We had some really cute costumes here. Even at lunch the wait staff was dressed up, from pirates to speak easy. It made it fun to eat out.
At night, the little boys especially were adorable. One little fellow said he was Jack Sparrow. He was just the cutest thing. One little girl was so cute — she said she was a mermaid. A neighbor went as Harry Potter and his mother as Professor McGonagall. He delighted in telling me that.
My kids went eclectic. The 12 year old went as a detective fairy, wearing a trench coat over the Tinker Bell costume. She left off the wings as it was too windy. The 9 yr old went as a death eater, using the costume that was made for the last book opening night.
Meantime their friend went as a Vampire. Her costume was red and looked a bit like a pirate. It was her makeup that made it as much as the dress. Somehow she had what looked like piercings in her nose and eyebrow attached with glue, plus drippy red. Honestly, she’s such a cute girl; she just looked neat.
It makes me wonder if the two 12 year olds had any idea I’ve been reading the Dresden File series by Jim Butcher, a kind of grown up Harry Potter, with some swords of the Lord thrown in, quite a bit of humor, and a bit of — what if this were really true — thrown into the mix. I’m reading them out of order as the library gets them in for me. I started with the newest that was on the new book shelf. I missed hearing about them earlier. The protagonist is also called Harry who runs around in a leather duster. College Girl tells me it was a series on TV, but she didn’t like it as well as Buffy. The TV show was not supposed to be identical to the books. They changed the name of Karrin Murphy to Connie Murphy. (I’m partial to Karrin, as you can imagine.) (Parts are gruesome in the books, but the characters and humor and religious mix make it interesting. I laugh out loud at some of the humor. I have to read every word vs. skimming so as not to miss any of the details that make up the world he has created.)
Have you read them? do you like them?
Karin
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Hi Karin, haven’t read those books yet, but I’ll add them to my list. Glad you had a nice Halloween…mine was quiet, but a few little ghouls visited me. I’ve been eating the leftover Skittles.
Let me know if you like them. I miss Michael when he is not in a book. I like the fact that I know another book will come out featuring Harry, so I don’t have to worry about his demise, though there are other worries. The cast of characters are pretty likeable except for the baddies. And even some of the baddies have mitigating circumstances. He’s written another series too, more fantasy, but I’ve not started them, though I have one of the books to look into.
I’m rereading the last of the books (the one I read first) and either I was asleep through most of it, or more of it makes sense now that I’ve read more of the earlier books. Anyway, it’s as much of a read the second time around as the first, and it’s not as gruesome as at least one of them was.
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