{"id":1399976,"date":"2021-10-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1399976"},"modified":"2021-10-01T13:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T17:02:43","slug":"the-7-scariest-books-we-all-had-to-read-for-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-7-scariest-books-we-all-had-to-read-for-school\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Scariest Books We All Had to Read for School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/disturbingbooks1021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1448293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/disturbingbooks1021.jpg 701w, https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/disturbingbooks1021-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t do creepy. I watched<em> Paranormal Activity<\/em> in broad daylight and still got scared, I can barely listen to murder podcasts, and every time I hear a noise in my apartment I swiftly and resolutely come to terms with my mortality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only creepy things I have ever faced with any amount of grit were the following books, and that&#8217;s because they were right there on the syllabus and I had zero choice in the matter. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, they were wonderful, but I have a delicate constitution and will undoubtedly be sleeping with the lights on for the rest of my days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t do creepy. I watched Paranormal Activity in broad daylight and still got scared, I can barely listen to murder podcasts, and every time I hear a noise in my apartment I swiftly and   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[628,2551,24254,25017,7496],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399976"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399976"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1448298,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399976\/revisions\/1448298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}