Horror Aficionados discussion

Kamila wrote: "I’m banning myself from buying anymore books until I’ve chipped away at my TBR list."

I remember telling myself that years ago. Now my TBR is much larger and my house looks like an overstuffed library. lol

I hope to read at least fifty books from my shelves.

Reserving my space here & then to make a dent in my TBR!

1. The Tempest
2. The Glass Castle
3. I Who Have Never Known Men
4. The Color Out of Space
5. Certain Dark Things
6. Children of the Night
7. Tomb Raider King, Vol. 1
8. Tomb Raider King Vol 2
9. Hexwood
10. Parasyte, Volume 1

11. Parasyte, Volume 2
12. Parasyte, Volume 3
13. Parasyte, Volume 4
14. Parasyte, Volume 5
15. Parasyte, Volume 6
16. Parasyte, Volume 7
17. Parasyte, Volume 8
18. Parasyte, Volume 9
19. Parasyte, Volume 10
20. Parasyte, Volume 11

21. Parasyte, Volume 12
22. The Tell-Tale Heart
23. City of the Dead
24. Jar City
25. The Banker’s Wife
26. Valley of Thracians
27. Sword of Destiny
28. Gone, Baby, Gone
29. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny
30. The Thirteen Problems

31. The Last
32. The Watcher in the Shadows
33. Blood of Elves
34. An Ace and A Pair
35. The Moonlight Child
36. The Killer Inside Me
37. Stories of Vikramaditya/Simhasana Dwatrimsika
38. Mind of Winter
39. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
40. The Cellar

41. The Secret Witness
42. The Bricklayer
43. A Rose for Emily
44. Triptych
45. Twisted
46. Heidi
47. When I Was You
48. Home Before Dark
49. Not a Drop to Drink
50. The Girl Before

51. The Collector
52. Sangeetmay Chinmay - Indian Classical Music
53. Seduced in the Dark
54. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
55. The Book Thief
56. Solo Leveling, Vol. 6
57. Solo Leveling, Vol. 7
58. Solo Leveling, Vol. 5
59. Hush Little Baby
60. Epilogue

61. Classroom of the Elite Vol. 1
62. Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 2
63. Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 3
64. Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 4
65. Classroom of the Elite (Light Novel) Vol. 5
66. The Woman in the Window
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My Goal is 100 Books, half of which have been on my TBR LIst at least a year.

Over a Year
1. Murder on Sisters' Row Victoria Thompson - Added to TBR January 2, 2021. So this is not a horror book, but I just love this series so dang much, I want to spread the love. It's the 13th book in the series and I've read all the previous ones!
2. Murder on Fifth Avenue - Victoria Thompson added 01/2021Stephen King
3. Stalking The Unicorn - Mike Resnick Added 06/2015
4. The Children on the Hill - Jennifer McMahon added 10/2021
5. The Leftovers - Tom Perrotta added 01/2017
6. Duma Key - Stephen King added 12/2016
7. Video Night - Adam Cesare added 09/2021
8. Mr. X - Peter Straub added 01/2022
9. Logan's Run - William F. Nolan added 10/2017
10. Murder in Chelsea - Victoria Thompson added 01/2021
11. To Your Scattered Bodies Go - Philip José Farmer added 05/2013
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Under a Year
1. Earthworm Gods II: Deluge added 10/2022
2. Fatal Vision - Joe McGinniss: Added 10/2022
3. The Shuddering - Ania Ahlborn added 12/2022
4. Boy's Life - Robert McCammon Added 05/2022
5. Next of Kin - Dan Wells added 10/2022
6. The Shuddering - Ania Ahlborn added 12/2022
7. Mountain Man: Prequel - Keith C. Blackmore added 3/2022
8. Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion - Alan Goldsher added 10/2022
9. Don't Fear the Reaper - Stephen Graham Jones added 08/2022
10. How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix added 05/2022
11. Sundial - Catriona Ward added 02/2023
12. Daphne - Josh Malerman added 06/2022
13. The Killing Floor - Craig DiLouie
14. I, Zombie - Hugh Howey
15. I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy
16. Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn added 04/19/2023
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This is my first year joining the challenge. :) Was in Goodreads over the summer but had no idea there was this Horror group!!! Yes!!!

About 2020, I found an amazing thrift shop with a great used book section. Enough that I can come out with 15 books routinely. I'll count what I own before 2023 as I can't remember when I got them as they're still in bags and once read, are re-donated (unless it's part of my collection, then it stays). But they are definitely starting to pile.
Progress: 5/10

1. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (fantasy)
2. Persuasion by Jane Austen (Classic Literature)
3. The Empty Crown by Rosemary Edghill (fantasy)
4. The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz (supernatural)
5. Martha Peake: A Novel of the Revolution by Patrick McGrath (historical fiction)

Yay! A new challenge!
For this challenge I'm going to count any audiobook, ebook, or physical book that I have purchased before and started after Jan 1, 2023 . My year goal is 110 books so I think 45 will be good for this challenge.

