All Hallows Eve!

If you guys don't know, Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday of the year. There is no other holiday that I feel most connected with. Just something about the holiday that makes me feel good and myself. I'm myself every other day of the year, but Halloween gives me this feeling. i can't explain it. You can call me weird, but I'm just saying what I feel. 

Anyway, onto the true reason for this post. Halloween is tomorrow. Not too long actually until it is. I'm sitting here staying up all night watching movies that I love that are horror or connects somehow to Halloween. I'm going to be tired, but it is a small price to pay for doing something that I want to do. 

Tomorrow one of my best friends (he is more like a brother to me) are hosting a Halloween party. It will be a barbecue and bon fire type thing. I'm heading over there tomorrow morning to help him set up and everything before people start to show up. It will feel good to be around people I love and get along with so well. 

Does everyone have their costume already all together? I know what I want to be. I just have yet to get all the pieces for it. I'm going to be a 60's hippie. It's not a far stretch from who I am. I swear that I would have fit perfectly in that time. Tomorrow I shall post up pictures of me in my costume and anything else I want to show from the party. 

I hope everyone has a great Halloween. Do you guys have any plans for the big day? If you do, I would love to hear about them. 

Book Review: Catacomb by: Madeleine Roux

This is the third of a trilogy, if you want to check out the first it is called Asylum. This trilogy is perfect to read for this month.

Synopsis: Goodreads

Sometimes the past is better off buried.

Senior year is finally over. After all they’ve been through, Dan, Abby, and Jordan are excited to take one last road trip together, and they’re just not going to think about what will happen when the summer ends. But on their way to visit Jordan’s uncle in New Orleans, the three friends notice that they are apparently being followed.. And Dan starts receiving phone messages from someone he didn’t expect to hear from again—someone who died last Halloween.

As the strange occurrences escalate, Dan is forced to accept that everything that has happened to him in the past year may not be a coincidence, but fate—a fate that ties Dan to a group called the Bone Artists, who have a sinister connection with a notorious killer from the past. Now, Dan’s only hope is that he will make it out of his senior trip alive.

Review: (4 stars)

The way Sanctum ended, I really wanted a third book. When I found out that one will be coming out, I became very excited. I wanted to know more and see where the story was going to go. 

I loved Asylum and Sanctum, I didn’t like Catacomb as much as I did those. I have some problems with this one. I found this to still be creepy, but nowhere near as creepy as the others. I was a little disappointed by that. The pictures helped with the creep factor, just not the story. 

The characters changed as well. I found Abby to be annoying and Jordan to be frustrating. Dan doesn’t help the situation by dragging them into more of his family’s history. Abby is all concerned about the project she is working on than her friends. They go on a road trip to help Jordan move, not go other places. 

One final thing; the ending. It wasn’t much of an ending. More still could be written. It was ended on a cliffhanger; when it is the third of a trilogy. That bothers me a lot.

Besides that, I still really enjoyed this. Mysteries arise that Dan and his friends investigate. That deal with the town of New Orleans. A town that is known for its hauntings, which added to the creep factor as well and I appreciated that. 

We finally learn more about his birth parents. I was fascinated by what they did and what happened to them. Dan digs up all he can about them so he can try and get to know them. Learn about his family history and why all these things keep happening to him. 

Overall, Catacomb wasn’t the greatest ending for a trilogy; I want more from it. Though it had its’ issues I still found it to be quite enjoyable. I’m left with answers that I want answered. Maybe Madeleine Roux will write a novella that takes place after the ending. 

Want to Buy:

Barnes & Noble

Books A Million

Amazon

I hope you enjoyed this review and that you will check out the trilogy. 

Season 7, Episode 1 (Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take)

I may be 20 (almost 21), but I still love this show. I'm a fangirl and a nerd, what can I say?

The way season 6 ended, it left me heartbroken. I haven't been very patient in waiting for the 7th season. I started to get antsy when the season premiere got closer and closer.

