I really like Robert Westall. The Watch House and The Wind Eye are especially good. Less well known than The Machine Gunners. He has an amazing ability to make the adult world seem disturbing and upsetting to his young characters
Really enjoyed this video. It’s never too early for spooky books! I wouldn’t recommend the hand sanitiser trick. I tried it on the back cover of a 1950’s Highsmith novel and it smudged the text. Whoops!
I need to get on this, too! I save both September and October for spooky reads because I have so many each year that I want to get through. I always save Dracula and The Halloween Tree (Bradbury) for the last half of October, but need to slither in The Turn of the Screw, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Woman in Black, The House of the Seven Gables, and many others! It definitely isn't too soon to prep for autumn reads! I have begun putting away my spring/summer decor and pulling out fall things. I am ready for cold weather!!
Never too early to buy the spooky books! I love matching reading with seasons. Taking’ The singing creek where the willows grow’ on my holiday to the French Alps next week.
@@paulmagrs2474 It’s a mystical nature diary written in 1900’s America by a young girl called Opal Whiteley and has a biography by the wonderful Benjamin Hoff of’ The Tao of Pooh’ fame.
I hope it’s not too early for creepy books! I just had an article about Alison Rumfitt’s amazing horror books come out in the Georgia Review, and a week later I found out she’s novelising Doctor Who and the Space Babies!
Thanks, as always, Paul. In a charity shop here I recently bought a bundle of 4 old Dennis Wheatley arrow paperbacks for a fiver - I've never read any of his before but they called out to me... They could probably do with your restoration treatment too!
Hi Paul.. I haven’t read many scary books in my life, only Capote’s ‘In Cold Blood,’ Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and Flannery O’Connor’s short stories and novels. But, you have sparked my interest in Dracula! I’ll see if they have it at the library. I had this crazy thought just now when I typed Capote (one of my favorite writers!) name. I have this feeling that you and him would’ve been great friends. Maybe you have met him? Again, all your books are amazing❤❤❤
too young to have met him! i have read his books - and everything about him - again and again! I bet he was tricky in person - but what an interesting man
Never too early for scary stories 🎃 I just found a book to re-read . The Notebook of Doom Flurry of the Snombies by Troy Cummings . We’re in a relentless heatwave , so snowmen zombies attacking a summer camp is perfect.
My favorite spooky book was Frankenstein. Cliché?😅 I only recently read it for the first time. I loved it! I'm going to read it again in the next few weeks, I think. I've been eyeing up Dracula. So I must get it out from the library! I'm open to suggestions, though. It's not my go-to. But after Frankenstein, I think i need to explore! Thanks for another great episode ❤
Did you ever watch Batman the animated series in the 90s? Some really well crafted stories in that. Just finished rewatching it with my 4 year old son.
@@paulmagrs2474 is that one of the Straight to DVD animated movies they’ve been releasing the last 10 years or so? I haven’t checked out any of those but keep meaning to.
@@CulturePhilter no, it was on Netflix, i believe (or Prime?) For some reason i've got a real hankering for Batman stuff lately - i need to create a list of essentials in each format, i think. I've supplemented by collection of Batman novels recently...
Have you come across Melvyn Small - he has written 3 books with Sherlock Holmes as the central character, only he’s alive and well and living Baker Street in Middlesbrough. They were originally called Holmes 1 and 2 and The Darlington Substitution - but now re-released under a different title. They are very entertaining. Your friend Ian, wasn’t Ian Covell by any chance?
@@paulmagrs2474 they were self-published. I really liked them. I’ve definitely got 1 an2, possibly 3. Would be happy to send them to you as I think they would appeal to you.
@@paulmagrs2474 it was just a thought. Ian was always giving people books he thought they might like. He was a complete book-aholic and a walking encyclopaedia when it came to all things SF and fantasy and to a lesser extent horror. I recommend the wonderful Brenda and Effie books to a friend recently and she’s listening to them as audio books - she loves them 😀 as do I.
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Spooky books are ALWAYS in season... 0:35
I really like Robert Westall. The Watch House and The Wind Eye are especially good. Less well known than The Machine Gunners. He has an amazing ability to make the adult world seem disturbing and upsetting to his young characters
Really enjoyed this video. It’s never too early for spooky books!
I wouldn’t recommend the hand sanitiser trick. I tried it on the back cover of a 1950’s Highsmith novel and it smudged the text. Whoops!
Batman Returns is one of my favourite films
I need to get on this, too! I save both September and October for spooky reads because I have so many each year that I want to get through. I always save Dracula and The Halloween Tree (Bradbury) for the last half of October, but need to slither in The Turn of the Screw, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Woman in Black, The House of the Seven Gables, and many others! It definitely isn't too soon to prep for autumn reads! I have begun putting away my spring/summer decor and pulling out fall things. I am ready for cold weather!!
reassuring to hear! i love autumn
Never too early to buy the spooky books! I love matching reading with seasons. Taking’ The singing creek where the willows grow’ on my holiday to the French Alps next week.
i don't know that one!
