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I read this book when I was a child, and I thought for Halloween it would be fun to revisit the classic. This time I did it as an audio book. It's a nice short fun listen for a long drive. Bunnicula is the new bunny in the family but the cat Chester believes him to be a vampire. Howard the dog is just a writer of the story, as they try to prove that Bunnicula is a vegetable sucker. Fun for the entire family.

I love Howard the dog and Chester the Cat. The snobby and know it all cat and the bumbling dog are whisked away to the Bowwow hotel while the family goes on vacation. But if you read Bunnicula, then you know that these two find a mystery is all things. As always a great read for the family for the season.

It's time to put the cauldron on to boil. Add some water and then throw in the movie The Craft. Now we need to boil it until bland. Add some spices, in this case We Were Liars. Stir and simmer. But no too long. Then pour it into the pages that make up The Graces.

A very slow moving story about about a family everyone believes are witches. They are popular, rich, and selective. River is just the new girl in school, who crushes on Fenin, and wants to hang with Summer. But she wants something else as well. Help with a problem, help to get her father back. Typical and moody, and I saw the Fenin relationship from a mile away. When you enter part two of the book, you get smacked with the story line of We Were Liars, and everything moves really quickly, but also anti-climatic.

This book wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t special either. It is not something I will be hoarding on my shelf to re-read 100 times, or even something I would recommend to multiple people. I do have one friend who would like it, but other than that… I’m pretty sure there will be a sequel based on the last line of the book. Think of the most famous song by Bachman Turner Overdrive and you have it. I ask myself this after every book: Will I read, or do I want to read the sequel. I can honestly say, I don’t know. I think it would depend on timing. I didn’t hate this book, but I didn’t love it either. I kind of what to see if River becomes a stronger person, and if the Graces work their problems out, but I don’t NEED to know. Catch me?

Normally I like the action of Comics and Graphic novels. I am not a big fan when they feel like I am reading a Saturday morning cartoon. And that is exactly what this feels like. It’s hard to explain, but take Batgirl and replace her with Scooby Doo and the Black Canary with Fred, and you get the feel of this book. Overall the storyline is not bad, just not great either. The illustrations are spot on.

I was not sure what to expect when I opened this book. My first impressions was not the best because of the two page glossary at the beginning. But I was greatly surprised by the fun, rhyming story about trying to get a jar open. Man was that thing stuck. The words in the glossary make an appearance and could have been explained at the end, except that there was music at the end. Over all this is a fun book.

Sometimes I wonder if we make kids afraid of things instead of curious about the world around them. To get my point read this book. I do not think it has the connotation that the author was going for. Margo wants to do things, but warning from mom make her afraid. The nice surprise at the end, didn’t seem to go with the rest of the book. It's an odd title. Not bad, but not one that will be on library shelves in 20 years.

This is a cute book that sends the right message. I will not lie, the Cara as in caring got a little annoying. But I like the message of pass kindness on. Don’t expect anything in return. Do go for the act itself.

When it comes to Goosebumps on Audio Book it is all in the reader. I tried three different books before I found an audiobook that didn’t put me to sleep. In this fabulous story a spooky camera tells the future and all of it is dismal. A nice and light tale to start October off right.

When big brother buys monsters to scare his sister from his room, things go horribly wrong. They become her friends instead. But little sisters still need a big brother to get rid of scary things. Great illustrations and a fun story. If you have a little girl who wants nothing to do with princesses, then you need to read this book.