Comments on: Halloween Reading and Gifts http://witch-blog.com/2009/10/halloween-reading-and-gifts/ Pagan life, with just a hint of fairy dust, of a UK Witch Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:44:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lyn http://witch-blog.com/2009/10/halloween-reading-and-gifts/#comment-247 Lyn Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:03:15 +0000 http://www.witch-blog.com/?p=1000#comment-247 Thank you :) Have added your badge to my sidebar too! Thank you :) Have added your badge to my sidebar too!

]]> By: Aelwyn http://witch-blog.com/2009/10/halloween-reading-and-gifts/#comment-246 Aelwyn Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:18:56 +0000 http://www.witch-blog.com/?p=1000#comment-246 Hello! I just wanted to let you know that I added your button to my scrolling blog roll. :D Cheers! Aelwyn http://hedgewitchhollow.blogpost.com .-= Aelwyn´s last blog ..<a href="http://hedgewitchhollow.blogspot.com/2009/10/ben-jerrys-halloween.html" rel="nofollow">Ben & Jerry's Hallowe'en!</a> =-. Hello!

I just wanted to let you know that I added your button to my scrolling blog roll. :D

Cheers!
Aelwyn
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]]> By: Birdgirl78 http://witch-blog.com/2009/10/halloween-reading-and-gifts/#comment-245 Birdgirl78 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:53:55 +0000 http://www.witch-blog.com/?p=1000#comment-245 What a great idea. I love that you read with your family in the evenings. My ideal mate will enjoy reading aloud with me....maybe one day LOL I totally second the nomination of <i>Something Wicked This Way Comes</i> Bradbury is a clear writer and a compelling storyteller. O.o if your s.o. is ok with chicklit, I would vote for Mary Stewart's <i>The Ivy Tree</i>, <i>Thornyhold</i>, or <i>The Moonspinners</i>. If you wanna get old-school with the gothic, I recommend Ann Radcliffe's <i>A Sicilian Romance</i> or Horace Walpole's <i>The Castle of Otranto</i>. The Sookie Stackhouse books (True Blood) were pretty good, but I kind of lost interest after a couple. The first of the Dresden Files were pretty darn good, too. *snort* Can you tell I'm a lit major? LOL .-= Birdgirl78´s last blog ..<a href="http://birdgirl78.livejournal.com/32015.html" rel="nofollow">31 Days of Hallowe'en, October 7</a> =-. What a great idea. I love that you read with your family in the evenings. My ideal mate will enjoy reading aloud with me….maybe one day LOL

I totally second the nomination of Something Wicked This Way Comes Bradbury is a clear writer and a compelling storyteller. O.o if your s.o. is ok with chicklit, I would vote for Mary Stewart’s The Ivy Tree, Thornyhold, or The Moonspinners. If you wanna get old-school with the gothic, I recommend Ann Radcliffe’s A Sicilian Romance or Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto.

The Sookie Stackhouse books (True Blood) were pretty good, but I kind of lost interest after a couple. The first of the Dresden Files were pretty darn good, too.

*snort* Can you tell I’m a lit major? LOL
.-= Birdgirl78´s last blog ..31 Days of Hallowe’en, October 7 =-.

]]> By: ruggedo http://witch-blog.com/2009/10/halloween-reading-and-gifts/#comment-243 ruggedo Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:20:33 +0000 http://www.witch-blog.com/?p=1000#comment-243 Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes or The Halloween Tree are two of my favorites for the holiday. Its not a bad idea to go back to the original Washington Irving Sleepy Hollow. On dvd Abbott and Costello did a great ghost story called Time Of Their Lives that I always have fun with around this time of year too. Of course others might like their Meet series(Frankenstien, the Mummy, Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde). Practical Magic is a lot of fun too,but the book is so much better. .-= ruggedo´s last blog ..<a href="http://ruggedo.livejournal.com/70799.html" rel="nofollow">once again into the breech..</a> =-. Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes or The Halloween Tree are two of my favorites for the holiday. Its not a bad idea to go back to the original Washington Irving Sleepy Hollow.
On dvd Abbott and Costello did a great ghost story called Time Of Their Lives that I always have fun with around this time of year too. Of course others might like their Meet series(Frankenstien, the Mummy, Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde). Practical Magic is a lot of fun too,but the book is so much better.
.-= ruggedo´s last blog ..once again into the breech.. =-.

