Susan of Well-Mannered Frivolity is hosting her first challenge next year, the Gothic Reading Challenge , and has set up a new blog with lots of great information. Head on over to sign-up.
This challenge runs from January 1 through December 31, 2011
There are four levels of participation:
A Little Madness - Read just 1 novel with Gothic elements.
The Darkness Within - Read 5 novels with Gothic elements.
A Maniacal Frenzy - Read 10 novels with Gothic elements.
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know - Read 20 novels with Gothic elements.
A Maniacal Frenzy - Read 10 novels with Gothic elements.
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know - Read 20 novels with Gothic elements.
I was going to just try for one book, but once I made pool of books from her Gothic books list and then checked out the library, I'll bet I can read at least 5 of these.
Pool of Books
Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Oh My Goth! by Gena Showalter (school library)
Other books I've added to the list:
something by Flannery O'Connor
Books I Would Suggest for Others
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BronteThe Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (my favorite Austen)
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Shining by Stephen King
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Sister by Poppy Adams
The Books I Actually Read:
1. The House at Riverton - Kate Morton2. Waiting for Gertrude - Bill Richardson
3. Affinity - Sarah Waters
4. First Love - Joyce Carol Oates
5. The Night Wanderer - Drew Hayden Taylor
6. The Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl -
7. A Spell of Winter - Helen Dunmore
8. A Reliable Wife - Robert Goolrick
9. The Adventuress - Audrey Niffenegger
10. The Distant Hours - Kate Morton
