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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril XIII



Dates: September 1 through October 31, 2018
Hosted by: Heather (of My Capricious Life)

Guidelines:

✸ There are several different levels of participation:
  • Peril the First: Read four books of any length, from any of the challenge categories.
  • Peril the Second: Read two books of any length, from any category.
  • Peril the Third: Read one book of any length, from any category.
  • Peril of the Short Story: An extra option, for those who want to read shorter works.
  • Peril on the Screen: Another extra option, for those who like to watch scary or suspenseful fare on the large or small screen.
  • Peril of the Review: Submit a review for possible inclusion on the blog website.
✸ Choose books from the following categories:
  • Mystery
  • Suspense
  • Thriller
  • Gothic
  • Horror
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Supernatural

✷ I'm signing up at the Peril the First level (four books), and I'll be combining that with Peril on the Screen and possibly Peril of the Short Story.

See my original post about the challenge HERE.
See the challenge announcement page HERE.
See the review site HERE.

MY BOOK LIST (books read, with links to any reviews/notes):
  1.  Call for the Dead (George Smiley #1). John le Carré (1961; murder mystery / espionage thriller)
  2.  A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1). Ellis Peters (1977; mystery / historical mystery)
  3.  The Night She Died (Inspector Thanet #1). Dorothy Simpson (1980; mystery / police procedural) 
  4.  A Shadow on the Wall. Jonathan Aycliffe (2000; horror / supernatural) 
  5. The Man Who Couldn't Miss (Stewart Hoag #10). David Handler (2018; mystery / amateur sleuth)
  6. Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse #1). Colin Dexter (1975; mystery / police procedural) 

MY SCREEN PERIL LIST, Part 1 (Movies):
  1. Nocturnal Animals (2016 film; suspense) 
  2. The Horror of Dracula (1958 film; horror) 
  3. The Shape of Water (2017 film; dark fantasy) 
  4. The Snowman (2017 film; mystery) 


MY SCREEN PERIL LIST, Part 2 (TV Shows):
  1. Death in Paradise: "The Complex Murder" (2016 / Season 5, Episode 1) 
  2. Death in Paradise: "One For the Road" (2016 / 05:02)
  3. Death in Paradise: "Posing in Murder" (2016 / 05:03) 
  4. Death in Paradise: "A Personal Murder" (2016 / 05:04) 
  5. Death in Paradise: "Lost Identity" (2016 / 05:05) 
  6. Death in Paradise: "Dishing Up Murder" (2016 / 05:06) 
  7. Death in Paradise: "The Blood Red Sea" (2016 / 05:07)
    ...
  8. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: "Murder in Montparnasse" (2012 / Season 1, Episode 7)
  9. Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: "Away with the Fairies" (2012 / 01:08) 
  10. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: "Queen of the Flowers" (2012 / 01:09)
  11. Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: "Death By Miss Adventure" (2012 / 01:10) 
  12. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: "Blood and Circuses" (2012 / 01:11)
  13. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: "King Memses' Curse" (2012 / 01:13)
    ...
  14. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Vagabond Vixen” (Nov 1957 / Season 1, Episode 9)
  15. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Crooked Candle" (Nov 1957 / 01:11) 
  16. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Negligent Nymph" (Dec 1957 / 01:12)
  17. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink" (Dec 1957 / 01:13) 
  18. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Baited Hook" (Dec 1957 / 01:14) 
  19. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Fan Dancer’s Horse" (Dec 1957 / 01:15) 
  20. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Sun Bather’s Diary" (Jan 1958 / 01:17) 
  21. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Cautious Coquette" (Jan 1958 / 01:18)
  22. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Haunted Husband" (Jan 1958 / 01:19) 
  23. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Lonely Heiress" (Feb 1958 / 01:20) 
  24. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister" (Feb 1958 / 01:21) 
  25. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Fugitive Nurse" (Feb 1958 / 01:22) 
  26. Perry Mason: "The Case of the One-Eyed Witness" (Feb 1958 / 01:23) 
  27. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Empty Tin" (Mar 1958 / 01:25) 
  28. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife" (Mar 1958 / 01:26) 
  29. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Desperate Daughter" (Mar 1958 / 01:27) 
  30. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Daring Decoy" (Mar 1958 / 01:28) 
  31. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Hesitant Hostess" (Apr 1958 / 01:29) 
  32. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Screaming Woman" (Apr 1958 / 01:30) 
  33. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Fiery Fingers" (May 1958 / 01:31) 
  34. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Substitute Face" (May 1958 / 01:32) 
  35. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Long-Legged Models" (May 1958 / 01:33) 
  36. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Gilded Lily" (May 1958 / 01:34) 
  37. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Lazy Lover" (May 1958 / 01:35) 
  38. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Prodigal Parent" (June 1958 / 01:36) 
  39. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde" (June 1958 / 01:37)
  40. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Terrified Typist" (June 1958 / 01:38) 
  41. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Rolling Bones" (June 1958 / 01:39) 
  42. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Corresponding Corpse" (September 1958 / 02:01)
  43. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Blind Man’s Bluff" (Mar 1961 / 04:19)
  44. Perry Mason: "The Case of the Difficult Detour" (Mar 1961 / 04:21)


