I absolutely LOVE Frankenstein. It is one of my favorite classics. This is such an excellent plan for a deep dive into all things Mary Shelley and Frankenstein. I have had The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein for a while, but I haven't read it yet. Eynhallow sounds interesting. I'm looking forward to following your content throughout March!
I am so glad it's your favorite classic! I have been wanting to get to different retellings but I've put them to the side because it feels like a waste to read it when I haven't gotten to the original source material. I am chomping at the bit to get to my March TBR!!
Ooh a lot of these sound really good! Need to add them to my list. I've herd of Eynhallow and people loving it, I already added that one to my list. I'm here ready to read through Frankenstein and tomorrow (since it's my pick for movie night), we'll be watching Frankenstein. :3 Which means I'll be watching the movie first before starting the book, but that's fine. Also I was sitting there just staring at all your Frankenstein decor in the background! I love your wall of decor so much. 🖤
I did get to Eynhallow a few weeks ago! I really really really enjoyed the beginning, but it totally lost me in the last 25% of the book, which was devastating to not enjoy, because I was super gripped by our main character 😥
@@happyhauntslibrary Oh no! It's a real shame when books fall flat at the end after really enjoying it up until that point. So sorry, hate it when that happens. I still might give it a shot myself, but I'll warily side eye that ending.
This sounds so great Lauren! There’s a great picture book called She Made A Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein that you may like. The illustrations are gorgeous and moody. not sure if I’ll get to reading anything Frankenstein related but may try to watch some things. Have an awesome month!
YESSSS more Frankie fans in the house 🤗 and I am so intrigued by this Ito collection, too. It hasn’t been talked about much on UA-cam. I feel like Uzamaki gets all the coverage 🌀
You have such a fun month planned! Looking forward to the live show at the end of the month 💚 If you have time for another movie, check out a modern retelling called The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster.
Jacki! You are seriously the best! Thank you for reminding me about that show!!! I heard about it from another UA-camr but didn't write it down somewhere. (If I don't make notes of things, it's in one ear and out the other 😂) You rock!!
I'm not sure yet if I'll re-read Frankenstein this month, but I'm planning to read Mary's Monster by Lita Judge and My Imaginary Mary by Hand, Ashton & Meadows. If you haven't seen The Frankenstein Chronicles with Sean Bean, I really enjoyed the first season!
IT's ALIVE!!!!!!!!!! hahaha I couldn't resist. I love all of your Frankie decor. Re-Animator is one of my favorite classics. I'll be purchasing a Re-animator shirt from FrightsRags later this moth.
As someone who hasnt read most of the horror classic, I love the conceot of your book club. It removes all the shame of not having read it and makes it fun to read with others 🥰 Im really looking forward to your chat later this month!
@@happyhauntslibrary Oh very good to know! I'll have to see if my library has it. Your video also totally makes me want to read Frankenstein. It has been ages since I last read it.
Yes 🙌🙌🙌 loving this theme. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on frankenstein. I love seeking out retellings or reimaginings. One of my faves is our hideous progeny. Dark descent is on my list too. I want to check out eynhallow as well. You mentioned so many more that I hadn't heard of before 😍
I knew I was forgetting something! 🤪 I wanted to get to Our Hideous Progeny but totally forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder!! I think a lot of people really loved that one, right? And I wanted to see Poor Things but it wasn’t in theaters anywhere near me 😢😢 It feels very lit-fic-y to me, so I think you’d really like it!
Good luck with all the Frankensteins. I was a little disappointed with It's Alive but hope you like it. It's a shame that Gods and Monsters (both the book and the film) have kind of disappeared from the Frankenstein landscape.
I was watching some special features about Frankenstein and they showed clips of Gods and Monsters. I thought, “oh that sounds like an interesting watch” but oh no! Do you mean it’s not available physically or just steaming? Or that’s it’s rarely talked about?
@@happyhauntslibraryMostly that it is rarely talked about. It plays with the idea of Frankenstein in a lot of ways dealing with director James Whale's homosexuality. I'm not sure of the streaming status but when it was released it got multiple Oscar nominations.
