2023 FraterFest Wrap Up

First, I want to thank Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer for hosting this spook-tacular read-a-thon. I also want to thank Taylor Fenner @ Taylor Fenner’s Bookish World for hosting the Spooky October Book Cover Challenge.

 

I had so much fun delving into the spooky reads and I’m so sad FraterFest is over. So, I didn’t get to post my update or my Sunday Post, sadly, because my internet modem went out. I went to get a replacement over the weekend and they ended up giving me a wonky modem so I had to wait until today (Monday) to pick up another one then they still had some issues getting the new one connected.

 

I ended up starting 10 books. I finished 8 and have 2 still in progress. I finished 2 full-length novels and 6 short stories/novellas. 2 were audiobooks and the rest were print.

 

Here’s how the read-a-thon went.

 

I didn’t have a set TBR but I had a few books I wanted to read and, happy to report, I managed to get through the set that I picked.

 

Intended TBR

-The Lake Gun by James Fenimore Copper (Colonial Horrors)—READ

-The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wild—READ

-Cry of the Banshee by Heather Graham —READ

 

I had such a good time reading those. I still can’t believe that I hadn’t read The Canterville Ghost until now but I loved it and recommend it.

 

I also read…

-Whispers at Dusk by Heather Graham

-Horseman by Christine Henry

-The Pram by Joe Hill (audio)

-Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix (audio)

-The Romance of Certain Old Clothes by Henry James (Colonial Horrors)

 

In progress…

-The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix—I started this one a few years back and couldn’t get into it so I sat it down and forgot about it. Since I liked Ankle Snatcher, I decided to give this another go and it seems to be going better.

-No Child of Mine by Nichelle Giraldes—I picked this one up over the weekend due to its spooky cover. I’m hoping to finish this one tonight but, in all honesty, I probably won’t finish it until Tuesday night because it’s been a long day and I’m exhausted. 

I just want to take a minute to give a ‘buyer/reader beware’ warning for Colonial Horrors. I was expecting a full anthology; unfortunately, this book contains mostly excerpts rather than full stories, which was rather disappointing.  Take for example Rachel Dyer by John Neal, they only included chapter 4. Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown only included chapters one and two. I would have rather they focused more on the short stories rather than providing excerpts of larger novels. 

Did you join Fraterfest?
If so, what did you read?

If not, have you read anything spooky lately?