🍂 Fun Fall Friday Finds – 17 October 2025
🍂 Welcome
Welcome to another edition of Fun Fall Friday Finds!
Grab a cozy blanket, a warm drink, and settle in for your weekly dose of indie author discoveries, seasonal inspiration, and creative fun. This week’s spotlight shines on the talented Rachel Dacus, an author whose stories blend art, romance, and a touch of time-bending magic.
As always, you’ll also find links to this week’s blog reviews, giveaways, a festive fall craft idea, and a new Foodie Fun recipe that’s perfect for cozy gatherings.
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✒️ Friday Finds Indie Author Spotlight: Rachel Dacus
Rachel Dacus is the author of seven novels blending women’s fiction, romance, and a touch of fantasy and time travel. Her stories often explore art, history, and the transformative power of love and self-discovery. In addition to her fiction, she has published four poetry collections, with work appearing in Boulevard, Gargoyle, Prairie Schooner, Eclectica, and Image: Art, Faith, and Mystery.
A lifelong lover of art and culture, Rachel finds daily inspiration in the beauty of California’s San Francisco Bay Area. When she’s not writing, she enjoys long walks with her Silky Terrier and following the scenic trails around Mt. Diablo.
You can learn more about her novels, poetry, and blog—or sign up for her newsletter—on her website.
Connect with Rachel
Website | Facebook | Goodreads | Amazon | Instagram | BlueSky | Storygraph | Twitter
Check out a few of my reviews
Heart Strung | Return to Lerici | Jane Austen Time Traveler
📜Recent Blog Posts
This week’s book blog roundup includes interviews, giveaways,and some must-read new releases. (Click on the image for more information, including raffle entry.)
Survival (The After Series, Book Two) — Middle-Grade Dystopian Review
Letters Take the Lady by Anna Valleria | Historical Romance Spotlight
A High-Performing Mind by Andrew D. Thompson – Transform Your Thinking
Last week's Friday Finds Recap
Last week's Friday Finds included celebrating indie author, R. J. Gould, whose heartfelt, humor-infused fiction captures the beauty and messiness of human relationships. It also featured several book sales (some free!), a hearty fall soup, giveaways galore, and a Holiday craft extravaganza!
🎉 Friday Finds 17 October 2025 Fun Time Giveaway
It's officially Spooky Season! What's your favorite book, food, or craft for this time of year?
💬 Reply in the comments with your answer to enter!
🗓️ Entries for this month close October 30th at 9:00 p.m. CST.
Winner announced November 7, 2025!
🍴 Foodie Fun 17 October 2025
The recipe page has so many interesting tips, tricks, and substitutions that this is bound to be a hit at all your fall gatherings!
🧶Craft Corner –
Keep your home looking fresh this season with these gorgeous pressed flower pumpkins from Homestead and Chill. From pressed flowers to dried herbs, you can make these simple yet stunning fall decorations totally personalized to your aesthetic.
What You Need
- Pumpkins
- Dried pressed flowers, leaves, or herbs
- Craft glue
- Small paintbrush
Steps
- Apply a layer of glue to the area you which to place your dried flowers.
- Press on the flowers and apply a layer on top to seal it.
- Let the pumpkin dry overnight, then apply one last layer of glue the next day for maximum security.
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That wraps up this week’s Fun Fall Friday Finds!
I hope today’s mix of books, crafts, and cozy recipes sparked a little seasonal joy. Be sure to drop your Fun Time Giveaway entry in the comments—this week’s question celebrates all things spooky and sweet!
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Until next Friday, keep reading, creating, and celebrating the season. 🍂
— Gina Rae Mitchell
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To enter the contest, I would like to say that my favorite food is actually a drink, because eggnogg is now on the shelves!!! Yay! If that doesn't count, then homemade pumpkin pie has to top the list. Also, it's about the time of year that as a kid I would press and dry colorful leaves between the pages of my household dictionary, and then laminate them in placemats. Ah, what good memories!
I just recently got married, and winning this contest would be such a lovely little wedding gift, if chance favors me. Thanks for the opportunity!
My favourite fall food is anything pumpkin. I love pumpkin muffins, scones, cookies, cheesecake and loaf. I buy myself one pumpkin latte from starbucks each year, but haven't gotten it yet. I hope you have a great week ahead, Gina.
Thanks, Carla. You too!
My favorite craft is decorating pumpkins this time of the year! I love the pressed flower ones above! I'll have to remember that for next year!
My favorite food during this season is Apple Crisp. I love to buy newly picked apples in different varieties.
For Giveaway: No favorite book read all kinds of books 📚, favorite foods Chocolate with nuts, anything hot to drink, Wings if I can afford them and my craft is writing for fun