This video was extremely informative for me (as you know from the live show LOL) Thank you so much for making this!! I kind of forgot about Junji Ito's Frankenstein. I really enjoy his manga so i need to read this after we finish the original I LOVE UNDEAD GIRL GANG!!! Totally gives Frankenstein vibes I didn't even realize until you said it 😁
Yess!! ⚡💚 I love Frankenstein!! Omg!! Frankenhooker is one of my favorite movies 😂 it's hilarious. I enjoyed Siren Queen! It does have a lot of classic Hollywood! I need to read the Mary Shelley club as well!! I just watched Mary Shelley from 2017 and It was a little disappointing 😂 but it was kind of fun!
I am so glad you love Frankenhooker so much. I heard about it fairly recently and the plot got me so excited. It sounds so much like Lisa Frankenstein!! And is the 2017 Mary Shelley movie the one with Elle Fanning? Eek! I had a feeling it wasn't going to be worth the time.
The Children on the Hill for sure has Frankenstein vibes. I really like Jennifer McMahon’s books - the format of the dual timeline and her character development.
Your book club is legit my fave 📚Frankenstein is so much fun to teach and I know you all will have some awesome discussions! 👻 And I’ll take any excuse to revisit the universal movies and Frankenhooker. Might even have to do a Rocky Horror midnight showing in honor of your theme 🍿 Probably won’t do a reread but I’m planning on reading 1-Mary Shelly and the Rights of the Child and 2-Frankenstein: A Cultural History. Hoping they’re good! 😊 This will be fun!
I just saw the Rocky horror picture show for the very first time a few days ago in honor of my Mary Shelley March! I can’t believe it has taken me this long! More importantly THANK YOU SO MUCH for your gift that I just opened!! Seriously you’re so kind to think of me and to send these goodies my way. That art print is literally the coolest thing ever!!!!!!!!!! And I’m dying over the tarot card 😍😍😍😍 thank you endlessly, Liz! You’re seriously the best! Also, I don’t know if it went to your junk mail because I know some school email accounts do that to accounts outside of their district, but I sent an email a while back and I’m just double checking that it made its way! No rush in responding! 💚
@@happyhauntslibrary I’m so glad it arrived! And I’m so sorry about the email. I just checked and didn’t see anything but they delete spam pretty quickly. If you can send it again, I will definitely look for it :-)
Gonna be a ton of Franken-fun. I think I'll read the 1818 original edition of Frankenstein as the original text is supposed to be fairly different from the more conventional revised edition read more commonly. Oh...Re-Animator...just be aware there are some...uh questionable to the modern eye sequences. Son of Frankenstein is GREAT. Ghost of Frankenstein is NOT. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man....rocks but in a cheesy way (it is also responsible for the Franken-walk and there is a good reason for that, I'll explain in the live hahaha). House of Frankenstein is pretty good. House of Dracula is not terrible but not good either hahaha. Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein is A MUST watch as it is tremendously funny. Ooooh those essays sound really cool! I have the Junji Ito thing on hold tooo! I have the Elizabeth Frankenstein book too. I should read it! Looks like a great month.
“Franken-fun” 🤣🤣 I LOVE THAT! Thanks for the heads up on Re-Animator. Someone mentioned there’s also a book associated with it.. I don’t know if it’s a novelization or not. I’m thinking of also checking out Weird Science. I AM SO HYPED FOR OUR DISCUSSION! I got some homework to do 👻💚⚡️
@happyhauntslibrary So Reanimator is based off of an HP Lovecraft story (don't read it...the surprise racism near the end ruined my entire day) but it also had a novelization because the 80s were wild LOL
Thank you for making this video JUST FOR ME 💖 (jk jk but not really) i took notes of everything!!! so great. All of these frankenstein retellings coming out this year are so great, they make me happy!! There's also botanical daughter coming out in march!
Just starting and already so excited!!!!