14/45

Audiobooks:
7/15
1. House of Shadows
2. Decorum at the Deathbed
3. My Evil Mother
4. House of Secrets
5. Stardust
6. The House of Long Shadows
7. The Secret Garden
8. Perfect Shadow

Physical Book
5/15
1. Siege and Storm
2. Ruin and Rising
3. A Flicker in the Dark (1 star)
4. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, Vol. 4
5. Project Hail Mary

Ebook
1/15
1. The Graveyard Book

Kamila wrote: "Omg I had 18 on TBR list before Christmas, then was given 6 Stephen King books as a gift…24 books, my goal for 2023 is to finish a book every week and I’m banning myself from buying anymore books u..."

Oh, you are precious! Bless your heart.

I remember when I used to tell myself those things. Now I just hope to get my list below quadruple digits some day.

Badseedgirl wrote: "Kamila wrote: "Omg I had 18 on TBR list before Christmas, then was given 6 Stephen King books as a gift…24 books, my goal for 2023 is to finish a book every week and I’m banning myself from buying ..."

LMAO--THIS, I can relate to!!

Signing up here! I'm not able to get out and be social much this year, so I'm aiming high. (Wish me luck.) My goal for 2023 is 50 books from my shelves!

I'm linking directly to my shelf so I don't take up a lot of space:
Horror Aficionados Mount TBR Challenge - 2023

Emily wrote: "Signing up here! I'm not able to get out and be social much this year, so I'm aiming high. (Wish me luck.) My goal for 2023 is 50 books from my shelves!

I'm linking directly to my shelf so I don't..."

Good luck, Emily! :)

Is it too late to join?

Joining- I hope it isn't too late as I've just ordered and seen the extent of my TBR pile...

It's never too late to get started on a challenge. I hope you all have a great time reading some wonderful books.

WendyB wrote: "It's never too late to get started on a challenge. I hope you all have a great time reading some wonderful books."

Thanks!

1. The Source
2. By the Light of the Moon
3 The Experiment
4. The Exile
5. The Shadow Reader
6. Red Phoenix

These books have been on my shelves for 10+ years.

Holy smokes, this is exactly what I need. I literally (pa dum pum) have books shoved in my kitchen cupboards because I don't have the space. My issue is I start a series and then go down the rabbit hole with continuing the series and then branching to the authors' other series. I have to take stock of what I have, which is some non-fiction history stuff, fiction, large graphic novels, etc. I'll start with 20 and hopefully that will help whittle my backlog down (hence I named this TBR Backlog). Granted, I also have over 1K books in my TBR list on Goodreads so let's see how this goes. :)

RJ wrote: "Holy smokes, this is exactly what I need. I literally (pa dum pum) have books shoved in my kitchen cupboards because I don't have the space. My issue is I start a series and then go down the rabbit..."

Oh my, you do have a love of books! I think it's great.
This challenge has pushed me to read some books that have been languishing on my bookshelves for years and the great thing is I've enjoyed most of them.
I hope it helps you too. Have a great time reading all those wonderful books. :)

I have got to do this. I’m not sure how to do ebooks though… maybe just alphabetical. I have hundreds of free ones I picked up and I really need to read them.

I am really bad about buying new books and forgetting about my old ones so I am down to try this challenge! My goal is 10 but hopefully I can complete more!

I am finally starting one of my old books! Yay!
The Ceremonies

Char wrote: "I am finally starting one of my old books! Yay!
The Ceremonies"

I think that's a very perfect book, Char. In fact we did a buddy read on it, I think last year, here on HA and it was a re-read for me, it was even better than the first time. Enjoy!

Note that I'm not even mentioning my own TBR challenge and that's all I'm going to say.

Char wrote: "I am finally starting one of my old books! Yay!
The Ceremonies"

This book has a permanent place on my All-Time Top 10 Horror Novels list. It's that good.

Christopher wrote: "Char wrote: "I am finally starting one of my old books! Yay!
The Ceremonies"

This book has a permanent place on my All-Time Top 10 Horror Novels list. It's that good."

Ya'll are not helping my TBR List AT ALL!!!!

Char wrote: "I am finally starting one of my old books! Yay!
The Ceremonies"

YAY! (I know I read it, but I honestly don't remember it now....) I am not helping my own TBR because I suddenly feel the need to reread it....

I just joined this challenge and set my goal at 20 out of a possible list of 34 horror books that I own. I did a lot of book shopping the past couple of months (both physical and on my kindle), so I hope the challenge will help me make sure those new purchases get put to good use. 5 down, 15 to go.

Adriennelee wrote: "I just joined this challenge and set my goal at 20 out of a possible list of 34 horror books that I own. I did a lot of book shopping the past couple of months (both physical and on my kindle), so ..."

Good luck on the challenge!
But I have to tell you that here at HA we're going to do everything we can to see that list of horror books grow and grow and grow... ya know, kinda like the Blob did throughout the wonderfully campy '50s movie. :) lol

WendyB wrote: "Adriennelee wrote: "I just joined this challenge and set my goal at 20 out of a possible list of 34 horror books that I own. I did a lot of book shopping the past couple of months (both physical an..."