Where to start...with Damon. That's a good place as any. He misses Elena a butt load. Seeing Bonnie, is such torture for him since Elena and Bonnie are linked. I'm not going to go into detail in case there are some who haven't seen the episode.

Damon and Alaric are away together, just being there for each other after all that has happened to one another. Bonnie being their baby sitter of sorts.

While they are away, so much goes down in Mystic Falls. I don't know what the future holds for the town, but I'm eager to see what happens, whether it being good or bad.

We get introduced to new characters and I can already see that they are going to cause a lot of problems for everyone. How bad? We shall see.

Who enjoyed this episode? Who didn't? Who wants Elena to come back? I know I do. 

Scream Queens

This year I decided not to start watching a new show, but that didn't happen. I got trapped into watching Scream Queens. So many people i know have started watching it and tell me how much they enjoy it, so I finally caved and binge watched all the available episodes. Now I am waiting on next weeks episode.

I must say, when I saw the commercials, I was intrigued, but I didn't want to be sucked into watching another show. As you know, that didn't happen. I am hooked.

This show deals with a sorority house, but there are murders being conducted. To make it even better, it isn't a serious show. Some of the characters are down right comical and so are some of the scenes. You can't take this show seriously and that is what I love about it. Not only that, but Jamie Lee Curtis is one of the main characters. It makes it that much better.

Being someone who loves to laugh and loves anything horror, how could I not love it?

Do any of you watch this show? If so, what are your thoughts on it? 

American Horror Story

In time for the new season starting, I thought I would take a minute to talk about all the past seasons and the new season. Plus, this show is perfect for the month of October.

When I first heard about the concept for this show I knew I had to watch it. Once I started, I knew that I couldn't stop. A show that each season dealt with a new concept, but also had the effects of a movie, how could you go wrong?

Season 1: Murder House

The start of the addiction that is known as AHS. A family moves into a house that is known as "The Murder House" and you can guess why. Needless to say, the fate of the current family is sealed. Going through the house we saw ghosts from the past people who lived there. It added to the creep factor seeing interaction between ghosts and family. 

Season 2: Asylum

I'm a huge fan of asylum's, especially ones that are creepy. The creep factor of this asylum is high. This season was very well done, I found. We went back and forth between the past and the present. While in the past, we got to see what the doctors did to patients, how they treated them. Many horrible things happened and it was fascinating how the present is a result of the past. The devil even made an appearance.

Season 3: Coven

I love witches and New Orleans, so I couldn't wait for this season. I wasn't disappointed. Not my favorite season, but it was still great none the less. Teens going to a "school" to see who the next "supreme" witch would be. Discovering who had what power and seeing how they became aware of them. Not as scary as the other two seasons, but interesting.

Season 4: Freak Show

This was my least favorite of all the seasons, but I still really enjoyed it. I did enjoy the early sixties feel of the freak show and the people who exist because of genetics. I found it to be interesting how those outcasts of society made a living. This season showed you how each season does connect to one another; just have to see the pieces fall into place. 

Season 5: Hotel

I'm so excited for this season. I have heard so many good things about it and the little teasers catch my attention each time. It seems it will be a really good season. Plus, Lady Gaga is a character in this season. I love her and can't wait to see how she brings her character to life.

Are any of you fans of this show? If you are, are you ready for the new season starting tonight? I know I am. 

Hocus Pocus

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I just wanted to make a very quick post about a Halloween movie that I have seen hundreds of times. One that I will most likely see hundreds more times.

Growing up, one of my favorite Halloween movies was "Hocus Pocus". To this day, it is still one of my favorite movies. Each October, I wait for ABC Family to play it and I watch it each time it is on. Recently, I got it on DVD, so now I may watch it whenever I want to and that makes me happy, but seeing it every October is a tradition for me.

This movie is such a classic. When I heard they have finally decided to make a second one after all these years, I became excited. I have always wanted a sequel because I loved the first one so much. I hope it is just as good as the first or better.

What is there not to like about this movie? That's right, nothing. It is fantastic all the way around. If you haven't seen this movie, then you have been living under a rock your whole life and I highly recommend that you watch it as soon as you are able to.

