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My previous Thanksgiving freebie posts were about Native American Reads, What I’m Thankful For, Bookish Memories, Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Books, and Books Set During Thanksgiving.
This annual prompt continues to be a bit of a stumper as I don’t actually celebrate Thanksgiving unless you count making a fancy meal to celebrate the end of the growing season as part of this tradition!
Some of the harvests were not very good this year in Canada due to things like drought, the dry, warm winter much of the country had in 2023 and 2024, and unpredictable swings in temperatures last winter and spring that killed off a lot of buds and vulnerable plants while also allowing more pest species to survive the winter than normal. Food prices are higher now due in part to this.
My hope is that next year will be better. In the meantime, here are ten books that are directly or indirectly about harvesting crops. Several of them include puns because I love puns.
1. Chicken Culprit (Backyard Farming Mystery, #1) by Vikki Walton
2.At the Edge Of The Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
3. The Silence of the Llamas (Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries, #5) by Anne Canadeo
4. The Martian by Andy Weir
(Yes, there is farming and harvests on Mars in this book, believe it or not!)
5.Fruit of All Evil (A Farmers’ Market Mystery, #2) by Paige Shelton
6. Strega Nona’s Harvest by Tomie dePaola
7. A Streak of Bad Cluck (Bought-the-Farm Mystery #3) by Ellen Riggs
8. The Greenlanders by Jane Smiley
9. Going Organic Can Kill You (A Blossom Valley Mystery #1) by Staci McLaughlin
10. The Almond Picker by Simonetta Agnello Hornby
I think that was the best and memorable bit of The Martian for me, the fact that he managed to farm and harvest.
For sure!
That’s a fun idea for this week’s post! I have Chicken Culprit on my Kindle. Maybe now is a good time to read it.
Thanks. Hope you like it.
I like the sound of all those farming-style mysteries!
Same. 🙂
I struggled with this topic too. The potato scenes in The Martian are my favorite. 🙂
Weren’t they the best?
Don’t Canadians do something like Thanksgiving in October? I did authors I’m grateful to have found.
Yes, we do! The second Monday in October.
Fun list! Yes to The Martian! I’ve only read #1 of Strega Nona, but there was something there I didn’t like, so didn’t keep reading the series. Maybe I should try again.
Here is my post, that might give you an idea for next year: https://wordsandpeace.com/2024/11/26/my-top-10-books-for-scifimonth-thanksgiving/
That is a good post! Good for you for knowing your limits.
I’ve not come across the Strega Nona series before but now I have to go and find out more about a character called Grandma Witch
May you enjoy it!
None of these are familiar to me (although I have heard of The Martian), BUT it’s a fun topic and some of those titles…!? They make me curious! 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting my list today.
You’re welcome. 🙂
What a fun and unique take on the topic! Definitely had to do a double-take seeing The Martian on the list 🤭 Can’t wait to read that one!
Heh, thanks. It’s such a good book.
The Martian! Good one!!! 🙌📚
Thanks. 🙂
Great post idea, Lydia! I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
I love your take on this week’s prompt. And I agree: I hope the weather this winter is more in line with what the farmers need for a successful season next year.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
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Thank you, Pam. Fingers crossed.
That’s a great take on the Thanksgiving theme and a fun list of books.
Thank you.
I’m also a fan of punny titles. I’ll have to check out these cozy mysteries.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Woohoo! Enjoy.
Interesting post!
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/11/26/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-cant-believe-i-havent-read/
Thanks. 🙂
Great list! I had no idea about the harvest issues that you guys have been dealing with, and I also hope that next year is better for all of us.
The only book on this list that I know about from this list is The Martian, and while I’m not typically a sci-fi/space fan, I’ve heard nothing but great things about it, so I had to add it to my TBR.
Thank you, Leah.
There’s a great film version of The Martian if you haven’t seen it yet. (I can’t remember if we’ve discussed this already?)
Fun post for today’s freebie! I hope you enjoy the rest of the week!
Thank you. 🙂
I loved Strega Nona as a kid!
https://getlostinlit.blogspot.com/2024/11/top-ten-authors-im-thankful-i-found.html
Wasn’t she great?
I haven’t read any of these but enjoyed reading your list Lydia. I’m intrigued by the farming and harvesting on Mars!
Thank you. It surprised me, too!
Oh, this is a great list! And you’ve convinced me to read more of the Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries, because a title like The Silence of the Llamas is too good to pass up!
Woohoo! Enjoy.
The Martian definitely counts, and is one of my favorites.
Awesome. 🙂
I read a lot of cozy mysteries, but the series you have mentioned are not ones that I read. Good topic for this freebie, Lydia.
Thank you. 🙂
I like your list of books! I think the last one listed sounds most intriguing to me and will have to check it out. Happy TTT!!!
Cool. Happy reading!
I love your topic — and love that you included The Martian!
Thank you. 🙂
The Martian is one of my favourite movies of all time!
It’s so good!
*snert* “A Streak of Bad Cluck.” I didn’t even know there WAS a subgenre of farming cozy mystery.
Neither did I until very recently. 🙂
love your take on the theme! and so many cozy mysteries, from the sound of them..
Thank you. I think that genre is so fun.
Great topic. I haven’t read these not read these books but some of the titles are so good that maybe one day I’ll read. Especially Silence of the Llamas and Going Organic Can Kill You.
Thank you. Happy reading.
Out of all of these, I’ve only read The Martian and I was surprised by the amount of “agriculture scenes” it had 😂 You chose such an original topic, I love it!
Thank you. Yeah, that was a great surprise.
This was such a clever idea! And who doesn’t enjoy the occasional pun? 🙂 A Streak of Bad Cluck sounds interesting;)
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2024/11/top-ten-tuesday-books-i-am-glad-i-read.html
😀
I wish I could leave a comment on your post, but Google won’t’ let me. I will keep trying every week, though.