In the Thick of the Night

J.A. White is the author of my favorite spooky series, The Thickety.  The series is over and so I was really excited to see Nightbooks!  This did not disappoint!  What a great, great book!  A great idea and White kept the whole thing rolling and exciting and scary and surprising! 

Once again...

it was October.  But Favorite Scary Stories of American Children was less than scary and less a favorite.  I think I ended up listening to the abridged version, which was good, because the only good thing about this was that it was short.  Okay so it wasn't THAT bad.  There were a few good tales, but it just wasn't as good as I had hoped.

One Post, Three Books

So again, it was October.  And I needed those good stories.  I found Creepy, Creepy 2 and Creepy 3 on audible.  I didn't find any.  The first one was really good, I thought.  It seemed that this collection had more fictional stories that were decent.  As the books went on though, there were more stories that were just random, "this happened to me" kinda deals that were hit and miss with quality.

So it was October...

and, as I have mentioned, I often have to tell scary tales in October.  I am always looking for some new one and I happened upon Scary Stories for All Ages (American Storytelling) available on audible and I bought it and really enjoyed it.   Great stories and well narrated on the audio.  Did I use any?  No.  But still, I loved this book.  

Barefoot and Bored

I don't really know the different between a ghost and goblin, so I am linking the words to aid me in that regard.  What I do know is that The Barefoot Book of Giants, Ghosts and Goblins:  Tales from Around the World just didn't do it for me.  It has high marks on goodreads.com, but for me, it was just flat.   They weren't very terrifying or tantalising, like the description says, but I don't know, maybe I'm jaded.  Blah. 

More Scary Tales

Due to bad weather brought on by Hurricane Sandy, our community has moved Trick or Treat from tomorrow to Saturday night. We were lucky here in Pittsburgh and still praying for those hit hard by the storm.
In keeping with Halloween I read The August House Book of Scary Stories and found it to be quite lovely. Creepy stories from around the country and around the world, with tips from professional storytellers on how to share them aloud. Great book and I hope to be sharing these next year!

Many Bones

Obviously the book More Bones is second in a series, but I never read the first.  I need to go and do so now, as More Bones:  Scary Stories from Around the World is quite good!  The first one is called Ask the Bones.  I am going to get it at the library tomorrow!  And you should, too!  This is a collection of creepy stories from different places around the world.  The one from Japan is one of my favorites, and I use it when I have to do scary storytelling.  This book is worth buying, I think, if  you are a storyteller and called upon to do the scary thing.  I think I will get me a copy!