R.I.P. Challenge V
Lately I've been trying very hard to get my reading mojo back, and it looks like I've finally succeeded. Not a moment too soon, because it turned out there is an R.I.P. Challenge being held after all. Carl's announcement for R.I.P. V was just a little later than usual.
Not wanting to scare my r.m. away again by being overly ambitious, I've decided to do Peril the Third: reading one book between now and 31 October that fits into one (or more) of the following categories: mystery, suspense, thriller, dark fantasy, gothic, horror, supernatural.
Most of the books on my provisional list appeared on last year's list as well. I picked these because they do not seem too challenging (and also because I hope to be able to free some much-needed shelf space):
Christie, Agatha: They Came to Baghdad - personally I tend to associate Christie's cosy mysteries with comfort reading rather than with nail-biting tension, but IIRC (I read this a looong time ago, in Dutch) this is one of her espionage stories, a genre I find more confusing than anything
Homes, A.M.: The End of Alice - third time lucky?
Krabbé, Tim: De grot (The Cave)
Verhoef, Esther: Erken mij ("acknowledge me") - a short thriller
I like the newly added Peril on the Screen. In previous years I have already unofficially watched films in keeping with the theme, so this year I intend to participate in this Peril as well. My provisional list:
Images (Robert Altman, 1972) - I watched this at least 30 years ago and the only thing I remember about it is Susannah York looking into a mirror and being very, very confused
Memento mori (Tae-Yong Kim & Kyu-Dong Min, 1999) - Korean horror
Tideland (Terry Gilliam, 2007) - one of the blurbs calls this a poetic horror film
Looking forward to starting the challenge. The first month is almost over already, so I'd better get cracking.