BOO!
Introducing an old game with a new twist.
Once upon a time, the Club issued a Dare to it’s members to read and review a certain book. The participant then dared others to read and review a book of their choice. I participated in this event at the time, but it never really took off.
As a participant, I can say it was a great idea but rather tricky and complicated in practice.
Which brings us to the new and improved Club Dare 2.0.
It’s very easy.
During OCTOBER we DARE you to face your fears and get your Goth on!
Simply read a CLASSIC book from your #CClist that you classify as thrilling, a mystery, or Gothic. It could even be a book or author that SCARES you (because of it’s length, it’s topic, it’s reputation etc).
Combine it with other challenges if you wish, such as R.I.P XIII or #Frankenfest with our very Marg @BooksinBloom.
Do you DARE? If so:
- Let us know what you’ve DARED yourself to read during OCTOBER in the comments below.
- If you want, create a post telling us why you chose this book as your DARE. Go into all the gory details about its scare factor and link it back here!
- When you’re finished, write about the book at your blog.
- Pop back at the end of October to share your DARE.
- Link your review in our REVIEW page.
- Feeling social? Tweet, fb or instagram about your DARE.
- #ccdare
- That’s it! 🙂
As always, our aim is to help you read more books from your #CClist in a fun, friendly way. Join in as little or as much as you like, it’s up to you. But for now, we hope you DARE to DARE!
Here’s my link for Harriet by Elizabeth Jenkins: https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/day-1279-harriet/
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Thanks for joining in – we will be throwing up a ‘did you finish’ post on the 31st to catch everyone’s reviews. Please feel free to add your link there as well 🙂
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Will do!
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I just scraped in the end of October with Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, loved it!
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Thanks for joining in Rose – we will be throwing up a ‘did you finish’ post on the 31st to catch everyone’s reviews. Please feel free to add your link there as well 🙂
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Oh, I will. Thanks, Brona 🙂
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Finished my two Horror Classics for the Dare: The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance https://tinyurl.com/yavspwl8 and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde https://tinyurl.com/y9vj63k3
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Thanks for joining in our #CCdare Joseph – we will be throwing up a ‘did you finish’ post on the 31st to catch everyone’s reviews. Please feel free to add your link there as well 🙂
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I finished Rebecca. It took a while! Very suspenseful…
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Me too! I’m off to check out your review 🙂
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Thanks for joining in Reese – we will be throwing up a ‘did you finish’ post on the 31st to catch everyone’s reviews. Please feel free to add your link there as well 🙂
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My review of Manfred is here: https://bethsbookishthoughts.blogspot.com/2018/10/review-manfred_8.html
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Thanks for joining in Beth – we will be throwing up a ‘did you finish’ post on the 31st to catch everyone’s reviews. Please feel free to add your link there as well 🙂
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Here’s my review for the dare, The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins: https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/day-1276-the-haunted-hotel/
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I decided rather late to join this. I was happily reading The Idiot by Dostoevsky, and didn’t feel I had time to join this dare, but as we edge closer to Halloween, I felt the need to read something scary. So, I’m shelving The Idiot for a bit, and will read 2 x classic horror stories: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Invisible Man. I went with these two because they are short; I can finish them by the end of the month, but they also have a similar theme – the dichotomy within man.
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I completed my dare book — Dracula by Bram Stoker. Despite the 1897 language it was a page turner.
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Dare accepted! I’m going to read Death in the Castle, by Pearl S. Buck, in October.
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Does Jane Eyre work? I’ve been putting that one off all year.
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Definitely – it sounds like it’s a book you’ve been putting off. And also the – red room 😱
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I accept the dare, and will read Frankenstein, because I’ve been fascinated by young women authors like Mary Shelley recently. What a great and dark mind she must have had.
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I accept the dare and will read Dracula by Bram Stoker in October.
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I think I can use at least one of the books on my list for this challenge. Maybe Lord Byron’s Manfred? (Which will double as my 19th century book for Back to the Classics + a book for RIP.) It’s a closet drama with Gothic elements. I’ve had this one on my TBR for years since I saw it mentioned in Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. (Byron appears as a character in that book. I loved him, he was a great character.)
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Last night I dreamed I was dared to go to Manderley again…
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🙂
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I already read my allotted Ann Radcliffe book for RIP, but here’s something scarier: Hesse’s Glass Bead Game. I’m scared to death of this giant book that does not appear to have a plot. So here we go!
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Venture forth brave soul. Bon chance!
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The scariest book on my list is White Fang by Jack London. Dare accepted.
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I did not have anything too scary on my shelves. Although I see someone put on Dr Zjivago which I have. It is scary for its length! I choose Jostein Gaarder’s ‘Sophie’s World’ because I think the theme might be scary. That is; I might not understand all the philosophical discussions. But, I hope the book will surprise me. It has been on my shelves for a very long time, so time to bite into it. You find my introduction here: https://thecontentreader.blogspot.com/2018/09/time-to-get-your-goth-on.html
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I read Sophie’s World when it first came out – I underlined LOTS of sections and made notes to self for future research. I’d love to reread it one day to see if all I’ve learnt/read about the various philosophies since then enhances my reading of it.
Good luck with your scary theme.
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I’ve accepted the dare! I’m going with The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley because it’s full of death and betrayal.
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Sounds perfectly creepy!
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I’m going to read Dr. Zhivago. I’m scared because it’s Russian.
