February is Women in Horror month and it’s a time of year I like to be more deliberate about my reading choices. I try to read books by women most of the time. I don’t have a great track record when it comes to joining in on readathons, but I’m hoping to join in on the #lohfreadathon this year.
Challenges and Books
Book by a Woman of Color
Now You’re One of Us by Asa Nonami (translated by Michael and Mitsuko Volek)
This is a book that really grabbed me with it’s disturbing, yet minimal cover design. This follows a bride who hastily marries and moves in with him and her new in-laws. Everything seems perfect at first, perhaps a little too perfect, but with comparisons to Rebecca and Rosemary’s Baby, I’m guessing there’s something behind that perfect facade. I heard this described as Japanese Gothic, and I’m very much looking forward to it, since I enjoyed her short story collection Body last year.
Book by an LGBTQIA+ Author and A Book That’s Been on Your TBR Forever
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
This is a short story collection that I’ve been putting off for a long time! It’s a collection that plays with a lot of different genres and I keep hearing so much about the green ribbon and the Law & Order SVU story. If I love it I’m definitely going to dive into Machado’s memoir released last year.
Young Adult Book
The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring
I’ve heard this is a psychological thriller with Gothic elements that’s set in an Argentian finishing school. I currently have this one out from the library, along with some others I picked up when the Bram Stoker Longlist books were announced for this year.
A Book with a Great Cover
The Auctioneer by Joan Sampson
This is one of the titles included in the Valancourt reprints of older titles. I picked it for a future episode and because the idea of small town horrors where real people are the monsters is my jam.
A few of the books have been on my to-read list for a long time, so I’m going to be combining the challenges. What are you reading for Women in Horror month? Are you participating in the Ladies of Horror Fiction Readalong?
Books in the Freezer 