2017 Horror Reading Challenge

I was pretty sure I was done signing up for challenges until I learned the Horror Challenge is on again by a new host blog. Right now, I'll shoot for the first level, but will see if I can go over. Sign up here.

First of all are the Challenge Badges, which you will win by completing the highest number of books for that level. I will list them below and they will be e-mailed to you at the conclusion of the challenge.

CHALLENGE LEVELS:

Neophyte of Coolthulhu’s Temple:  Read and review 1-7 horror books to receive the Neophyte badge

Initiate of Coolthulhu’s Temple:     Read and review 8-15 horror books to receive the Initiate badge

Oracle of Coolthulhu’s Temple:       Read and review 20-25 horror books to receive the Oracle  badge

MYSTERY BADGE     Read and review 50+ horror books in the 2017 Horror Reading Challenge to receive a special Coolthulhu-approved badge demonstrating your tentacle-awesomeness.

Here is what I am reading:

1. Beast--Donna Jo Napoli
2. Catch Me--Lisa Gardner
3. A Sudden Silence--Eve Bunting
4. Soulless--Gail Carrier
5. Ash--Malinda Lo
6. Fuzzy Mud--Louis Sachar
7. When She Woke--Hillary Jordan
8. The Woman in Cabin 10--Ruth Ware
9. Luckiest Girl Alive--Jessica Knoll
10. Wicked Lovely--Melissa Marr
11. Daughter of Smoke and Bone--Laini Taylor
12. The Trouble With Magic--Madelyn Alt
13. Lady Audley's Secret--Mary Elizabeth Braddon
14. The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales--Edgar Allan Poe
15. The Spiderwick Chronicles 1-5--Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
16. Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixie's Song--Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
17. The Shack--William Paul Young
18. Ghosts--Raina Telgemeier
19. The Moonstone--Wilkie Collins
20. The Turn of the Screw--Henry James
21. Bloodlines--Richelle Mead
22. The Girl With All the Gifts--M.R. Carey
23. Nightlight: A Parody--Harvard Lampoon
24. Zombies Calling--Faith Erin Hicks
25. Witch Buster--Jung-man Cho
26. My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish--Mo O'Hara
27. My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: The SeaQuel--Mo O'Hara
28. My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: Fins of Fury--Mo O'Hara
29. My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: Any Fin is Possible--Mo O'Hara
30. Blood Red, Snow White--Marcus Sedgwick

Challenge completed on October 27