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I love October -- not only for the fall festivals, the recipes, and the decorating possibilities, but also for the great reading opportunities the month inspires! As soon as October rolls around, I pull out all of our Halloween favorites from the bookshelves and try to read one Halloween-themed book to the kids each night before bed. We've collected some great ones over the years and I've also reserved a bunch of new Halloween books from the library to fill in the gaps. Below are ten of our all-time favorites so far. You'll find ideas here for small children all the way up to tweens, and I hope you'll add your own favorites to the comments!  Read more >

One night not that long ago, I left the husband and kids behind for a rare girls' night out at a fancy restaurant. Over glasses of wine, we gossiped and laughed and confided salacious secrets to one other about our husbands and mothers-in-law. But at some point after the salads were served and before our empty plates were spirited away by a waiter, there was an inevitable lull in the conversation. And that's when it happened.  Read more >