24 in 48 Readathon

This weekend is the 24 in 48 Readathon, a readathon with the goal of reading a total of 24 hours over the weekend, beginning at midnight on Friday and ending midnight on Sunday. All the books I've chosen for my TBR are written by women writers because February is Women in Horror Month.

My TBR:

1. The Kelping by Jan Stinchcomb
2. Hell's Bells by Lisa Quigley
3. Food Fright by Nico Bell
4. Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess
5. Hairspray and Switchblades by V. Castro
6. Trampled Crown by Kirby Kellogg
7. Infested by Carol Gore
8. Dead Eyes by EV Knight
9. Red Station by Kenzie Jennings
10. My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

24in48 Readathon

This weekend, I've decided to participate in the 24in48 Readathon. It's a readathon with a goal of reading 24 hours over the course of the whole weekend. My plan is to read 12 hours today and 12 hours tomorrow.

My TBR:

1. Witch Island by David Bernstein
2. Camp Carnage by Joshua Winning and Elliot Arthur Cross
3. Silence in the Woods by J.P. Choquette
4. The Witching House by Brian Moreland
5. Unmasked by R. Saint Claire
6. Death Tour by David J. Michael
7. The Bad Seed by William March
8. The Incredible Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson
9. Creature by Hunter Shea
10. I Call Upon Thee by Ania Ahlborn

24in48 Wrap-Up

Total hours read: 20 hours 52 minutes

Total pages read: 721

Books read: Silence in the Woods by J.P. Choquette, Creature by Hunter Shea, The Bad Seed by William March, and two hours of the audiobook I Call Upon Thee by Ania Ahlborn

I came close to reading 24 hours, but I think there were a few times when I wasn't reading and I forgot to turn my timer off. I really enjoyed the few books I managed to read and will hopefully have time to review them this week.

24 in 48 Wrap-Up

Total hours read: 15 1/2

Total pages read: 687

Books read: The Haunting of Henderson Close by Catherine Cavendish, The First One You Expect by Adam Cesare, Bone Saw by Patrick Lacey and about 100 pages of Paperback Crush by Gabrielle Moss

I didn't make it to 24 hours because I kept getting distracted, but I enjoyed the books that I did manage to read and recommend them all. The Haunting of Henderson Close by Catherine Cavendish would be a great choice for fans of ghost stories and The First One You Expect by Adam Cesare and Bone Saw by Patrick Lacey would be perfect for horror movie fans (hopefully I'll have full reviews for these later this week). 

24 in 48 Readathon

This weekend is the 24 in 48 Readathon. Instead of reading for 24 hours straight, you can read 24 hours over the course of the whole weekend. I'm planning on reading 12 hours today and 12 hours tomorrow.

What I'll be reading:

1. The Haunting of Henderson Close by Catherine Cavendish
2. Bone Saw by Patrick Lacey
3. The Nightmare Room by Chris Sorensen
4. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
5. The First One You Expect by Adam Cesare
6. Twin Lakes: Autumn Fires by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason
7. Someone at the Door by Richie Tankersley Cusick
8. Paperback Crush by Gabrielle Moss

Snacks:

• Bugles
• Cheddar balls
• Mystery Pringles
• Vanilla bean shortbread cookie chips
• Whoppers
• Junior Mints
• Fun Dip
• Sponge toffee

I'm not going to eat all of this, I went a bit crazy buying junk food at Dollar Tree and I had some candy leftover from my Christmas stocking. 

24 in 48 Wrap-Up

Total time read: 18 hours and 40 minutes

Total pages read: 826

Books read: the last 100 pages of The Sitter by R.L. Stine, The Manitou by Graham Masterton, I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan, The Watcher in the Woods by Florence Engel Randall and Slasher Camp for Nerd Dorks by Christoph Paul

I didn't post at all this weekend because I wanted to try to focus on reading but I still didn't manage to read for the full 24 hours.

I decided to start the readathon with a book that wasn't in my stack, The Sitter by R.L. Stine because I only had 100 pages left and I wanted to finish it. I think it's supposed to be one of his "adult" novels, but the only difference I could tell between this and a Fear Street book was the occasional curse word and sex scene. Disappointingly, there was the same amount of gore and deaths as in one of his YA books (and mostly animal deaths, in typical R.L. Stine fashion).

The book I enjoyed the most was The Manitou by Graham Masterton. It's weird, gory, creepy and basically everything I look for in a horror novel (and I love that stepback cover!). This is the fourth book I've read by Masterton and with this book he has earned a place as one of my favourite horror authors. The other novels by Masterton I've read—Walkers, Feast and Mirror—are all just as entertaining as The Manitou and I highly recommend all of them. I'm so happy that I was lucky enough to come across a bunch of Graham Masterton paperbacks at Value Village a few weeks ago!

