Last holiday season, I chose R.L. Stine’s Silent Night as one of my featured ITW books. Ever since then, I’ve been curious to read some of the other Fear Street books I remember loving when I was younger. And after this conversation in the Book Bloggers Do It Better community about nostalgic reads, I decided this was something that needs to happen.
October is the perfect time to pull out all those old R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike books. For lots of us, they were our first introduction to horror. And what better time to reconnect with them? Not only is fall the perfect setting for all things creepy, but R.L. Stine is releasing a new Fear Street book on September 30! I don’t usually get too excited for YA, but I can’t wait to read this one and see how it compares to the classics.
If you want to join in the read-along (whether or not you’re not a child of the ’90s), all you need is to get your hands on some of these books. Maybe you have your old copies sitting in a box somewhere… or still proudly displayed on your bookshelves! Otherwise, check out your library or favorite used bookstore, and read whichever ones you can find. And if Stine and Pike weren’t your childhood introduction to horror, pick up your own favorites instead and let us know all about them!
In October, I’ll post weekly check-ins so we can all share what we’re reading. If you’re a blogger, grab the banner and link up. If you don’t have a blog, just chat in the comments, or on Twitter with the tag #ffreadalong.
The Fright Fest starts four weeks from today… get ready!
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I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! Count me in!! RL Stine is one of the reasons I love reading and read so much as a kid. I have a stack of his books on my shelf at home, I couldn’t get enough of his books back then. I just got this new book off Netgalley last week and I’m excited to read it. Even more so now that there’s a read along to go with it!
This totally just made my day.
Yay! I’m glad someone else is as excited as I am! I actually just got a rejection email for the new book a couple days ago… after having requested it in frickin’ May! But oh well, I’ll just have to wait until it’s released. I thought it made a great way to kick off the fright fest.
Haaaaaaaa! I haven’t read an RL Stine in a zillion years, I may just get on board with this bad boy!
I’m so excited! I had so much fun with my BSC and Nancy Drew reads during the April read-a-thon, and was thinking of getting some Fear Street for the October one anyway… and then the idea for this kind of snowballed. I’m psyched!
Ohhh the Fear Street books. I’m pretty sure those would scare me more now than they did back then, but I just might have to give it a try. I think Silent Night was one of the more creepier ones I remember.
My favorites were the Fear Street Saga trilogy. I don’t remember details, but I know it was about a feud between two families from colonial times through the centuries, and how Fear Street ended up being cursed.
I haven’t made up a post about it but I signed up because otherwise I will forget to! I might only read one book, but I am definitely participating! I don’t remember reading these as a kid, probably because I’ve always been easily scared. I remember watching the Goosebumps TV show once and switching it off because of a skeleton jumping out.
I’m not big on being scared in real life (I hate haunted houses) or by TV or movies… but for some reason in books it’s okay. I hope you have fun with it!
I love this and am totally in if I can get my hands on some of these books — I have a ton of stuff to take to the local used bookstore, so I’ll definitely check there. :)
Yay, fingers crossed!
This sounds like so much fun! I’m sad that my library got rid of all the R.L. Stine books I used to love. I’ll have to hunt some Fear Street books down
My library doesn’t have a huge collection of them, and they don’t have any of the ones I remember being favorites. I may have to track down a few some other way. But I’m super excited to read them again!
I love this idea — Goosebumps was one of my favorite series when I was younger, it will be nice to revisit them.
Glad you’re joining in!
So glad to learn about this. I’d love to join in since I planned on blogging lots of books in the horror and paranormal genres this month. I have to get through my Zombie Fest Countdown to the premiere of The Walking Dead first, After that I’ll link up and join you all! Happy reading :)
Glad to have you!
I didn’t really become a horror fan til highschool so I haven’t read Pike or stein! going to pick a few up and join you:)
I loved these before I really thought about books in terms of genre. Amusingly, I grew up to hate horror in movies (I can’t even handle a lot of suspense) but still love it in books. Thanks for joining in!