Today, Saturday, 23 September, marks the first day of Autumn! I have been trying the last few years to enjoy each season as it comes, but Autumn has always been my favourite season. I have so many books on my reading list for this season:

• Among the Shadows, by L. M. Montgomery – I have been looking forward to reading this book of short stories since almost the beginning of the year when I stumbled across it (and a whole slew of Montgomery’s books which I promptly snatched up after calculating that, indeed, I had the fun money for!). From what I can tell, it’s a collection of short stories that are mostly ghost stories or supernatural.
• Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell – I have heard about this book for years and may have even read it once in fourth grade, but I only have vague memories of it so I think it’s time to start it over.
• The Complete Father Brown Stories, by G. K. Chesterton – I first discovered this character through the BBC television series. Earlier this year I found the complete collection and have been looking forward to reading it.
• Famous Ghost Stories, by Amelia B. Edwards, Sir Walter Scott, Daniel Defoe, Algernon Blackwood, and Edith Wharton – This was an impulse buy. I really enjoy the unabridged Watermill Classic books as they’re easy to hold and the type is easy to read. This is a collection of short stories from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving – This is a reread, but I look forward to reading it every Autumn. Irving’s wit and storytelling are highly amusing!
• The Life Giving Table: Nurturing Faith Through Feasting, One Meal at a Time, by Sally Clarkson – I wrote a review of this book here, but it’s time for a slow reread and possibly a go through of the companion workbook The Life Giving Table Experience: A 12-Month Guided Journey. Since January of this year I’ve been working through The Life Giving Home Experience and have been enjoying it. It’s a nice start to each month that helps me reflect on how to make each month better glorify God.
• Tom’s Midnight Garden, by Philippa Pearce – This classic children’s fantasy looks intriguing and was, I freely admit, an impulse buy along with other children’s classics.
• Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte – A while back I watched a film adaptation of this book and it made me want to read the classic. I’ve never read any of the Bronte sisters’ works, and I’m looking forward to it.