Return to Howliday Inn by James Howe

I got a little nostalgic and decided to read one of my favorite scary stories from my childhood. It's fun to visit with Harold, Chester, and Howie as they try to discover who is making the creepy noises in the night. The only thing that disappoints me in this one is Bunnicula is not in it very much, but it's great otherwise!

Rating: 3.5/5
Pages: 195

Meddling Kids

 Meddling Kids

by Edgar Cantero

Pages: 322

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Quirky, fun story set in 1990 but full of nostalgia for the 1970s. In the 1970s a group of kids meet in a small mining town off the Zoinx River Valley in Oregon. They team-up to solve mysteries and become known locally as the Blyton Summer Detective Club since there are all only in Blyton in the summers. Then comes the fateful summer of 1977 and their final case together. Once again they literally unmask an adult pretending to be a monster for his own personal gain, but all of the kids know that this isn't really the end of the mystery and none of them return to Blyton after that summer. 

Now 13 years have passed and Andy decides that they have to get back together and solve the mystery once and for all so they can all have a chance of leading a normal life. After all, she is currently on the run from the law and wanted in at least two states and she knows the kid-genius of the group, Kerri, has dropped out of college and is now tending bar to scrape by and poor Nate, the horror nerd has been in and out of mental asylums. The only friend Nate has seen in recent years is handsome jock turned movie star, Peter. The problem with that, is that Peter has been dead for several years.

With the assistance of Tim, the great-great-grandson of their faithful dog Sean, the gang heads back to Blyton to find and defeat the real monsters once and for all. Full of playful word usage and references to the classic Scooby-Doo show and other 1970s nostalgia, what starts out as a quirky fun read - turns in to a seriously scary novel by the end. For fans of horror but with a sense of humor.