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This was a pleasant listen for #AuthorAMonth

I loved that there was a character that had books just appear when she needed them, and the winter setting let me pretend it‘s not currently 80 degrees in November.

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Texreader

The Peach Keeper: A Novel | Sarah Addison Allen

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A skeleton, a suitcase, & a fedora are discovered under a peach tree in front of the Blue Ridge Madame, just shortly before the gala celebrating the renovation of the grand 76-yo house. The skeleton‘s ghost is unhappy and the cops are, too, trying to find who killed the man with a bashed in head. This brings the two main characters diving into their grandmothers‘ pasts and that of the house. This book is about how to make friends, and what they ⬇️

Texreader will do for one another in the face of fear. There‘s some sweet romance as well. A true cozy mystery. #authoramonth @Soubhiville 3d

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Texreader

The Girl Who Chased the Moon | Sarah Addison Allen

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When Emily is orphaned as a teenager, she goes to live with her only surviving family member: a grandfather she‘s never met who lives in a town her mom was born but that Emily has never visited. Grandpa is a quiet giant, the town wary of Emily, and Grandpa isn‘t explaining why. Emily‘s mother is a consummate do-gooder, so why do the townspeople blame Emily for her mother‘s sins when Emily can‘t imagine her mother ever hurting anyone? And she‘s ⬇️

Texreader for a boy whose family is arch-enemies with Emily‘s family. Slowly, her mom‘s story is revealed and the truth sinks in. The magical realism is lovely, and Grandpa is the person everyone wants as a grandparent. Family secrets are revealed and magic may explain it all. #authoramonth @Soubhiville 3d

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DHill

The Reading List: Literature, Love and Back Again | Leslie Shimotakahara

#AuthorAMonth picks set. A new-to-me author. Let‘s go!

@Soubhiville

JenReadsAlot I love her! 4d

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Melismatic

Other Birds: A Novel | Sarah Addison Allen

Library run to pick up my #AuthorAMonth choice (no hold list required for once, found it on the shelves 💪🏻) and grabbed the one on the right on a whim from the New In shelf. Seems like everywhere I turn people are in a frenzy about the upcoming Wicked film(s) — there‘s even Starbucks drinks in its honor. 😂

Soubhiville

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Texreader

The Peach Keeper: A Novel | Sarah Addison Allen

My next audiobook #authoramonth @Soubhiville

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Karisimo

Bea and the New Deal Horse | L. M. Elliott

November #BookSpin is a middle grade historical fiction I've been wanting to read. #Doublespin is my #AuthorAMonth selection!

Thanks for hosting yet again @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! I've had Garden Spells on my TBR for quite sometime. And I'm a sucker for a horse story, so I'm curious to see if you enjoy Bea and the New Deal Horse!! 6d

Aims42 I loved “Garden Spells”! I feel like it‘s a good one for this time of year 😁 Enjoy!!! 6d

Karisimo @Aims42 oh good, i like to read books in the right season! 5d

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Soubhiville

My Favorite Authors | Thomas Costley

It‘s time! Time for nominations for authors you‘d like to see us read for next year‘s #AuthorAMonth. Please comment with your suggestions. I‘ll give this post a week, the release the poll.

2025 will be our seventh year with this challenge! Wow.

Along with your nominations, please say if you would prefer that we have all new authors or if you think we could repeat some from previous years if they get enough votes. Suggestions appreciated. 🙂📚💛

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Soubhiville @tpixie @fredthemoose @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @throwmeabook @CBee @Andrew65 @Yenya1954 @Read-y_Picker @AmandaBlaze @Sace 6d

TheBookHippie I can‘t imagine repeats would matter of some authors who have many many books. 6d

TheBookHippie Shakespeare 👀♥️ I miss reading it regularly .. 6d

TheBookHippie Allison Winn Scotch she has been such a voice for women I‘d love to honor her by reading her books, which are totally not my genre but look fun. 6d

TheAromaofBooks I think some repeats would be good, especially now that it's been long enough that some of us weren't participating or even on Litsy at the beginning of the challenge haha maybe if it's been at least two or three years since they were on the list? Like @TheBookHippie said some authors have an extensive catalogue!! 6d

AllDebooks I don't mind repeats 🙂 6d

TheAromaofBooks I would suggest P.G. Wodehouse and Georgette Heyer for something more lighthearted. Mary Higgins Clark would be fun. 6d

Susanita I guess this is a minority opinion, but there are so many authors out there, I‘d like all new authors. Either way, this year I‘ll just vote in the poll. 6d

TheBookHippie Nora Ephron 6d

Julsmarshall I‘m fine with repeats or all new. A few suggestions: Toni Morrison, Abby Jimenez, Kate Clayborn, Steven Rowley. 6d

Bookwormjillk Ohhh I love researching and voting for these challenges I‘m good with repeating but maybe exclude those from the last 2-3 years. (edited) 6d

Bookwormjillk My suggestions: jumping on Christine‘s Shakespeare idea and Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Kate Quinn, Silas House, Peter Heller, Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Kelly Corrigan, Adriana Trigiani, Rita Williams-Garcia, Ron Rash, David McCullough 6d

