Happy Thursday All, I'm a bit late posting this blog post--make that about 2 days late. I meant to post this on the release day or the day before, but I've been so swamped lately that the days "got away from me" so to speak. On October 7th author Laura Childs released a new novel, so today I thought I'd give you all a peek into it... Carmela and Ava are snooping out a brand-new mystery in Laura Childs' newest Scrapbooking mystery. Ghouls, vampires, and zombies are on the loose as New Orleans gears up for Halloween and Carmela's October holiday calendar is jam packed with invitations featuring all things haunting. But the fun of the season takes a somber turn when her business neighbor, Marcus Joubert, falls out of a cabinet and into Carmela's frightened arms. The worst part is the owner of Oddities is dead. Murder and thievery hang in the air as Carmela and her best bud, Ava, try to track down the killer and the stolen mysteri...