Autumn has officially started which means the month of October is just around the corner. Last year, I created a Halloween Fun List with all sorts of fun and spooky activities. Reading books, short stories, and poems was one of my favorite activities on the list. This year, Kelsi and I thought it would be fun to create a readathon with prompts based off of horror movies. We created a video explaining the prompts and announcing which books we will be reading for the readathon.
PROMPTS
1.“You know it’s Halloween. I guess everyone’s entitled to one good scare…” – Halloween
Read a book set on or around Halloween.
2. “Nothin’ can call it off.” – Pumpkinhead
Read a book with a pumpkin on the cover.
3. “Whatever you do… don’t fall asleep.” – Nightmare on Elm Street
Read a book at night or in the dark to elicit nightmares!
4. “Who ya gonna call?” – Ghostbusters
Read a book featuring ghosts or ghostly beings.
5. “Being normal is vastly overrated.” – Halloweentown
Read a more innocent (but still spooky-themed) book geared towards kids, middle graders, or young adults.
6. “Wolfman’s got nards…” – The Monster Squad
Read a book featuring any kind of monster…vampires, mummies, werewolves (because…nards), blobs, sea monsters, gremlins, aliens. Any monster or creature would be fang-tastic!
7. “Ding dong, you’re dead.” – House
Read a book or story featuring a haunted house, hotel, apartment, or any place that’s haunted.
8. “If you believe in God, then you gotta believe in the Devil.” – The Last Exorcism (BONUS)
Read a book that features an exorcism or some kind of possession.
9. “Susie, do you know anything about… witches?” – Suspiria
Read a book that features witches, wizards, or any kind of magic/black magic.
10. “What do you look like? It depends on who is looking…” – The Mothman Prophecies
Read a book or story featuring something unexplainable, mysterious, or eerie.
11. “This one night changes everything for me.” – House of the Devil
Read a book/story set in the 80s, published in the 80s, or a book that has an 80s feel/vibe. OR Read a book having to do with cults or devil worship.
12. “It will consume you.” – Color Out of Space
Read a book with a bright or neon-colored cover.
13. “You gotta see the shape of this fn’ guy that just walked in.” – Terrifier
Read a book with creepy clowns, menacing mimes, or dangerous dummies. These are supposed to make you laugh, but some end up trying to murder you instead!
Kelsi created a bingo-style card (featuring a visual of the horror movies to accompany the prompts) for anyone who wants to join us in our spooktacular reading adventure. The card includes a bonus square for overachievers like Kelsi and me.
The terrific part of this fang-tastic readathon, dear reader, is you can tailor it to fit your reading needs. You can read novels, novellas, graphic novels, short stories, or poems. You can read something different for each of the squares or one selection could be used for multiple squares. And, you are under no obligation to choose every square…just pick and choose which prompts appeal to you. This readathon is designed for all of us to add a little more thematic fun during the Halloween season. Happiness!
“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble.” ~ William Shakespeare, MacBeth (more…)
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