What we’re reading this winter
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As winter approaches and life moves indoors, there’s no better time for your fave warm beverage, cozy blanket, and a great book. Whether you prefer a thrilling mystery, toasty romance, or heck - even a cookbook - you’ll find it here!
We’ve got the must-reads to curl up with this winter, so tell us, what are you in the mood for?
A different kind of self-care…
After fall - a season of letting go - comes winter and time for rest and restoration despite the darkness. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times explores this idea through author Katherine May’s personal narrative and study of seasonality, literature, and mythology. May proves that no matter the time of year, slowing down and accepting sadness is a radical act.
When you love to cook (and read)…
Sprinkle queen and Food Network host, Molly Yeh is at it again. Except for this time, her newest project, Home is Where the Eggs Are, is one part cookbook, one part memoir with longer stories about life on a farm and her Chinese and Jewish background. Molly, now a mother, shares her recipes for quick weeknight meals and low-maintenance dishes. And, thanks to her Minnesota home, winter soups perfect for a snowy day!
Exploring motherhood today…
Drawing from her own personal experience as a black woman in a local mom’s group, now three-time author Helena Andrews-Dyer explores true community, race, and parenting in her newest book, The Mamas: What I learned about Kids, Class, and Race from Moms Not Like Me. In the current backdrop of social justice, a rapidly changing world, and ever-growing motherhood concerns, differences are exposed and discussed candidly with honesty and wit. This is a must-read for everyone — mom or not.
A relatable read about imperfection…
Host of Terrible, Thanks for Asking, Nora McInerny, has no problem telling it how it is. In her fifth book, Bad Vibes Only (And Other Things I Bring to the Table), she dismisses the ideas of our overly optimistic culture and toxic positivity as she lays bare her chaos and most cringeworthy moments. In a book that reads more like a conversation with a great friend, Bad Vibes Only is relatable and grants readers permission to come as they are. Any vibes welcome.
Warm up with a toasty winter romance…
What’s your favorite romance trope? Friends to lovers? Opposites attract? Does the weather intervene, putting a pair in a predicament prime for romance? Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh has all three as a pair of old friends try to make it home for the Holidays, but a snowstorm grounds their flight. Without a flight to catch, our pair finds they are catching feelings instead. Reviews claim it can warm even the Grinchy-ist of hearts.
Can’t resist a mysterious thriller…
Step into a world of academia, art, and mystery in Katy Hayes’ The Cloisters. The novel tells the tale of a young art curator assigned to a medieval, Gothic museum and garden. There she finds herself immersed in the lore of fortune-telling as she finds a set of 15th-century tarot cards that might hold the key to predicting the future. The Cloisters is a thrilling, haunting ride that exposes that the modern world may not be so different from the past.