24 in 48 Readathon

Today is the 24 in 48 Readathon! Instead of reading for 24 hours straight, for this readathon, you have the whole weekend to read 24 hours. I'm going to try to read for 12 hours on Saturday and 12 hours on Sunday.

Books I plan on reading:

1. The Manitou by Graham Masterton
2. The Visitor by Chauncey G. Parker III
3. Camp by Alan Saperstein
4. The Bad Seed by Willian March
5. Harriet Said by Beryl Bainbridge
6. The Glory Hand by Paul and Sharon Boorstin
7. Letters From the Dead by Campbell Black
8. Last Summer by Evan Hunter
9. I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan
10. The Watcher in the Woods by Florence Engel Randall
11. Slasher Camp for Nerd Dorks by Christoph Paul
12. Camp Carnage by Elliot Arthur Cross

I'm probably not going to get through all these, but once I started adding books to my pile I just couldn't stop.

24 in 48 End Post

I didn't quite make it to the end, I read a total of 21 hours 18 minutes, so almost the full 24.

I read 4 and 3/4 books: Truth or Dare by R.L. Stine, Ladies' Night by Jack Ketchum, Woman in White by Kristin Dearborn, Those Who Follow by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason, and 3/4 of Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. I read a total of 831 pages.

24 in 48 Update #2

I'm still reading, I've read for 16 hours 45 minutes, so far. Since my last post I've finished two books, Woman in White by Kristin Dearborn and Those Who Follow by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason. Both are creepy, engrossing reads and I recommend both of them.

I love horror books with a winter setting, so I knew I would love Woman in White. It's about mysterious disappearances that leave a lot of blood and no bodies in the small Maine town of Rocky Rhodes.

I enjoyed Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason's first book, Mayan Blue, so I was really looking forward to reading Those Who Follow and it didn't disappoint. It's about a man who can
travel from our world to another and leads a double life - in our world, he's your average guy and in the other he's a sadistic monster who tortures and kills.

Challenge: the first book on your shelves and the last book on your shelves.

This battered copy of Off Season
by Jack Ketchum is the first book
on my shelves because Jack Ketchum is my
favourite writer so I shelved all his
books at the top. 

Dope by Sara Gran is the last book on my
shelves because it's on my non-horror shelf,
the last (and smallest) of my shelves. 

24 in 48 Update

So far, I've read for 7 hours 45 minutes and I've finished two books, Ladies' Night by Jack Ketchum and Truth or Dare by R.L. Stine.

Jack Ketchum is one of my favourite writers and I was devastated earlier this week when I found out that he passed away. The Girl Next Door is my all-time favourite horror novel - it's the most disturbing book I've ever read and if you're a horror fan and haven't read it yet, then you should read it immediately. I highly recommend all of his novels, in addition to The Girl Next Door, Off Season, Red, Right to Life, Stranglehold and his short collection, Peaceable Kingdom are all excellent. The Girl Next Door, Red, Offspring, The Lost, The Woman and short story "The Box" were all made into great films as well ("The Box" was a segment in the film, XX).

There are still a few Ketchum books I haven't read yet, so I decided to read one this weekend, Ladies' Night. It's a gory and fun book about a toxic spill in New York City that basically turns all the women into zombies. If women going insane and murdering men in gruesome ways is your idea of a fun read, then I definitely recommend this book. I thought it was a very entertaining read.

Truth or Dare by R.L. Stine is a Fear Street book that takes place outside Shadyside in rich girl's ski cabin - or mansion - where a group of high school kids get snowed in...with a KILLER! I actually thought this was a pretty good Fear Street book, it's one of the few where I didn't guess the identity of the killer.

OK, back to reading now. I'm currently reading Woman in White by Kristin Dearborn and really enjoying it.

24 in 48 Readathon

This weekend is the 24 in 48 Readathon! The idea is to read for 24 hours over the course of the weekend, starting at midnight last night (I was in bed by 10:30, so I didn't get started yet). I plan on reading 12 hours today and 12 hours tomorrow.

What I plan on reading (most of these are on my Kindle):

That's my cat, Betty, photobombing

1. Someone at the Door by Richie Tankersley Cusick 
2. Truth or Dare by R.L. Stine 
3. The Snowman by R.L. Stine
4. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
5. Ladies' Night by Jack Ketchum
6. Chills by Mary SanGiovanni
7. Those Who Follow by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason 
8. Woman in White by Kristin Dearborn
9. Saving Grace Devine by Catherine Cavendish
10. I Wish I Was Like You by S.P. Miskowski

Snacks I plan on eating:

• Spinach dip with pumpernickel bread
• Sweet Marie Bars
• Assorted T-discs
• Starbucks Doubleshot Coffee Energy Drink

Challenge: What's the oldest children's book you have, or a book you've held onto since your childhood?

