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Monday, January 2, 2012

Ghostly Reading Challenge 2012

Hi, everyone! Time for another 2012 Reading Challenge!!


I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE spooky ghost stories! Funny that I haven't seen anyone else hosting a ghostly challenge, so I just had to join this one :)

This challenge is being hosted by Lila at Babbling About Books and Stuff.

Here are the details copied from Lila's blog:


Ghostly Reading Challenge 2012


This challenge is simple and really fun. It's about read books with ghostly themes or plain and simple books about ghosts. It doesn't have to be scary, just have anything about ghosts in it.

There are 5 levels and you can pick anyone you like:

1. Still Living - Choose 6 books to read

2. Are We Dead Yet? - Choose 12 books to read

3. Wasting Time Between Lives - Choose 18 books to read

4. Unfinished Business - Choose 24 books to read

5. Lost Souls - Choose 30+ books to read


Here's the dealey-o:

* The reading challenge is open to everyone.

*It will be from December 1ยบ to December 31/2012 and you can join in anytime you want.

* You don’t need a blog to participate.

* If you don’t have a blog, you can leave a comment with your book selection in this post.

* If you don’t have a blog and would like to write a review – you are welcome to do a guest review on this blog.

* If you are going to participate in this challenge, please post about it on your blog or on your Good Reads profile and add a link back to this post.

* You can grab the challenge button below to use it on your blog.

* eBooks, audio, it all counts.



If you would like to join me in the challenge, click on the challenge badge at the beginning of this post.

I am aiming for STILL LIVING (read 6 ghostly books).

CHALLENGE UPDATE!
"STILL LIVING" LEVEL COMPLETE ON OCTOBER 16, 2012

I am going to keep track of my progress below (here are some of the books on my TBR list that would suit the challenge):
  1. The Black Witch by Micheal Rivers (Curse of the Witch, Book 1)
  2. White Is For Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
  3. Cinema of Shadows by Michael West 
  4. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (Anna, Book 1) 
  5. Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake (Anna, Book 2)
  6. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
  7. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  8. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
  9. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
  10. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
  11. The Hollow by Jessica Verday (The Hollow, Book 1)
  12. The Haunted by Jessica Verday (The Hollow, Book 2)
  13. The Hidden by Jessica Verday (The Hollow, Book 3)
  14. Pet Semetary by Stephen King
  15. Bag of Bones by Stephen King
  16. The Shining by Stephen King
  17. Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber (Magic Most Foul, Book 1)
  18. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (Darkest Powers, Book 1)
  19. The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (Darkest Powers, Book 2
  20. The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong (Darkest Powers, Book 3)
  21. Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison (Madison Avery, Book 1)
  22. Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison (Madison Avery, Book 2)
  23. Halfway to the Grave by Jeanine Frost (Night Huntress, Book 1)
  24. My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent (Soul Screamers, Book 0.5)
  25. My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent (Soul Screamers, Book 1)
  26. My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent (Soul Screamers, Book 2)
  27. Immortal by Gillian Shields (Immortal, Book 1)
  28. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anso
  29. Nearly Departed by Rook Hastings (Weirdsville, Book 1)

2 comments:

  1. Good luck! The Ghostly Reading levels were quite humorous to read. :D Oh, definitely, any one of those books fit the challenge. :D

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  2. Thanx for join in the Ghostly Reading Challenge.
    Your list of TBR books got some really sweet reads.
    I just read Halfway to the grave. Smooth like chocolate milk shake and just as tasty LoL

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