Oh the horror!

Either continuing from the book recommendation post from last week or because it seems appropriate to dive into horror in looking back on the year, here's another short book post wherein I share some of the horror books I read...or attempted to read. (Really, it all started in October when it seemed like a good time to read horror, but then I just kept at it.)

First of all, the three that I really liked and can recommend:

Took me a hot minute to discover that "Scott Carson" is actually the nom de plume of NYT bestselling author Michael Koryta. There's a reason why he's a best seller. I regret that I'm late to the fan club, but I will be reading a lot more of his books from now on.

Pretty much ditto Grady Hendrix (except I don't know his secret identity).

I liked The Sun Down Motel a lot, but not as much as the other two. On a 1-10 scale, I'd rate them as 9, 8.5, and 8 respectively.

Then there was this:

It was highly readable but I think I didn't get the memo that it's not a supernatural horror. So that threw me off at the end. Plus, there were parts that were...hmm...I guess the best way to describe them would be "the Chekov guns that were never fired." I'd give it a 7, maybe.

But this next one...I am so sad to say that it was a DNF for me (did not finish).

In fact, I didn't get past chapter 3. I wanted so badly to love it because everyone raves about it, and I also really want a diverse horror. But I was so bored reading it. I know that it's supposed to be an old style slow-build sort of horror, but I couldn't push through.

I'm going to give it another try, but probably not for a few months.

Got any good horror to recommend me? I prefer the supernatural kind; gore is not my style.