{"id":4649,"date":"2021-08-16T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2021-08-14T17:13:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T21:13:23","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-178-halloween-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-178-halloween-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 178 &#8211; Halloween Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Halloween Rain <\/i>by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-178-halloween-rain\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/meddling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/meddling-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/meddling-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/meddling-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/meddling.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ghostland.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ghostland-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Ghostland by Colin Dickey\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ghostland-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ghostland-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ghostland.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/smallspaces.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/smallspaces-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Small Spaces by Katherine Arden\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/smallspaces-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/smallspaces-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/smallspaces.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Meddling Kids<\/em> by Edgar Cantero (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3CAa3n0\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781101974445\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Ghostland<\/em> by Colin Dickey (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xC1SCM\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781101980200\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Small Spaces<\/em> by Katherine Arden\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Aub2Dl\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780525515043\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/things.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/things-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Things That Grow by Meredith Goldstein\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/things-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/things-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/things.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vampires.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vampires-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Vampires Never Get Old edited by Natalie C Parker and Zoraida Cordova\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vampires-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vampires-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/vampires.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wylding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wylding-144x220.jpg\" alt=\"Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand\" width=\"144\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wylding-144x220.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wylding-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wylding.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Things That Grow<\/em> by Meredith Goldstein\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/37vb2GG\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781328770103\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Vampires Never Get Old<\/em>, edited by Natalie C. Parker and Zoraida Cordova\u00a0 (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VGgHqL\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250230010\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Wylding Hall<\/em> by Elizabeth Hand (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3jGgb4l\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blair-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Blair Witch Project\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blair-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/blair.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/buffy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/buffy-150x209.jpg\" alt=\"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\" width=\"150\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/buffy-150x209.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/buffy-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/buffy.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/fright.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/fright-150x213.jpg\" alt=\"Fright Night\" width=\"150\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/fright-150x213.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/fright-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/fright.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3fYOy5w\"><em>The Blair Witch Project<\/em><\/a> (movie)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3iAVnfh\">Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/a> (Season 4, Episode 4 &#8211; &#8220;Fear Itself&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lZv9VX\">Fright Night<\/a> <\/em>(movie)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/otgw1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/otgw1-143x220.jpeg\" alt=\"Over the Garden Wall by Pat McHale, Jim Campbell, Danielle Burgos\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/otgw1-143x220.jpeg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/otgw1-195x300.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/otgw1-664x1024.jpeg 664w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/otgw1.jpeg 1661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/scary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/scary-150x213.jpg\" alt=\"Scary Stories to tell in the Dark\" width=\"150\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/scary-150x213.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/scary-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/scary.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3AGMXta\">Over the Garden Wall<\/a> (TV series)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3AIjuif\"><em>Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark<\/em><\/a> (movie)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Halloween Rain by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder. Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[305,1568,1317,1572,1801,850,2083,2081,1791,1398,2082,1632,962,48,30,892,2084,1265],"class_list":["post-4649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-buffy-the-vampire-slayer","tag-christopher-golden","tag-colin-dickey","tag-edgar-cantero","tag-elizabeth-hand","tag-flashback-summer","tag-fright-night","tag-halloween-rain","tag-katherine-arden","tag-meredith-goldstein","tag-nancy-holder","tag-natalie-c-parker","tag-over-the-garden-wall","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark","tag-the-blair-witch-project","tag-zoraida-cordova"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4649"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4663,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4649\/revisions\/4663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}