It’s Frankenstein Day, commemorating Mary Shelley’s birthday and the publication of her novel “Frankenstein”; written when Mary Shelley had it up to here with men (looking at you, Byron and Percy Shelley) and invented a new genre of literature (suck it, misogynists). Look inside and embrace the monster within — after all, we’re all a bit of a patchwork!

It’s book lover’s day, and I’ll keep this simple: what’s a book you love?

For me, I love “the house with a clock in its walls” by John Bellairs. It was the first book that scared me but kept me reading. The movie adaptation isn’t bad, either