I’ve finally decided to get involved in this year’s RIP (Readers Imbibing Peril) challenge, and am going for the first option: Peril the First: Read Four books of any length, from any subgenre of scary stories that you choose.
So at the very least I’ll be reading
The Killing Kind by John Connolly - It gas a demonic arachnophile, I think it may qualify as mystery/horror
The Prestige by Christopher Priest - I liked, not loved the film. But I did love the other Priest book I read a while back. And described as “magnificently eerie” I think it’ll fit the part.
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - Urban fantasy. And usually I’d never read the second book in a series without first reading the first, but I don’t think it matters hugely in this series.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - Post apocalyptic. I think it fits in the general theme.
I may also add some more, depending on what books I stumble over between now and October 31st.
Edited to add
I’m adding some more titles to my reading list:
Danse Macabre by Laurell K Hamilton
Wormwood by Poppy Z Brite
Don’t forget to check out the review site and see what everyone else is reading.
Next week the Rugby World Cup kicks off. You can keep up to date with everything RWC related at The Fear of God, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t be blogging about it here too. So be prepared. Strangely enough, given our warm-up performances I’ve got a good feeling about our chances. I’m not sure if we will finish top of the group, beating France and Argentina is a lot to ask for. And finishing second means facing the All-Blacks, which is always a worrying prospect. But I’m remaining positive.
And as the kick-off of tte first match grows nearer there is more and more coverage on the telly. And last night on Setanta they had a documentary all about the Kazakhstani team and their battle to qualify for RWC 2007. An Irishman, Luke O’Callaghan, plays for the Kazakh team. And he also doubles as their translator. Unfortunately they didn’t make it to France, losing to Sri Lanka in the qualifiers. But that programme really showed the difference between the top tier teams and those still in the developmental phase. I don’t think any team would be able to perform at its best after travelling for more than 48 hours and arriving less than 24 hours before an important game.
In Ireland’s group the two “minnows” are Georgia and Namibia, and I can’t see either posing a threat. We may as well give up if they do.
For my US visiters, your US Eagles have qualified. But I can’t see you coming away with much, given that both England and South Africa are in your pool. And the fact that the one warm-up match you played was against Munster. And that was a Munster missing many first team choices, and yet still won.
