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Here we are, a mere week into this year’s R.eaders I.mbing P.eril Challenge and suspenseful, mysterious, creepy, and scary books, television shows and films are being imbibed like there is no tomorrow.
On this 1 week anniversary of the start of R.I.P. VI I decided I wanted to post a reading pool of my own, tell you about a couple of other R.I.P.-related group reads that are going on around the ‘net that you may want to get involved with, and wanted to make a quick public service announcement.
Let’s get the PSA out of the way first:
Please remember when you do book reviews for the R.I.P. Challenge to put a link up on the R.I.P. VI Book Review Site, located here. You can also conveniently find a banner linking to it there on the right in my sidebar. As I sit here typing this there are 47 book reviews and Peril on the Screen reviews posted already.
We want to read about what you liked, what you didn’t like, and everything in between. Please give the other participants a chance to read your thoughts by including your link over there.
And now on to other Book Related News:
In addition to the three group reads that I am hosting during the R.I.P. VI Challenge, there are others springing up that you will want to know about.
Audrey and Frances are hosting a group read of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous gothic work, The House of Seven Gables. You can click on either of their links above for more information and/or to sign up to participate.
Suey and Jenny are hosting a group read of Stephen King’s novel, Under the Dome. You can click on either of their links above to get more information and/or sign up to participate.
Both of these sound like great fun and will no doubt generate some fascinating group conversation. If either or both books stir up that chilling feeling in you, I hope you will consider joining the group reads.
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Generally every year I post my own potential reading pool in the announcement post for R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril. This year I felt the post was long enough and was better served being about the challenge, not about me. Now that I’ve had a chance to visit nearly everyone who has signed up thus far (and if I haven’t, bar the doors because I’m on my way) and seen so many mouth-watering book pools, I couldn’t resist doing my own.
Besides, it is simply too much fun to post a list of books that it is physically impossible to actually get read in a two month period of time. 🙂 So here is my R.I.P. VI Potential Reading Pool:
“Stories, like people and butterflies and songbirds’ eggs and human hearts and dreams, are also fragile things, made up of nothing stronger or more lasting than twenty-six letters and a handful of punctuation marks.”
– Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman
I am “reading” this one (listening to the audio book to be quite candid) for the two month long group read. 4 stories a week for 8 weeks. I am going to enjoy taking my time with these stories, examining them more closely than I have before. And it is going to be great fun discussing them with those who want to participate, particularly since short stories elicit such wildly different reactions from readers.
Another group read I am hosting for the challenge. My first Jim Butcher novel. The group read officially starts on Monday, September 12th. As I’m hosting (a likely excuse) I have read the first section already and am now waiting to read the rest with the group. Very fun book. Not anywhere near the depth of our previous group reads, but just what I needed after the wonderful complexity of The Way of Kings.
This is the final group read I am hosting for the R.I.P. VI Challenge. Reading will begin in October. I have heard good things from those who have already read it and can’t wait to savor it with the group in October, as well as hear the thoughts of those of you who have already read it.
You might have noticed in my Currently Reading section of the sidebar that I am reading The Fellowship of the Ring. Andrea and Clint are hosting a The Lord of the Rings group read beginning now, with one book each month through December (Children of Hurin will be the December read). I had decided only to read from The Two Towers onward for sanity reasons given all that I have going on, but this past Labor Day weekend afforded me the opportunity to read nearly half of Fellowship in one day. I’m so glad too as it has been far too long since I’ve read Tolkien’s novels.
You may argue that The Two Towers isn’t R.I.P. material. I’m okay with that. It has monsters and suspense so I’m counting it. Sharpen your knives and beat your plowshares into swords if you must.
If you would like to join us in any or all of these monthly LOTR group reads, please click on either Andrea or Clint’s link above for more information.
I picked this up, the fourth novel in the Aurelio Zen series, after enjoying July’s Masterpiece Mystery broadcasts of the film versions of the first three books, starring Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino. I enjoyed the subtle, nuanced performances and as the show is currently cancelled (due to BBC policies that I cannot fathom), I wanted to continue following the characters. (Completed read 9/9/11)
Richard Sala is one of my favorite comic book authors/artists. His work, like that of Edward Gorey, is emblematic of the things that inspired me to enjoy and want to share the enjoyment of gothic fiction. I had been waiting for the final issue of this 4 issue, large-format series for some time and finally got around to picking up a copy. I will be enjoying this on a dark and stormy night after everyone else is tucked safely in their beds. I can’t wait!
