POINT-OF-VIEW: R.L. STINE

     There is something about the way he writes— it’s exciting.

     Thrill, horror, suspense. For children and teenage stories that revolve around these genres, it’s R.L. Stine you should try to check out. Well, my pure point-of-view about his works are here.

     The mastermind behind the Fear Street and Goosebumps series knows how to blend everything in one pot— terror, suspense, psychos, monsters and mystery. The mixture for a bloody spell that will leave you hoodwinked on who’s the real culprit and what will happen next?

     As a child, I grew up very fond of books. And it was a little too late for me to find myself holding a Goosebumps book and reading it. I forgot my first one, but hell, I really loved it. It made me read one Goosebumps after another! But since I cannot always pull my parents to buy me every series, the Goosebumps habit wears off. That is also when I started reading thicker books like Roald Dahl’s, Enid Blyton’s… Oh, by the way, on my first year in college, I can finally roam the shopping malls alone so definitely, I had my freedom to buy books too. That’s when the Goosebumps habit returned.

But hey, I started to fall out-of-place with Goosebumps. When I found my first Fear Street book, that’s when I realized that it is simply because Goosebumps is not for my age anymore! Funny that it’s too late for me to realize that!

     So that’s when my Fear Street adventure began. And oh, boy, I loved it more! Until my collection grew and it keeps on growing! (And I’ll keep it growing!)

     Since it is all about R.L. Stine, I made an easy to read review about him!

PEN NAME: R.L. Stine

REAL NAME: Robert Lawrence Stine

ADDRESS: New York City (Near Central Park, The ABOUT THE AUTHOR parts of Fear Street books say so)

PERSONAL TIDBITS: He is married to Jane and has a son named Matt. This writer has no idea where his ideas come from, but know for sure he has more scary stories to write!

HOW TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH HIM: Check out his Wattpad and Twitter accounts! (Yes, I'm his follower too!)

GENRE: Adult, Teen and children's books, Non-Fiction, Horror, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery

SERIES: Goosebumps, Fear Street, Fear Street Saga Trilogy, Fear Street Super Chiller, 99 Fear Street: The House of Evil, Cataluna Chronicles, Fear Street Seniors, Fear Street Nights, New Fear Street, Cheerleaders, The Baby-Sitter I-IV, Halloween Night (Other works are stand-alone stories especially those from Point Horror)

MY FAVORITE SERIES: Fear Street Series

HOW I’LL DESCRIBE HIS WORKS IN THREE WORDS: Thrilling.Exciting.Surprising.

HIS STORIES IN GENERAL: Has psychos, murder, terror, suspense and mystery. Too redundant eh?

ABOUT GOOSEBUMPS: The series are  children-friendly(or maybe, I should have second thoughts about that, eh? Can every children take the scare?) My favorite Goosebumps is about this boy who has a doppelganger.

ABOUT FEAR STREET: My favorite series! I love how he created the world of Fear Street and how the characters in it relate (or not)with each other and with the places in Fear Street that they have been. Fear Street is all about the mysteries in this place and the people in it. Too many interesting myths, histories, beliefs, plots and of course, characters! 

IN HIS WRITING: He's my super man of thrillers. Stine definitely knows how to keep me hooked in a book. Maybe, these really fit on what age bracket you belong(KIDS = Goosebumps, TEENS = Fear Street)Even if some the themes in his stories seem similar,(the fact that there's always this person who wants to kill the other…) the difference in the twist is totally a great adventure ride.

MY SUGGESTION: Maybe, he should try to put more magic in the mysterious world of Fear Street, eh? Mostly are about murders. Why not something like "The Sleepwalker" where there's a hypnotist, “The Secret Bedroom” where there is a restless ghost and her ghoul parents... Those kinds of magic are what I am talking about.

MY TOP FIVE R.L. STINE SUGGESTIONS:

       1. SWITCHED

          Two girls tried to see if a Fear Street legend is true and will add excitement to their lives. Is it really true or some kind of hallucination that you can switch bodies with someone else?

      2. THE BABY-SITTER III

          She still thinks Mr. Haagen is still after her. Or maybe, she’s still after their memories, eh?

      3.THE SLEEPWALKER

          What with all the sleepwalks? Is it caused by a witchcraft or some unconscious guilt?

      4.  THE FIRE GAME

          A little playing-with-the-fire isn't that harmful eh? Not until it starts to back fire...

      5. THE SECRET BEDROOM

          What’s behind the door? Will Lea stop the urge to find out or let her curiosity kill her? Literally kill her.

P.S. I only suggest those what I liked best from what R.L. Stine books I have already read.

Sources:

R.L. Stine’s List of Books Series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._L._Stine

Personal Tidbits: Fear Street: Switched, About The Author (It can also be found in all of his other books)