James Mustich's 1000 Books to Read Before You Die discussion

Please nominate a book for our October 2019 Read.

Since it is Halloween Month let's select a book that is perhaps a little more on the scary, or thrilling, or maybe sci-fi side. Anything that you think would be apt for the month of October. It may take some searching, but here is a handy-dandy link to the complete list...

https://www.1000bookstoread.com/

Poll will be created after 10 nominations or on Friday the 13th (whichever comes first), please only 1 book nomination per person.

Goodreads only allows me to send one group message per day, so I will send out a group email regarding this post tomorrow.

I'll nominate something everyone but me has probably read:

Carrie by Stephen King

Thanks Bryan! It's one of my favorite King books!

I haven't read Carrie yet either. Mustich has an entry in his book called "A Gathering of Ghosts" on page 633, right after the entry on Edgar Allen Poe, that might be helpful when looking for nominations. His ghost story list:

Poetry and Tales by Edgar Allen Poe
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by Lovecraft
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Old House of Fear by Russell Kirk
Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub
Topper by Thorne Smith

My favorite spooky story is The Haunting of Hill House, but since I have already read it, I nominate:

Old House of Fear

I will nominate a non-fiction for October.

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Either of the Stephen King one on the list! Ashamed to say I've never read one of his books =-X

I vote for Topper!

So far...

1. Carrie by Stephen King
2. Old House of Fear by Russell Kirk
3. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
4. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
5. Topper by Thorne Smith

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

So... Should we start with the poll?

It is now Friday the 13th, so the poll is up with all 7 nominations! Happy voting.

Marlise wrote: "It is now Friday the 13th, so the poll is up with all 7 nominations! Happy voting."

Sorry: here in Italy it was Friday 13th when I wrote the message (21hrs ago): now it's 6 AM of Saturday 14th!

Haha yes that makes sense! I saw the newsletter, it's awesome!

😎 This group is awesome!