Category: Blogoween
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October 2018 | Month in Review
It’s been another busy and productive month in Blogger-land! Here are a few highlights: Thanks to participating in Blogoween, regular book reviews and the weekly recurring posts, we had 36 posts (25 last month)! We had a lot of fun following some of the hosted prompts for Blogoween, meeting new booksta-friends and getting scared a […]
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Blogoween Post 13 and Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Halloween Recipes
It’s almost Halloween! We’ve managed to carve one pumpkin 🎃 and mostly decorate the house. I made pumpkin bread too! Yummy. I’m combining the Top Ten Tuesday post with my last (sniff sniff) Blogoween post. It’s been a great month and I’ve loved reading everyone’s posts and comments. Big hugs to Sam and Clo for […]
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Blogoween Post 12: Hallowe’en Trivia
Today’s Blogoween 👻🎃 post is about Halloween trivia. Here’s a list of some of the most interesting factoids I found. Orange 🧡 and black 🖤 are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall 🍁harvest and black is associated with darkness 🌚 and death. Jack o’ Lanterns 🎃 originated in Ireland 🇮🇪 where people […]
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Blogoween Post 11: Alfred Hitchcock – Master of Suspense
”When we tell a story in cinema we should resort to dialogue only when it’s impossible to do otherwise.” – Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock’s ”Rear Window” was one of the first movies where I understood the difference between ”suspense” and ”scary.” I remember how little dialogue there was. Turns out he was a pioneer in […]
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Blogoween Post 10: Barely Breathing, Forever Haunted
Where has the month gone?! Sam at Fictionally Sam came up with this Blogoween 👻 prompt and it’s a great one! Have you seen her site? Click over and say hi! Barely Breathing; Forever Haunted – Books you’ve read that have left you emotionally crippled. This one wasn’t too difficult since there are so many. […]