Megabooks Dana Spiotta, Patricia Engel, Rebecca Solnit, Elizabeth McCracken, Jeff Guinn, Elizabeth Strout, Edith Wharton, Ron Rash, Meg Wolitzer, Kent Haruf, Edwidge Danticat, Bob Woodward, Curtis Sittenfield, Melissa Febos, Akwaeke Emezi

I would not mind one or two repeats, but I think we should stick with mainly new authors. Like @susanita said, there are so many out there! 6d

dabbe Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Gabriel Marquez, George Eliot, EM Forster, Thomas Hardy, Raymond Chandler, John le Carre, Sidney Sheldon, Nora Roberts, Robert Ludlum, Rex Stout, John Irving, Terry Pratchett, Willa Cather, H.G. Wells, Michael Crichton, Andy Weir, Herman Hesse, Dean Koontz, Dashiell Hammett, Joyce Carol Oates

Some old, some new(er) (nothing borrowed or blue, though!) 😂 6d

TheSpineView Leigh Bardugo, Christina Lauren, Mariana Zapata, Helena Hunting, Carian Cole, Kristen Callihan, John Scalzi, TY 6d

Amiable Would love to see some nonfiction authors in the mix for those of us who enjoy that genre. I‘ll have to ponder this and come up with a few suggestions. 6d

TheSpineView Taylor Jenkins Reid, Kylie Scott, Meghan Quinn, Tracey Garvis Graves, Penelope Ward, Kaylee Ryan, Tessa Bailey, Molly Harper, Louise Bay, Ken Follett, James Michener, Jeffery Archer, Robin Hobb 6d

Scochrane26 Wendell Berry (he has NF, fiction, poetry), Silas House 6d

Deblovestoread Nickolas Butler, Liane Moriaty, Colm Tòibìn, Laird Hunt, Jeanette Winterson. I don‘t think any of these are repeat but I might be misremembering. Love getting introduced to new to me authors. 6d

peaKnit How fun! Nikolas Butler, Sarah Addison Allen and Taylor Jenkins Reid.:) (and I see SAA is your author this month, I didn‘t even know oops!😬 but she‘s a favorite…serendipitous, I‘d like to join in the fun!) (edited) 6d

Caroline2 I don‘t mind any repeats as I have missed some months. Elizabeth Strout, Edith Wharton, Toni Morrison, PG Wodehouse, Georgette Heyer would be great for me. 👍 6d

vonnie862 Daphne Du Maurier, Neal Shusterman, Lisa See, Neil Gaiman, Alan Brennert, Grady Hendrix, Sandra Cisneros, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 6d

DHill Kurt Vonnegut, Dennis Lehane, Rachel Cusk, Han Kang 6d

Melismatic Personally I agree with new authors but so long as there are no repeats from the last few years and the author has written a lot 🤷🏻‍♀️ — my favorite part of this challenge is discovering authors I‘d never think to try and adoring them. 6d

Larkken Agree that prev authors would be great so long as they're not from ~ the last two years! I'm interested in delving into the back lists for Ben MacIntyre, Shakespeare, tananarive due, Ann Patchett, Mary Stewart, Louise erdrich, Dorothy sayers, Patrick Radden Keefe, martha wells, pico ayer, and Gail carriger. 6d

Yenya1954 I prefer to have new authors because they challenge me to broaden my interest in new authors and genres. This is my first year and I‘m not sure who you‘ve read before. I like Dana Stabenow, Jodi Picoult, Chris Bohjalian, CJ Box, William Kent Krueger, Ann Cleeves, Lisa Unger. Really I don‘t mind reading any authors who are chosen. 5d

DogMomIrene I‘ve never participated in this challenge. Even though repeats wouldn‘t be an issue for me, I like the idea of discovering authors new to me. 5d

Sace I‘d really like to participate next year. I‘m open to any author. 3d

Skygoddess1 I‘d be open to backlist (more than 3 years ago) authors. Here‘s a few suggestions: T. Kingfisher, Jay Kristoff, Marie Benedict, Peter Swanson, Percival Everett, Tananarive Due 3d

AmyG I am open to anyone. But I am only going to read an author if I own a book. Thanks for doing this! 1d

dariazeoli I‘m open for repeats! I also really appreciate the new authors this challenge has introduced me to each year. I‘d like to suggest Octavia Butler, Sally Rooney, Roxane Gay, and Joan Didion. 4h

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Texreader

The Girl Who Chased the Moon | Sarah Addison Allen

Apparently I‘ve read this one before. But I‘m reading it again, this time for #authoramonth @Soubhiville

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My Favourite Authors | Thomas Costley

Repost for @Soubhiville
Welcome to November #AuthorAMonth readers! Time to pull out our Sarah Addison Allen books. What are you planning to read?
#AuthorAMonth is a no pressure, no commitment Litsy challenge The goal is to celebrate the works of a particular author each month. Authors were chosen through polls by Litsy participants. Read as many as you like, skip months when needed, it‘s entirely up to you!
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peaKnit One of my favorites! 6d

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