The Open Book

So my big goal this year (aside from actually finishing...ha,ha) is to pull all my Halloween bingo titles from books I already own. I thought this would be a fantastic opportunity to whittle down my TBR. So here it is:

Serial Killer Spree -  Dead Dancing Women by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

American Horror Story - Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire

Chilling Children  - Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older or The Unquiet Past by Kelley Armstrong

Country House Mystery - Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand

Magical Realism - Blindness by Jose Saramago

The Dead Will Walk - Afterlife with Archie by Roberto Aquirre-Sacasa/Francesco Francavilla or This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzie Lee 

Witches - Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

Murder Most Foul - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Supernatural - A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

In the Dark, Dark, Woods - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (I'm not entirely sure this one qualifies...I think it takes place in a jungle but we'll see) or River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (lots of swampy trees on the cover)

Haunted Houses - House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (have you seen how big this book is? I'm thinking it's going to be a challenge)

Vampires - Sunshine by Robin McKinley or Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Classic Horror - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Darkest London - A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

Aliens - Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang 

Ghost - The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James

Amateur Sleuth - Crocodile on the Sandbank (or any other Elizabeth Peters novel, I've read them all a dozen times and this one's just going to be a pure guaranteed pleasure re-read)

Diverse Voices - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

80's Horror - Phantoms by Dean Koontz 

Monsters - Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest by A. Lee Martinez or Monstress by Marjorie Lui/Sana Takeda

Horror - Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Gothic - Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid 

Terrifying Women - The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Werewolves - How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper

And that's it! Now September 1st just has to hurry up and get here!