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.)

Goosebumps Month: "The Ghost Next Door"

This week we move a little further into the Goosebumps library with “The Ghost Next Door,” the 10th book of the series.

Goosebumps Month: "Monster Blood"

"Monster Blood" is the third book in the Goosebumps series (if you can call it that) and the story is the basis for four of its books. If there was ever a flagship book in R.L. Stein’s writing, I feel like this is it.

And boy, it is fantastic.

Goosebumps month is here

I want this exact picture on the biography page of any book I ever write.

To be entirely honest, a good portion of this blog is dedicated to allowing me to reminisce over the many things from my past that I love ironically. From T.G.I.F. to Pogs and most of the shows Nickelodeon produced back in the day, this has been a dream come true in terms of self deprecating humor and nostalgia.

But for all of the things that I love ironically, there is one which I kind of put on this list, even though I truly enjoyed it (and am still pretty fascinated by it): Goosebumps.