R.I.P. IV Challenge Complete

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

Carl’s R.I.P challenges are so much fun, but usually I just barely make the minimum required. I’m pretty proud of myself this year. Do you see the list below — I killed it (no pun intended)! I went with Peril the First, which was to read 4 books from any subgenre, but I ended up reading 22. Including mysteries and thrillers allowed me to read more books than I normally would, and I also really got into some series books as well — Twilight, Chief Inspector Gamache, Sookie Stackhouse, and the Hunger Games. I enjoyed all the books I read, but my favorites were the titles with a single asterix below. My least favorites were probably the Sookie Stackhouse books and the manga Vampire Knight. I really enjoyed Sookie at first, but then it just got into too much s*x and oc*ult stuff for my tastes and Vampire Knight was just okay. I doubt I’ll continue on with either series, but who knows by next year. The double asterixes are for those titles that best fit what I consider to be the mood of the R.I.P. Challenge.

Thanks so much, Carl, and I’ll look forward to next year!

The books I read:

1. *Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice**
2. *Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury**
3. *The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
4. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
5. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
6. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
7. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
8. Still Life by Louise Penny
9. A Fatal Grace (aka Dead Cold) by Louise Penny
10. The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
11. A Rule Against Murder (aka The Murder Stone) by Louise Penny
12. *The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
13. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
14. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
15. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
16. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill**
17. The Inhabited World by David Long
18. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman**
19. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
20. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
21. Vampire Knight Vol 1 by Matsuri Hino
22. *The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova**

Ones I really wanted to read but didn’t have time for:

• Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
• Tales of Moonlight and Rain by Ueda Akinari

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