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FrightVision #3
Wishful Thinking
Get ready for another wild ride in the FrightVision series, Wishful Thinking!This book promises more scares, more thrills, and most importantly, more laughs than any other book in the series! Barry and Tammy think they've hit the jackpot when they discover a genie in an antique test tube, but soon they realize that their wishes may have been better left ungranted.As the genie's power grows stronger, Barry and Tammy must use their quick wits and their newfound abilities to stop the genie before it's too late. Don't miss out on the spooky-larious adventure of Wishful Thinking! Welcome to Your nightmare is ready. Let's begin!
Don’t miss a FrightVision continues Wishful Thinking, Framed for Life, #GraveyardChallenge, The Attack of the Yellow Smart Sack, The Cursed Coin 2, Broken Hearts, The Peephole, The Cursed Coin 3, and Comic Book Chaos!
Don’t miss a FrightVision continues Wishful Thinking, Framed for Life, #GraveyardChallenge, The Attack of the Yellow Smart Sack, The Cursed Coin 2, Broken Hearts, The Peephole, The Cursed Coin 3, and Comic Book Chaos!
127 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 25, 2019
About the author
John Zakour
123 books66 followersFrom the Author's Website
John Zakour is a humor/sf/fantasy writer with a Master's degree in Human Behavior and slowly plugging away at his Ph.D. He has written zillions (well, thousands) of gags for syndicated comics and comedians (including: Rugrats, Grimmy, Bound and Gagged, Dennis the Menace and Joan River's old TV show.) John also writes his own syndicated comic, Working Daze for United Media. John has been the regular cartoonist for Geek.com and has sold cartoons or gags to hundreds of journals and magazines. John is also a contributor to Nickelodeon magazine writing Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutron comic books. Recently he has started writing Simpsons comics for Bongo.
John’s first humorous SF mystery book, The Plutonium Blonde (DAW 2001, co-written with Larry Ganem and started of as an interactive web story for the Sci Fi channel) was named one of the top 30 SF books of 2001 by The Chronicle of Science Fiction who called it, “the funniest SF book of 2001”. His second novel, The Doomsday Brunette (DAW Feb 2004) has made the Locus best sellers list. The third book in the series, The RadioActive Redhead, also made the SF best seller list.
Besides his novels John has sold numerous short stories to anthologies and magazines. John has written the dialog and song lyrics for Frogwares Software computer game Around the World in 80 days. For something a bit different John writes skits for the Harlem Rockets basketball team.
In the past, John has written and helped develop the first year and season of the comic book and animated series: Caramel Crew, for Mobtoons. John also has written for the independent SF TV show, “Realm of the Mind”. John also helped develop an animated sf horror series, called Prime Squad for MUV Technologies in India. His romantic comedy, Skin Deep about an ordinary guy who can’t believe the hottest girl on campus is actually in love with him has won a couple of writing awards. John has also written for Ebru tv.
John use to be a database programmer / web guru / science writer for NYSAES.
When he's not writing or studying John likes to play softball, watch TV and hang out with his wife and son. He use to do judo and karate, but those have been replaced by tai chi and archery.
John Zakour is a humor/sf/fantasy writer with a Master's degree in Human Behavior and slowly plugging away at his Ph.D. He has written zillions (well, thousands) of gags for syndicated comics and comedians (including: Rugrats, Grimmy, Bound and Gagged, Dennis the Menace and Joan River's old TV show.) John also writes his own syndicated comic, Working Daze for United Media. John has been the regular cartoonist for Geek.com and has sold cartoons or gags to hundreds of journals and magazines. John is also a contributor to Nickelodeon magazine writing Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutron comic books. Recently he has started writing Simpsons comics for Bongo.
John’s first humorous SF mystery book, The Plutonium Blonde (DAW 2001, co-written with Larry Ganem and started of as an interactive web story for the Sci Fi channel) was named one of the top 30 SF books of 2001 by The Chronicle of Science Fiction who called it, “the funniest SF book of 2001”. His second novel, The Doomsday Brunette (DAW Feb 2004) has made the Locus best sellers list. The third book in the series, The RadioActive Redhead, also made the SF best seller list.
Besides his novels John has sold numerous short stories to anthologies and magazines. John has written the dialog and song lyrics for Frogwares Software computer game Around the World in 80 days. For something a bit different John writes skits for the Harlem Rockets basketball team.
In the past, John has written and helped develop the first year and season of the comic book and animated series: Caramel Crew, for Mobtoons. John also has written for the independent SF TV show, “Realm of the Mind”. John also helped develop an animated sf horror series, called Prime Squad for MUV Technologies in India. His romantic comedy, Skin Deep about an ordinary guy who can’t believe the hottest girl on campus is actually in love with him has won a couple of writing awards. John has also written for Ebru tv.
John use to be a database programmer / web guru / science writer for NYSAES.
When he's not writing or studying John likes to play softball, watch TV and hang out with his wife and son. He use to do judo and karate, but those have been replaced by tai chi and archery.
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January 10, 2020
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The FrightVision series continues with Wishful Thinking. The story follows Barry and Tammy who, while searching for a birthday present for their mom, discover an old test tube from an antique shop, a test tube holding a genie that can grant their every wish. Fun soon turns to horror as the genie grows stronger and stronger and begins turning on the siblings.
