Thursday, October 31, 2024

31 Days of Spooktacular Shows

The Bat ★★★
The Changeling ★★★★★
Flesh for Frankenstein ★★ & ½
Frankenweenie ★★★★★
Psycho Beach Party ★★★★
The Thing ★★★★★
Halloween H20 ★★★★
The Mist ★★★
Wolfen ★★★
Poltergeist ★★★★★
Amityville Horror (1979) ★★★
The Tingler ★★★★
Triple Feature for Vincent Price Day:
- Pit and the Pendulum ★★
- The Tomb of Ligeia ★★
- The Masque of Red Death
The Canterville Ghost ★★★
The Screaming Woman ★★★
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken ★★★ & ½
Absentia ★★★
13 Ghosts ★★★★
The Final Girls ★★★★
The Watcher in the Woods ★★★★
House of the Long Shadows ★★★★★
The Invisible Man ★★ & ½
The Shining ★★★
Firestarter ★★ & ½
The Crow ★★★ & ½
Halloween ★★★ & ½
Autumn at Apple Hill ★★★
Bell, Book, and Candle ★★★
When a Stranger Calls ★★ & ½
28 Days Later ★★★★
The Exorcist ★★★★★

BONUS:
The Office: Halloween ★★★ 
Vincent ★★★★★
Fear ★★★
The Sixth Sense ★★★★
Pushing Daisies: Girth ★★★★★
May ★★★
Mr. Boogedy ★★★★
The Curse of Frankenstein ★★★
Beetlejuice ★★★★
House on Haunted Hill (1999) ★ & ½
The House That Dripped Blood ★★★ & ½
Horror Express ★★★
The Last of Us ★★★★★


Wednesday, October 30, 2024

October 2024 Books - Scary Time!

* Mystery of the Moss Covered Mansion by Carolyn Keene - This one was kind of cool because it took place in Florida near NASA headquarters during the Apollo 11 mission. Nancy, Ned, George, and Bess were all visiting the South to help solve yet another mystery.

♥ Dragon's Halloween by Dav Pilkey - Dragon is so cuuuuute!!!
Good Night Thoughts by Max Greenfield
It's Halloween, I'm Turning Green ¹ by Dan Gutman - This one I listened to with Lucy, trying to convince her that you have to read scary books in October, even if they are only silly, scary books. She really liked listening to this as we drove around together.

♥ Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography ¹ by Victoria Price - I cheated and listened to the audiobook version. It was excellent and so well researched. The only thing that would have made it pure perfection was if Ms. Price had done the narration. 

A Super Scary Narwhalloween by Ben Clanton - I'm obsessed with this new (to me, at least) series!

How Spider Saved Halloween by Robert Kraus

Follow Me Halloween by Ellie Boultwood, Penny Worms, and Kylie Hamley - illustrated by Steve Wood

* The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat by Stan and Jan Berenstain

♥ Vlad the Fabulous Vampire by Flavia Z. Drago

The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey

Gus Was A Friendly Ghost by Jane Thayer

♥ There's a Zombie in My Bathtub ¹ by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver

Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago

Leila The Perfect Witch by Flavia Z. Drago

Trick or Treat on Scary Street by Lance Bass

Skeleton for Dinner by Margery Cuyler

♥ ‘Salem’s Lot ¹ by Stephen King 

The Quest of the Missing Map by Carolyn Keene

The Crayons Trick or Treat by Drew Drywalt and Oliver Teffers

Halloween is Coming by Cal Everett and Lenny Wen - This turned out to be one of my favourties of the month. A new book for me that had sweet illustrations and a lovely story. Simple and wonderful.

 *Witch Cat by Rowena Bastin Bennett - This story comes from my brother Dave's old textbook from, I think, first grade. The good ole Boxcars and Bottle Caps book!

Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots ¹ by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones - This was a fun series to discover, and they have so many books! This month I focused only on the spooky titles.

The Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Forest by Stand & Jan Berenstain

Ghosts Don’t Eat Potato Chips ¹ by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

The House That Drac Built by Judy Sierra

Poison for Breakfast ¹ by Lemony Snicket- Listening to this audiobook that was less of a story and more a rigamarole of philosophy and life, all I could think, over and over, was "I am too dumb to understand this."

Tilly Witch by Don Freeman

Dracula Doesn't Drink Lemonade ¹ by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

* Clifford's Halloween by Norman Bridwell

♥ The Exorcist ¹ by William Peter Blatty
¹ - audiobook
² - abridged version
* - liked
♥ - loved
Any unmarked titles were, in my opinion, so-so.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Welcome to Spooky Town

Here was another fun Halloween puzzle I did this month. I still have one more that I don't think I'll get to, but I can always put it together in November and pretend that Everyday Is Halloween!








(Ha! Angry blue zombie squir-rels!)

Monday, October 28, 2024

Airbnb, Halloween Style

"What in the hell..." were the words I spoke aloud the other day when I opened my Airbnb app to see that the Beetlejuice house was up for grabs, and in Hillsborough of all places. Clearly a grand prank, but I love the thought that was put in to this profile!