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Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

November #MonthlyNonfiction2025 reads @julieclair
#NonfictionNovember was a busy one ☺️

julieclair Wow, great month! Rediscovering Turtle Island looks interesting to me. Sea Turtles have been coming to Hilton Head Island, SC, where I live, for hundreds of years. The idea of seeing a “turtle island” through the eyes of First Nation people sounds fascinating. 1d

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

Updated schedule for #SheSaid!

We had 1 book with 5 votes (Wild Swans) and 4 with 4 votes. I added them all to our schedule for 2026 along with our 2 fiction reads. I did bump Wild Swans back to March, so we could read it and the follow-up book by the author after (and hopefully 🤞 when the hold lines at the library are not so long for a new release 😬). Then there were about 12 books tied after that…so new vote this summer.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 1d

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine @LitStephanie If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 1d

AllDebooks Thank you Melissa xx 1d

DebinHawaii Thank you! 🤗 1d

CatLass007 Thank you for your hard work. 1d

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julieclair

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

Time for our last #MonthlyNonfiction2025 selection of the year! What will everyone be reading? My choice is Rick Steves‘ European Christmas.

We will be continuing for 2026. Please comment below if you‘d like to be added to, or removed from, the tag list.

Everyone is welcome! The challenge is simple: read one nonfiction book each month.

Tagging all who participated this year. It has been fun exploring nonfiction together!

Sarahreadstoomuch, rockpools, kspenmoll, mhillis, Gissy, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, ferskner, Lauredhel, TEArificbooks, MonicaLoves2Read, Rissreadswithcats, TheBookgeekFrau, TheAromaofBooks, peanutnine, willaful

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I did horribly this year! But please keep me on the tag list. I'm hoping to do a better job next year. I cannot promise to go through the categories in order, though. 🤣 5d

Seabreeze_Reader Please add me to the list. 🙂 5d

TheAromaofBooks I actually have read a nonfiction book from my personal collection for every section this year!!! I'm super pleased with my progress, so keep me on your list!! This month, I'm finishing (or trying to!) Agatha Christie's autobiography that I started at the beginning of November. It's so good but THICK 😂 5d

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willaful @TheAromaofBooks I really enjoyed that, I recall. Her second memoir is on my #10BeforeTheEnd but I stupidly loaned it to my mom! 4d

willaful I've been reading mostly memoirs, should make an effort to diversify next year. 4d

MonicaLoves2Read I'm going to read Ain't Nobody‘s Fool: The Life & Times of Dolly Parton by Martha Ackmann 4d

peanutnine I tried to read at least one book in each category and I've got one left for Language that I'll be reading for December!

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

4d

TheAromaofBooks @willaful - Oooo what is the title of that one? I may have to read it next! Her writing style is so friendly and companionable. It's like having a visit with a favorite auntie. 😂 4d

willaful @TheAromaofBooks It's about her second marriage to an archeologist and called Come Tell Me How You Live. Seems absolutely charming! (edited) 3d

TheAromaofBooks @willaful - I will definitely check it out!! It's interesting because it looks like she actually wrote that before her longer autobiography, so I bet they would complement each other and fill in some gaps!! 3d

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

Hello #SheSaid!

Voting is up now for 2026! And with this many choice, maybe part of 2027 too 😂

https://forms.gle/en54WgSVAzp1nkoZ6

Riveted_Reader_Melissa https://forms.gle/en54WgSVAzp1nkoZ6 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine @LitStephanie If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 2w

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Bookwormjillk How many do you want us to vote for? 2w

Suet624 Hi, I think you can remove me from this list. Next year I‘m really committed to reading my books on my shelf so I can start moving them out. I want to thank you for your work in organizing this group though. The books have been really interesting and informative. (edited) 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk vote for any you are interested in reading with the group. 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Suet624 we need to start some challenge group for that. Reading books off our own shelves. I need to do that badly too 2w

Singout Thank you, Melissa! Organizing this list is a workout! 2w

MallenNC Great list! Some I‘m not familiar with and others I‘d already read so I just picked some that seemed intriguing. 2w

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ncsufoxes

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban | Malala Yousafzai

I‘m happy I finally took the time to read this one (definitely would like to read her new book). I learned a lot about that part of the world. I am sad to say I do not know a lot about the area & haven‘t read enough books about either. Sad but inspiring story.

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

Voting up for our December Read and Runner up for later in 2026 😱
#SheSaid

Riveted_Reader_Melissa https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RBZGQBD 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine @LitStephanie If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 4w

AllDebooks 🗳 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout Vote for December. The rest of 2026 vote coming soon (edited) 4w

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

Hello #SheSaid.

How is the week treating you?
Did you have a Happy Halloween or a chill at home & relax?
What are you reading or catching up on this week?

