September!

[byslantedlight]

It's September, the nasssty noissssy festival is over at last, the sun is out, and it's the beginning of the RIP reading challenge - I always think that's October, but it's now! It was a gorgeous morning too, so I went out first thing for a quick hacktrack walk... ...and the world was spider-webby! I love autumn... *g* I even managed to write a wee bit of my Victorian story too - and I'm wondering if there's some way I can commit to it alongside the RIP Challenge, and eldritchhobbit's Month of Halloween October posts, cos it's actually on-theme. If I did it'd be in a wee lockedy series of posts, only for anyone really brave, but... maybe that'd work... of course I've said that before...

The RIP Reading Challenge at The Estella Society begins today and lasts all the way through two months to 31st October - and I am going to keep up with my book posts and the challenge this time - I am. I keep faffing about bookblogging too, so I think I'm just going to do it here (until I eventually stop faffing... *g*) So, via the host site - here's what the Reading Challenge is:
Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. Dark Fantasy. Gothic. Horror. Supernatural.
Or anything sufficiently moody that shares a kinship with the above.
That is what embodies the stories, written and visual, that we celebrate with the R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril event.
As time has wound on, we’ve discovered that simple rules are best:
1. Have fun reading (and watching).
2. Share that fun with others.

I'm going to have a go at:Peril the First: Read four books, any length, that you feel fit (the very broad definitions) of R.I.P. literature. It could be King or Conan Doyle, Penny or Poe, Chandler or Collins, Lovecraft or Leroux… or anyone in between.

Peril of the Short Story: We are big fans of short stories and the desire for them is perhaps no greater than in Autumn. You can read short stories any time during the challenge. We like to read short stories over the weekend and post about them around that time. (Because I have short story books that fit the challenge on my shelves!)

Peril On the Screen: This is for those of us that like to watch suitably scary, eerie, mysterious gothic fare during this time of year. It may be something on the small screen or large. It might be a television show, like Dark Shadows or Midsomer Murders, or your favorite film. (Because I've had Marchlands on my shelf for aaages. Hmmn, and 30 Days of Night, come to that...)

Challenge artwork by Abigail Larson - there's more gorgeous art at her website too - worth seeing! Also - thanks read_warbler for the heads-up!

Yeay September! Yeay autumn! Yeay mist-clad days, and echoing footsteps, and blackberry and apple crumble!

Comments

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Gah, this is actually something I might be interested in doing. Being a horror fan, it would be easy enough. But I'd have to veer away from the Crown of Stars books, which I really don't want to do, not to mention that there's still so much on my plate!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, you should sign up! You can sign up to read just one book if you want - or there's a group read that I'm eyeing up too. And it lasts two months (hmmn, I didn't mention that, did I - *goes to edit it in*!)

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Okay, I think I'm going to do it, though one or two may be rereads. Is that permissible?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Excellent! I've not seen anything that says you can't re-read books for the challenge, and I know I'm planning at least one re-read when a paperback version of a book that fits the challenge arrives, so... *g*

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

The dew drops in the spider web are sooo wonderful!!
Great photo!

And is it possible to say "Happy reading" with this kind of stories? *g*

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

Now I didn't see you'd posted this at all. Strange how easy it is to miss stuff. Anyway, just to say 'Good Luck' and 'enjoy'. And I'll answer your email in the morning.