Litsy

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 ⤵️ 2d

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! 😉 2d

Bookwormjillk I‘m going to start Unshrinking soon. I only bought it in July. I really needed this catch up month 😂 2d

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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 2d

Amor4Libros Thanks for the heads-up on January‘s pick. Just put a hold at the library 😊 2d

KathyWheeler I just bought Nobody‘s Girl, so I‘m all prepared for January. I‘m going to finish Hags. 2d

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. 2d

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. 2d

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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. 2d

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JessClark78

The Writer's Guide to Weapons: A Practical Reference for Using Firearms and Knives in Fiction | Benjamin Sobieck

#HauntedShelf #BookScavengerHunt

#Weapon

+16 points #BlackCatCrew

BookwormAHN, PuddleJumper

BookwormAHN 🧡🐈‍⬛🧡 5d

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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.

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. 1w

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 . 1w

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

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

MallenNC

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

MallenNC

Trespasses

MallenNC And American Daughters by Piper Huguley

American Daughters: A Novel

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

Bookwormjillk Great idea!!!! 1w

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

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

Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Circe

Riveted_Reader_Melissa

The Fifth Season

Riveted_Reader_Melissa

The Lost Journals of Sacajewea

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pdxannie

On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft | Stephen King

pick

I don‘t like being scared so I steer clear of Stephen King‘s books but this memoir on writing was absolutely fantastic. He makes me want to write and read his books.

I picked this copy up used in a bookstore in Cambridge, MN.

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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

mcctrish I always forget this 🤦🏻‍♀️ 1w

TheBookgeekFrau I finished the challenge this month with

The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up

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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.

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

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

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. 🤦🏼‍♀️ 1w

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! 🩷 1w

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 😂 1w

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! 😘 1w

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

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

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! 😀 1w

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!👍 1w

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Charityann

On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft | Stephen King

Hey fellow writers - I‘m hosting the Novel November challenge again this year! I‘d love to have you join in. More details here: https://charityrau.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/novel-november-2025/ #writersoflitsy

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