click on Challenges in the menu in the upper right. Enter the number of books you want to read for the challenge. Enter a shelf name so Good Reads can track them for you. Remember to add your selections to that shelf also.

Hope you all have a wonderful scary time.

I set my goal at 10 and I'm starting now. The Devil and Tom Walker being the first one of that list. next some Poe, Hawthorne, and many of my other favorites to read around this time of year.

What exactly is the challenge? Fall theme?

Ami wrote: "What exactly is the challenge? Fall theme?"

Fall/Halloween or any scary book you like for this time of year.

Latasha wrote: "I set my goal at 10 and I'm starting now. The Devil and Tom Walker being the first one of that list. next some Poe, Hawthorne, and many of my other favorites to read around this time..."

I love how you read so many of the classics of horror. I have to get back to reading some of Poe again. I have an entire collection of his stories on my kindle app but I keep forgetting they're there.

For my first ever reading challenge, this is perfect.

Can we do re-reads?

Also, Peter Straub's Ghost Story is on sale for Kindle $1.99 I usually borrow from the library but I am buying it as soon as I finish this post.

Randi wrote: "Can we do re-reads?

Also, Peter Straub's Ghost Story is on sale for Kindle $1.99 I usually borrow from the library but I am buying it as soon as I finis..."

Of course you can count re-reads. :)

Time to load up the kindle with lots of obscure and brutal horror👻💀🎃😍

Yeah around fall and Halloween I read A LOT. Of old stuff.

I'm in for this but gonna start small with 5 as it's my first challenge!

I was going to do my own Halloween challenge as I have some Halloween books sitting on my tbr that I haven't read yet, so I will do them here instead. Great idea HA mods! Definitely will be joining this challenge! :)

Sounds like a good reason to finish October Country.

For Halloween I have 4 chosen, and 11 alternates.
1. Dead Boy by Laurel Gale
2. The Disappearance of Emily by Barbara Summy
3. I Text Dead People by Rosie Cooper
4. On The Day I Died by Candace Flemming

My favorite time of the year! : ) I'm definitely joining in. Going for at least 20...

Nov. 4th Update: I've read 25 books so far
Here's a link to my "read" shelf:

My 2018 Chills & Thrills Shelf

Randi wrote: "Can we do re-reads?

Also, Peter Straub's Ghost Story is on sale for Kindle $1.99 I usually borrow from the library but I am buying it as soon as I finis..."

Thanks for posting about Ghost Story being on sale. I picked it up too, because it is pretty long and now I won't have to rush through it to return it to the library.

This is a great way to get myself out of the reading slump I've been experiencing this year. I have 3 trilogies that I get to finish so I'm already really excited about that. Count me in!

Anne (w/ an E) wrote: "Randi wrote: "Can we do re-reads?

Also, Peter Straub's Ghost Story is on sale for Kindle $1.99 I usually borrow from the library but I am buying it as s..."


Speaking of long Horror novels I think I'm going to read House of Leaves and I'll be doing audio book for The Passage. I've never read either and I want to do them for this challenge. Happy reading :)

I'm in. This sounds like fun! My first Goodreads challenge.

Thanks for sharing the links! I'm always scouting out books.

Thank you, great idea, and I'm in. I love scary reads around Halloween!

Yay!
Favorite time of year. 💜

I'm going to set my reading goal at 10 for this challenge.

That's a great challenge! I got for 6 books here, as I already planned on doing some creepy Halloween reads in October and maybe I can add 1 or 2 more from the lists above. This will be fun!

I love The Passage! Hope u do as well.

This sounds great, I'm going to finish up and then only read books I already own, and NO BUYING ANY NEW ONES. *she says taking some deep breaths*

I'll have to stay well away from the discounts and freebies threads...

I love to see all the excitement here!

I'm starting my Halloween reading with The Lottery and Other Stories because I'm trying to bump off some classics that I haven't gotten around to yet this year. My goal is 10 books.

Can't wait to hear more of what everyone is reading. Already sounds like you all have so many good books in mind for the challenge.

