So, as it turns out, no where in the actual graphic novel does it specify that The Crow takes place on Halloween.  Just mentions of October and the approach of Halloween.  Conceivably some of it does, but it's not specifically stated.  So that changed my plans for a Bingo today.  I should hit bingo soon though with Diverse Reads wrapping up soon.

 

13 books down (that count towards this).

 

Ghost Stories and Haunted Houses: The Crow: Volume One: Pain & Fear / James O'Barr

 

I re-read this series probably close to once a year.  In its own way it's beautiful.

Grave or Graveyard: The Crow: Volume Three: Death / James O'Barr

Volume Three we see him in the graveyard, finally going to join Shelley in death.

Free Space (with a crow icon...): The Crow: Volume Two: Irony & Despair / James O'Barr

Um... how could I not?

 

 

Read by Candlelight or flashlight: Insatiable / Meg Cabot

Phone is close enough, right?  Also eff this book.

 

Magical Realism:

 

Witches: Witches Abroad / Terry Pratchett
Pratchett had a gift for turning his anger into hilarious satire.

 

Genre: Horror:

 

Black Cat: Gone with the Witch / Annette Blair

Marshmallowy and utterly predictable romance, with a stunning array of ridiculous and creative sexual metaphors.

 

Diverse Authors Can Be Spooky Fun!:

 

Ghost Stories and Haunted Houses: The Crow: Volume One: Pain & Fear / James O'Barr

I re-read this series probably close to once a year.  In its own way it's beautiful.  Also a potential fill for Dark & stormy night.

 

Young Adult Horror:

 

Scary Women (Authors):

 

Read with (BookLikes) Friends: The Yellow Wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Short story, glad I finally read it, glad I shared the read.  In a few thousand words we have everything you ever need to know to understand gaslighting and the feminine mystique.

 

Grave or Graveyard: The Crow: Volume Three: Death / James O'Barr

Volume Three we see Eric in the graveyard, finally going to join Shelley in death.

 

Genre: Mystery:

 

Free Space (with a crow icon...): The Crow: Volume Two: Irony & Despair / James O'Barr

Um... how could I not put one of the three volumes in that free space, it sort of needed to be even though this could go elsewhere.

 

Gothic:

 

Creepy Crawlies: Call of C'thulhu Keeper's Guide, 7e / Chaosium Games

So happy to finally have this in hand, I've been running A Time to Harvest as part of Chaosium's organized play program for a few months with just the quick-start rules.  High quality and production value, gorgeous art and layout, very good clarity in conveying rules and good support for flexibility in rules to Keeper taste.

 

"Fall" into a good book: A Local Habitation (October Daye #2) / Seanan McGuire

I could not resist the pun of slotting this book here.  I'm happy to finally be getting to this series (I've read the first and most recent books), and I can't deny the amount I've been pulling on McGuire's work as inspiration in the various LARP projects I'm involved in.  Great read, starting #3 soon.

 

Locked Room Mystery:

 

It was a dark and stormy night:

 

Set in New England:

 

Full Moon: The Brotherhood of the Wheel / R.S. Belcher

"Full Moon" for the cover art, but there's really no concern with the actual phase of the moon in the story.  Dark fantasy that might slip into horror, a whole lot of world building delivered in a tight package, and heavy action.  I definitely dug the road aspect, and the cadence sucked me in right off the bat.  The combat is a bit unrealistic at points, but there's also a supernatural element for quite a bit of it.  This would make for a fantastic action film, and it's wrapped up in a way that leaves room for a sequel.

 

Vampires vs. Werewolves: Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires / Molly Harper

Has werewolves and vampires, but they affectionately snark each other rather than than have some sort of long standing feud.

 

Supernatural: A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses / Molly Harper

Not Harper's best, but snarky, cute fun.

 

Classic horror:

 

Pumpkin: The Cottage on Pumpkin and Vine / Kate Angell, Jennifer Dawson, Sharla Lovelace

Sweet and enjoyable contemporary romance.  Three authors writing stories that revolve around a single location.

 

Set on Halloween: