The Outmoded Authors Challenge
1 book over the next 6 months I think I can do. My choice(s) will come from the following authors:Italo Svevo
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Elizabeth Bowen
Freya Stark
and
Carl's R.I.P Challenge
I missed out on this very fun idea last year so had to give it a try this year. I wasn't sure which Peril I wanted to choose, so have finally decided upon Peril the First - 4 books on the RIP theme.
My selections are:
The Mountains of Madness / H.P. Lovecraft
Perfume / Patrick Suskind
Ammie come home / Barbara Michaels
Whispers in the sand / Barbara Erskine
Alternates are : any of Ray Bradbury's eerie tales, or if I get really ambitious, Dan Simmons' tome The Terror.
*Update: I've just received Jan Underwood's Dayshift Werewolf and it's a perfect fit for this challenge. It is a book which won the 3-Day Novel contest a couple of years back and after the first story I'm already thinking it's a classic!
Yay! I'm doing both these challenges as well. :) Jealous of you reading Lovecraft for the RIP challenge-I'm reading Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes. How can you resist a title like that?
ReplyDeleteCarl's offering of lots of different levels of Peril has made it difficult. But I like your choices (except perhaps for the Lovecraft, you brave woman!).
ReplyDeleteEva - I considered that Bradbury; I may still read it. You're right, it's a great title, with so many echoes.
ReplyDeleteJill - I've started this Lovecraft before since it deals with Polar themes...hopefully I'll be able to get past Chapter 1 this time?!
Cool list! I'm not familiar with any of them except for Lovecraft, which I love...I'll get to discover some new authors! Look forward to your reviews :)
ReplyDeleteHaven't heard of the Outmoded Authors Challenge, but I have joined the RIP. I'm embarassed to say I haven't heard of any on your list. I'll learn from your reviews. Yay!
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