Month: September 2018

How Bloggers Chose Their Blog Names

Posted September 26, 2018 by shooting in Discussion / 51 Comments

What’s In a Name? I’m always fascinated by how bloggers come up with their blog names. For me, Shooting Stars was because we wanted to focus on authors and artists that we believed in and who were up and coming – aka Shooting Stars. The Mag part is actually short for magazine, because the original […]

October Blog Events: Blog Ahead + Blogoween

Posted September 24, 2018 by shooting in Discussion / 36 Comments

Happy Monday, everyone! Today, I’m sharing a couple blog events for the month of October that I’m going to take part in. The first is Blog Ahead and then there’s Blogoween for all you Halloween fans (I am most definitely one of those!) It’s Time to Blog Ahead Anna from Herding Cats & Burning Soup […]

Fall Bucket List

Posted September 21, 2018 by shooting in Discussion / 45 Comments

It’s FALL! This is seriously my favorite time of the year. I love Fall, I love Halloween. I’m not that big of a fan of Thanksgiving, but whatever! I love this season. Today, I’m happy to join some other bloggers in sharing our Fall Bucket Lists – or all the things we hope to do […]

Keep It Together: When Do You Buy a New Planner?

Posted September 20, 2018 by shooting in Planning / 29 Comments

How is it the third Thursday of the month already? I really am in awe that September ends next week. Ah well, one step closer to October which is my favorite month – and has my favorite holiday! Today though, I’m back with Keep It Together, a monthly scrapbooking/planning/Project Life link-up that I host with […]

Top Ten Tuesday: My Fall TBR List!

Posted September 18, 2018 by shooting in Discussion / 58 Comments

Today I’m liking up with Top Ten Tuesday to share the 10 Books on My Fall TBR. I’d love to know if we have any of these in common, or what you have on your own Fall TBR. If you did your own post, leave your link in the comments and I’ll come visit! My […]

Escaping from Houdini

Posted September 17, 2018 by shooting in Book Review / 23 Comments

Escaping from Houdini is the third book in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalco. While I didn’t love this one quite as much as the other two, I still really enjoyed it and I cannot wait for the fourth and final book. Aboard the RMS Etruria Not long after the events of […]

5 Things To Explore in The London Dungeon

Posted September 14, 2018 by shooting in Travel / 26 Comments

The London Dungeon was something that I came across while researching things to do and see when visiting London, England. It sounded fantastic and I knew I had to go, so my sister and I happily got tickets and had a blast going through London’s dark history. Essentially, The London Dungeon is a history tour […]