@@paulmagrs2474 It’s a mystical nature diary written in 1900’s America by a young girl called Opal Whiteley and has a biography by the wonderful Benjamin Hoff of’ The Tao of Pooh’ fame.
I hope it’s not too early for creepy books! I just had an article about Alison Rumfitt’s amazing horror books come out in the Georgia Review, and a week later I found out she’s novelising Doctor Who and the Space Babies!
interesting...
Thanks, as always, Paul. In a charity shop here I recently bought a bundle of 4 old Dennis Wheatley arrow paperbacks for a fiver - I've never read any of his before but they called out to me... They could probably do with your restoration treatment too!
they are just so entertaining!
Never too soon for spooky!
Read some for Summerween.
To add to my note….I’m going to order your Never the Bride, from your Brenda and Effie series for one of my scary books! Now I can’t wait to read it❤
thank you! hurray!
Love SHADOWS OVER BAKER STREET. Check out the mash up series that begins with SHADWELL SHADOWS by James Lovegrove... 8:41
Hi Paul.. I haven’t read many scary books in my life, only Capote’s ‘In Cold Blood,’ Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and Flannery O’Connor’s short stories and novels. But, you have sparked my interest in Dracula! I’ll see if they have it at the library. I had this crazy thought just now when I typed Capote (one of my favorite writers!) name. I have this feeling that you and him would’ve been great friends. Maybe you have met him? Again, all your books are amazing❤❤❤
too young to have met him! i have read his books - and everything about him - again and again! I bet he was tricky in person - but what an interesting man
Never too early for scary stories 🎃 I just found a book to re-read . The Notebook of Doom Flurry of the Snombies by Troy Cummings . We’re in a relentless heatwave , so snowmen zombies attacking a summer camp is perfect.
that sounds amazing!
Never to early for spooky .
good to hear!
My favorite spooky book was Frankenstein. Cliché?😅 I only recently read it for the first time. I loved it! I'm going to read it again in the next few weeks, I think.
I've been eyeing up Dracula. So I must get it out from the library!
I'm open to suggestions, though. It's not my go-to. But after Frankenstein, I think i need to explore!
Thanks for another great episode ❤
you need my Frankenstein sequel - 'Never the Bride'...!
@paulmagrs2474 yes!
@@AaronR.Williams :)
So glad you're finding The Game fun!xx
finished it last night - it's outrageously good
@@paulmagrs2474 we'll need to keep an eye out for the rest!
@@rosieanthony7480 they are so highly-sought after! but i love having an ongoing project like this!
@@paulmagrs2474 we can do it! It will be a joint project and we shall read them all!
@@rosieanthony7480 there are 15 in all!
Did you ever watch Batman the animated series in the 90s?
Some really well crafted stories in that. Just finished rewatching it with my 4 year old son.
i love it. I started rewatching them on Saturday! Looking forward to the new series!
@@paulmagrs2474 ‘Caped Crusader’ ? Yeah that looks like a really interesting take. Especially with the period setting.
@@CulturePhilter i also loved that xmas one about his son!
@@paulmagrs2474 is that one of the Straight to DVD animated movies they’ve been releasing the last 10 years or so? I haven’t checked out any of those but keep meaning to.
@@CulturePhilter no, it was on Netflix, i believe (or Prime?) For some reason i've got a real hankering for Batman stuff lately - i need to create a list of essentials in each format, i think. I've supplemented by collection of Batman novels recently...
Have you come across Melvyn Small - he has written 3 books with Sherlock Holmes as the central character, only he’s alive and well and living Baker Street in Middlesbrough. They were originally called Holmes 1 and 2 and The Darlington Substitution - but now re-released under a different title. They are very entertaining. Your friend Ian, wasn’t Ian Covell by any chance?
@@FionaMcquillan-vu5bq I’ve never heard of those!
@@paulmagrs2474 they were self-published. I really liked them. I’ve definitely got 1 an2, possibly 3. Would be happy to send them to you as I think they would appeal to you.
@@paulmagrs2474 very entertaining. Interested about your comment about Ian who died a few years ago and wondered if it was my friend Ian Covell.
@@FionaMcquillan-vu5bq no, it wasn’t him, I’m afraid
@@paulmagrs2474 it was just a thought. Ian was always giving people books he thought they might like. He was a complete book-aholic and a walking encyclopaedia when it came to all things SF and fantasy and to a lesser extent horror. I recommend the wonderful Brenda and Effie books to a friend recently and she’s listening to them as audio books - she loves them 😀 as do I.