#franenstein

So the September box was the last of the original set up Second Star Books boxes which opens the way for the current launch boxes and the quarterly seasonal boxes. So it is the last monthly box to have the theme complementing second book or a lot of the other items like the wall hanging. This works pretty well for me because I haven’t been entirely sure what I was going to do with some of the previous boxes’ items. Onward though, and kindly forgive my messy desk.

I admit I don’t do a lot of wall art, mostly due to apartment living. I do really like this quote though. I feel like I need it on five separate coffee mugs. The pattern is also something I like, the sort of red smoke thing that’s going on. Plus the wall hanging itself is well put together and I feel like it’s something I might hang up in a library nook once I’m some place more permanent.

The candle, the candle, the candle. I think I look forward to these as much as to the books themselves. The Mercado de la Muerte candle earns a special place in my heart for smelling like delicious cherry pie and thus, combined with its name, making me think of cyanide. Almond being mentioned as one of its component scents probably helps.

The books for the month include Rebecca Schaeffer’s Not Even Bones, something I’m definitely going to need to dig into, and a special custom cover edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I no longer have an excuse to not read that. Plus the signed book plate is awesome, I really like it when they match the cover or have thematically appropriate art on them.

Here’s where we get into new stuff. With the new boxes one of the items each month is going to be an exclusive Second Star Books enamel pin. The September box came with two, the floral heart for Frankenstein and the bloody scalpel for Not Even Bones, plus a pin buddy to display them and future pins on. These look awesome and I’m really looking forward to seeing what designs show up in future boxes.

I completely forgot to take a picture of the woodmark book mark, which is unfortunate because they always look nice.

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Twist, part of the Halloween monster collective

Handy Hugsy and Twist

Handy #monster #halloween

Handy, part of the Halloween monster tribe

Hugsy Handy and Twist

Released: (1935)

Director: James Whale

Writers: Mary Shelley, William Harlbut, John Balderston

Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernst Thesiger

“To a new world of gods and monsters!” - Dr Pretorius

After the phenomenal success of Frankenstein in 1931, Universal Pictures set out to make a direct sequel based on a side story from Mary Shelley’s classic novel. It was called The Bride of Frankenstein and saw the monster, presumed dead at the hands of a bloodthirsty mob, rise from the ashes of a burnt out windmill to continue his reign of terror. At the same time, Henry Frankenstein is approached by Dr Pretorius, a crazy scientist who believes the monster can be tamed if they create a mate for him.

Fortunately for Universal, much of the original creative force returned: James Whale, although reluctant at first, agreed to direct; Colin Clive reprised his role as Dr Henry Frankenstein; and the great Boris Karloff once again transformed himself into the iconic monster that launched his career into superstardom.

The Bride of Frankenstein was released to popular and critical acclaim, and is widely regarded as a sequel that surpasses the original in terms of thrills, scares, and morbid excitement. It is a fantastic film, and serves as a textbook example of how to take an existing winning formula and expand the universe in which it is set to great effect.

It was was the last Frankenstein film James Whale would direct.