So, you would think that given I have just completed a three month, 20 book challenge, that a new challenge would be the last thing I would want to dive into.

But….

I have a very soft spot for R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril which is now in its thirteenth year. It’s a challenge I have done once or twice before and one that gets me firmly in an autumnal frame of mind.

I wasn’t going to participate this year, but I have seen a lot of your lovely posts detailing your plans and then realised that I am reading Slade House by David Mitchell, so I am effectively already participating, right?

I’m going to go for Peril the First and read 4 books between now and 30 October that fall into one of these categories:

• Mystery
• Suspense
• Thriller
• Dark Fantasy
• Gothic
• Horror
• Supernatural

I’ve had a look through the old TBR and NetGalley backlog and am going to read at least four of the following (click on the links for Goodreads descriptions):

Slade House by David Mitchell

Twilight by William Gay

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Animals by Keith Ridgway

Ice by Anna Kavan

Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque by Joyce Carol Oates

Foe by Iain Reid

I’ll try and read the four from the 746 first – Twilight, Animals, Ice and Haunted – and leave the others as back-up but I’m looking forward to some dark evenings in front of a warm fire, cuddled in a blanket with these scary pals for company.

I might also participate in Peril on the Screen as I am hoping to see both Hereditary and A Quiet Place soon and they would be perfect for this challenge!

Do any of these take your fancy? Is anyone else taking part in R.I.P XIII?

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