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I understand – those patronymic Russian names!! Arghhh!
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I have it on my TBR shelves, but to me it is more scary since it is sooo long! But definitely a classic to read. Looking forward to hear your views about it.
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I’ll be reading Jezebel’s Daughter by Wilkie Collins. I’m not sure if it’s a very spooky one or not, but I don’t really have anything else suitable on my list.
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A quick check of the Oxford Uni Press page revealed this great note about your book,
“The introduction considers the novel’s fascination with science and the female poisoner, its relationship to Collins’s other fiction and its sensational aspects, part crime mystery, part horror story.”
Sounds like the perfect scary DARE 🙂
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I love Wilkie Collins. Have to look into this one!
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I think this is a plot to get me to read The Mysteries of Udolpho. Never! 😂
I don’t have much else on my list that would, qualify, though. I think I’ll just do a re-read of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House instead.
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Just do it! Read with us… we’ll start in a week or so. You know you really want to 😉
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Sounds like all the stars have aligned to make this so Adam! Time to dust off that copy of TMOU and channel your inner Catherine Morland 😀
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I’ve got The Mysteries of Udolpho on my list, I don’t dare this year!
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I read it, although it took time. It is very poetic, but the story is really stretch out into eternity. But it has its gothic charm.
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My dare book will be We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.
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What fun!! I’m going to be reading The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe and follow up with a reread of Northanger Abbey.
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Nooooooooooo.
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I went through it, although it took time. It is very poetic, but the story is really stretch out into eternity. But it has its gothic charm. Northanger Abbey I found very charming, and there are parts that made me think of The Mysteries of Udolpho.
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An easy one for me as the first unread book on my Classics Club list happens to be Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell. Thanks for making my choice of what to read from my list next month so simple! Dare definitely accepted.
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Not sure which one I’m going to eventually go with but either Vathek by William Beckford or an Edgar Allan Poe story (or multiple of his short stories).
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Frankenstein for sure!
Sherry @ Ubiquitous Grace
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Excellent choice!
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Dracula, Bram Stoker – I think it qualifies 🙂
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Definitely!
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Love it!
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Even better, Audible has a full cast production of the unabridged text. Very well done! It will be my commuting companion in October.
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To my own surprise, I really liked this book.
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Oh yeah!
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The scary one on my list is definitely Dracula. And I’ve already started for RIPXIII. Depending on how scared I get it may be finished before October, though…
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Great choice – and it sounds like you might have time to read a second one too 🙂
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But I’m scared of scary books!
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DOUBLE DARE you!!
😀
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Oooh. There is Rebecca on my list, too. Yikes. I’ve been double dared to be double scared!
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Rebecca is a WONDERFUL book! It is very gothic and creepy but not really scary.
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Me, too. I’m trying to figure out a way around this dare….
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Such a beautiful book.
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I see there’s enthusiasm for the Count!
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I will be reading The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins. Spooky!
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I haven’t read any of Collins’ spooky stories, although now that I think about it, The Woman in White is pretty creepy and eerie and The Moonstone is a good mystery from start to finish, so that should actually read, I LOVE Collins’ spooky, creep books – ENJOY 🙂
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I think The Woman in White is supposed to be creepy, all right.
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I’m looking forward to this review…I like Collins but haven’t read this one.
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I’ll be interested to see what it’s like.
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Another Wilkie Collins I have to look into. I loved his Moonstone and Woman in White. Hope you like it and that it is scary enough!
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So far, not so scary. I’ll be reporting back!
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This dare should work well for me as I am taking part in R.I.P XIII – for which I am hoping to read The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins off my CC list 🙂
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Good one!
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One of my favourites and also one of the very first detective novels ever!
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I loved this challenge! I will be reading The Virgin of Seven Daggers, by Vernon Lee 🙂
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I’m not familiar with this author or book. I’ll be curious to read your review.
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And I love discovering new-to-me authors and books. Thanks for joining in and sharing your choice.
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As a Gothic active member of society and enjoying R.I.P challenge XIII since ages, this sounds like fun.
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I really want to [finally] read Wilkie Collins this year – and I’ve created a spooky-ish TBR for October to help me do that. The Moonstone will likely be first, and then The Woman in White. 🙂
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I accept! I’m slogging my way through The Count of Monte Cristo (a book that scares me due to it’s length.) I think I’ll accept the dare to finish the book by the end of October.
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I have a couple that are scary, but I think I will try Frankenstein, as I think it is short.
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I’ll be joining in FrankenFest too – sounds like fun … and quick, which works well for me too right now 🙂
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Me too!
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Great timing for this — I just checked out the audio of The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens from the library, so that will be my pick. Perfect for RIP, too!
Thanks for doing such a great job keeping the Classics Club going strong!
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Nice choice. Except for the ending (just a little joke there).
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I accept the dare! It is definitely going to be a short story/tale by Edgar Allan Poe!
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Ooh, very do-able, I accept the dare! I shall search my lists for a likely victim. How exciting!
Only just got round to scheduling a blog review of my classics spin for August (Chekhov) but it’s up on Goodreads now so will link on the relevant Club post.
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The Turn of the Screw, Henry James: spooky enough? 🙂
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I think definitely!
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The Turn if the Screw is on my list too!
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Excellent! (Love the name of your blog, by the way!)
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😊 Thanks!
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Here is the link to my review: https://wp.me/s2oNj1-screw
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