Category: books

summer journeys
I devour books; there is always one on the nightstand, one in my bag, one I just finished and am still thinking about. In the summer I like to slow down a little, so I turn to books that help me think a bit differently, shift my expectations, understand myself and my world in ways…

late winter 2026 reading roundup
With a long spell of frigid temperatures (though it’s finally mostly above freezing this week) and little desire to go out in the endless grey and dismal dirty snow, I’ve been spending as much time as possible curled up with Dot and reading. I’ve now reread the In Death series (again) through volume 25, I’m…

our cozy weekend plans
When the windchill is -12F at morning minyan, you come home and pile up books for the weekend. And knitting too. I plan to snuggle under a wool blanket (or three) and read. Dot’s planning to be cozy in her cat cave (or my lap). I might venture out Sunday if the weather cooperates; this…

Reading List (December 2025)
After all the year-end book lists and best-ofs that have poured in the past few weeks, I’m feeling jaded. It’s difficult to see the point in my writing a post about “what I read in December”. But here we are. Since my last post I stayed with the cozy theme and am caught up with…

Reading list: November (mostly)
It’s time for another round up of what I’ve read. It’s dark and I went for cozy. Mostly. This will be a short post so I can get back to reading. I’m snuggled into the bistro in Three Pines enjoying myself tremendously. I finished 18 books since my last post, but that’s because I’m now…


