A farewell for now

It’s November, which means two things: 1) I’ve been swamped for the past month and a half on election coverage and 2) this blog is almost five months old.

I was planning on doing an article at this time about the first thing, and discuss the time when in kindergarten I believed that my vote for George Bush Sr. would be counted in the event of a tie for the adults election (I don’t think it was close enough that they had to come down to it), but sadly, today’s is actually a farewell, at least for a while.

Goosebumps Month: Recap

 Throughout the month of October, I’ve gone through the sometimes unfortunate task of reading Goosebumps books. It was a choice, I know, and one I was looking forward to early on in the creation of the blog. But that didn’t make it any easier.

You see, throughout doing this blog experiment one thing has constantly been in my mind: tell the funny, embarrassing and nostalgic stories of a time long gone. And revel in the ironic love of all things 90s.

There was honestly no candidate better than R.L. Stine.

Goosebumps Month: "How to Kill a Monster"

“How to Kill a Monster” is not so much a manual on how to kill horrible, blood thirsty creatures that will kill you. (Also a description for bears.)

No, it’s a Goosebumps book. And a surprisingly decent one, all things considered.

Goosebumps Month: "It Came From Beneath the Sink"

On the cover of “It Came from Beneath the Sink,” there is text reading, “It’s warm! It’s breathing! And it doesn’t do the dishes!”

I guess at least this one didn’t put me to sleep every time I tried to read it.

Goosebumps Month: "Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes"

“Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes” is the 34th book R.L. Stine published under the Goosebumps banner, which I think is getting fairly close to the point where the series has run its course.

And let’s be honest here, in eight books he publishes one of the worst in the series “Egg Monsters from Mars.” (Apparently “A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Jump the Shark” wasn’t available.)