tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1329767824412324332..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Ten Children's Books for Halloween - by Emma BarnesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-25592136579369336972014-10-31T13:29:27.662+00:002014-10-31T13:29:27.662+00:00I like The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud....I like The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud. I'm far older than it's target market but it had me hiding under the bedcovers! Agents who fight ghosts with rapiers and then retreat to the kitchen with cups of tea - now that's my kind of story...<br /><br />(I also like The Midnight Folk and Charmed Life)Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-45804145297633338292014-10-31T10:14:08.038+00:002014-10-31T10:14:08.038+00:00Thanks for those recommendations.
Meanwhile I...Thanks for those recommendations. <br /><br />Meanwhile I've just realised I forgot to include Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books. Grr!Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-47796880994834384522014-10-31T10:13:05.917+00:002014-10-31T10:13:05.917+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-78093945778315638502014-10-31T09:23:40.387+00:002014-10-31T09:23:40.387+00:00Great list! Another Neil Gaiman I really like is ...Great list! Another Neil Gaiman I really like is The Graveyard Book.Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-66705763501980234832014-10-31T09:02:40.371+00:002014-10-31T09:02:40.371+00:00Last year, for some reason, I had loads of spooky ...Last year, for some reason, I had loads of spooky ARCs, books read once but not keepers, duplicate copies etc, that I was able to put a pile of Hallowwen-ish books by the door to give to trick or treaters. I think they liked it! (One boy was very surprised, but in the end took two because he couldn't decide!). This year, sadly, I don't have many spooky books, so I'm back to Haribo. <br /><br />p.s. My favs would be The Dead series by Charlie Higson and Say her Name by James Dawson, both very wrong!Elen Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.com