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Perilous Reading Possibilities:
  • Beyond the Ice Limit. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 
  • The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe #1). Raymond Chandler
  • Blue Labyrinth. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  • The Book of Lost Things. John Connolly 
  • Cast, in Order of Disappearance (Charles Paris #1). Simon Brett 
  • The Colony. F.G. Cottam 
  • The Complete Wandering Ghosts (Stories). Marion Crawford 
  • Dark Entries (Stories). Robert Aickman 
  • The Dead of Winter. Chris Priestley 
  • Doll Bones. Holly Black; illus. by Eliza Wheeler 
  • Faceless Killers (Kurt Wallander #1). Henning Mankell 
  • Full Dark, No Stars (Stories). Stephen King 
  • Gallows View (Inspector Banks #1). Peter Robinson 
  • A Garden Lost in Time. Jonathan Aycliffe 
  • Haunted (David Ash #1). James Herbert
  • The Haunted Hotel. Wilkie Collins 
  • Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse #1). Colin Dexter 
  • The Laughing Policeman (Martin Beck Police Mystery #4). Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
  • Let the Devil Sleep (Dave Gurney #3). John Verdon
  • Lovecraft Unbound (Stories). Ellen Datlow, ed.
  • The Midnight Side. Natasha Mostert 
  • A Morbid Taste for Bones (Brother Cadfael #1). Ellis Peters 
  • A New Lease of Death (Inspector Wexford #2). Ruth Rendell
  • The Night She Died (Inspector Thanet #1). Dorothy Simpson 
  • Origin. Dan Brown 
  • Roseanna (Martin Beck Police Mystery #1). Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
  • A Shadow on the Wall. Jonathan Aycliffe
  • Shadow Ritual. Eric Giacometti and Jacques Ravenne
  • A Song of Shadows. John Connolly 
  • A Stitch in Time. Penelope Lively 
  • Strangers on a Train. Patricia Highsmith 
  • The Talisman. Jonathan Aycliffe 
  • This House Is Haunted. John Boyne
  • When the Music's Over (Inspector Banks #23). Peter Robinson 

Screen Peril Possibilities:
  • The Conjuring 2 (2016 film)
  • The Gift (2015 film)
  • The Haunting (1963 film; I watch this every year) 
  • Heavenly Creatures (1994 film)
  • I Confess (1953 film; Alfred Hitchcock)
  • Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013 film) 
  • The Invisible Ray (1936 film) 
  • The Maze (1953 film)
  • Murder! (1930 film; Alfred Hitchcock)
  • Perception (TV series, 2012-15) 
  • Person of Interest (TV series, 2011-2016)
  • The Uninvited (1944 film; another one I watch every time RIP comes around) 
  • The Watcher in the Woods (1980 film)



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