Richard talked to me about this book a little over a year ago and I went out immediately and picked it up. I must confess that I’ve read about a third of the short stories in this collection already, spread out over the last year. I am hoping to finish it up, and the included essay, during this event. It is good stuff. My only disappointment is that it would have been fun to read a few months ago when I was immersed in the XBox 360 version of L.A. Noire. The only trouble was, I couldn’t put the game aside long enough to read.
Susan Hill has been on my radar from previous R.I.P. Challenges and many of you are planning to read The Woman in Black for this year’s event. It sounds just perfect and I have it on order from the library.
This book, like The Lantern, is creating a buzz all over the internet. When someone linked to a video clip of Jim Dale recording the audio version of The Night Circus, that finally tipped me over the edge. I plan on being with the group that picks it up on its release next week and dives right in.
Bellezza reviewed this one recently and it struck my fancy. It is evidently a short but powerful read and she graciously offered to loan me her copy when I could not find it in my local library or interlibrary loan system. Should be arriving just in time to sneak it in for R.I.P.
Those are all the books that I sincerely want to make every effort to get to in the next two months. As time permits I would also like to work in some short stories by Poe and Lovecraft and Angela Carter and Susanna Clarke, possibly re-read Bram Stoker’s wonderfully gothic novel, The Mystery of the Sea, and perhaps get to at least one of the books I shall not mention here that, like Dune previously did, occupy my to-read lists year after year.
I have been enjoying everyone’s potential reading pools, as well as the reviews you have already put up.
And of course I have watched and will continue to watch mysteries and atmospheric horror films and other suitable R.I.P. material over the next few months. The potential list includes:
Midsomer Murders (currently starting series 8)
Dr. Who series 6.1
Inspector Lewis (new episodes currently on Masterpiece Mystery on PBS)
Tim Burton’s The Corspe Bride
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow
One or more of many Vincent Price movies that I own and love
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Ghost Breakers (Bob Hope)
Blood and Chocolate
Underworld
Underworld Evoltution
Any of several Hammer Horror films that I own and love
The Others
The Orphanage
Silent Hill
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
And that is just a short list. I’m sure I’m forgetting a lot of what I try to get through annually.
If you or your friends haven’t signed up for the R.I.P. VI Challenge, it is not too late. It wont’ be too late until its over! You are more than welcome, and I can say with completely candor that we are already having more fun than should be legal to have. Come join us!
I was thinking The Lord of the Rings counted myself… I was planning on counting the movies if I don’t get a chance to read the books.
Great reading pile. Enjoy!
There are certainly enough thrilling, scary moments and characters in the stories to qualify them in my book. And I believe I’ve had others read them for past R.I.P. challenges. Heck, I’m only half way through Fellowship and we’ve already had numerous encounters with the Black Riders, the evil trees in the Old Forest including Old Man Willow, and the barrow-wight.
Exactly. So, the movies count for Peril on the Screen and hopefully I will get a chance to read some of the books. I haven’t read much in two days, so I am behind in everything…
Considering that Peter Jackson took some of his inspiration from film makers like John Carpenter and the fact that there are many moments in the film that look and feel like a horror film then yes, I am cool with that too.
I realize that these things aren’t “traditionally” horror or scary stories, and most of what we all read and watch fit firmly within those guidelines anyway, I think these things that sit on the fringe of what is obviously R.I.P. material work just fine.
I use my own interpretation for what counts, I guess. I am not sure every one agrees with me, but I have my idea…
I have always encouraged everyone else to do that as well. I mean I wouldn’t exactly think it was the greatest thing in the world if people were reading Winnie the Pooh and calling it “R.I.P.” reading, and yet I’d still be jumping right in the discussion to talk about Winnie the Pooh! LOL! I haven’t ever seen anyone purposefully try to be silly with it. Over the years people have read stuff, including LOTR, which I felt were close to not being in the challenge parameters, but this is for fun and when people are passionate about reading something then why should I try to quibble over “rules”?
Had I never seen others, and several others, read various LOTR books for the challenge I never would have consider counting The Two Towers, but I’ve “let” them and so I figured what is good for the goose…
I tend to think as long as a book is dark, it counts, but you know I look back on my previous years lists and sometimes even I can’t remember why a particular book made it on the list at the time… So, when I am iffy, I just try and bury it in amongst other books.