I don't have a lot of books from my childhood because I mostly just checked out books from the library and didn't own many, plus the ones I did own I lost in a house fire last year. But I brought this box set of Emily of New Moon books by L.M. Montgomery back with me from my a visit at my childhood home a few years ago with the intention of re-reading them (I haven't yet). I remember buying this box set at Chapters on a shopping trip to the city with my grandma (I grew up in the middle of nowhere). I was about 11-years-old and I was obsessed with the Emily of New Moon TV series on CBC and I wanted to read the books that the show was based on. I remember loving the books even more than the TV show. 

24 in 48 End Post

I didn't read as much as I planned on because on top of having a dentist appointment and grocery shopping to do, my boyfriend and I had to rush his diabetic cat to the vet. He's fine now, he had low blood sugar, so we had to adjust his insulin dosage.

1. How many books did you read? Pages?

I read three books: Shit Luck by Tiffany Scandal, Dark Avenging Angel by Catherine Cavendish and Mayan Blue by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason. I read 397 pages. I highly recommend all the books I read. Shit Luck is a fun and unique read told in second person about a woman who is chased by a murderer through the afterlife, being transported into a different world each time he kills her. Dark Avenging Angel is an engrossing read about a woman who has an "angel" that exacts revenge on her enemies. Mayan Blue is a gory read about a professor and a group of students who find proof that the Mayans settled in Georgia and open the doorway to Xibalba, the underworld.

2. How many hours did you read?

About 15

3. What do you think worked well in this readathon?

I like how there are posts on the website every three hours instead of every hour, less distraction so I can read more, haha.

4. What do you think could be done to improve the readathon for next time?

Nothing, I think everything was great!

5. Will you participate in a future 24in48 readathon?

Definitely!

24 in 48 Readathon

Today is the 24 in 48 Readathon! The idea is to read a total of 24 hours over an entire weekend as opposed to staying up a full 24 hours to read, like other readathons I've participated in. I'm hoping to read 12 hours on Saturday and 12 hours on Sunday. I'm starting late because I had a dentist appointment this morning, so I better get reading.

What I'll be reading today:

1. Shit Luck by Tiffany Scandal
2. Dark Avenging Angel by Catherine Cavendish
3. Mayan Blue by Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason
4. Gardens of Babylon by Sara Brooke
5. Manhattan Grimoire by Sandy DeLuca

Intro Survey

1. Where in the world are you reading from this weekend?

    Oakville, Ontario, Canada

2. Have you done the 24in48 readathon before?

   Yes, last summer was my first time.

3. What book are you most excited about reading this weekend? 

    Dark Avenging Angel by Catherine Cavendish because I loved another book I read by her, Linden Manor.

4. Tell us something about yourself.

    My New Year's resolution was to blog more and this is my first blog post of 2017, haha. 

5. Remind us where to find you online this weekend.

    In addition to this blog, I'll be posting on Twitter. You can follow me at @LittlMissZombie.

24 in 48 Readathon End Post

Total hours spent reading: 18
Total pages read: 827
Books read: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, Yellow Moon by David Searls, Blight by Mark Sonders and half of Incubus by Ray Russell

OK, so I didn't quite make it to the goal of reading for 24 hours, or my goal of reading five books, but I came pretty close. I only read about five hours on Saturday because my boyfriend had the day off and was a huge distraction. Next time I would definitely try to get most of my reading done on Saturday so I don't have to try and catch up an absurd amount on Sunday. I'm still proud of myself though because I read more pages during this readathon than any other I've participated in.

24 in 48 Readathon

Since I love readathons so much - and don't want to wait until October for the next one - I'm going to be trying a new one, the 24 in 48 Readathon. The idea is to read a total of 24 hours over an entire weekend as opposed to staying up a full 24 hours to read. I plan on reading 12 hours Saturday and 12 hours Sunday.

What I plan on reading this weekend:

1. Blight by Mark Sonders
2. Incubus by Ray Russell
3. Summer of Fear by Lois Duncan
4. Harriet Said... by Beryl Bainbridge
5. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
6. Yellow Moon by David Searls (on my Kindle)
7. The Manitou by Graham Masterton (on my Kindle)

My goal is to finish five books to catch up to my Goodreads Reading Challenge.

Intro Survey

1. Where in the world are you reading from this weekend?

    Oakville, Ontario, Canada

2. Have you done the 24in48 readathon before?

   No, this is my first time.

3. Where did you hear about the readathon, if it is your first?

    On the Dewey's Readathon Facebook page someone suggested other readathons.

4. What book are you most excited about reading this weekend? 

    Incubus by Ray Russell

5. Tell us something about yourself.

    I work at a thrift store and that's where I buy most of my books - at a 50% discount.

6. Remind us where to find you online this weekend.

    In addition to this blog, I'll be posting on Twitter. You can follow me at @LittlMissZombie.