I've been sidetracked a bit by Halloween -- in particular, I've been sidetracked by tween costume indecision. Today I spent my day making a last minute Black Knight helmet from Monty Python out of foam. This was tricky because of the problem that glue doesn't seem to work well on foam, and also because of the problem that I don't do crafts. Next year, I plan to give the kids a copy of this book from 1950:
In honor of Halloween, I'd like to leave you with a couple of booky links from the internets:
From Flavorwire, Famous Last Words: 15 Authors' Epitaphs
From Bookriot.com, 15 Awesome Bookish Jack O'Lanterns
Again from Bookriot.com, Bring Out Your Dead: 7 Nonfiction Books About the Science of Dead Bodies
And yet again from (last year's) Bookriot.com, 15 Adorably Bookish Pet Costumes (Because, awwww....I am so loving Scarlett O'Hara)
Blog poll: What is the best candy to eat while reading? Leave your vote in the comments section below.
