First, a little explanation of RIP IV, which I didn’t know about myself until mid-September. RIP stands, in this case, for “R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril,” a reading challenge now in its fourth year (hence the IV) and put forward by the blog owner at Stainless Steel Droppings, who calls himself a Renaissance Geek. The gist of it is, read one or two or four (or more) books in the categories of
- Mystery
- Suspense
- Thriller
- Dark Fantasy
- Gothic
- Horror
- Supernatural
between September 1 and October 31, then write reviews of them and link to those reviews at the main site.
This seemed like a natural for me, for several reasons.
