3 Spooky Books You MUST Read This Halloween!

Halloween is here! If you're not yet in the mood for ghosts and ghouls, or if you'd rather stay in than go howl at the moon, feel free to curl up with a nice cup of tea and one of these hauntingly good reads. These aren't just your run-of-the-mill spooky stories, by the way: these works of horror have been hand-picked by yours truly to make your skin crawl.

6 Mugs You Didn't Know You Needed Until Right Now

Mugs are personal. It's ritual, it's routine. You choose one in the morning to accompany you on your journey to wakefulness, one in the evening to comfort and help you drift off to sleep, or one for any other time of day when you need a drink. Then there's your choice of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate... full strength or decaf... and whatever flavor you're craving at the moment. Whatever you decide, the choice of mug is just as important. The above six are beautiful ones that I wouldn't mind at all adding to my collection... because your favorite drinks just taste so much better in a pretty mug. (And let's be real: mugs are one of the greatest things you can collect.)