Like I am reading The Night Circus (love it) and finally planning to finish Jonathan Strange. If I finish that book I won’t care what else I get to. 🙂
I have ended up committing to so many books that I don’t think I can fit Jonathan Strange in, but I would like to be able to finally finish it as well. Now that I’ve read Dune I feel like Jonathan Strange and The Historian are big books that I’ve committed to dozens of times and haven’t read that I need to finally get to.
Can’t wait to pick up and start The Night Circus next week.
well I may not have followed the group to The Lantern (something about the smell of perfume turns me off .I dislike perfume immensly!) but I have preordered Night Circus…not sure of my wad of books what I will or won’t get to . I need to find a used hb of the Woman in Black. I’ve been wanting to read it for a long time now and now that i’ve seen a clip from the movie and daniel radcliffe looks excellent in it, I really want to read it sooner rather than later. and believe it or not I do want to reread the Hobbit before the movie comes out!
I thought about rereading The Hobbit before the movie comes out but then remembered how much I enjoyed the LOTR films without having any knowledge of the story. I’ve read The Hobbit once, about 11 years ago now, and only remember a few things about the story, mostly Gollum and Smaug. So I should be fairly surprised by the rest of it, then can go back and read the book to fill in the details.
Hope you can track down a used copy of Woman in Black soon. I haven’t watched the trailer yet. Figure I’ll do that also after I read the book.
Doesn’t The Night Circus sound great?!?!
Hi Carl…so much information to process. Ok. First, I’m sorry I already read The House of the Seven Gables. That would be an awesome book to read for this. I read it earlier this year and loved it. I wasn’t expecting to like it since I wasn’t a big fan of The Scarlet Letter. But I ended up ripping through the book.
I am so glad you mentioned the Two Towers. I’ve been wanting to join the group reads and I was hopeful I could join it this month, but it just won’t work. Luckily I read Fellowship this past December so it is still pretty fresh and I was thinking of asking if it would count. It has scary aspects, some really scary parts. So if you are counting it, I will do my best to join the group. I’m hoping by October my life will be slowing down.
You have some great books on movies on the list. I usually don’t watch that many scary movies. I’m a chicken. But others in my household love them. So each October we only watch scary movies. This October might be rough since I don’t have a TV yet that will work in London. Hopefully that problem will be solved soon, since you have given me a lot of ideas for movies!
TBM, you should pop in on their House of Seven Gables conversations if you have time since you’ve read it. I’m sure they would enjoy your thoughts. I have a nice copy of the book that I really need to get to at some point.
Yes indeed, and it would be great if you could join us in October with The Two Towers. And get in on the Fellowship conversation as well if you can get online during this move. I think our first post over the first 8 chapters goes up this Saturday.
I couldn’t go through late September and all of October without indulging in some good scary films. For the most part I can do without the gory ones (with a few exceptions), but those atmospheric, moody ones, and the creepiness of the silly ol’ Price and Hammer Horror films I cannot do without.
I’ll do my best to pop in on the discussions. I’m not sure how fast I will get up and running. I have heard the pub down the street has access and I won’t have a job right away…
I think you would love the House of Seven Gables. I’m excited for you to finally break out your copy.
Enjoy the gory films…is that ok to write?
I’m not sure I’ll be watching any of the gory films this year. All those listed above (except for Sleepy Hollow which does have a few over-the-top bloody moments) are good ol’ fashioned atmosphere kind of films, or animated, or are more action-adventure.
Please join the conversation, definitely! (And thanks, Carl, for suggesting it!)
You are welcome.
For those into short stories, East of The Web: Short Stories has a very good selection of horror, Gothic, and paranormal stories from classic authors like Conan Doyle, and Edgar Allan Poe down to 21th century stories-I have been a frequent visitor to the web page for a long time-it does not require registration and is very user friendly and has a very good reading setup-it has 100s of stories perfect for this great event.
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/horrorindex.html
Great, thanks Mel. I visit Rusty’s Best SF Stories website to read SF short stories online but have never actually thought about looking for any of the ol’ classic horror stories.
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill is definitely on my list to read. I can’t wait to see the new movie. I have already seen the BBC version. Very scary.;>
Until I started seeing this crop on up so many lists I had no idea there was a newer film coming out or an older film that was already made. I suspect I’ll need to catch both sometime after I’ve read the book.
Carl, Rusty’s Best SF Stories is new to me-I booked marked it for review-thanks for telling me about it-
You are welcome. Rusty is a great guy and I enjoy his reviews of short stories.