]]> By: Rose http://witch-blog.com/2009/10/halloween-reading-and-gifts/#comment-242 Rose Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:15:25 +0000 http://www.witch-blog.com/?p=1000#comment-242 I'll have to stop by our bargain stores and see what I can scare up for Halloween (gosh, I'm so funny, aren't I?!) :-) I haven't seen the TV series TRUE BLOOD, but I know a lot of friends who love it. We don't have cable TV, so we have to watch things later on DVD. You might like the novels, though. The first one was entertaining, at least to me. Just saw your post on Jack the Ripper--I've got to go and read that. :-) .-= Rose´s last blog ..<a href="http://vandeneynden.biz/blog/?p=598" rel="nofollow">Tarot Tuesday 10-6-09</a> =-. I’ll have to stop by our bargain stores and see what I can scare up for Halloween (gosh, I’m so funny, aren’t I?!) :-)

I haven’t seen the TV series TRUE BLOOD, but I know a lot of friends who love it. We don’t have cable TV, so we have to watch things later on DVD. You might like the novels, though. The first one was entertaining, at least to me.

Just saw your post on Jack the Ripper–I’ve got to go and read that. :-)
.-= Rose´s last blog ..Tarot Tuesday 10-6-09 =-.

]]> By: Lyn http://witch-blog.com/2009/10/halloween-reading-and-gifts/#comment-241 Lyn Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:41:50 +0000 http://www.witch-blog.com/?p=1000#comment-241 I can't help myself with Halloween - and truth be told, I'd rather buy gifts for Samhain than Christmas (we still buy them gifts as they celebrate - it's a very mixed up time for our family). We picked the presents up at the 99p shop which makes them affordable and they loved them ;-) Haven't read any of the books you suggested but will keep my eyes open for them at the library. I haven't seen True Blood as it only starts tonight on TV here in the UK. The trailer looked awesome though and I'm quite partial to vampires :-) Be very interested in reading the books! I can’t help myself with Halloween – and truth be told, I’d rather buy gifts for Samhain than Christmas (we still buy them gifts as they celebrate – it’s a very mixed up time for our family). We picked the presents up at the 99p shop which makes them affordable and they loved them ;-)

Haven’t read any of the books you suggested but will keep my eyes open for them at the library. I haven’t seen True Blood as it only starts tonight on TV here in the UK. The trailer looked awesome though and I’m quite partial to vampires :-) Be very interested in reading the books!

]]> By: Rose http://witch-blog.com/2009/10/halloween-reading-and-gifts/#comment-240 Rose Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:20:23 +0000 http://www.witch-blog.com/?p=1000#comment-240 What a great idea, to get your kids Halloween gifts in advance! So much fun! My boys are 13, and I bet they'd love to get some of these things! Have your kids read or heard THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman? Easily my favorite book of the year last year, and probably a good one to read at Halloween as a family. We always read aloud as a family, too, until the boys had so many books to read on their own for school. I don't know many spooky books for you and your husband, but you might try the Southern Vampire books (the ones the TV show TRUE BLOOD are based on), or maybe THE LACE READER. That one isn't chick lit or scary, but it's a wonderful, poignant story with some supernatural elements thrown in. I loved it. Thanks for the great post! :-) What a great idea, to get your kids Halloween gifts in advance! So much fun! My boys are 13, and I bet they’d love to get some of these things!

Have your kids read or heard THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman? Easily my favorite book of the year last year, and probably a good one to read at Halloween as a family. We always read aloud as a family, too, until the boys had so many books to read on their own for school.

I don’t know many spooky books for you and your husband, but you might try the Southern Vampire books (the ones the TV show TRUE BLOOD are based on), or maybe THE LACE READER. That one isn’t chick lit or scary, but it’s a wonderful, poignant story with some supernatural elements thrown in. I loved it.

Thanks for the great post! :-)

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