I'm not sure how I didn't know things like this existed, but they DO!
It's like Christmas in September.
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By "things like this", I mean book challenges. I like nothing better than to be given guidelines. I love them. Put me in a library and say "pick anything you want", and I crumble into an incoherent wreck, rocking in the corner. Say "find something that means guidelines x, y and z", and I'm a kid on a scavenger hunt.
It's totally healthy and well-adjusted of me, I'm sure.
I don't normally read scary books (unless you count Harry Potter as scary,which I do which no self-respecting adult does), but I am at the end of my to-be-read shelf, and I need inspiration. This challenge seems like just the thing. Plus, it forces me to read outside my quite narrow book-comfort zone. I'm not really sure where to begin. It feels like cheating to start with something like Twilight, which, while about vampires, is about sparkly vampires, which negates the whole "scary" thing a bit. I do like Sherlock Holmes quite a bit, and that seems like a relatively calm entrance into the world of spooky/scary/creepy stories. I must let myself in gently.
I'll try very very hard to remember to review the books as I read them. This isn't strictly a "book blog", but who am I kidding? I rarely talk about, you know, my life on here. Mostly I just talk to you about books I read, movies I watch and my feet swelling for no apparent reason.
The point is, I'm enabling my terrible habit of writing about books rather than about me. This is a terrible thing for me to do, as no one could ever have enough me.
I'm still going to do it. Scary books! Scary book reviews! Book Challenge!
Huzzah!
Image Source and Also to figure out what I'm talking aboutBy "things like this", I mean book challenges. I like nothing better than to be given guidelines. I love them. Put me in a library and say "pick anything you want", and I crumble into an incoherent wreck, rocking in the corner. Say "find something that means guidelines x, y and z", and I'm a kid on a scavenger hunt.
It's totally healthy and well-adjusted of me, I'm sure.
I don't normally read scary books (unless you count Harry Potter as scary,
I'll try very very hard to remember to review the books as I read them. This isn't strictly a "book blog", but who am I kidding? I rarely talk about, you know, my life on here. Mostly I just talk to you about books I read, movies I watch and my feet swelling for no apparent reason.
The point is, I'm enabling my terrible habit of writing about books rather than about me. This is a terrible thing for me to do, as no one could ever have enough me.
I'm still going to do it. Scary books! Scary book reviews! Book Challenge!
Huzzah!
Twilight certainly is not cheating in my book, so have at it if that is where your fancy takes you. If not, I look forward to seeing what you decide to read. Thank you so much for joining in. I hope you have a wonderful time with the challenge over the next couple of months.
ReplyDeleteOne name: Edgar Allen Poe. That should fill up your scary sock quite nicely - or not so, depending on how you look at it.
ReplyDeleteReading Challenges can be a lot of fun! This is one of my favourites, so I hope you enjoy and read lots of great books!
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