Shabby Sunday
I have a lot of old vintage books and one of my plans when I first started blogging was to do a post every week or so that shared one of my cherished vintage books. Then I thought there might be other book bloggers out there that have some vintage books, heirlooms, or maybe some old books from childhood that they might want to share. I decided to start a weekly meme titled ‘Shabby Sunday’ for those who would like to participate and share some of their old vintage books. Do you have some shabby books you’d like to share? If so, please feel free to participate as anyone can join. Feel free to use the picture I’ve provided if you’d like to. If you decide to do this meme, please consider linking back to me so that I can see the book you’re sharing.
Today’s Shabby Share is:
The Mystery Of Chimney Rock (Choose Your Own Adventure #5)
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Description: The reader decides the course of events in the exploration of a mysterious house discovered while visiting cousins.
My thoughts on this book:
This particular book in the Choose Your Own Adventure series is very nostalgic for me. I can still remember reading it in my classroom during break when I was in elementary school. These books are so much fun to read and great for reluctant readers too as the stories are quite short and contain illustrations throughout.
In this edition, you (the reader) are on vacation and visiting your cousins for a few days in Connecticut. As you go on a tour of the neighborhood, you come across a very scary looking stone house. Your cousin Michael explains the chilling story about the house and the women who lived there along with her cat. Now it’s your decision whether or not you want to go inside to see if it’s true that she still remains.
What made this one so spooky to me is that the house in the book reminded me so much of a stone house across the street from my great grandfather’s house where I used to visit. In the summer, I would spend a considerable amount of time outside and was always drawn to the old stone house, and the old woman that lived there. She had this huge beehive-type hairstyle that was jet black and reminded me of a witch. She had cats, and the one that I remember most was this all-black cat with yellowish eyes that used to walk around behind her front picture window. It was spooky and would hiss if you came near the house. It was just so dark looking, and I always wondered what was going on inside. Its funny that I was enticed to even go near it.
There are so many different choices to make and alternate endings ranging from jumping out of a window to waking up next to a giant mouse. It’s fun to go through and read each ending to see which on you like best, but will you be able to escape the curse of Chimney Rock?
My copy is pretty worn on the binding, but the pages are in great condition and the illustrations are still just as expressive. This has to be my favorite out of all the Choose Your Own Adventure books I’ve read to date. I have about six others to share and hope to find more in the future.
Find this book on Goodreads and Amazon:
- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Bantam (July 1, 1982)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553231847
- ISBN-13: 978-0553231847
Other blogs who have participated in Shabby Sunday:
Nicky@ An Introverted Bookworm
TheOrangutanLibrarian
Claire@ Brizzle Lass Books
Author Didi Oviatt
Sassy Brit@ Alternative-Read
Brittany @ PerfectlyTolerable
Oh I still have some science fiction and fantasy books like these ! I’ll have to share that next Shabby Sunday! I didn’t take part today, but I will do again, soon. x I love your book! It almost feels familiar to me, too. Especially when you talk of the woman with a beehive! (A sixties witch? lol) There was always something exciting about not knowing what you’d be sent to do – depending on the choices you made.
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I can’t wait to see what you have, Sassy! Yeah, these are so much fun! ❤
She wore that beehive style into the 90s too! Totally wild. 😀 Thanks for checking out the post. 🙂
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I LOVED LOVED LOVED those choose your own adventure books! They kept me entertained for hours. Awww, some great memories from your post.
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Awesome!! That’s so cool. We have some similar tastes with our books for sure! ❤ So glad you liked the post, 😀 Hope all is well.
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I used to have a load of these books! I wish I still had them as your post has made me want to read them now. I do have some old books still though and will definitely participate in future Shabby Sundays!
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How cool is that!? I’d like to find out how many there are total. I did notice that they have a website and still sell the books. So cool. 🙂 I would love to see what books you have!! Hope you end up participating. Thanks so much for checking out my post! ❤
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Yeah I would too. Wow that’s awesome they’re still selling them! I have quite a few old books from charity shops and car boot sales so I’m going to dig one of those out for this Sunday!
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I just scheduled my post for tomorrow! The link will be https://sharisakurai.com/2018/05/06/shabby-sunday 😀
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Yay! I’ll be there! 😉❤
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Oh wow! I loved these books. Excellent choice. Great post! ❤️❤️
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That’s so cool! Thanks, Deanna. 😀
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*jaw drops* Great choice! I loved these!
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Awesome! ❤ Hope all is well, Didi. 🙂 Thank you!
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I guess I’m showing my non-reading past by saying I wasn’t familiar with this type of book. Sounds great and I’m going to try this one for sure!
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These were big in the 80s and 90s. I still enjoy them though. Hope you end up liking it! ❤
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I remember reading one of these from my school library. I loved it. Think I was about 10 or so and loved being so immersed in the story and making the decisions.
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Glad you’ve experienced these as well! I love that my kids are still interested in reading these even with their age and you can still buy hundreds on their website with new covers! Even boxed sets. I guess I’m a little excited lol. Thanks for sharing, Nina. ❤
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Really? That’s great to know. Mine are a little young for them still but I have some older nephews…. ideas…
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Yeah! It’s crazy. I have no idea how we’ve missed them at our main library cause they even have some hardcovers. 🤔Definite ideas! 😉💖
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Yup. Added a couple to my cart already for the nephews. Lol
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Awesome! I hope they enjoy them. 💕
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I have some of these books in a box in the closet of my spare room. My son wanted me to save them for his children. Just a few more years I guess.What a great share.
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How awesome! It’ll be so exciting once they’re old enough. I’d love to see which stories you have. I’m so amazed with how many there are. Had no idea until I started looking it it. Thanks for sharing, Carla. 💜
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I will have to check them and see what I have. I will let you know.
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Excellent book choice. This is very popular!
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Thank you, Jennie. 😁
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You are welcome. 🙂
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