Frankenstein is a groundbreaking horror novel about a reanimated corpse trying to find its place in the world.

Versions of the tale have now spread through two centuries, which means that eventually someone will have to answer to Mary Shelley for The Munsters and Frankenweeney.

And this is the book pile.

I'm Kellyn Erskine. I'm a comic, a father.

And the one thing that me and Dr. Frankenstein have in common is that both of us have tried to get our children struck by lightning.

And I'm David Vance. Mary Shelley started writing this at 18, so I can't wait to see what

masterpiece I write halfway through my life. It's the holiday season, or so Costco has had us

believe since August. And the only gift we ask for is a rating and a

review. Ricky Baker 11 says, Dave frequently says, this is a short one. Is he talking about his

lessons from the book or his stint in med school? Well, thanks, Ricky Bobby or whatever.

Now, as per our tradition here at the bookpile, every year on what day is it, Dave?

October 17th, we release our Halloween episode.

No, it's just a fun coincidence.

So I chose Frankenstein as this week's book because a couple of months ago, I had run out of credits on Audible, and this one was free.

So it was a shot in the dark, but I still enjoyed it for what it was.

I've put it on my list of books that are great to read once.

It's creepy, especially when Dan Stevens does his sad Frankenstein monster voice.

It tries to be emotional, which counts for something.

And it's got a couple of legitimate scares.

Like when Dr. Frankenstein gives up on another reanimation project. I could split hairs on how odd

some of Mary Shelley's choices are, but it is hard to be critical of a book that is basically the

first science fiction novel in history and also written by ahuh. What did you think, Dave?

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