Your Guide to The Best Fall Ever

your ultimate guide to fall/autumn. my curated reccs for; books, shows, living, style.

There is just something about the autumnal time of year.

I really am an Autumn girl through and through, I seriously love everything about this time of year. It’s starting to feel cosy, but it’s not completely gloomy and miserable yet, there’s the back-to-school energy, nature looks really pretty, it’s just a vibe.

The crisp, orange leaves falling from the trees. Cosy nights in whilst it’s raining outside. Hot chocolate. Pumpkin picking. Seasonal flavoured food and drinks.

It’s also my birthday in September (Libra girly!!) and so that might be a biased reason as to why I look forward to the ‘ber months every year. I know it starts to get darker earlier, which don’t get me wrong I can find difficult, but I try my best to make the most out of every season and what it has to offer.

And something you should know about me, I LOVE to make recommendations, I feel like I’m a curator at my core, I’m always recommending my favourite things to people (hence me having this Substack as a space to do just that).

So, I’ve put together my ultimate list of cosy, autumnal recommendations to romanticise the fall months. Everything I’m about to share with you is either set during the autumn period, has an autumnal aesthetic or generally feels like a cosy vibe for this time of year.

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MOVIES / TV SHOWS

• Hocus Pocus

• Good Witch

• Charmed

• Vampire Diaries

• Coraline

• Mystic Pizza

• Gilmore girls

• Harry Potter

• Pretty Little Liars

• Practical Magic

• Casper

• Twilight

• Haunted Mansion

• Sabrina the Teenage Witch

• The Odd Life of Timothy Green

• Halloween Specials of Disney episodes

BOOKS

In full disclosure, some of these are new releases, so at the time of writing this I haven’t had chance to read them all yet but I still wanted to include them as they are giving me seriously cosy autumn vibes.

• Rewitched — Lucy Jane Wood

• The Ex Hex — Rachel Hawkins

• Hex Appeal — Kate Johnson

• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches — Sangua Mandana

• The Late-Night Witches — Auralee Wallace

• Cozy Girl Fall — Willow Hurst

• People Watching — Hannah Bonam-Young

• A Discovery of Witches — Deborah Harkness

• If It Makes You Happy — Julie Olivia

• The Spellshop — Sarah Beth Durst

• Basically anything by Frieda McFadden

• Keeper of Enchanted Rooms — Charlie N. Holmberg

• A Dark and Secret Magic — Wallis Kinney

• Ravenfall — Kalyn Josephson

• Soul Searching — Lyla Sage

• Weyward — Emilia Hart

MUSIC

• Red — Taylor Swift (I mean, obviously)

• Evermore — Taylor Swift

• And on that note, The Life of a Showgirl is also coming out this October so it’d be rude not to. Yes, I’m a Swifty if you can’t tell.

• this witchy playlist I found on Spotify

• and this other cosy Gilmore girls playlist (you can’t beat a niche playlist)

• Honestly, any niche fall playlist, you can find so many just from searching on Spotify.

ENTERTAINMENT/ACTIVITIES

• Pumpkin picking

• Conker picking

• Hot chocolate + woodland walk in your wellies

• Seasonal baking

• Swap out some decor pieces for more autumnal pieces

• Cosy games: Animal Crossing, Tiny Book Shop, Good Coffee Great Coffee

• Bonfire night

• Fall scavenger hunt — I think this would be so fun if you have kids

• Boo basket

• Shepherds hut/cabin staycay

• Pub lunch

• Support your local bakery

• Listen to spooky podcasts: a personal favourite of mine is “Two Girls, One Ghost” which my friend Morgan recently recommended to me

STYLE + BEAUTY

• Scarves: I love to collect different colours and patterns as it makes such a fun addition to any autumnal outfit

• UGGS: Okay I know soOoOoo basic white girl of me but they’re cute! they’re autumnal! arrest me!

• Blush: There’s something about a blush cheek in autumn/winter, maybe it’s me trying to hold onto a sun-kissed look, but I just think it looks so sweet.

I’d love to hear any of your recommendations and how you like to romanticise this time of year <3

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