BlueTexas, I tried to read The Terror awhile back. It was good, but I just had too much trouble getting into it, and it was a library book, so I never finished. Let me know if it's worth a second chance!
I just finished reading Sara Zarr's Story of a Girl, which was EXCELLENT. Highly recommended. Right now I'm reading Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King and The Witching Hour by Anne Rice. LM is good so far (I'm about 50 pages in), and TWH is actually another "second chance" book. I read about half of it last summer then put it down because it was really dragging. However, the non-draggy parts were so good that I thought it warranted another try. I'm not a huge Anne Rice fan, but when she's good, she's great; I think she does Southern Gothic like nobody's business!