Dressing up as your favorite princess, cartoon character, superhero or villain is an annual tradition for trick-or-treaters on Halloween Night. Even some adults dress up to take their kids their kids trick-or-treating. Others dress up in costumes for Halloween parties. Then there are some adults who wears a costume or mask while giving away candy on Halloween. Lastly, there are a few adults who just like to collect masks and costumes based on their favorite movie characters.

While store like Walmart and Target do carry costumes during the month of October, they are very limited, sometime forcing your kids to settle for a costume they don't really want to wear.

Thanks to online store, like Oriental Trading, you can browse through thousands of costumes, order your favorite one, and have it shipped directly to your doorsteps.

Oriental Trading's Halloween section has over 3,2000 costumes to choice from; costumes for boys and girls, and costumes for men and women. They even carry couple & group costumes, as well as costumes for dogs.

Oriental Trading nicely sent me a mask of my choice to review during my blog's Halloween event, and as I can see by the photos, I picked the Michael Myers Latex Mask (IN-13591484). I'm a big fan of the "Halloween" films, so naturally I picked this mask to review.

Made by Trick or Treat Studios and officially licensed by Universal Studios, the mask retails for $64, but it's currently on sale on Oriental Trading for $50.98.

Rated R; 99 minutes; $39.99; Amazon

Now available to purchase on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is the outrageous comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. Directed by Jake Szymanski, the film stars Zac Efron, Anna Kendrick, Adam Devine, Aubrey Plaza, and Stephen Root.

The film centers on two hard-partying brothers, Mike (played by Adam Devine) and Dave (played by Zac Efron) Stangle, who are both told by their father (played by Stephen Root) to find "respectable" dates for their sister Jeanie's (played by Sugar Lyn Beard) wedding in Hawaii.

Since they had never dated "nice girls" before, they have no idea where to find any. So they post an all-expense-paid trip to Hawaii ad on Craigslist. The ad goes viral quickly, leading the brothers to appear on n The Wendy Williams Show.

This is where best friends Tatiana (played Aubrey Plaza) and Alice (played by Anna Kendrick) comes into the picture. They see Mike and Dave on television, and the girls decided they are going to be their dates, though all they want is a free trip to Hawaii.

After a brief meeting, Mike and Dave pick Tatiana and Alice as their dates. However, once they arrive in Hawaii for the wedding, they start realize the girls are wilder than them.


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Future House Publishing; 262 pages; $14.98; Amazon

I've been a big fan of any film or novel that has a supernatural settings ever since I first saw the Ghostbusters on VHS when it originally came out in the mid 1980s. I might have been young (3 or 4 years old at time), but I clearly remembered watching the movie. Since then, any book or movie with the word "Ghost" in the title gets my automatic attention; which is one of the reasons why I wanted to read the newest middle-grade novel - "Ghostsitter" by Shelly Brown.

To be completely honest, I received an ARC copy several months ago (April or May), so I had to reread it before I wrote this review.

Ghostsitter centers on Tiffany Hart, a twelve-year-old who for some reason or another agreed to hop in a van with three of her classmates (Justin, Jessica, Mario) in the middle of the night. Oh, don't worry, Justin's older sister Kori is the one driving them.

Where are they going in the middle of the night?

Well, they're going to Gravity Hill to be ghost hunters. It seems there is a legend about an elementary school bus in the 1950s that slid off the road and overturned into the water. All the children on bus were supposedly killed. Over the years, people have claimed to have seen ghost children around the area.

Sadly, their night doesn't go as planned when Tiffany has a sudden asthma attack.

The Good News - Tiffany makes a quick a recovery and is able to return to Antioch Junior High School, where she is planning on running for student body president.

The Bad News - Three ghost children begin to haunt Tiffany!

NOT RATED; 86 minutes; $14.99; Amazon

Now in theaters from ITN Distribution, Inc. is the horror-flick CLOWNTOWN. The film will also be available on DVD and VOD on October 4th!

Directed by Tom Nagel and co-produced by Robert Kurt, the film stars Brian Nagel, Lauren Elise, Andrew Staton, Katie Keene, Jeff Denton, Chris Hahn, David H. Greathouse, and Greg Violand.

Inspired by true event, CLOWNTOWN centers on four friends (Brad - played by Brian Nagel, Sarah - Lauren Elise Compton, Mike - Andrew Staton, and Jill - Katie Keene) who are on a road trip to a concert. They stop by a rural Ohio diner and get directions from the local sheriff.

They go back on the road, but are quickly sidetracked when they realize one of the girls had left her cell phone at the diner. They call her cell number hoping someone at the diner would answer it. However, a seemingly nice male answers the phones and agrees to give the phone back to her. The only catch is they have to meet him in an abandoned town.

Well, the town isn't exactly empty as there are several bloody thirsty clowns hanging around, looking for new victims.

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  This week's question is submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Reviews!

Do you encourage other reading friends to start a blog or at least put their thoughts/reviews on public reading sites such as Goodreads, Amazon, etc?

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3. Visit other blogs in the list and comment on their posts. Try to spend some time on the blogs reading other posts and possible become a new follower.  The purpose of the hop is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

  

My Answer: 

 No, I wouldn't recommend anyone to start a book blog. Don't get me wrong, blogging can be fun, but it can also be really stressful, especially when you get behind in your reading for a few book tours. However, I would recommend using Goodreads.

Tommy Nelson; 192 pages; $12.99; Amazon

Now available in bookstores from Tommy Nelson (a division of Thomas Nelson Publishers) is Really Woolly: 5-Minute Bedtime Treasury by Bonnie Rickner Jensen with illustrations by Donna Chapman and Julie Sawyer Phillips.

The Really Wolly brands was created by DaySpring greeting cards over fifteen years ago. The cute little sheep has been featured on cards, gifts, books, plush toys, and animated DVDs.

The Really Woolly: 5-Minute Bedtime Treasury is a 192-page hardcover containing five previously releases titles - Bedtime Bible Promises; Bedtime Prayers; Bible Stories; Good Night, God; Little Book of Bible Verses; Nighttime Lullabies; and 12 Little Blessings.

Arriving on DVD & Blu-ray on October 4th from HBO Home Entertainment is the complete fourth season of Cinemax action-drama BANSHEE, featuring all 8 episodes from the final season a three-disc set.

Set two years after the explosive season three finale, Lucas Hood (played by Antony Starr), the former Banshee sheriff, comes out of hiding to solve the mystery behind the death of Rebecca Bowman (played by Lili Simmons), even though he is the only suspect in her murder. Plus, he teams up with his former-lover, Carrie (played by Ivana Milicevic), to rescue their friend Job (played by Hoon Lee) from a gang of criminals.

Bonus Features:

• Cast Retrospective: Banshee stars pick their favorite fight scenes and share memories of Job's most unforgettable outfits.

• Banshee Origins: Find out the story before the story with eight prequel videos featuring the cast of Banshee.

• Zoomed In: Go on the set with the cast to see how key, adrenaline-filled scenes were created.

• Audio Commentaries

• Deleted Scenes

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