RIP stands for Readers Imbibing Peril. This is the second year I’ve entered this and I€™m jumping straight into Peril the First which is to read four books from any of the following sub-genres of scary stories between 1 September and 31 October.
Suspense
Thriller
Dark Fantasy
Gothic
Horror
Supernatural
I shall choose from this list of books, although I may change, add or subtract from it.
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James – I€™ve been meaning to read this for ages.
- The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier – drugs and time travel. Finished on 28 September. See here.
- The Book of Lost things by John Connolly – apparently creepy and disturbing.
- The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeir – a mystery surrounding the afterlife.
- The Collector by John Fowles – haunting and darkly melancholic.
- The Gravedigger€™s Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates – a €˜nightmarish celebration of the American dream.€™ Finished on 21 September. See here.
- The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks – macbre and bizarre.
- Not Dead Enough by Peter James – murder and deception.
Two changes, I’ve added Chocky by John Wyndham – see here and R L Stevenson’s Tales of Terror – see here.
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