I recently watched “Click”, that Adam Sandler movie. The premise was familiar and I knew I had read a similar story somewhere. It took a little digging through my memory before I finally figured it out. The Book of Virtues has a story called “The Magic Thread”. For those of you that don’t know the story, let me just sum it up for you. The main character has the opportunity to fast forward time at their own discretion. Don’t like doing the dishes? Fast forward. Don’t like that long drive to work? Fast forward. Don’t want to wait around for your promotion? Fast forward. The thing is, once you start fast forwarding things, you start missing things. You miss opportunities, you miss moments. The moral of the story is self-discipline and living in the present.
Well, in my research looking for this story from the Book of Virtues, I found out that “Click” was also based one of R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps books. I loved reading those books as a kid. They totally creeped me out. I was a fast reader, so I could finish one In one sitting. I still remember some of the stories, and after watching “Click” I decided that I wanted to reread them. TC was kind enough to procure them for me, and I am looking forward to reading through them. Thus far, I have read the first two: “Welcome to the Dead House” and “Stay out of the Basement”. The first one gave me that creepy feeling. Maybe I’m just easily scared. Second one just seemed ridiculous. I’m not going to say anything about the writing because it was just as bad as it was when I first read them. As a younger kid, it was really easy to read and I appreciated that. It helped me reach my book limit in my reading programs.
I know a lot of you read the Goosebumps books too, so I will keep you posted on my reading through and let you know which ones you should reread! I will definitely have to take a break from it in 10 days though because that’s when the next book in the Song of Ice & Fire series is released and I will definitely be reading that as soon as I get it!
Well, in my research looking for this story from the Book of Virtues, I found out that “Click” was also based one of R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps books. I loved reading those books as a kid. They totally creeped me out. I was a fast reader, so I could finish one In one sitting. I still remember some of the stories, and after watching “Click” I decided that I wanted to reread them. TC was kind enough to procure them for me, and I am looking forward to reading through them. Thus far, I have read the first two: “Welcome to the Dead House” and “Stay out of the Basement”. The first one gave me that creepy feeling. Maybe I’m just easily scared. Second one just seemed ridiculous. I’m not going to say anything about the writing because it was just as bad as it was when I first read them. As a younger kid, it was really easy to read and I appreciated that. It helped me reach my book limit in my reading programs.
I know a lot of you read the Goosebumps books too, so I will keep you posted on my reading through and let you know which ones you should reread! I will definitely have to take a break from it in 10 days though because that’s when the next book in the Song of Ice & Fire series is released and I will definitely be reading that as soon as I get it!
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