Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Readers Imbibing Peril IV: September 1st - October 31st 2009


Hosted by Carl V at Stainless Steel Droppings.

Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Dark Fantasy.
Gothic.
Horror.
Supernatural.

Peril the First:
Read Four books of any length, from any subgenre of scary stories that you choose.

Peril the Second:
Read Two books of any length, from any subgenre of scary stories that you choose.

Peril the Third:
Read One book of any length, from any of the subgenres listed earlier in the post.

Short Story Peril: In Carl's words:

More than any other time of the year, R.I.P. season brings out my desire to explore the short story genre. We will again do Short Story Sundays, for those of you who read R.I.P. related short stories any time during the week and want to write about them. I know I have Lovecraft, Poe, and Angela Carter waiting in the wings for my short story reading.

I am very bad at completing challenges. Therefore, I don't do many challenges, maybe upto three. However, I am joining in again this year.

I have a few mysteries/suspense/thrillers lined up.

And I read Faces In the Fire by T L Hines couple of days back and adding it to my reading count for the RIP IV, as I posted the review yesterday! Carl did say, we can break the rules.

My tentative list:

Faces In the Fire by T L Hines (already read!)
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Ghostwriter by Travis Thrasher
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
Wait Until Twilight by Sang Pak
A Note from an Old Acquaintance by Bill Walker
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (Re-read)
Last Last Chance by Fiona Maazel
Theft of the Master by Edwin Alexander
The Likeness by Tana French
Alvor by Laura Bingham

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32 comments:

  1. SFPAugust 26, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    Oh, I should add Wait Until Twilight to my list as well! Great list, Gautami.

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  2. Carl V. AndersonAugust 26, 2009 at 6:07 PM

    I am so glad you are joining in again this year. I probably have the wrong attitude about challenges, but I don't care if anyone finishes or not, for me it is all about the act of participation and getting together anyway, so thanks for diving in with us again this year.

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  3. Sandy NawrotAugust 26, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    I loved Child 44 and The Likeness. You have a great list, and totally undestand why you would pick this challenge as of one of the few you participate in! I'm going to have to keep a special stack in the corner for future RIP challenges!

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  4. HeatherAugust 26, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    Fragile Things was pretty good. There were some great stories and a couple I wasn't to sure about. But you can't go wrong with Neil Gaiman.

    Therea re couple here I haven't heard of, I need to look those up!

    Good luck!

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  5. GavinAugust 26, 2009 at 8:07 PM

    Fabulous this! I hadn't heard of Wait Until Twilight before, may have to add it to my list!

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  6. serendipity_vivAugust 26, 2009 at 8:11 PM

    Can't wait to join this one too.

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  7. bermudaonionAugust 26, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    Good luck and have fun!

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  8. AnonymousAugust 26, 2009 at 10:35 PM

    Looks like a great list. Have fun with the challenge.

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  9. AnonymousAugust 26, 2009 at 11:20 PM

    I would love to join this challenge, however there's a very close deadline and I don't think I could finish with all the other challenges I got! lol. Enjoy reading though. I love reading spooky books around Halloween :)

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  10. UnknownAugust 27, 2009 at 1:31 AM

    Great list! RIP is just such a fantastic challenge, isn't it? :)

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  11. The BookwormAugust 27, 2009 at 3:40 AM

    have fun, its a great challenge :O)
    http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/

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  12. meeAugust 27, 2009 at 4:20 AM

    It's irresistable challenge, isn't it? :)

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  13. MelodyAugust 27, 2009 at 5:43 AM

    We just can't resist this challenge, can we? :)

    I enjoyed The Likeness! I look forward to your review on it!

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  14. The Reading MomsterAugust 27, 2009 at 7:07 AM

    Enjoy!

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  15. CareAugust 27, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    oh great choice of Child 44 - I want to read that, too. and of course, the Gaiman. I have the Tana French book and have only read Rebecca from your list! so many great choices...

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  16. S. KrishnaAugust 27, 2009 at 6:28 PM

    Wow, this is a great list! I'll have to bookmark this page in case I want to steal any of your ideas :-)

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  17. TiAugust 27, 2009 at 8:14 PM

    Ohhhh...Child 44 and The Likeness. I had forgotten about those. Good choices.

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  18. UnknownAugust 27, 2009 at 10:43 PM

    Great list! I've just started Child 44 and am loving it. I really want to read some Tana French too.

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  19. Kristen M.August 27, 2009 at 11:07 PM

    Enjoy your books! I am having a hard time not quitting the book I am in right now just to start on my RIP reads. :) As you saw, I have plenty of them!

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  20. CeriAugust 28, 2009 at 5:08 AM

    I can't wait to read your reviews for any of these. I'm really looking forward to this challenge. :-D

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  21. MichelleAugust 28, 2009 at 6:33 AM

    Rebecca is SUCH a great book!! It definitely makes the top ten of all-time favorites for me. It looks like you've got a great list going. This is going to be fun!

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  22. IlianaAugust 28, 2009 at 10:46 PM

    I'm bad at completing challenges too but I can't resist joining and especially this one!

    I hope you have tons of fun. I read The Likeness last year and thought it was great by the way.

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  23. ChrisbookaramaAugust 30, 2009 at 10:35 PM

    Rebecca is a great re-read. I'm re-reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

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  24. Rhiannon HartSeptember 1, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    I don't know any of those but Rebecca! I'll have to read your reviews :)

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  25. Book DragonSeptember 1, 2009 at 7:04 PM

    Wait Until Twilight certainly fits!

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  26. BookfoolSeptember 1, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    That's a great list!! I've got Last Last Chance, too. I should add that to my list.

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  27. StephanieSeptember 3, 2009 at 4:24 AM

    I just joined this challenge and am super excited! Glad you joined again this year. :)

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  28. Mark DavidSeptember 4, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    Impressive list! I hope to read a few of those as well one of these days.

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  29. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2009 at 8:14 PM

    Most of these I'm not familiar with, so I'm looking forward to the reviews! I suspect I'll be adding some of them to my wish list.

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  30. Brooke from The Bluestocking GuideSeptember 4, 2009 at 10:37 PM

    Boy you have a lot on your list. R.I.P. IV

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  31. tanabataSeptember 5, 2009 at 6:05 PM

    Nice list to choose from. I have Tana French's In the Woods in my stacks and may have to add it to my R.I.P. pile. I'm not always good at finishing challenges either but R.I.P is one I can never resist!

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  32. NanSeptember 6, 2009 at 4:32 AM

    Good list! I haven't read any of those so I'm looking forward to reading all your reviews.

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