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Posted 2014-01-15 8:02 PM (#6107 - in reply to #6104)
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DrNefario - 2014-01-15 5:17 PM The awards in particular may force me into reading some horror, which is not really my thing. There are 14 awards on WWE, currently, and I've read all the Hugo winners. There will be a new one this year, but there's a chance I'll have already read it. .


Many of the books nominated for the Shirley Jackson Award tend to be more psychological thriller - dark fantastic than horror so you should be safe with that one. I would highly recommend The Drowning Girl, and The Silent Land is also very good. And Gone Girl is straight up literary mystery - no horror creepiness at all. The Bram Stoker books seem to be mostly hardcore horror, with the exception of the aforementioned The Drowning Girl, which won last year.

I've signed up for 6 challenges, and with crossovers I have a total of 56 books to read. I read a little over 100 books per year so I'm not too worried about completing the challenges as long as I stay focused and organized. (And providing no one comes up with more brilliant challenge ideas!) Some titles I want to read aren't in the database, but I'm hoping the Powers That Be will add them by year's end so I can fill in all the pretty little boxes.

Good luck with your challenges, DrNefario.....and everyone else!



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