tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174075085553614661.post8344486353874022247..comments2023-08-26T04:12:03.262-07:00Comments on Philo File: Good Books for HalloweenShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336520961342768543noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174075085553614661.post-15748881510207768292010-10-15T06:51:36.746-07:002010-10-15T06:51:36.746-07:00I think you're referring to the Gashlycrumb Ti...I think you're referring to the Gashlycrumb Tinies. An alphabet book of death.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336520961342768543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174075085553614661.post-51998943364521700702010-10-14T23:04:10.540-07:002010-10-14T23:04:10.540-07:00Part of me wants to reread John Bellairs books, bu...Part of me wants to reread John Bellairs books, but I'm also partly afraid they just won't be as good now that I'm older. And I loved them!! I don't want to ruin it for myself! I remember The Speckled Band and The Hound of the Baskervilles freaked me out when I read them. I was a lot younger then, though. But those Poe stories just seem to grip my throat. Like The Six Sense or The Others did. But not in a ghostly way, in a creepy way. But seriously, The Doubtful Guest!! That cover illustration cracks me up. I wish I could remember it. I don't think I have it. But do you remember that other book about different people dying in different ways or something? It was at least illustrated by Gorey, if not written by him. I wish I could remember what it was.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240031107278895919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174075085553614661.post-58653361177153651422010-10-14T20:43:06.471-07:002010-10-14T20:43:06.471-07:00Well, not "include", because this is you...Well, not "include", because this is your list and you don't need to include it. I should have said "I would recommend The Historian". Ok.LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17729868050216828489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5174075085553614661.post-48808345676890816402010-10-14T20:42:17.472-07:002010-10-14T20:42:17.472-07:00The ones you mention are good, but I would include...The ones you mention are good, but I would include The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova. It's one of the few books I've read in recent years that actually gave me chills. It's a Dracula book, btw. And that reminds me, I have read Bram Stoker's Dracula, and while I thoroughly enjoyed it and consider it a 2nd level favorite (yay, Mina Harker!), I didn't think it was very scary. Maybe because I'd seen Dracula movies and so sort of knew what to expect.LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17729868050216828489noreply@blogger.com