Aww thank you, Jessica. I know how much you love your Frankie!!
I absolutely LOVE Frankenstein. It is one of my favorite classics. This is such an excellent plan for a deep dive into all things Mary Shelley and Frankenstein. I have had The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein for a while, but I haven't read it yet. Eynhallow sounds interesting. I'm looking forward to following your content throughout March!
I am so glad it's your favorite classic! I have been wanting to get to different retellings but I've put them to the side because it feels like a waste to read it when I haven't gotten to the original source material. I am chomping at the bit to get to my March TBR!!
So excited to watch this fellow spooky babe!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
Thanks so much for your support, Taylor. 🥰 ❤ It means the world to me!!
I've placed my library hold! Looking forward to continuing with catching up on classics with this one
Yay!!! Let me know if you end up getting your hands on it. I would love to read with you on sprints if you were interested 🥰💚⚡️
I enjoyed The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein, but I know a lot of people didn't. I hope your Frankenstein month is great!
That's making me feel very hopeful that you liked it! I am no stranger to Outlier Island! 😂
Ooh a lot of these sound really good! Need to add them to my list. I've herd of Eynhallow and people loving it, I already added that one to my list. I'm here ready to read through Frankenstein and tomorrow (since it's my pick for movie night), we'll be watching Frankenstein. :3 Which means I'll be watching the movie first before starting the book, but that's fine. Also I was sitting there just staring at all your Frankenstein decor in the background! I love your wall of decor so much. 🖤
I did get to Eynhallow a few weeks ago! I really really really enjoyed the beginning, but it totally lost me in the last 25% of the book, which was devastating to not enjoy, because I was super gripped by our main character 😥
@@happyhauntslibrary Oh no! It's a real shame when books fall flat at the end after really enjoying it up until that point. So sorry, hate it when that happens. I still might give it a shot myself, but I'll warily side eye that ending.
This sounds so great Lauren! There’s a great picture book called She Made A Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein that you may like. The illustrations are gorgeous and moody. not sure if I’ll get to reading anything Frankenstein related but may try to watch some things. Have an awesome month!
Ahhh I just searched up the title and the illustrations are GORGEOUS! Thanks so much for the recommendation 👻
The Frankie vibes are strong 💚⚡️ I’m here for this. I love the book & the movie. I really want to read the Junji Ito!
YESSSS more Frankie fans in the house 🤗 and I am so intrigued by this Ito collection, too. It hasn’t been talked about much on UA-cam. I feel like Uzamaki gets all the coverage 🌀
The essay collection sounds great I’ll have to check if my library has it or something similar. Hope you have an amazing month💚
Thanks so much, Evie!! I can't wait to nerd out this month. Let me know if you find anything interesting!!
You have such a fun month planned! Looking forward to the live show at the end of the month 💚
If you have time for another movie, check out a modern retelling called The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster.
Jacki! You are seriously the best! Thank you for reminding me about that show!!! I heard about it from another UA-camr but didn't write it down somewhere. (If I don't make notes of things, it's in one ear and out the other 😂) You rock!!
@@happyhauntslibrary happy to help 🥰
I'm not sure yet if I'll re-read Frankenstein this month, but I'm planning to read Mary's Monster by Lita Judge and My Imaginary Mary by Hand, Ashton & Meadows. If you haven't seen The Frankenstein Chronicles with Sean Bean, I really enjoyed the first season!
Did you ever get to my imaginary Mary?? I’d be so curious to figure out what you thought of it!
I'm obsessed with all the frankenstein decor 😍
I’m so happy you’re doing Frankenstein! It is definitely one of my favorite classics 💚
I love your tbr! I’m really intrigued by The Mary Shelley Club
Thanks so much for watching!! 🥰 I am so happy that I FINALLY got to it!
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🥰🥰🥰🥰 thanks for watching, Melissa!!
Oh I'm so excited for this one! 💚
IT's ALIVE!!!!!!!!!! hahaha I couldn't resist. I love all of your Frankie decor. Re-Animator is one of my favorite classics. I'll be purchasing a Re-animator shirt from FrightsRags later this moth.
