Hey Rachel, I can understand crazy weeks! And I’m so glad for your apple pie filling recipe. Wow this is dynamite. Also the canning of applesauce … this is helpful. We are done with our apple trees for this year … but I want to use them more next year. So good to know. Yours must be amazing … and what you’ve made. Delicious. Thank you! I hope life is calming now … your October must be amazing. Cheers!

I looked it up and I have the link, but she must’ve updated it because she had the measurements based on 12 cups of apples on my recipe and she now lists the number for 1-quart or 7-quarts worth of filling. I really like the recipe, though. Here is the link:
https://practicalselfreliance.com/canning-apple-pie-filling/#wprm-recipe-container-11461

As for applesauce recipe, I combines a couple of recipes for the applesauce and I’m not even sure where I got the recipe! I just typed in “canning applesauce” using the waterbath method in Google and came up with a few. Hope that helps!

Hi Constance, I missed the PBS series of Trespasses but maybe I can catch it another time. So sorry to hear about the Red Sox and their battle with the Yankees Ugh! My mother would hate that. Like you, she was a Big Red Sox fan.
Good to know about Emma Cline … I would like to know more about her. She seems quite a talent. And I’m so glad your mother loved The Daughters of Yalta – I did too … you must read it in November … so interesting the details of the three women in it. I hope to get to the author’s next book … but not sure when I will get to it. Happy reading!

Wow, you’ve had lots of rain this year. The colors should be spectacular.
Glad to hear your takes on the longlist books. I might add The Renovation to my TBR. I’ve heard others talk of it. Luckily Stuart’s novel is not a dense read and moves … but James’ book would take a while. I also have Switzy waiting … all the books came in at once at the library, crazy!! But reading another at the moment. Good luck with your stack!

I haven’t read Emma Cline but saw a week or so ago that she is a big Betsy-Tacy fan, which amused me.

My mother loved The Daughters of Yalta. I should read it for Nonfiction November!

We got more wind than rain from the storm, though we got three days of rain. Fall colors are starting to show but not as widespread yet; it’s supposed to be a good year for it because there was a lot of rain. I was surprised The Renovation didn’t advance to the finals; it was very good, as was Helen of Nowhere. The Vivisectors was a bit heavy-handed but still good, though not as the other two. I think I’m being overly optimistic by saying I want to get to all those titles since James’ and Stuart’s are going to take at least a month between the two, if not more. Let’s see how it goes. I have Switzy waiting. I got it on loan since last week but I started David Sedaris’ latest before it; it’s pretty good, though not Calypso level. I’ll be done with it tonight. A solid 4*.

Hi Jinjer, oh my …. L.A. is burning up (again) … that’s harsh. Did anyone tell SoCal that it’s supposed to fall now?
Ha … #632 in line for Switzy … holy smokes. That’s funny if not cry-able. I just checked and I’m #34 in line! with 140 copies in use. I better clear the slates, lol.
Enjoy your week.

Hey. Good to hear. Thx for stopping by with your thoughts. Now you have me adding The Pirate Queen to my TBR and sub list. I did like The Frozen River quite a bit. Is this one better? Or just different? More swashbuckling perhaps.
Anyways I will be there fairly soon. And I look forward to hearing Kingsolver. I need to go to some of the Book festival here too …
The creeper went berserk … but it’s done now and things are losing their leaves. Hmm. Still we have a ways to go. Keep reading. & chat soon.