Anything Goes discussion

Please nominate a theme for October. Poll to be available on 1st September

i think horror of some sort. :)

Oh yes! A horror would be good.

if it's horror can it be more specifically Ghost Stories - halloween is a time for cold chill fireside classic victorian ghost fun

eg Turn of the Screw or Woman in White? The Haunting of Hill House?

or more modern ghost chillers?



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Ghost stories are always a favourite, love Susan Hill or FG Cottam, The Waiting Room is excellent if you've not read it.

As it's Hallowe'en at the end of October, I'd go for ghost stories:)

October theme is Horror and/or Ghost. There didn't seem much point in having a poll. Let everyone in on what you find for October.

Going to have to revisit M.R. James, as I failed to get on to his Collected Ghost Stories in a previous challenge.

I'm going to reread 'Salems Lot' by Stephen King.
Loved the series on TV with David Soul and really enjoyed reading the book first time around.
Here's to scaring myself silly, again!!

Well I've got a collection of M.R.James stories, so I might go for that, or maybe The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time. Mind you, I've heard The Haunting of Hill House is quite something and I've had a copy of that in my TBR stash for ages. It'll take me until October to make my mind up!

JackieB wrote: "Well I've got a collection of M.R.James stories, so I might go for that, or maybe The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time..."

Should you go for the M R James I would be interested in comparing notes (or reviews, as you certainly have done a lot of those!).

Chris wrote: "JackieB wrote: "Well I've got a collection of M.R.James stories, so I might go for that, or maybe The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time..."

Should you go for the M R James I would be interested..."

OK I'll commit to MR James and then we can discuss and decide which story is the scariest. Actually, I wonder about all of the reviews I do. I do them because I use reviews a lot if I am undecided about a book, so it only seems right to review the books I read. On the other hand, I wonder if Goodreads really needs so many of my opinions about the books I read. I still do them though. It's a bit of a habit now.

Jackie I like to see your reviews because you seem to have a similar taste to me. In fact I check out all of the groups opinion on books; after a while I got a feel which reads I'm likely to enjoy, I go poking around everyones "read list" for inspiration sometimes (gosh that sounds stalker-ish). Unfortunately it has led to a rather large TRB

Chris wrote: "Ghost stories are always a favourite, love Susan Hill or FG Cottam, The Waiting Room is excellent if you've not read it."

I own this....probably from your review of it!

Carol wrote: "I'm going to reread 'Salems Lot' by Stephen King.
Loved the series on TV with David Soul and really enjoyed reading the book first time around.
Here's to scaring myself silly, again!!"

I will be reading Salem's Lot with a buddy in October.

Chris wrote: "Jackie I like to see your reviews because you seem to have a similar taste to me. In fact I check out all of the groups opinion on books; after a while I got a feel which reads I'm likely to enjoy,..."

I have to 'fess up to snooping among everyone else's read lists too! One of life's little pleasures, even if it does mean an out of control TBR list.

JackieB wrote: "Chris wrote: "Jackie I like to see your reviews because you seem to have a similar taste to me. In fact I check out all of the groups opinion on books; after a while I got a feel which reads I'm li..."

Haha:) I think we're all "coming clean" - me too!

I've just finished Salem's Lot and still found it scary.

I'm really enjoying the Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James, but I won't finish them by tomorrow. I'm going to continue reading them into November.

I went for a very traditional edgar allen poe! Scary but excellent!

I'm a bit behind with reading, so have only just started a short story collection called Every House Is Haunted by Ian Rogers.

I'm still reading Collected Ghost Stories. They are so good I'm really taking my time. I might not finish by the end of November.