It's FINALLY here: RIP2!!!

Anyone who knows me will understand that Autumn is my very favorite time of the year!! I love the brisk feel of the weather, the changing of the leaves, but most importantly I love Halloween and the goblins and ghouls associated with it! Enter Carl's RIP II Challenge!! RIP stands for Readers Imbibing Peril, and is the Autumn Reading Challenge. Since I wasn't around the blogging world for challenge number one, I'm more than excited to join in on Challenge #2!

According to Carl, "R.I.P. II is a September 1st through October 31st celebration of all tales gothic, eerie, creepy, and dark. Tales that one reads in the dark of night, experiencing delicious shivers of terror and suspense at each creak of the floorboards or each gust of wind."

He has even outlined certain "perils" to sign up for:
Peril the First:
Read Four books of any length, from any subgenre of scary stories that you choose.

Peril the Second (Otherwise known as the Obese Book Peril):
As you may know, some books are scary not just because of their subject matter but because of their size. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke is 737 pages of small type, for example, and Gordon Dahlquist’s Glass Books of the Dream Eaters is 637 pages long with type so miniscule it makes Strange’s look like large print!
For this peril simply read two weighty tomes during the challenge period.

Peril the Third:
If you think you have it in you, this third choice of perils is the Scary Sandwich Peril…choose two large books like those described in Peril the Second and read a smaller qualifying tale in between.

Peril the Fourth (Otherwise known as Just a Bit of Peril):
Some of you wonderful readers, or would-be readers, may have a tendency to shy away from this genre, thinking it is just not your cup of poisoned tea. However, it wouldn’t be a challenge if I wasn’t challenging you.

This peril is for those of you who want to take a chance. Simply choose one book that you feel meets the criteria for Readers Imbibing Peril II and, well, imbibe it!

Additional Perils:
For those of you who have never done so, or want those who want to do so again, choose one or more of the following books to read after you have completed your other peril of choice:
1.Dracula by Bram Stoker
2. A collection of tales by Edgar Allan Poe
3. The Mystery of the Sea by Bram Stoker
4. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

I realize my list is long! And since I suck at completing challenges, I don't think I will be able to finish all the books that I want to read. So what I'm going to do is enter Peril 1, with a couple of additions. Then list the last few books I would like to read, if I have the time, or later on in the year:

Peril 1:

• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
• World War Z by Max Brooks
• Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
• The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
• Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson, book 1)
• Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Dresden Book 1)

Alternative and Additional books:

• Angel of Darkness (Key Book) by Charles de Lint
• Touch the Dark by Karen Chance (Cassandra Palmer, Book 1)
• Glass Houses by Rachel Caine (Morganville Vampires, Book 1)
• The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist
• Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• The Terror by Dan Simmons
• Summer of Night Dan Simmons
• 13 Bullets by David Wellington
• The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe
• The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis
• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• Lisey's Story by Stephen King
• Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Southern Vampire Book 1)

There you go. 20 books that I'm DYING to read!! Click on the links if you'd like to know more about each book. Join in with this challenge!! It's going to be fun!