Spooky Season, Spooky Things

At this point I'm updating this blog to show proof of life because 

IT IS STILL A HUNDRED DEGREES OUT IN OCTOBER

Fen's why is it still so hot face

Now our weather is usually *a little* behind the seasonal trend but this is a little ridiculous. At this point I'm trying to manifest fall by buying, eating, and doing all the spooky, pumpkin spiced shit. 

Exhibit A: My spooky season book haul!

 

Exhibit B: Various pumpkin spiced goodies.

The Tate's were SO. GOOD. The Oreo's were just ok.

Exhibit C: Spooky mugs that I should be drinking hot chocolate out of. *Note the flowers that are STILL BLOOMING in the back. Which honestly is one of the few pluses to the weather being wacky.

Exhibit D: Spooky visitors! 

I couldn't help summon the Anti-Hero ghost when the Eras started touring again.

Exhibit E: Witchcraft! Familiar included! 

Alas, none of these things helped with the weather! 😭

In non-spooky news we celebrated the anniversaries of our sweet, wild, fluffy pups.

Miss Sugar, Princess Pants celebrated two years with us! 

Fen celebrated three years with us! 

They both wished for cooler weather 😉

 

The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave

Earlier this year I thrifted a copy of The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. Mysteries are not typically the first book I reach for but I had been hearing about the netflix adaptation so I picked it up. I am always a proponent of reading the book first because the book is always better. 

That was my first dip into the Laura Dave world and I wanted more! I went to preorder her next book The Night We Lost Him and was excited to see that she would be doing a signing nearby. That's how I ended up meeting Laura and getting my book signed this past weekend. 

The signing was at a place called Little Saint hosted by Copperfield Books. Little Saint is a pretty cool venue. It's a restaurant and coffee shop on the bottom and upstairs has a stage where they often have music. 

Julia Claiborne Johnson moderated with Laura Dave and it was such a fun time! They both had me cracking up and played off each other so well. Hearing about the "behind the scenes" to their books was so neat. It was also really interesting getting to hear from and author about what it's like having their book adapted to film and that whole process. I unfortunately hadn't read Julia's book before but definitely left with a copy. Can't wait to dive into her book and some of Laura's older books!