Who else has grown up with this movie? It is a tradition for you as well to see it every Halloween?

Movie Review: Hotel Transylvania 2

I haven't done a movie review in a long while, so since I saw one last night I thought I would review it, plus it fits in for this month. The movie I saw was "Hotel Transylvania 2".

Review: 

I was trying to be patient while waiting for "Hotel Transylvania 2" to come out. I loved the first one and was hoping the sequel would be just as good. Sequels most of the time aren't as good or better than the first, but I must say that this was just as good as the first.

We explore the humans being a part of the monsters world more. Both monsters and humans become more accepting of each other. Technology makes an introduction to the hotel and the monsters lives as well.

Mavis and Jonathon start their lives together and I love seeing that. Monsters and humans coming together and starting a life. Times are changing for them in a beautiful way.

During the changing times, we meet Vlad. Dracula's father. He is still in the times of scaring the humans and living away from them. But in the end, he becomes accepting of the humans because he realizes they are a part of his family.

This movie represented people who are different coming together and finding love and making it work between them. You may be different from your partner, but there is always love.

Overall, it was a cute and funny movie. For me, it was great and I want them to do a third one. If you saw and loved the first one, then I recommend that you go out and see the second. You won't be disappointed.


I hope you guys liked this review. Did you see the first one? If you did, did you like it? Do you want or have you seen the second?

Book Review: The Graveyard Book by: Neil Gaiman

I haven't done a book review for a while for you guys, so I have decided to post this one. I think it fits into this month.

Synopsis: Goodreads

After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.

Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family . . .

Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his New York Times bestselling modern classic Coraline. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, The Graveyard Book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages.

Review: (5 stars)

I have heard nothing but good things about Neil Gaiman. I was excited and looking forward to reading my first book by him.

A few of my friends told me how much they loved The Graveyard Book and I couldn’t wait to dig in.

As soon as I started, I was intrigued and hooked. I found the story to be fascinating.

One thing that I really loved, were the illustrations. I love to draw, but I’m not a good drawer, but I love to marvel over what other people can draw. Plus, I love books that include illustrations into the story. For me, it adds to the story.

Bod is quite the character. He grows up in a graveyard with spirits and others teaching him, protecting him and taking care of his needs. As he grows, he learns a little from his guardian about what happened to him when he was a baby. Grown, he searches for answers. These answers lead to people coming to find him. He protects his home in the process, the graveyard.

The ending, I found this sad. Bod is grown, has to leave and make his way in the world. That means leaving behind all that he has ever known.


Overall, I really enjoyed The Graveyard Book. A story that I have never read about before and I loved it. Seeing originality and outside the box is rare, but this book definitely has it. It was nice to see. I recommend this to everyone who likes different.


Want to Buy:
Barnes & Noble
Books A Million
Amazon

I hope you guys enjoyed this review. If so, I hope you go out and buy the book and enjoy it as much as I did.

First Day of Halloween.

I know it has been a long time since I have made a post and I'm sorry for that. I'm going to try and make posts more frequent.

Today, I would like to talk about Halloween. You guys don't know this (though some of you might), my favorite holiday of all time is Halloween. Which today for me is the start of Halloween. The whole month of October is Halloween for me. Well, to be honest, every day is Halloween, but October feels like Halloween in the weather.

There is so much that I love about Halloween. The decorating, the horror movies, the dressing up, the parties, the feel of the air and you can't forget the candy. You can't forget the original meaning of Halloween, which draws me the most to this holiday.

Because I'm a reader and a movie buff, it's the best time to read horror/creepy books and watch horror movies. I love to watch horror movies in the dark and curled up in blankets. My all time favorite horror movie is Rose Red. It's a long movie, but the best. I'm excited to reading a few of the horror type books that I have. Not a lot scares me anymore, but I still have a great time reading those types of books and watching those types of movies.

What are your favorite horror movies? Do you love Halloween? What is Halloween to you?