Welcome to the our 5th Five Fall Favorites blog party! I am so glad you could make it here to the Literary Lodge. We have so many books for you to explore this time as well as an exciting Grand Prize giveaway!
Set back from all main roads, this charming Literary Lodge is nestled near a lake in the heart of the woods. There are many vast acres to explore, including open fields and valleys, but please, don’t get lost. It’s a delightful place to spend a week, and we’re so glad you came to spend it with us. You’ll find many places to enjoy the new books you find this week. If you want, wander out the path to the lake and read in one of the boats. Or fill a backpack for a hike up in the hills. The trees are gorgeous this time of year! There are benches along the way if you feel the need to sit and read, or just talk. When you grow tired of just sitting or walking, there are bikes around that can be used to ride up to the barn or out to the orchard. I think there are probably some apples that haven’t been picked yet. If you pick a bushel and bring the apples to the kitchen, you can use the basket to fill with your books once it’s empty. And you might need it with all the books we’re going to share this week!
Now, before you run off to some party room, let me give you a quick tour so you don’t get lost. Each of the participating blogs/party rooms have their own Top 5 books to share from today’s genre. (Sometimes one of the blogs will have switched out a genre but that doesn’t happen often.) The buttons to read these rooms are down below. One of them is going to give a FREE short story to anyone who wants it! It’s the Books room, and somewhere on their post they’ll share the link to it. (Remember, the rooms change every day.)
The giveaway is down below also, so don’t forget to visit all the other rooms and comment, follow, sign up, etc. because that’s going to earn you more entries into the amazing giveaway we are offering! Now have fun exploring and finding new books to read!
Vintage
Vintage. I don’t know about you, but I enjoy finding those older, well written, delightful stories that most people have never heard of, much less read. Sometimes I just get tired of the contemporary authors styles of writing and will pick up an older book just to refresh myself.
[Just click on the cover image to visit the book page on Goodreads.]
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
This is such a sweet, fun, and adorable children’s story! It’s all about a family of ducks and how the parents search for the right home, and then later take their family across town to the park to live.
Runaway Alice by Frances Salomon Murphy
This story is not long, but I love it. Alice made me want to be friends with her and go visit her. It’s a story of a girl in foster care who can’t seem to find a place to call home.
Star Dream by Janet Lambert
Oh, the delights of Janet Lambert’s characters! They are real, lovable, difficult, and just fun. Well, some aren’t so fun, but the main characters always learn things from the difficult characters. In this story Dria has to go spend the summer with relatives she hardly knows. I love her influence on others.
Three People by Isabella Alden
I love this story. Actually, I love almost every story written by Isabella Alden, but this one is one of my favorites. I love the redemption that happens, the perseverance in difficulties, and the wonderful Christian influence woven into the pages of this book.
Fruit for Tomorrow by Francena Arnold
This story has sickness, troubles, a bit of mystery, a bit of romance, and and lot of real life. I love that this author writes clean, Christian stories that encourage as well as entertain. And the romance is so natural that it hardly seems like romance at all.
Are you ready to visit all the other Party Rooms–er, blogs? Have fun and don’t forget to leave comments, add books to your TBR list and enter the giveaway! Oh, and these will open in a new tab, so don’t worry, you won’t get lost in the acres of land around the Literary Lodge. 🙂
Grand Prize Giveaway!
- Jim Wood by Rebekah Morris
- Adventures and Adversities by Sarah Holman
- The Whispers God Gives by Ellen Senechal
- Promise’s Prayer by Erika Mathews
- Bridgers by Angie Thompson
- A Question of Honor by Jesseca Wheaton
- A Five Fall Favorites Book Bag
And there might be an Amazon Gift Card in there too.
This giveaway is open to everyone. International as well as US. However, if we have an International winner, they will get kindle copies of all these books, and an amazon gift card. (Sorry, we just can’t mail this internationally.)
If we get more than 75 different people entered into the giveaway, we will add a 2nd place winner, so be sure to tell you family and friends!
Please be honest in your entries because they will be checked.
This has to be updated manually, and I can only do that every 3 hours, so if you enter and don’t see any progress, don’t despair, I will update it. 🙂
I’M. SO. EXCITED. 😍😍😍
p.s. “Fruit for Tomorrow” was the first book I added to my TBR. It sounds great! ;D
It is a wonderful book!
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Horary! It’s finally here! I’ll have to get these books from the library!
Oh, that would be great if you can! *wonders how many books listed will be at the library*
Make Way for Ducklings is one of my very favorite children’s books along with many of the other stories that author wrote!
Yes, I would have listed all his books, but I didn’t have room. 😀 Love those books!
They all sound so goooood!!! *heart eyes* I’m in my element today.
Yay! 😀 I had a feeling you’d like today’s genre. 😉
Eeep! This sounds so fun! I think I tried following along last year, but I’m not sure what happened to me. XD Sadly, Rafflecopter never loads for me, so I don’t usually get to participate in giveaways. Nevertheless, I’ll still be following along and seeing what awesome books I can add to my TBR! <3
Does Rafflecopter not load on the page? I hope you find many books to add to your list!
I have been looking forward to this so much, and you’re starting off with one of my favorite things! So excited to wander the lodge grounds and hear about all the books.
Yay! It’s a genre that doesn’t get much attention. Have fun! 😀
Yay! This is so exciting!
Glad you are enjoying it!
It feels like I’ve been waiting for today FOREVER, eeeek, I’m so excited for Five Fall Favorites to kick off!
Same!! 😁
Yes! We’ve been planning for months and it’s so exciting that the day is finally here!!!
Awww Make way for ducklings!!!! My mom read that to me and my siblings all the time!!!
Such a sweet story!
Make Way for Ducklings!! I LOVE that story, Rebekah! I still have it and enjoyed reading it to a small friend in the last couple of months!
Yes! Such a sweet story! I love the illustrations and the story. 😀
Make Way For Ducklings is one of my favorites. I’ve been reading it since I was a little girl.
Another fan of that book! 😀
I was so confused for a while about what this was but now I think understand. *nods* Aww…I love “Make Way for Ducklings!”
You really have to attend to fully understand the Five Fall Favorites. 😀
Thank you for your Fall vintage Fall books.
Marion
My pleasure! Thanks for joining the fun!
LOVE Vintage!!!!!! This is soooo fun!
Yay! 😀 Yes, vintage is really fun!
Ahhh! Rebekah, I did not lie about writing a review and doing it in the comments. It must have not loaded… 🙁
I’ll try again later….
😀 I’ll trust you. I haven’t even really looked at the entries so far yet.
Robert McCloskey is one of my favorite authors! 😊 I love “Make Way for Ducklings” and have read it so many times! The illustrations are beautiful!
I haven’t read any of the other books, but they are definitely making it to my TBR! 😉
It seems that “Make Way for Ducklings” is a very popular book. 😀 And it should be.
Glad I could make your TBR stack grow. 🙂
Hi there! This is such a wonderful blog! I just followed by email, and I’m looking forwards to the continuation of the five fall favorites! 🙂 -Sadie S.
Thanks, Sadie! I hope you find many books to add to your To Be Read list. 😀
Oh, I LOVE “Three People!” It’s one of my all-time favorite books! And Isabella Alden is definitely my favorite author that I have read!
And these other vintage books look very interesting!
YAY! I always look forward to the Five Fall Favorites party! Old books are the best!
Aww I love Make Way for Ducklings!! *wink*
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I have never heard of any of these. once I get to the library star dream is my (hopefully) first book I am looking for!
Yay! New books for you! Hopefully you’ll be able to get some and read them soon, Jacie. 😀