Okay Re-animator was so ridiculous but in the best way possible 🤣 The poor cat!!! 🐈⬛
lol I totally get it. It's a cult classic. I just ordered a Re-Animator shirt from FrightRags today! haha@@happyhauntslibrary
Frankenstein is 1 of my absolute favorite books. I hope you enjoy it. The universal monster movies are some of my favorites.
I am SO over the moon excited to read Frankenstein. Have you watched all the Frankenstein sequels???
@happyhauntslibrary I have seen them all. I'm a huge Universal monsters fan. I own all the movies.
@@sabrinaford9 oh my gosh you’re my kind of person!! 😍😍
As someone who hasnt read most of the horror classic, I love the conceot of your book club. It removes all the shame of not having read it and makes it fun to read with others 🥰
Im really looking forward to your chat later this month!
I can definitely see the comparisons to Frankenstein in the children on the hill.
Frankenstein is awesome!! Excited to hear what you think-those essays you mentioned sound really cool
Thanks so much for watching! I gave Frankenstein 3.5 stars. I’m so happy I got to this classic!
Oh this sounds like an epic reading plan! I am so intrigued by those Frankenstein articles and I have wanted to check out Undead Girl Gang for ages
I think you'd really love Undead Girl Gang based off your recent YA interests (ex: Twilight and Vampire Diaries) 😂😂
@@happyhauntslibrary Oh very good to know! I'll have to see if my library has it. Your video also totally makes me want to read Frankenstein. It has been ages since I last read it.
I hope you enjoy Frankenstein 🥰📚 love the book club idea, it would be great to see The Omen be the next pick 😀 it's on my horror catch up too 😂
Yes 🙌🙌🙌 loving this theme. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on frankenstein. I love seeking out retellings or reimaginings. One of my faves is our hideous progeny. Dark descent is on my list too. I want to check out eynhallow as well. You mentioned so many more that I hadn't heard of before 😍
OH and poor things. I really want to read and watch now. I've heard it's inspired but I did not look into it myself 😅
I knew I was forgetting something! 🤪 I wanted to get to Our Hideous Progeny but totally forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder!! I think a lot of people really loved that one, right?
And I wanted to see Poor Things but it wasn’t in theaters anywhere near me 😢😢 It feels very lit-fic-y to me, so I think you’d really like it!
Good luck with all the Frankensteins. I was a little disappointed with It's Alive but hope you like it. It's a shame that Gods and Monsters (both the book and the film) have kind of disappeared from the Frankenstein landscape.
I was watching some special features about Frankenstein and they showed clips of Gods and Monsters. I thought, “oh that sounds like an interesting watch” but oh no! Do you mean it’s not available physically or just steaming? Or that’s it’s rarely talked about?
@@happyhauntslibraryMostly that it is rarely talked about. It plays with the idea of Frankenstein in a lot of ways dealing with director James Whale's homosexuality. I'm not sure of the streaming status but when it was released it got multiple Oscar nominations.
This video was extremely informative for me (as you know from the live show LOL) Thank you so much for making this!!
I kind of forgot about Junji Ito's Frankenstein. I really enjoy his manga so i need to read this after we finish the original
I LOVE UNDEAD GIRL GANG!!! Totally gives Frankenstein vibes I didn't even realize until you said it 😁
Yess!! ⚡💚 I love Frankenstein!! Omg!! Frankenhooker is one of my favorite movies 😂 it's hilarious.
I enjoyed Siren Queen! It does have a lot of classic Hollywood!
I need to read the Mary Shelley club as well!!
I just watched Mary Shelley from 2017 and It was a little disappointing 😂 but it was kind of fun!
I am so glad you love Frankenhooker so much. I heard about it fairly recently and the plot got me so excited. It sounds so much like Lisa Frankenstein!! And is the 2017 Mary Shelley movie the one with Elle Fanning? Eek! I had a feeling it wasn't going to be worth the time.
