This is probably my earliest wrap-up post ever for Readers Imbibing Peril. Probably the only R.I.P. where I read only the minimum number of books for the kind of peril I've chosen. But everything's ok, I still haven't come to terms with my reading slump as well as my posting slump. Given that I have a wonky broadband connection (I mean seriously, only in a third world country) I think my posting slump will continue until the next week as I contemplate giving up my present provider for a faster one.
But I digress. Let's see how I miserably failed on my chosen books. Hahaha!
My pool had interesting titles. Books that stare up to now, accusing me with having left them behind. Because in the end I chose to read the following four:
The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgwick
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Spiral by Koji Suzuki
The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L. J. Smith
If I want to stretch it a bit I could add The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Gris Grimbly. I read that one for the Read-A-Thon. It's pretty creepy.
Tsk tsk tsk. And I have no excuse really save that my mind wasn't cooperating. Hahaha! And only one of them was in my chosen pool!
Maybe next year I won't be as bad.
This is my first RIP so I won't have any excellent records to compare to! I do seem to be avoiding the book I still have yet to read more than 2 pages of. (Bradbury, The Halloween Tree) and with this comment, I sign off and get to it. oh yea, I have to make my dog's costume first... well after that! I'm reading Bradbury.
ReplyDeleteHi Care! Oh I know a lot about avoiding books! I feel like my books are glaring at me and they don't even have eyes! Hahaha! I'll go over your blog and hopefully see the dog costume sometime soon! Happy Halloween! Will be offline for a week again, I guess so happy trick or treating (or something).
ReplyDeleteHi, Lightheaded! Where did you get a copy of The Dangerous Alphabet? At Fully Booked?
ReplyDeleteI think THE DANGEROUS ALPHABET definitely qualifies for R.I.P.! Some of those illustrations are chilling. If I'd read it when I was a kiddie, I've no doubt I'd have been traumatized. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats of finishing the challenge!
ReplyDeleteHello Peter! I borrowed it from a friend studying in Netherlands and then went home for a break a couple of months ago. Haven't seen that and Blueberry Girl here.
ReplyDeleteThanks Memory and Teddy Rose!