I'm sad to say this is my least favorite book of this series. I found it rather flat and I don't think it would have held my attention as a kid. The events all felt spontaneous and made up on the spot without a clear structure. The writing was also rather choppy at times. I do, however, like that the book concluded with an important moral to readers. It is also one of the best covers of the series!
The FrightVision series continues with Wishful Thinking. The story follows Barry and Tammy who, while searching for a birthday present for their mom, discover an old test tube from an antique shop, a test tube holding a genie that can grant their every wish. Fun soon turns to horror as the genie grows stronger and stronger and begins turning on the siblings.
I'm sad to say this is my least favorite book of this series. I found it rather flat and I don't think it would have held my attention as a kid. The events all felt spontaneous and made up on the spot without a clear structure. The writing was also rather choppy at times. I do, however, like that the book concluded with an important moral to readers. It is also one of the best covers of the series!
December 5, 2023
So, the first two books actually had some really scary concepts and pretty good twists to them. This one had some stuff that was scary, but it was more so funny, but the laughs it gave were intended by the author, so I can't fault them for that. As for the story itself, it's a typical genie being released while the genie is evil, though the author does it differently from just "you make a wish and weren't clear enough for it to go wrong" problem, though there was some of that. The genie actually became more powerful with how the wishes came, and ended up almost taking over the world because of it.
What really made this one work was Barry was a fun character, and Tammy was one that wanted to be a good person, but you could tell the powers a genie gave her were going a bit to her head, so the only big twist technically was obvious, but I liked how it came about, so it didn't ruin this book for me. The only complaint I really have with this one was the typos were a lot more noticeable. Like, yeah, I am very good at noticing typos usually, but there were some that I don't think anyone could've missed reading this book. I don't usually lessen stars unless they're really frequent though, so I'd still say this is worth 5 stars. Definitely not the best in the series, but it was a fun read!
What really made this one work was Barry was a fun character, and Tammy was one that wanted to be a good person, but you could tell the powers a genie gave her were going a bit to her head, so the only big twist technically was obvious, but I liked how it came about, so it didn't ruin this book for me. The only complaint I really have with this one was the typos were a lot more noticeable. Like, yeah, I am very good at noticing typos usually, but there were some that I don't think anyone could've missed reading this book. I don't usually lessen stars unless they're really frequent though, so I'd still say this is worth 5 stars. Definitely not the best in the series, but it was a fun read!
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September 16, 2020
This book gives you an idea of what would happen if two kids were given unlimited wishes from a genie! Things go bad quick. The book does have a good lesson at the end which I do like.
We love this series of books and this particular book is different than some of the others. It's not really spooky but it is pretty funny at times.
I'd recommend this book series for anyone needing to encourage their kids to read. Each chapter ends with you wanting to read more...so that's a plus. My daughter is 10 and we love to read this book as a bedtime story...I enjoy it as much as she does.
We love this series of books and this particular book is different than some of the others. It's not really spooky but it is pretty funny at times.
I'd recommend this book series for anyone needing to encourage their kids to read. Each chapter ends with you wanting to read more...so that's a plus. My daughter is 10 and we love to read this book as a bedtime story...I enjoy it as much as she does.
July 23, 2020
This book is about a twin brother and sister who find a test tube with a genie in it. Barry and Tammy go looking in an antique store for a birthday gift for their mom. The store owner suggests the test tube with a warning, “Do not open it!”
Of course, curiosity gets the best of them and they unleash a genie.
Having unlimited wishes is great in the beginning, but soon things start to go wrong. Definitely has a “be careful what you wish for” moral to the story.
I liked this book better than the previous book in the series (Picture Day), but still not as much as The Cursed Coin.
The “fear factor” isn’t very high in this book. At times, it felt a little silly. But I imagine a lot of kids would find this book entertaining. This would be a good book for upper elementary students who aren’t quite ready for Goosebumps books.
Of course, curiosity gets the best of them and they unleash a genie.
Having unlimited wishes is great in the beginning, but soon things start to go wrong. Definitely has a “be careful what you wish for” moral to the story.
I liked this book better than the previous book in the series (Picture Day), but still not as much as The Cursed Coin.
The “fear factor” isn’t very high in this book. At times, it felt a little silly. But I imagine a lot of kids would find this book entertaining. This would be a good book for upper elementary students who aren’t quite ready for Goosebumps books.
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April 2, 2023
So much fun to read! Be careful for what you wish for! Warning to parents- if you read with your child you will get drawn into the story too. Recommend for middle schoolers and older elementary as well.
June 19, 2019
Not quite as scary as the others, but still pretty entertaining overall for an MG reader-- plus there's a moral or two hidden in there!
June 27, 2020
We loved this book! It kept us entertained, on the edge of our seat, chuckling and it even ended with a good moral that gave us plenty to talk about once we were done!
November 10, 2021
heres another great book from frightvision my kids love that its sppoky but not to spooky and they love the humor in it. if your kids love goosebumps they will for sure love frighvision
June 29, 2020
Ohhh that ending though!!!!
Fantastic! Must read.
I couldn’t imagine my boys going through all this for me!
My oldest and I just love this series!
Fantastic! Must read.
I couldn’t imagine my boys going through all this for me!
My oldest and I just love this series!
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