Melanie wrote: "This sounds great, I'm going to finish up and then only read books I already own, and NO BUYING ANY NEW ONES. *she says taking some deep breaths*

I'll h..."

I bought two books as soon as this challenge started. Lol 😬😂 Just couldn't help myself.

Maura wrote: "I'm starting my Halloween reading with The Lottery and Other Stories because I'm trying to bump off some classics that I haven't gotten around to yet this year. My goal is 10 books."

Me too. For classics I'm reading Something Wicked This Way Comes and Whatever Happened To Baby Jane.

Latasha wrote: "I love The Passage! Hope u do as well."

Me too! Even though I'll be doing the passage as audio book it's fairly long. Hope it doesn't stunt the number of horror books I can do for this challenge. 😁

WendyB wrote: "Can't wait to hear more of what everyone is reading. Already sounds like you all have so many good books in mind for the challenge."

I have too many to choose from. 😭 I bought two, put six on hold at the library, have four in my currant and four audio books. Lol

Rachelle wrote: "WendyB wrote: "Can't wait to hear more of what everyone is reading. Already sounds like you all have so many good books in mind for the challenge."

I have too many to choose from. 😭 I bought two, ..."

An abundance of riches! LOL

So exciting! This will be my first reading challenge. I’m going to try to read 5 books, starting with The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.

I need to finish at least one of the four books I'm currently reading but when I do, my first book for this challenge will be
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Should be a fun way to start.

I want to finish the Stand

I wouldn’t mind reading sweet baby Jane with you if you want!

Latasha wrote: "I wouldn’t mind reading sweet baby Jane with you if you want!"

Sure that would be fun! The more the merrier :)

Sonya wrote: "I want to finish the Stand"

Me too. I am reading this for quite a while now and hope to finish it in October.

Okay, I just looked over my other challenges and the maybe-tbr I did for October and this is, what I will try to read for this challenge:

1. Frankenstein
2. Eternal Frankenstein
3. Something wicked this way comes
4. The Wicked
5. Doorbells at Dusk: Halloween Stories
6. Not decided yet, maybe a book from a subscription box which will arrive soon. All the other books I already own so this will be a good opportunity to read them :)

I'm in! I've already been in the mood for just such a challenge (though really I'm always in the mood for spooky reads).

Sorry, I am wanting to join the challenge but am struggling to see how I do that. Is there a join button or do I just leave comments? Loving the lists, by the way

Okay I have my Halloween list together, so this is what I will be reading, but not exactly in this order:

1. The Witch of Halloween House
2. The House On Cottage Lane
3. Tales Of Horror On Halloween Night
4. The Indie Eclective: The Halloween Collection
5. Halloween Carnival Volume 1
6. Bad Apples: Five Slices of Halloween Horror
7. Bad Apples 2: Six Slices of Halloween Horror
8. Bad Apples 3: Seven Slices of Halloween Horror

That is my 8 for this challenge. :)

I’ll put my list together tonight.

WendyB wrote: "The long cool nights of Fall are here and Halloween is not far away. It's the perfect time to curl up in your favorite chair with a good book to provide some chills and thrills.

Sign up to read a..."

Thank you Wendy for the links!!!

Neil wrote: "Sorry, I am wanting to join the challenge but am struggling to see how I do that. Is there a join button or do I just leave comments? Loving the lists, by the way"

If you look at the menu in the upper right, you'll see 'challenges'. Click on that, the Chills and Thrills challenge is the top one. Add the number of books you'd like to read, name the shelf (Chills and Thrills would work) and then save it. When you go to your personal bookshelf, you'll see the name for the challenge. Add the books you want to read. Enjoy the scares!

Marie wrote: "Okay I have my Halloween list together, so this is what I will be reading, but not exactly in this order:

1. The Witch of Halloween House
2. [book:The House On Cottage Lane|1611692..."

The Bad Apple books are so much fun. Perfect reads for Halloween.

I’m having a hard time too, can’t find where it says challenges. I’m on the app so do I have to go to the website?

Yes I think so Scott. I love Bad Apples!

Thanks! I figured it out. I signed up for 5

Starting with Neverland and next I’ll read The Halloween Children

Not sure of others yet