Challenge Complete! R.I.P. Challenge and Frightful Fall Reviewers Challenge

I used most of the same books for the R.I.P. (Readers Imbibing Peril) and Frightful Fall challenges, as they both threw down the gauntlet to read as many horror, Gothic, mystery, supernatural or generally dark tales as we could throughout October. I finished the month with 11 dark novels read, plus a couple of short stories (these only qualify for R.I.P. - not Frightful Fall). Here's what I completed:

Novels

The October Country by Ray Bradbury

The Secrets Between Us by Louise Douglas

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Once by James Herbert

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

The Bad Place by Dean Koontz
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Crippen by John Boyne

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

Rose Madder by Stephen King

Short Stories
Fossil Figures by Joyce Carol Oates
Canon Alberic's Scrapbook by M.R. James

So, what was my favourite and least favourite from all of these great books? My favourite was probably Ray Bradbury's amazing short story collection, The October Country. Least favourite was definitely Henry James's Turn of the Screw - I won't be reading any more of his stories in a hurry!

This was a great challenge, and perfect for the autumn and Halloween, but I'm actually rather looking forward to giving horror a rest and reading something different in November. I'm sure I'll go back to it soon, though.