Thanks Wendy, and yeah, I don't need much encouragement on that list 😂!

Adriennelee wrote: "WendyB wrote: "Adriennelee wrote: "I just joined this challenge and set my goal at 20 out of a possible list of 34 horror books that I own. I did a lot of book shopping the past couple of months (b..."

When you get to 500 or more, we'll start posting more lists of books you "missed"!! LOL!

This place is too funny!

Inci and Christopher: I absolutely adored The Ceremonies.

Today, I'm starting another that has been on my list for decades:
by Dorothy MaCardle.

That's great to hear, Char :)

For this challenge I am one book behind, even though I thought I could easily do one book a month.
I am now stepping up my game and reading The Hunger and Last Days and hope to soon finish my The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy so I can finally put a sunbstantial dent in that mount tbr.

Hopping into this challenge because I need to chip away at Mount TBR. Hoping to get through one each month. Starting with a book from one of my favorite author’s that’s been on my shelf for years.

DAMNED - Chuck Palahniuk

So far on this challenge I have read 6 out of 15. I am trying to read two or three books a month for all the challenges I entered here on HA. Sort of trying to work on one challenge at a time and read those books first which I figure reading two books at a time ought to make me go faster. lol :)

I'm behind in this challenge despite my best efforts, which admittedly haven't been all that good this year. Too many new books have distracted me and too many good books being chosen for group reads are keeping me from the books gathering dust on the shelves.
But dang... I'm having a really good time anyway!

WendyB wrote: "I'm behind in this challenge despite my best efforts, which admittedly haven't been all that good this year. Too many new books have distracted me and too many good books being chosen for group rea..."

I second that response!

WendyB wrote: "I'm behind in this challenge despite my best efforts, which admittedly haven't been all that good this year. Too many new books have distracted me and too many good books being chosen for group rea..."

You really can't blame us when those "shiny, new" books are coming out every week....

Kimberly wrote: "You really can't blame us when those "shiny, new" books are coming out every week...."

The shiny books are the most distracting! Damn those shiny books! LOL :D

Kamila wrote: "Omg I had 18 on TBR list before Christmas, then was given 6 Stephen King books as a gift…24 books, my goal for 2023 is to finish a book every week and I’m banning myself from buying anymore books u..."

Wish I was as disciplined as you lol! I have a hard time not buying new books that sound interesting!

Jessica wrote: "Kamila wrote: "Omg I had 18 on TBR list before Christmas, then was given 6 Stephen King books as a gift…24 books, my goal for 2023 is to finish a book every week and I’m banning myself from buying ..."

I swore I would not buy anymore books. If I added all the (unread) books sitting on my kindle to my Goodreads TBR list, the internet might explode! But I still find myself hitting that "buy now with one click" button.
Seriously. I should be taken out to the woodshed and whipped!
Edited to add: Oh yeah, and KU is the DEVIL!!!!😈

Badseedgirl wrote: "Jessica wrote: "Kamila wrote: "Omg I had 18 on TBR list before Christmas, then was given 6 Stephen King books as a gift…24 books, my goal for 2023 is to finish a book every week and I’m banning mys..."

Lol yes!

;)
Just a friendly reminder:

I made 4/12 so far.

I too told myself I wouldn't buy new books, so I've been getting lots of review copies, lol. It doesn't count as buying, though. I still have been reading a lot of new stuff and not my physical books tbr as I thought I would.

I failed. I buy new books all the time--those "shiny new" covers get me every time! LOL!

Kimberly wrote: "I failed. I buy new books all the time--those "shiny new" covers get me every time! LOL!"

Yeah, those beautiful covers...

Kimberly wrote: "I failed. I buy new books all the time--those "shiny new" covers get me every time! LOL!"

You do pick out books with awesome covers. :)

I just finished my 4th of the year! That makes this the best I've ever done on this challenge. I don't know whether to laugh or cry! lol

Well I have 15 that I picked to do for the challenge and have read seven of them.

I entered three of the challenges in here this year and most of the books I have been reading are just for HA challenges. So I have been rotating my reads or reading two or three books at once for each challenge. lol I am committed to finishing all three challenges. :)

I set my goal at 30 books but have only read 9 so far. Not good.
But there are 6 months left to the year so who knows...

Char wrote: "I just finished my 4th of the year! That makes this the best I've ever done on this challenge. I don't know whether to laugh or cry! lol"

I've gotten 19/25, but considering many of them were 2022/2021 purchases, it honestly isn't whittling that pile down all that much. Add in the number of books ADDED to the TBR already, and we're well into triple digits, if not more.... LOL!

I don't even want to think about how many books I've bought this year... nope, nope, nope. Did I mention my trip to a used bookstore yesterday where I traded in two big bags of books and returned home with 10 more books to add to the piles? ...I'm kinda proud of that actually. :) heehee

That is a very good deal, Wendy!
I read 5 out of 12 for this challenge, so it is not hopeless but could be better.