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  Ferris Bueller's Day Off Todd Strasser   Released: July 1st, 1986 My 41st book for 2025 was Todd Strasser’s "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off".   I'm really enjoying these Todd Strasser novelizations as he has brought some of my favorite films to literature form.  I've read the Home Alone series, and it continues with Ferris Bueller here. Ferris Bueller is one of my favorite movies ever.  I remember as a kid seeing it for the first time.  I was disappointed at first.  My father often quoted Jeff Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High , and I was hoping we could rent it from Blockbuster Video.  Unfortunately, it is Rated R, and at an age a bit too young, they decided against it, and opted for Ferris Bueller instead.  Worthy alternative. Ferris Bueller is on his 9th sick day.  He’s trying to graduate, but doesn’t want to waste a perfectly good day in the halls of the high school.  Dragging along his best friend, and busting his girl...

  Robert Bloch's Psycho: Sanitarium Chet Williamson   Released: April 12th, 2016 [Blogger’s Note: A lot of life has happened the past few months.  Gonna try and hit the goal.  No guarantees though.] My 40th book for 2025 was Chet Williamson's "Robert Bloch's Psycho: Sanitarium".   My best friend Tim recommended this book series to me.  So far, they have been pretty good reads.  I certainly understand why he recommended them.  Suspenseful mysteries. The 4th novel in the Psycho series is a bit of an odd ball.  Despite the unusually long title, (likely because the author wanted to credit the original author) it reads decently.   This book takes place between the original Psycho novel and Psycho II.  It focuses on Norman Bates time in the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. At first, I wasn't sure I was going to like this one.  It started a bit in the slower end, with a lot of background information that feels extra...