Seeing Underworld on that list brings to mind a recent vampire movie Keisha & I watched: Daybreakers. The premise was wonderful, and it was just dark enough to be creepy. Lots of blood, though, but I (surprisingly) enjoyed it.
I’m pretty excited about the new Underworld, too. Those are excellent films.
Haven’t seen it but am sure I will at some point. I’m excited Kate is doing a new Underworld film as well. I even enjoyed the prequel, though not as much as the two with Kate Beckinsale in them. Did I mention that I like Kate Beckinsale? LOL!
I’m definitely going to look up Dead Lagoon and Delphine book as potential reads!
I’m about 80 pages from done with Dead Lagoon. I am liking it. Very different from other detective stories I’ve read. He is in Venice and uses a lot of Italian words and phrases and doesn’t really explain them, you either get it in context or look it up, and yet it doesn’t throw you out of the story at all. It also is an interesting view of Venice at the time the story was written. Starts out slow and then builds and then just takes off. Really enjoying it.
If you like Sala’s art I would recommend Peculia, which is a set of one-issue comics featuring Peculia that are collected in one volume. It is a favorite and I have some original art from a couple of the comics.
Seems to me if you are going to count THE TWO TOWERS in this challenge, when it is clearly and unquestionably fantasy (Hobbits, wizards, elves, dwarves, magic rings, remember?) then you can count anything. So I guess my reading Master’s Spoon River Anthology counts – there’s a graveyard in the town. Methinks you need to tighten up your definitions a wee bit.
LOL, not a chance Richard. This event has gotten more and more loose with the definitions every year because I really just want people to have fun and share in discussions with each other about what they read.
And of course you have to admit to being a bit facetious about the comparisons. Here is my very lame “argument” for why I am counting it. LOTR is of course fantasy, but there are some very folklore based evil/scary things present in the book as well as simply scary things as well, and this is about scary reading. The barrow-wight and the black riders and the Balrogs created in ‘shadow and flame’ etc. are all also very horror based/old-fashioned scary story based tropes too.
With Tolkien creating languages based on read dead languages and using old folklore and mythology on which to build his stories to create what has since become standard fantasy tropes I consider LOTR certainly fantasy, but much, much more than fantasy as well.
I’ll admit it is a stretch, but one I’ve allowed others to make before and so I’ll do so for myself.
Most of us, myself included, read obvious stuff: mysteries, gothic stories, horror stories, thrillers for the challenge. I don’t mind bending the rules a bit if something has a fair number of elements of those things involved.
You are a great host, getting over to everyone participating. Last year I tried to catch up on all the Saw movies,got to love them, I may just complete that goal.
Nice choices, haven’t seen Strangers before but love the cover, need to check that one out.
I’m really trying hard to keep up this year. I fell way behind and ended up not visiting everyone last year and I don’t want that to happen with this year’s challenge.
Bellezza’s review of Strangers had me itching to read it, and she’s recommended some really good Japanese translated thrillers to me in the past.
I’m looking forward to Storm Front and have now added The Woman in Black to my list (probably for next year, but maybe I won’t be able to wait?). I’ll have to check out some of the movies you mentioned. I really like the atmospheric ones too (like The Others). The Orphanage sounds really intriguing. Of course I like the lighter ones too, like Arsenic and Old Lace. So many possibilities!
Arsenic and Old Lace is so much fun. I pretty much enjoy any movie with Cary Grant in it. Same with Peter Lorre, who is like Vincent Price in that he is an actor that I’ve associated with horror since my childhood. Arsenic and Old Lace does a great job of taking a very comedic script and lacing it with enough menace to make it slightly eerie. A must see every year.
Its been a couple of years since I’ve watched The Others and The Orphanage and I’m looking forward to both. There are a lot of similarities in that they are slow building and set in a creepy old house. The Orphanage is a little more contemporary feeling in its pushing the horror elements, but not too much more.
You like Cary Grant and Arsenic and Old Lace. I knew there was a reason we get along. I am a huge Grant fan and I love that movie. I saw it when I was a kid and fell in love with the characters.
Now have you seen my favorite Grant film: His Girl Friday?
Many a time. It is really good. I have a hard time picking a favorite Grant film. I like his comedies more than his serious roles, but they are great too. Ones I watch over and over include: Arsenic and Old Lace, His Girl Friday, Father Goose, The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, I Was a Male War Bride, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Bringing Up Baby (possibly my favorite after Arsenic and Old Lace). I just watched Holiday for the first time last year and it was another great one. Wonderful to see him paired with Katherine Hepburn in another film.
