Bout of Books 20: Challenge #3 & Reading Updates

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 21st and runs through Sunday, August 27th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 20 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Challenge #3 created by Liz Whitehouse

Book Spine Rainbow

Take a selection of your favorite book spines to make a rainbow! Share on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #bookspinerainbow and #boutofbooks, or share your picture in the comments below!

R.L. Stine Rainbow

I decided to use some of my R.L. Stine books to make the rainbow! 

They do have some of the most colorful spines!

R - Silent Night 2

O - The First Horror

Y- The Dead Lifeguard

G - The Baby-sitter 3

B - Beach House

I - First Date

V - Truth or Dare

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Day Three Reading Updates
Strikethrough = finished
Rugrats Versus the Monkeys by Luke David
Juliet the Valentine Fairy by Daisy Meadows (pages read: 23)
Amnesty by Cambria Hebert

Total Books Finished: 0
Total Pages Read: 207

Review: My Alien Parents by R.L. Stine

Cover Source: GoodReads

Title: My Alien Parents
Author: R.L. Stine
Series:
Version Reviewed: Finished, Paperback
Website: www.rlstine.com

GoodReads Summary:

I thought I knew everything there was to know about my parents, like what they always eat for breakfast. Then one morning, everything changes. Mom suddenly hates tea and loves cornflakes and Dad's scarfing down poached eggs like there's no tomorrow ? which, by the way, there may not be unless I can figure out what's gone wrong. Can it really be that Mom and Dad have been replaced by aliens from another world? And what the heck happened to our dog?

I absolutely love R.L. Stine. I always have. And even his short little kids books are not disappointing in my opinion.

I was excited when I pulled this book out of a box of what seemed like a million books that we had stored in our shed. I had no idea that it was there, but apparently my husband had been holding out on me.

This book reminded of Invasion of The Body Snatchers, if there were a kids version. And as it seemed, there was even a reference to the movie in My Alien Parents.

It was a very short book, but it still had the classic R.L. Stine twist at the end that you weren't expecting. Very reminiscent of the Goosebumps series.

I loved it!

Favorite Character:

Rating: 3 Stars.

*Found it in my husband's stash of books.