The City Library will be holding a book sale Oct. 20th-Oct. 27th. Books will sell at 10 cents each or 12 books for a dollar during the sale. After the sale they will be selling for 25 cents each. Books can be found in the genre of Westerns, Romance, Young Adult, Childrens, Mystery, Sci-fi and Non-fiction.

Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein” turns 200 this year. With all the excitement surrounding two centuries worth of this Halloween classic, here are some fun facts you probably didn’t know about “Frankenstein.”

1. Frankenstein has been produced into tons of movies! 130 movies to be exact.

2. Shelley was only 18 years old when she began to write the legendary novel, yet she had been writing long before then.

3. The monster’s appearance, as we know of it today, comes from the movie, not the book. In the book, the monster is described as having “flowing hair, yellow, almost translucent skin, glowing eyes and black lips.” That is much different than how we picture him today being a tall, green creature with bolts in his head.

4. In a reading of “Frankenstein,” Shelley refers to the monster as Adam. This is one of the only instances where the monster received a name.

5. Frankenstein is the name of the scientist, not the monster. Frankenstein is actually the scientist who brought the monster to life.

6. Shelley’s classic tale is known as the first science fiction novel. Shelley was the first to coin the idea of the “mad scientist,” which would become a regular trope throughout horror fiction novels.

7. Critics initially ripped apart “Frankenstein” in reviews. John Crocker, a reporter of the Quarterly Review, wrote in 1818 “what a tissue of horrible and disgusting absurdity this work presents” when the book was published anonymously in 1818. However, readers felt differently. Frankenstein was republished in 1831, this time with Shelley’s name published as the author.

8. Shelley was inspired to write “Frankenstein” from a nightmare. While visiting Switzerland with her family in 1815, they were trapped inside due to bad weather. They read ghost stories from Fantasmagoriana, a French collection of German ghost stories, and thought it would be entertaining to see which one of them could write the best ghost story. Shelley was eager to write a story but experienced writer’s block. That evening she had a nightmare about a phantom-like man who came to life. She knew that if it had scared her, it would scare others. Luckily for her, she wound up winning the contest.

Come to the Library to check out “Frankenstein” and other horror or science fiction books for a good scare before Halloween!