I love all of those. Bringing up Baby is so good. I love Hepburn. She’s my favorite actress. I do enjoy Grant in Hitchcock films. North by Northwest is my favorite one of those.
She is so witty and pretty and fun in Bringing Up Baby. Their banter is clever and perfect.
I think Charade might be my favorite “serious” Grant film.
I just read that The Woman in Black movie is coming out in 2012 so perhaps I better read it this year after all! I like some time between reading a book and seeing the movie, so I forget things. It is a pretty short book, I’m sure I can squeeze it in…
I feel the same way. I’d rather the book be a more distant memory before seeing the movies.
Carl! Thanks for the plug for our attempt at a group read! I can’t believe I’m tackling such another huge book right on the heels of The Way of Kings. But that’s how it’s been going all summer, one big book after another. Crazy fun. Also, thanks for the list of movie suggestions. I think I’ll have a go at one of those Vincent Price movies.
No kidding, that thing is a monster! Bellezza is reading it now and I encouraged her to come over and at least join in on your group conversations since she is almost finished with it.
My favorite Vincent Price films are:
House of Usher
Pit and the Pendulum
The Raven
The Comedy of Terrors
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
The Last Man on Earth
House on Haunted Hill
House of Wax
He did such great stuff.
I picked up Arsenic and Old Lace last year on your recommendation. My 11 year old daughter and I loved it. One movie annually view is The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. It’s a tradition in our house.
I’m so glad to hear that you both enjoyed it. 🙂 And The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is great! I need to make that one a tradition as well. You might enjoy The Ghost Chasers if you liked both of these. It is a fun Bob Hope comedy with haunted elements.
well then you guys are all missing out on Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein! lol and for “newer” nothing much better than Young Frankenstein!
I forgot about Young Frankenstein. I have that one as well. Such a fun movie.
I will always associate the Lord of the Rings trilogy with fall/early winter. That’s when I’m in the mood to reread the books/rewatch the movies. There are some stories that just *seem* like they fit in a certain season, even if there’s little concrete justification for it.
Now I think I’ll have to break out my extended versions of the movies this weekend…. 😉
I do too, Amy, and at first it was because the films were released in December and then the Extended Edition DVD’s would e released the following November. But then when I read the books I felt that way as well. There is a strong sense of sadness and melancholy in the LOTR stories and I associate that feeling with late fall/early winter. The desolation that Sam and Frodo find themselves in as the story unfolds reminds me of how it is when the world goes to sleep, the trees are bare, etc.
And so for me LOTR is much more of autumn than it is justifiable to count as a ‘scary’ read. So it fits the time of year for certain.
I’m glad the LOTR group read is spreading the books out over the three autumn months.
I love your choices. I saw the Dale clip of The Night Circus and that’s what tipped me as well. I’ve finished The Woman in Black and it’s so good! Also, I think that LOTR books totally count!
I’m glad to hear that about The Woman in Black. I keep checking my library website to see if it is in and I’m still waiting. Not that I don’t have other stuff to read, but it sounds so good. Looking forward to snagging The Night Circus right away next week.
Yay for Doctor Who! (This past Saturday’s episode was a PERFECT fit for R.I.P./Peril on the Screen. Mark Gatiss, recently of Sherlock fame, wrote “Night Terrors” and it. was. so. good!)
It took me a few viewings before I was able to say that I enjoyed the Underworld movies. But, when all was said and done, I did. I quite liked Rise of the Lycans, too. Michael Sheen delivered, meaning I bought him in that role in a big way, which surprised the bejeezus out of me. But I understand how the lack of Kate Beckinsale might have dimmed your enjoyment. 🙂
I haven’t seen The Orphanage, but ever since watching Del Torro’s The Devil’s Backbone, a film often brought up alongside The Orphange, I’ve wanted to. The Devil’s Backbone, by the way, was quite memorable (chilling, often subtly menacing, another good fit for this challenge).
Anow now you’ve got me wanting to revisit Sleepy Hollow. *heads off to search library’s catalog*
There are surprisingly quite a few Doctor Who episodes that lean heavily over into the creepy/horror area. And I’ve enjoyed those episodes a great deal.
The thing I liked about the Underworld films as opposed to so many similar “hot ass-kicking chick” movies is that they had a decent story, had some nice performances, and they aren’t meant to be “oh look at the cute vampire” films. I like that they are darker, edgier films.
