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Nancy Danforth's avatar

That would have to be Edith Wharton! The first classical female author I noticed!

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

Oooh, good one.

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Kaitlin Valdes's avatar

When I worked in Youth Services at my local library, I dressed as Madeleine, Coraline, and Belle from Beauty and the Beast. The Coraline costume was definitely my favorite!

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

This is a fantastic triumvirate.

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Bookaholic's avatar

I love Coraline...that is a good one!

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Lisa's avatar

I've dressed up Professor Trelawney from Harry Potter. I think I would like to be Veronica Speedwell or Flo from the Lady Hardcastle series.

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Stephanie Hill's avatar

Years ago, while waiting in line for a Harry Potter ride at Universal, my family paired up all of our family members with their best Harry Potter character match. I got Professor Trelawney. :) She'd be a really fun Halloween costume!

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Christine's avatar

Lucy Westenra from Dracula, in her undead form of course. I love your Poe/Raven costumes!

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

Undead 'of course' LOVE IT

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Margaret Allbee's avatar

The Nurse from The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder. I don't think I can pull it off, because if I remember she is 6 feet tall, but that character haunts my nightmares. Terrifying. Perfect scary Halloween costume idea. That whole book just sets your teeth on edge. I need to read it again!!!

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

I love that you chose a scary one! YES! I don't know that book, but now I'm very curious.

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Margaret Allbee's avatar

Super dark. There's a mystery. It has a creepy, ominous aura, Yakuza gangsters, young vulnerable women working as bar hostesses...Set in 1990s Tokyo. Also a couple of somewhat supernatural elements. You might bite off all your fingernails as you read it. Took me a while to get into it but once I did, I couldn't put it down. I reviewed it on Goodreads.

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

Sounds perfect for Spooky Season!

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Bookaholic's avatar

My all time favorite I have dressed up as is Pippi Longstocking. Another favorite costume was as Belle from Beauty and the Beast. I would LOVE to dress up someday as Wednesday Addams.

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Sarah Williams's avatar

Two great characters! Pippi was another childhood favorite. She was so much fun.

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

Pippi Longstocking! Such a fun one! Did you put wires in your pigtails?! TBH, I very seriously considered getting striped tights to wear this month. I thought purple and black would be fun and Halloween-y. And yes to Wednesday Addams! —Mel

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Bookaholic's avatar

Yes, I definitely did put wires in my pigtail braids! AND I carried a stuffed monkey to stand in for Mr. Nilsson. It was great fun to put together!

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Melissa Joulwan's avatar

So awesome!

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Rubysd's avatar

Either Mina Murray from Dracula or Anne Catherick from The Woman in White.

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

Ooooh, Anne Catherick is a deep cut, and I'm into it. Putting together an ethereal white costume would be so much fun! —Mel

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Ellen Yeomans's avatar

Madeline. Definitely Madeline. I want to wear the yellow hat with ribbon streamers and the navy wool coat. And I promise to show everyone my appendix scar.

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

Oh, you definitely need to to that. It would be so cute! —Mel

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Stephanie Hill's avatar

Trillian from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Specifically the baby blue jumpsuit Zooey Deschanel version.

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

I had to google Zooey's outfit, and I LOVE the wide cuffs on the pants. So cute! —Mel

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Danielle's avatar

I would dress up as either Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice or Virginia Woolf. I realize that is quite a contrast. 🎃

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

Whoa, that is a broad spectrum, and I love it. —Mel

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Megan Eaton's avatar

I am dressing up this year to attend an adult halloween party! I'm going as Dr. Ellie Sattler from Jurassic Park

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

Oh, that's such a great idea! I hope you have a fantastic time and don't have to deal with a sick Triceratops! —Mel

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Aimée's avatar

I would love to dress as Mirabel dressed as Max from The Starless Sea. The most fun costume I’ve done before was one of a pair of Yip Yip aliens from Sesame Street

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

Oh, Mirabel. That's a good one! —Mel

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Danielle's avatar

Omg!!! The Yip Yip aliens are my favorite! I still watch them on YouTube! 😂

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Dina DeMaio Smith's avatar

I've done cosplay as Kiki (Kiki's Delivery Service) and Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls), but my all-time favorite secret wish Halloween costume is to be Madame Hooch from the Harry Potter series. :)

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Emily Kerr's avatar

Love Kiki!

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

I'm into all of this! —Mel

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Linda Lefler's avatar

I once went as the PAPER BAG PRINCESS from the children's book by Robert Munsch. A great heroine of children's literature. I just carefully cut a brown paper yard waste bag on a fold, turned it inside out to the side that didn't have the supplier's logo, taped it back up and made a Bristol board crown. Couldn't sit down but worth it!

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Sarah Williams's avatar

That is a great story-that paper bag princess has spunk.

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

I wasn't familiar with Paper Bag Princess... what a cute idea! Your costume was so clever. —Mel

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Sarah Williams's avatar

I love your Poe and Raven costumes. I would probably go as Mary Poppins. My love for carpet bags began when I first saw the movie as a kid. And I love her umbrella and hat.

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Alix's avatar

Yes! I’ve always wanted that umbrella and her coat

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Sarah Williams's avatar

Loved the whole look!

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Sarah Williams's avatar

I used to be able to wear boots like that!

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Mel Joulwan & Dave Humphreys's avatar

Oh, man. Mary Poppins is a really good one! The carpet bag is pretty spectacular, isn't it? And the parrot head umbrella?! And the Victorian ankle boots! Yes, please. —Mel

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