October Check-In

I made a post at the beginning of October about my plans for this month, and since we're halfway through, I thought it'd be good to check in and see how I'm doing. Books and Short Stories My plans: Read Parasite Eve Read Frankenstein Read 13 ghost stories As you can see by the strike-throughs, I've finished both Parasite Eve and Frankenstein. I liked them both, although Frankenstein was definitely the better read of the two. I found Parasite Eve to be over-descriptive and too vile for my horror tastes in the end. I enjoyed the first two-thirds of it, but I could've done without most of the final part. Frankenstein was devastatingly sad but a lovely read. As a fan of both horror and classic lit, I'm glad to finally have it under my belt. I've read six ghost stories so far, all from The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women, which I'm liking so much I've decided to just continue reading from it until I've finished it. My favorite story so far is "Afterward" by Edith Wharton. Its…