@@happyhauntslibrary yes! The one with Fanning!
@@happyhauntslibrary oh and the end of Frankenhooker is the best!! I can't wait to hear what you think! 💜⚡
I love your background!
Thank you!! I love alternating it every so often because I get bored looking at the same thing 😂
Yay I personally loved the Mary Shelley Club!
I am so glad! I can’t wait to get to it. Looks like my library has it free for me to borrow on Libby 👻
@@happyhauntslibrary nice! her other book Lord of the Fly Fest (inspired by Lord of the Flies) cracked me up 🤣 they are both fun easy reads.
The Children on the Hill for sure has Frankenstein vibes. I really like Jennifer McMahon’s books - the format of the dual timeline and her character development.
Your book club is legit my fave 📚Frankenstein is so much fun to teach and I know you all will have some awesome discussions! 👻 And I’ll take any excuse to revisit the universal movies and Frankenhooker. Might even have to do a Rocky Horror midnight showing in honor of your theme 🍿 Probably won’t do a reread but I’m planning on reading 1-Mary Shelly and the Rights of the Child and 2-Frankenstein: A Cultural History. Hoping they’re good! 😊 This will be fun!
I just saw the Rocky horror picture show for the very first time a few days ago in honor of my Mary Shelley March! I can’t believe it has taken me this long! More importantly THANK YOU SO MUCH for your gift that I just opened!! Seriously you’re so kind to think of me and to send these goodies my way. That art print is literally the coolest thing ever!!!!!!!!!! And I’m dying over the tarot card 😍😍😍😍 thank you endlessly, Liz! You’re seriously the best! Also, I don’t know if it went to your junk mail because I know some school email accounts do that to accounts outside of their district, but I sent an email a while back and I’m just double checking that it made its way! No rush in responding! 💚
@@happyhauntslibrary I’m so glad it arrived! And I’m so sorry about the email. I just checked and didn’t see anything but they delete spam pretty quickly. If you can send it again, I will definitely look for it :-)
omg I love the movie Reanimator!! the book is good too... I think there is also Beyond Reanimator.
Wait, I didn't realize it has a book! Did it come before the film? Or is it a novelization?
Gonna be a ton of Franken-fun. I think I'll read the 1818 original edition of Frankenstein as the original text is supposed to be fairly different from the more conventional revised edition read more commonly.
Oh...Re-Animator...just be aware there are some...uh questionable to the modern eye sequences.
Son of Frankenstein is GREAT. Ghost of Frankenstein is NOT. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man....rocks but in a cheesy way (it is also responsible for the Franken-walk and there is a good reason for that, I'll explain in the live hahaha). House of Frankenstein is pretty good. House of Dracula is not terrible but not good either hahaha. Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein is A MUST watch as it is tremendously funny.
Ooooh those essays sound really cool! I have the Junji Ito thing on hold tooo!
I have the Elizabeth Frankenstein book too. I should read it!
Looks like a great month.
“Franken-fun” 🤣🤣 I LOVE THAT! Thanks for the heads up on Re-Animator. Someone mentioned there’s also a book associated with it.. I don’t know if it’s a novelization or not. I’m thinking of also checking out Weird Science. I AM SO HYPED FOR OUR DISCUSSION! I got some homework to do 👻💚⚡️
@happyhauntslibrary So Reanimator is based off of an HP Lovecraft story (don't read it...the surprise racism near the end ruined my entire day) but it also had a novelization because the 80s were wild LOL
Thank you for making this video JUST FOR ME 💖 (jk jk but not really)
i took notes of everything!!! so great. All of these frankenstein retellings coming out this year are so great, they make me happy!! There's also botanical daughter coming out in march!
I have A Botanical Daughter from my library!!!!!! It came a few days ago!
@leandrathetbrzero brought me here. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍
So nice to have you here! Welcome!!! 👻
Love Frankenstein but for fun vibes only, I *really* love Re-Animator 😂
OK that movie was so kooky! The ending was all the unhinged energy that I needed in my life 🤣