The Devil’s Backbone was excellent, as is Pan’s Labyrinth. I haven’t seen the first film in that “trilogy”, Chronos is the title, I think, but I want to.
“heads off”…lol, nice touch! Every year I find myself liking Burton’s Sleepy Hollow film a bit more. For the type of film that it was trying to be it is remarkably well done. Very heavy on the creepy factor and full of fun performances, great sets and costumes, and nicely done special effects.
I was so excited to see your list of potential screen picks! I just haven’t been able to decide what to watch (beside the usual Nightmare Before Christmas and Charlie Brown, of course). I just don’t watch enough movies to even know what to try, so it’s great seeing your list. Now, off to netflix to add some of these to the queue. 🙂
Glad I could help with the list. These are just some wonderfully fun films. I’m not sure everyone has the same passion I do for the older stuff. It can be pretty corny if you choose to view it in that light. I personally find it all a bit creepy while also being a bit melodramatic and fun.
Annie is about at that age where, if she hasn’t seen it, she may enjoy Blood and Chocolate. That is if she isn’t a fan of the book. The movie tells a completely opposite story from the book. And to be honest, I like the movie better. The book seemed to me to be too close to being prejudiced, especially it being a contemporary author.
Thank you for posting the other read-a-longs! I had already started Under the Dome awhile back, but had to put it aside for other reading obligations. I may just join in on that one.
I’m getting ready to watch the 2010 remake of Night of the Demons. I had no idea there even was a remake. If I remember correctly the original was pretty scary, although it may have been cheesy! I saw Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (the remake). The original scared the crap out of me when I was little. The new one was pretty good. With del Toro, you can hardly go wrong. Speaking of which…The Orphanage…great movie! I also SO love the Underworld movies.
Quick question. 1984 by George Orwell…does it qualify for R.I.P.? I’m getting ready to listen to it on audio.
Stay perilous!
You are welcome, Michelle. I definitely want to support the other events that are going on during R.I.P. I hope you get a chance to read and discuss Under the Dome with them.
I’m hoping to go see Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark with a friend. Can’t get my wife to agree to see that one. She believes, perhaps rightly so, that it will be too much. Saw a trailer for Dream House last night. That looks pretty creepy as well.
I know almost nothing about 1984 other than it is considered science fiction and is Big Brotherish. Sorry I can’t help you much with that as I just don’t know. If you are listening to it at any rate I would suggest doing so and then deciding if you think it would count. Either way, let me know if you review it as I’d be interested to know what you think of it.
Well, I wanted to pick up Rebecca, a great gothic read, but it was on cassette and I wanted it on CD. When I read the back of 1984, a couple of things the synopsis said, like “chilling prophecy” and “haunting vision of the world” made me think it might work. Some on Goodreads have classified it as a thriller so we shall see!
Also, wanted to ask you if you have seen Insidious? One of the best I’ve seen in awhile, in my opinion. Pretty scary! I thought it was more scary then DBAOTD so it might not be a good one for your wife either. Yes, Dream House looks like another must-see!
Rebecca is great. I need to re-read it again as it has been a long time.
I have not seen Insidious, but you are the third person this week who has brought this up. Must admit it looks very interesting and would be a perfect choice for the challenge. May have to see if I can work it in. And yes, I had already decided it would have to be a movie I watched my myself some night. LOL. She can handle stuff like The Others and The Devil’s Backbone, but that is about as far as she wants to go with the scary movies.
Yep, can’t wait for the release of The Night Circus either! In the meantime, I’m just about to start my third RIP read!! I’m kicking you know what this RIP!
Just a few more days!
I’m glad to hear it. I’ve read two books and watched several things on screen. And of course I am working my way through Fragile Things and Storm Front so I’m getting reading done though not finishing stuff. Probably having more fun with R.I.P. this year than ever before!
TBM: You’ll be happy to know that thanks to our Cary Grant conversation we re-watched Bringing Up Baby tonight. What a lovely experience. Laughed our heads off. As I said previously, they do their banter together so well. And as mad-cap as Katherine Hepburn’s character is in the film, it is easy to see why Cary Grant’s would fall madly for her. What a dream. Now I want to hurry and watch them together in Holiday again.
September somehow got the best of me and I am late to this challenge. However, I have some books set aside for October and I am ready to dive in. I love love love this challenge! Thanks so much for hosting it each year, Carl!!!