Wednesday, August 31, 2011

CHALLENGE: RIP 6

Hosted by Carl at Stainless Steel Droppings
runs now until October 31, 2011

All my favorite types of books:
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
Dark Fantasy.
Gothic.
Horror.
Supernatural.

Peril the First - read 4 books

Pool of possible reads: (from last year's list)
Broken Shore by Peter Temple
The Black Echo by Michael Connolly
Angelology by Danielle Trussoni
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (short stories)

and new to the list:
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Moonlight Sketches by Gerald Collins(short stories)
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsen
Undone by Karin Slaughter
The Reapers by John Connolly

The Calling by Inger Ash Wolfe
plus assorted ongoing mystery series: Maisie Dobbs, Tattoo series, PerWahoo, Jo Nesbo,

gothic
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson


Books that got read:
1.Trackers - Deon Meyer
2. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
3. The Adventuress - Audrey Niffeneggar
4. Anya's Ghost - Vera Brosgol
5. Pretty in Ink - Karen E. Olson
6. The Distant Hours - Kate Morton
7. The Broken Shore - Peter Temple
8. Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King
9. The Potter's Field - Andrea Camilleri
Posted by raidergirl3 at 9:40 AM
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Kailana · 708 weeks ago

Lots of good looking books there. I hope you enjoy whatever you wind up reading!
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raidergirl3 91p · 708 weeks ago

I liked your post of past reads from this challenge. great idea!
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bluestockingbb 56p · 708 weeks ago

The Distant Hours and the Agatha Christie are both excellent choices.

Here is mine
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raidergirl3 91p · 708 weeks ago

I've read from both those authors before, so I know that they are great reads.
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GeraniumCat · 708 weeks ago

The Agatha Christie is the only one I've read (oh, and Maisie Dobbs) so I'll be really interested to read what you have to say about the others. I wondered about The Reapers myself, but I haven't read anything else by Connolly and I'm going for things I know I'll enjoy this year :-)
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raidergirl3 91p · 708 weeks ago

My sister read The Reapers and said it was was good, not necessarily great. I like that Connolly is Irish, so it goes with the Ireland Challenge as well.
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Samantha · 708 weeks ago

And Then There Were None is one of my favorite books by Christie! I hope you get the chance to read it!!!
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raidergirl3 91p · 708 weeks ago

I know I read all her books when I was much younger, but I don't remember much about them, other than I like Poirot. And Then There Were None is very high on my get read list.
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Stephanie · 708 weeks ago

I read The Distant Hours last year during RIP and LOVED it! Happy reading!
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raidergirl3 91p · 708 weeks ago

So good to hear! I read The House at Riverton in January (while Downton Abbey was on - they are forever linked in my head) and really enjoyed it.
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Chrisbookarama 89p · 708 weeks ago

I love Shirley Jackson so I hope you do too! I have several Christie's on my pile. I've been going through a phase.
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raidergirl3 91p · 708 weeks ago

Christie will do that to you. And there are so many of them.
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Amanda · 708 weeks ago

The Distant Hours sounds like a good one!
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raidergirl3 91p · 708 weeks ago

Kate Morton writes great tales. I'm looking forward to it.
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Chad Hull · 708 weeks ago

Just stumbled across your blog. I would strong recommend the Joe Hill collection. It was a very pleasant surprise.
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raidergirl3 91p · 707 weeks ago

I've read his Heart Shaped Box, and I've always loved his father's short stories. thanks for stopping by, and for the rec!
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Nan · 708 weeks ago

I have the newest Maisie waiting for me.
I have joined this challenge for the first time.
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raidergirl3 91p · 707 weeks ago

I am so behind in Maisie. I know I liked them, but I've only read two of them. You'll enjoy this challenge. Have fun!
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Susan · 707 weeks ago

Oooh, you have got to read The Haunting of Hill House (one of my all-time favourite ghost stories), and I just read The Broken Shore a little while ago, and it is so good that it is in my top 10 books read this year, possibly my favourite of the year. So very very good. I've been meaning to get to the Stephen King and the Karin Slaughter (I keep picking up Undone and then putting it down, thinking I already have it), and I've heard good things about the Joe Hill collection. Lovely list there, raidergirl3!!! enjoy the challenge!
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Susan · 707 weeks ago

PS I'm really enjoying Maisie Dobbs, too, and you know Jo Nesbo is the writer of Harry Hole, my detective love! books are very very good mysteries. I have the latest to read, I didn't think about it for the challenge.
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raidergirl3 91p · 707 weeks ago

I have to get back to Nesbo as well. I'm trying to finish up some other books that I've wanted to read before I get back to Nesbo. I want to really get into that series.

Maisie's are much quieter than Harry Hole, but equally enjoyable.

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