I am dressing as Ma Kettle for Halloween. I hope you all enjoy halloween to and get the chance to dress up too.

Teen books be turned into film are popular at the moment. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant is out at the cinema and for all you Twilight fans New Moon comes out on 20th November (UK, US and Canada)
See www.newmoonthemovie.com to check if it is same for your country.

I have mentioned before that my son's school's nickname and logo is the 'pirates'. So for talk like a pirate day the whole school even teachers (and the attached pre-school) dressed up as pirates. It was really worth seeing and they did take a photo where they were being pirates (not the usual look at the camera and smile). Sadly it looks as if will not be online.

Also on the subject of the school, I would like to congratulate them, as next week the are celebrating their fiftieth birthday. They are even in possession of a birthday letter from Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace. Way to go guys keep up enjoying yourselves.

Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz may not be a Vampirate book but it is one of the books I have been looking out for. It is coming out on 12th November in the UK and I have already pre-ordered my copy (from Red House with it's exclusive letter from Anthony Horowitz) to be sent to my Mother-in-Law. Incase I cannot find it in this part of the world or like Black Heart the hard back copy has not got neat edges.

For everyone in the UK Anthony Horowitz is doing a bit of a tour. If you are interested please see www.alexrider.com/News/Anthony-Horowitz-presents-Crocodile-Tears