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Just a note to let our members know that we will once again be holding Fall Flurries for the months of October, November and December.

Yay! I am ready!

I always look forward to it!

Yippee Skippee!

Newbie here! 😁

What are Fall Flurries?

Have already got my lists and October books ready to go!

Welcome Apple! So glad to meet you. This is a great and really fun way to get started with us.

Apple wrote: "Newbie here! 😁

What are Fall Flurries?"

Apple, welcome to our group!

During Fall Flurries we read books which are seasonal to the month.

It really is wide open. For example in October you could read a book by a Hispanic author because it is Hispanic Heritage Month.

Of course you could read a book about a ghost or a witch and that would fit.

It could be a book set in the Fall even.

We share our reviews that we read for the month and add to our TBR while we are at it.

Welcome, Apple! When I joined in in August 2018, it was the first official challenge I partook in (I also read for monthly tag and joined a couple buddy reads) and it was such fun, eased me in so I was ready to join a year long challenge the following year.

Plus it suited me because I read a lot of seasonal mysteries and romance at year end. 😅

Thanks for the welcomes. I signed up when I thought my regular challenge group was going to close (it got saved!) and I was looking around ( through other members pages) for other groups, and I thought this one looked fun.

I have read a few books and posted reviews for this months tag, but am always looking at different ways to expand on the books I read (literary fiction is probably my most read genre), so I look forward to seeing what else happens around here :)

Apple, I hope you will stick with us, even though your other group got saved. This is a very vibrant group with folks who love to take our challenges to the next level. Plus its a bit of a family here, one that always seems to have room for more.

In addition to the monthly tags, our moderators provide us with two long term challenges a year. Usually something the group votes on out of six creative choices. In my 7-8 years with this group, every challenge has been fun and creative and has offered something totally different. And the monthly tags have allowed me to try genres or get to books I never would have picked up, or got to get to things I might not have gotten to. There are a bunch of other side optional challenges that people do as well. When I first joined, I just did the monthly tag, got my feet wet. But when flurries arrived I was all in. By December 2016 I was voting for the yearlong challenges, and by 2017 I was hooked and snared. Your TBR will explode, and you will double your friends and community. Both are a guarantee.

I'm off to review and post my Subdue the Shelf book. Theresa has us on this delightful train and there may be warm croissants and a morning Mimosa. I can't wait to see what drops for me next.

I am also choosing to read a fall flurry book next, even in September. One of the four books I was looking at, is out from the library and getting close to overdue. It won't make it until October. Its the Dance Tree, and it sounds rather ghosty and eerie and mysterious. I just have the feeling its next up. I have other books to read for October. I think I am going with Weyward, Haunting Paris, and the Death of Mrs. Westaway. I love October for magic and ghosts and witches and eerie atmosphere. Not much of a vampire fan. Others have used it for Hispanic Month or Canadian Thanksgiving. December has been interesting as I am not much of a cozy Christmas reader myself - although plenty of people love it., But between Chanukah Romance - (who knew there was such a thing) and Snow, and the occasional Christmas tuck-in, and New Years Eve, I have had plenty, and still have another four lined up.

I have the prediction that you are going to love us. And who doesn't love an Apple. I and we so look forward to getting to know you.

Welcome to our fun group, Apple! We are happy to have you here with us.

Welcome aboard, Apple ... perfect name for our Fall Flurries challenge!

Apple, just wanted to add we do Fall Flurries for all of October, November, and December, so you can pick a holiday or something that fits the month for each of those three months.

Welcome, Apple! Don't be shy, jump in and join the fun! There's no pressure to join in any of the games, you can dip your toe or dive right in.

Fall flurries? It’s too soon, it’s only �� Sept 15? Can’t be. I missed Labor Day, so fall must be far off.

I wonder what our Sept tag will be.

I am posting this now for those who are advance planners and those who need time to source print copies. This is perfect for a December Flurry read for those prefering non-holiday reads.

The Lion in the Lei Shop by Kaye Starbird


Historical fiction. Opens at the attack on Pearl Harbor and tells aftermath from one little girl's and her family's perspective. Is on librarian Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Rediscoveries and the current edition has an intro by Pearl.

I stumbled across this when looking for a book published in 1970 for Birthday Candle #15*. Found it is in Kindle Unlimited. At this point I am saving it for December Flurries too - Pearl Harbor Day December 7th.

*Birthday Candle #15 - year I was 15.

OH! I don't usually do Fall Flurries, but I do need a book told from the perspective of a child! Better, yet, it appears to be right in line with what I like to read-Thanks!

Joanne wrote: "OH! I don't usually do Fall Flurries, but I do need a book told from the perspective of a child! Better, yet, it appears to be right in line with what I like to read-Thanks!"

You were one of the reasons I posted it now -- and JoyD too. But I think it will appeal to many here.

Yes, that one sounds interesting!

Is there an ideas and suggestions thread for a November, etc?

NancyJ wrote: "Is there an ideas and suggestions thread for a November, etc?"

Not yet. I'll see what I can rustle up and post something today or tomorrow.:)

Thanks! There are a few ideas here already, if you just want to edit the heading.

In the meantime,
I have Autumn and Winter by Ali Smith.
For October’s mental health awareness month, I read Everything Here Is Beautiful.
There is also disability awareness month, vegetarian awareness month, and indigenous peoples day.

I have Enough for Election Day.
For Thanksgiving, I recommend the nonfiction Humankind: A Hopeful History. It has nothing to do with the holiday itself, but it made me feel thankful.

I see a lot of war books on our bookshelf for flurries, but I can’t tell if they’re all for Veteran’s day or other commemorative days/months. Are there other days, weeks, etc we should consider?

My Thanksgiving is already done, so I always read for Remembrance Day in November. Haven't decided yet what I'll read, but it will be another war/soldier one of some type.

That's the one main/big "holiday" in November for me here in Canada.

There are a variety of topics for November:
The Fall Season
Elections
Dia de Los Muertos (All Saints Day)
Monarch Migration
Veteran's/ Remembrance Day
Native American Heritage Month
Thanksgiving

Also see the following:

For those who love audio, I found this link:

I am planning to read The True Story of the Christmas Truce: British and German Eyewitness Accounts from World War I in December, and realized after ordering it that it will fit here-Any of you non-fiction readers interested in a buddy read?