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I'm being smarter about this this time, reading IT in the middle of the day instead of 2AM in the morning when everyone's asleep.

I'm glad I did, too, because that scene at the house on Neibolt St. was creepy AF.

I had forgotten how deeply disturbing the chapter about Patrick Hockstetter is. O_O

If I remember correctly, this is where the book starts to get... weird.

[N]one of them saw the orange eyes staring at them from a tangle of brambles and sterile blackberry bushes to their left. This brambly patch scrubbed the entire bank for thirty feet, and in the center of it was one of Ben's Morlock holes. It was from this raised concrete pipe that the eyes, each more than two feet across, stared.

*screams*

I reaaaaallly need to stop reading this before bed.

COME HOME COME HOME COME HOME

JFC. I'd be like, "Brb, skipping town with all my stuff. Kthxbai."

You know, looking back, I think this is one of the first books I ever read that discussed racism in such clear-cut and precise terms. The "Black Spot" fire was one of the most horrifying aspects of the book for me when I read this for the first time at 14.

The photograph scene is sooooo creepy. Just FYI.

...Also, once again, I find myself reading this RIGHT before bed.

So far, I think my favorite kid is Mike. He's so sweet and I love the interactions he has with his family. They're so loving. And then, when he grows up - he becomes a librarian/historian! What's not to love there?

I noticed I have a lot of friends reading this book at the moment - who is your favorite kid out of the bunch, and why?

Can balloons be scary?

As it turns out, the answer is a resounding YES.