I was in the fourth grade; it was the most magical time of the school year — The Book Fair. My mom had given me some cash, and I squirmed all morning with anticipation until my home-room’s turn to head to the cafeteria/auditorium where the stage housed the movable bookshelves just brimming with entries into…
A Trip Down Fear Street: The New Girl, Fear Street #1
Welcome to the first review in the Fear Street reread project in celebration of R.L. Stine rebooting the series! You can read the introduction to the series here. Tagline He had to learn her secret or – die trying. Synopsis Originally published in 1989 then re-released in 1991, The New Girl is the first in…
A Trip Down Fear Street: The Secret Bedroom #13 (contains gifs)
Welcome to the second review in the Fear Street reread project in celebration of R.L. Stine rebooting the series! You can read the first one here. Tagline Don’t open that door! Synopsis After the lackluster The New Girl, I decided to revisit a Fear Street that I knew was a favorite of my younger self….
A Trip Down Fear Street: Lights Out #12
Welcome to the third review in the Fear Street reread project in celebration of R.L. Stine rebooting the series! You can read the previous review here. Tagline It all happens in the dark… Synopsis Holly Flynn is cajoled into being a camp counselor for her uncle’s struggling Nightwing Camp. Unfortunately, it’s not a camp for…
A Trip Down Fear Street: The Sleepwalker #06
Welcome to the fourth review in the Fear Street reread project in celebration of R.L. Stine rebooting the series! You can read more about the project here. Tagline She isn’t safe – even in her dreams! Synopsis Mayra Barnes has been sleepwalking ever since she started working for weird, old Mrs. Cottler. Is Mrs. Cottler…a…
[GIFs] A Trip Down Fear Street: Switched #31
Despite the end of Halloween, the Fear Street reread project is going strong — keeping the horror alive all year long! Tagline A mind is a terrible thing to lose. Synopsis Two best friends, Nicole and Lucy, learn how to switch bodies with one another, but Nicole learns some dark secrets about her best friend!…
A Trip Down Fear Street: Goodnight Kiss, Super Chiller #03
As the polar vortex veers down on the United States, let’s take a fantastical escape to the beach where vampire and vampire bats linger near the throats of unsuspecting Shadyside teens. Tagline Their first kiss could be her last… Synopsis Shadyside teens, Matt, April, and Todd, are looking forward to a summer vacation away from…
A Trip Down Fear Street: The Wrong Number #05
And the horror continues with the fifth book in the late, great but recently revised Fear Street series! Tagline It began as a prank…and ended in murder! Synopsis Deena Martinson and Jade Smith are a couple of bored Shadyside teenagers so they decide to entertain themselves with prank phone calling, but of course this is…
A Trip Down Fear Street: Wrong Number 2 #27
Deena and Jade are back in my review of The Wrong Number 2: Mr. Faberson is out of jail, and Chuck keeps acting like a dumbass. What will happen this time?!
A Trip Down Fear Street: The Best Friend #17 [GIFs]
Do you think that just because it’s the season of merriment and holiday spirit that you can escape the horror of Fear Street?
A Trip Down Fear Street: Silent Night 1, 2, and 3
Due to some holiday delay, A Trip Down Fear Street took longer than intended, so I crammed all three of the Fear Street superchillers Silent Night 1, 2, and 3 into a single review. Tagline Silent Night: Happy holidays – you’re dead! Silent Night 2: Jingle Bells – Santa kills! Silent Night 3: ‘Tis the…
A Trip Down Fear Street: What I Learned about Dating from Fear Street
After a brief hiatus, A Trip Down Fear Street is back! This time with handy-dandy lists. For the month of love, I decided to read, appropriately enough, love themed books from the series: First Date (no. 16, 1992), Double Date (no. 23, 1994), and Killer’s Kiss (no. 42, 1997). Because Fear Street was often targeted…