Fall Reading

Hihi! 🤗 Welcome back for another post. 🤭 It feels so soon, with the extra post between the usuals, heehee.

Well, it’s finally September, guys. 👀 I’ve been waiting for it since last November. 😆😌 I just adore fall so much. 🥰 But summer was wonderful too! 💜

Today I’ve got some fall and/or back to school reading recs for you all! I hope you love them. ☺️

Let’s start off strong! Everyone already knows this about me—or I’m genuinely shocked if you don’t 😆—but I’m a huge L. M. Montgomery fan, and so many of her books have fall vibes! 🥰 So…

Anne of Windy Poplars—book four in the series— or Jane of Lantern Hill. 💜💜💜 Obviously I don’t recommend reading her books out of order 😆, but if you’re reading or want to read the Anne series, consider this your prodding to get to it. 😌🥰 And Jane! 😍🫠

CWs: L. M. M.’s books in general are limited to the occasional death or mention of it, spooky ghost story, or references to the supernatural. Her trilogy in particular, Emily of New Moon, should probably be approached thoughtfully, as the first book has a scene where one character—MILD SPOILER—falls ill and is gripped by a sort of vision of something that happened years before, before recovering and remembering nothing of it. The cause it not named whatsoever and we’re left to wonder, but I know this would make many readers uncomfortable. Overall though, I really enjoyed the trilogy! 🤗💜 Anyways, back to the point. 😆

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. This one definitely deserves to be read either in fall or spring, sometime where there’s both sun and gloom! 💜 Where you can drink cold tea, wear your sweater, and sit outside with the pages between your fingers. . 😌 Told in letters, this one’s definitely a fun one for older teens and adults. ☺️ And the movie was AMAZING. 😍

CWs: Not too much! 🥰 A couple “mild” swears, mentions of sad, violent war related topics, and of a girl’s “time of the month”. Only a mention there, directly involved with a story that was being recounted. A side character is revealed to be h0m0s3xual, but he is not in the story often. We hear of a child being illegitimate, and one character having been drunk several years ago. One character makes questionable medicines. So, all in all, I’d say this is for ages 14 or 15 and up! ☺️

Next, on a bit lighter of a level, we’ve got a must-read middle grade series! 💜 The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Mary Rose Wood! Again, such cozy vibes, and a great adventure to have from your couch with a cup of tea. 🤗💜 There are six books total, but they’re easy to fly through, and very worth it.

CWs: a bit of magic along the lines of carnival fortune teller types, and I believe there was a scene where—keeping it spoiler free 😉—there was some sort of supposed attempt to speak with a dead man, but it was literally staged, completely laughable even to the characters, and totally unsuccessful. 🙄😆

Matilda by Roald Dahl. 😏🤭 Fun, light, middle-grade story with a lovable main character (the book’s namesake, of course 😉), in which the little heroine is faced with a hard life and an ignorant, unloving family, and is determined to come out nothing like them. Totally light-hearted, with sly, slightly naughty (though totally clean 😉) commentary from our narrator, this book will certainly have readers giggling and rolling their eyes. ☺️

CWs: Magic, kept along the lines of silly, early Disney Princess, “bibbidi bobbidi boo” level.

I know that the holidays are not far—I know, I know, not here yet! 😮‍💨😆—and often that means visiting with family and friends. This usually means there will be one or two little people running around. 🤭💜 I have a little cousin, and she and I always love reading picture books together. 🥰 So here are a few fall-themed books for little people, to use at your discretion throughout the coming months. 😉

Autumn Story by Jill Barklem. A beautiful addition to the little Brambley Hedge book series, with the sweetest, painstakingly detailed pictures (including side-views of the mice’s homes! 😍 Aghhh, I adored them when I was little, and still do. 🫠 With daring adventures held by the cast of cute little mice, I know any child would love this series, if only to walk their fingers through the dollhouse-style pictures of the houses like I used to. 🥰🤭 Several of the other books in the little series would be wonderful for fall as well. I’d recommend them for ages four and up or so, just because of the slightly larger length than most picture books. 😉 Absolutely no CWs. ☺️

Mr. Putter and Tabby Stir the Soup by Cynthia Rylant. 🤎🤍 This is another nostalgic picture book series for me. I have the best memories with it. 🥹🥰 Kids will definitely love this series, Mr. Putter, his “fine cat Tabby”, Mrs. Teaberry, and…okay, they might not love her “good dog Zeke”. I never loved Zeke. Zeke was pure trouble. Shakes heard reproachfully. 😑🤣 There are more books in the series appropriate for fall! I don’t want to go on forever here, but if you ask, I can definitely share some more of them. 😉💜 No CWs! Good for ages three-ish through eight or so. ☺️

Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson. 🍂 Such a sweet one! 💜😂 Good from any age that will appreciate it, up to age six or seven. ☺️ I will say that the littler readers or listeners may be distressed by Fletcher’s trouble with his tree (I know I was 🥲🤭), but, spoiler, there’s a happy ending. 😉💜 No CWs.

That’s all for now! 😅 Honestly, I could go on for way too long, so I’ll cut myself off, heehee. 👀😆 I hope you enjoyed this, and that you find some good reading material! 💕 I know this post was much longer than usual, and I hope that’s a good thing, heehee. 😆🤭

Thanks for reading! I’d just love any fall book recs you all might have, so feel free to share. ☺️😉

Until next time! 🥰

—SaraNoelle

P. S. With school starting up again, I’ll have to see how the work load affects my posting. 🙃 For now you can still expect a post every couple weeks, but that is subject to change as school is priority! 😉 Again, thanks for reading! 💜