Also
~ Last call for fiction reads for December
~ The vote will be up tomorrow

Up Next:
~ Dec. - fiction pick
~ Jan. - Nobody‘s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

* I know it‘s a new release & will have long waiting lists, so put in your library holds now or add it to your holiday wish list.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine @LitStephanie If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 1mo

Bookwormjillk I‘m going to start Unshrinking soon. I only bought it in July. I really needed this catch up month 😂 1mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk me too! Seriously. That one I did read on time and it was very good, I hope you enjoy it. But I have fallen behind on a bunch myself, so I understand 1mo

Amor4Libros Thanks for the heads-up on January‘s pick. Just put a hold at the library 😊 1mo

KathyWheeler I just bought Nobody‘s Girl, so I‘m all prepared for January. I‘m going to finish Hags. 1mo

ncsufoxes I‘m still finishing Eve (far behind). Enjoying it, just hard finding quiet time to read. Started the first few pages of Hags but haven‘t had a chance to get back to it, need to finish by the end of the year. I recently bought Nobody‘s Girl, so I‘m ready for January. 1mo

vlwelser I'm listening to Jacinda Ardern's memoir. I've seen her speak in person. The audiobook is lovely. I did not do this with #SheSaid in mind, but it fits the assignment. 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser it‘s always nice when that just falls that way. I love a good book coincidence 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout 4w

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peanutnine

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

October #MonthlyNonfiction2025 reads @julieclair
Reviews to come, but I wanted to get my wrap-up posted before I forgot!

julieclair I have been wanting to read the librarians, and something in the woods looks lovely! Both look like excellent choices. 1mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

#SheSaid

I started putting the voting together but noticed that both myself & a few others were running behind on our reading lately AND that we had very few fiction nominations for December.

So for November: catch-up on any of your #SheSaid books that you want/need, or dive into something and tell us about it. I‘m hoping to catch up &
reread Wild by Cheryl Strayed.

And nominate a few fiction choices for December in the comments below.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine @LitStephanie If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 1mo

Karisa I‘ve just started Nobody‘s Girl, the memoir released last week by one of Epstein‘s victims. Sad but important read. It feels like it‘s release was kind of buried last week with all the chaos lately. Also, the author committed suicide in the spring so maybe that‘s why it doesn‘t have as much attention…

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Also it is Non-fiction November, so if anyone saw any good challenges for that this month, let us know. 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Karisa That is on my to read list. I nominated it to be in the vote. I thought about just making it November‘s pick, but I know many will struggle to get it at the library right after it‘s release date. But I think it is going to be an essential read for everyone in the current world . 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Maybe just junk the fiction for December and make that December‘s 🤷‍♀️ 1mo

MallenNC I like the idea of having a free for all in November! I‘ll tag a few fiction books that I‘ve had on my TBR for a while.

Disorientation

1mo

MallenNC

The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story

1mo

MallenNC

Trespasses

1mo

MallenNC And American Daughters by Piper Huguley

American Daughters: A Novel

1mo

Suet624 Trespasses is so darn good I‘d read it a second time. 1mo

Bookwormjillk Great idea!!!! 1mo

KathyWheeler I like the idea of a catchup month. I‘m really behind. 1mo

Bookwormjillk Trespasses sounds really good! But I‘m up for whatever. 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Circe

1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa

The Fifth Season

1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa

The Lost Journals of Sacajewea

1mo

Singout Is there a list for early 2026? I missed it! 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Just January is announced. That vote will be up soon, but it has a lot more books in it so is taking me longer to get together.

Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

4w

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julieclair

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

Hello Nonfiction fans! What will everyone be reading for November?

For those who like to plan ahead, I will be continuing #MonthlyNonfiction2025 next year, but dropping the year from the name, so the new hashtag will be simply #MonthlyNonfiction. Same rules: read at least one nonfiction book each month. I‘ll do a StoryGraph challenge as well, for those who like to track that way.

Sarahreadstoomuch, rockpools, kspenmoll, mhillis, Gissy, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, ferskner, Lauredhel, TEArificbooks, MonicaLoves2Read, Rissreadswithcats, TheBookgeekFrau, TheAromaofBooks, peanutnine, willaful

julieclair I‘ll be reading

Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation

1mo

mcctrish I always forget this 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1mo

TheBookgeekFrau I finished the challenge this month with

The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up

1mo

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rockpools Thanks for the tag 😊. Tracking things is completely beyond me at the moment, but my November NF read will either be this one about the importance of racial diversity in children‘s books (and classic literature etc):

BEYOND THE SECRET GARDEN.

1mo

rockpools Or, if I actually get that read in October, Novembers might be about swifts, and the campaign to make swift bricks compulsory in uk new-builds. Although having just opened it, the font size is horrible, so I may not get through it…

Nature Needs You: The Fight to Save Our Swifts

1mo

ferskner I failed miserably this year (due to other reading projects) but I'm eager to try again next year! 1mo

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I wanted to read 1 NF book per month this year, and that didn't happen. Fingers crossed that I do better next year. 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1mo

Rissreadswithcats It has been a very busy year this year for me so I haven‘t reached my goal but I‘m keen to try again next year! 🩷 1mo

TheAromaofBooks While I have done a terrible job posting about it, I've actually been keeping up on this challenge!! I haven't picked out my November book yet, but I seem to have two shelves of biographies, so it shouldn't be a problem 😂 1mo

julieclair @mcctrish I find that challenges like this one, where everyone reads a different book and there‘s no discussion, are easier to forget about. But I also love challenges like this because there‘s no pressure to keep up. I‘m definitely into no-stress low-key these days! 😘 1mo

julieclair @TheBookgeekFrau I have been wanting to read that! 1mo

julieclair @rockpools Both of these sound like important books. I had no idea swifts were endangered in Britain. 😢 1mo

julieclair @ferskner @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @Rissreadswithcats I hear you! I missed some months, too, but overall I read more nonfiction than I would have without the challenge. Glad you‘re all continuing for 2026! 😀 1mo

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks Woo hoo! And… the reading is more important than the posting. 😉 Two shelves of biographies…. obviously all shelved together…. you‘ve come a long way from earlier this year when you had moved to a new house and were randomly pulling books out of boxes, lol. Good work!👍 1mo

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