Oh man, this week. Am I ever not happy to see the weekend? (No.) On the bright side, it’s Halloween, yay! It kind of snuck up on me this year, but in the end I’m planning to have a low-key celebration with Kim and Alex tonight. Are you guys dressing up or doing anything fun? I hope you all have a good weekend and here’s some reading/viewing material for you when you’re taking a break from Halloween shenanigans:
– a few last-minute costumes ideas for the people like me who procrastinated.
– Vulture put together a list of the most valuable stars of 2014 and found it pretty interesting to look at their rankings.
– I’m absolutely loving Eli’s Halloween costume series. She’s so creative!
– I’ve kind of fallen into the rabbit hole of halloween makeup tutorials on YouTube. Even though I don’t plan to use any of these, I love to see the transformation.
– In case you missed it, Amy Poehler’s book, Yes Please, came out on Tuesday. I’m not usually an audiobook person, but this time I decided to try the audiobook because Poehler herself narrates and Audible is always offering those free trials. So far it’s awesome.
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![It's a very belated book haul! These are the four books I picked up on my trip to Australia back in May. Of course I had to check out some bookstores on my first trip to Sydney and I think I ended up visiting 9 in total (check out my stories to see the mini bookstore vlog I made)!
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It was so fun book shopping over there since majority of the covers are different from our US covers. I couldn't resist this pretty edition of PACHINKO, which I've already read. And when I picked up this copy of PEOPLE PERSON, I was so excited to see it because it wasn't out yet in the US at that time. I also bought two books that I hadn't heard of before I discovered them in the bookstore: IDOL and LOVE AND OTHER PUZZLES.
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Do you tend to prefer US or UK book covers?
[P.S. This is an old photo that includes a HarperCollins UK title, but please note that I support the HarperCollins Union.]
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[ID: A stack of the following books sits on top of white bedding in front of a white wall (from top to bottom): PACHINKO, IDOL, LOVE AND OTHER PUZZLES, PEOPLE PERSON.]
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I can’t wait to read that Amy Poehler book! And I’ve been blown away by Eli’s costume series as well.
Courtney ~ Sartorial Sidelines
Amy Poehler’s book is so fun! I’m about halfway through the audiobook now :)
I have also been watching a lot of Halloween make-up tutorials. Kandee Johnson has been posting some great ones!
I saw her Wonder Woman one- it was so good!
Hope you had fun last night! I just stayed in and watched Practical Magic.
I love Eli’s Frida. The cat is a nice touch.
Chic on the Cheap
It was fun- Kim had a really nice set up and we just watched the ABC Family Halloween movie marathon :)
wanna see pics of what you wore!!!
what were you!?
xx.M
http://www.bellesandrebelles.blogspot.com
I didn’t dress up this year! Did you dress up?