Horror Spotlight discussion

The Ladies of Horror Fiction team is hosting the Ladies First challenge again for the New Year!

To participate in the challenge, simply choose a Ladies of Horror Fiction book as your first book of the year and share it with us on social media and/or Goodreads with the #LadiesFirst20 hashtag!

Are you joining in the challenge this year? Which LOHF book will you be reading?

I'm going to be reading Skin by Kathe Koja as my first book of 2020. I can't wait!

I'm reading Toll by Cherie Priest! This is such a great idea

Yay! Great choice. I haven't read that one yet.

I have it narrowed down to three, and am definitely joining in!
Choices: ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD, Kendare Blake, THE GOOD HOUSE, Tananarive Due, or THE TWISTED ONES, T. Kingfisher (LOHF January read along).

Such a tough choice!! If you don't choose The Good House, let me know if you want to get a buddy read going (since I didn't wind up choosing that one) later in the month or February. :)

Jen (Book Den) wrote: "Such a tough choice!! If you don't choose The Good House, let me know if you want to get a buddy read going (since I didn't wind up choosing that one) later in the month or February. :)"

Ooh--let's do that! I've heard it's good, but I've had ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD on my pile longer!

OK! Anna is a fun one.

I'm going to read "Monster She Wrote"!

Yes!! I just read that, and it's so great.

Does it have to be one of the books from the bookshelf or can it be, for example, a Susan Hill or Shirley Jackson novel?

It can be any horror book written by a woman so those are perfect!

Jen (Book Den) wrote: "It can be any horror book written by a woman so those are perfect!"

Thanks for the reply Jen.

Now I just have to decide which one to choose.

That's the tough part. :) You probably can't go wrong either way, though!

Oh--that reminds me of the Susan Hill books still in my TBR pile! LOL!

I’m going with: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.

This is one I’ve wanted to read for awhile now.

I'll be reading Little Paranoias by Sonora Taylor!

Amanda wrote: "I'll be reading Little Paranoias by Sonora Taylor!"

I loved that one! Read it a few weeks ago

Amanda wrote: "I'll be reading Little Paranoias by Sonora Taylor!"

Yes! Such a great collection.

I’ll be reading FEED by Mira Grant. January is my post-apocalyptic month so it fits perfectly

i got Beneath by Kristi DeMeester so i will read it in January.

Yay! I've read Feed; I have not read Beneath. I need to read some Kristi DeMeester next year.

I have just now discovered the Ladies of Horror Fiction AND I AM PUMPED!!!! I love book clubs/reading challenges, but horror and darker fiction is my go-to and it's usually not the standard club cup of tea. I am jumping in on this challenge with Parasite by Mira Grant!

Yes!!! I'm so glad you found us, Ang!

Same here. I love my book club but I’m very much the odd duck with the darker stuff I like to read. Surrounded by some like-minded loves here!

My in-person book club won't have the horror either. :) They are definitely my "outside of my comfort zone" book friends.

hi! already announced it on Twitter but I'll be reading Wilder Girls

I LOVE Mira Grant!!! The Feed books are SO good!!!! Maybe I’ll change my mind and read Feedback. I was planning on reading The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher.

Käthe wrote: "I LOVE Mira Grant!!! The Feed books are SO good!!!! Maybe I’ll change my mind and read Feedback. I was planning on reading The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher."

The Newsflesh series is really good, I need to finish it.

I will be reading The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters!

I'm reading THE TWISTED ONES for our group readalong.

I am also reading The Twisted Ones.

I'm pretty new here, so I haven't been active within the group yet, but -- hi!

I keep switching what I'm going to read... but my final answer is The Cult Called Freedom House

Mel wrote: "I am also reading The Twisted Ones."

Yay!!

And welcome to the group, Angie!

Yay, everyone!! Alex, I can't wait to hear what you think about Dead Girls Club.

I'm joining in with Voices in the Snow by Darcy Coates

I just started Return to Dyatlov Pass by J.H. Moncrieff and it’s great right out of the gate!

Kevin wrote: "I just started Return to Dyatlov Pass by J.H. Moncrieff and it’s great right out of the gate!"

Another one I absolutely loved!!

well i said i was going to read Beneath but instead i'm reading Darcy Coates.

The Twisted Ones for me!

This is my only social media but I’m rereading Dead Until Dark as my #LadiesFirst

Started Anna Dressed in Blood, and now also reading The Twisted Ones--both women authors, but I think the first finished will be ANNA. :)

i ended up reading a random ARC book yesterday - 101 Awesome women who transformed science - so ...still by a woman but definitely not horror lol. now i'm reading the twisted ones for the buddy read though so i guess at least i got in there with the second read of the year ;)

Forest Underground by Lydian Faust for me :)

I'm looking forward to participating in another LoH readalong. Kingfisher's The Twisted Ones looks excellent!

I also read Black Ambrosia by Elizabeth Engstrom to start the year off.

My first LOHF book of the year was "A Cult Called Freedom House". While my first LOHF review of the year was "The Twisted Ones". =)

Officially, ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD was my first (started and completed) #ladiesfirst20 read. An arc of BOTTLED, was next, and I just finished THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher--still need to write reviews for the last two. I'm making an effort this year to try and "even things out", reading @50% female authors, in general. :D This has really opened my eyes to how few women authors I had on my personal shelves three years ago, compared to how many I've been discovering lately.

Kimberly wrote: "Officially, ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD was my first (started and completed) #ladiesfirst20 read. An arc of BOTTLED, was next, and I just finished THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher--still need to write ..."

how was Bottled?

Okay so I made it 100 pages into FEED and it’s good but I put it down and my first LOHF read was a novella called The Festering Ones by SH Cooper. I really liked it and gave it a 4