I found myself in a reading slump for a large portion of 2023. I made excuses from being too busy at work (and as a result being too tired), starting a new job … to having too much going on leaving no time for reading. But when it comes down to it, I simply didn’t…
It’s hard to believe 2023 is almost over. While I’ll admit I definitely didn’t do as much reading as I wanted to this year, there is still time to go out with a bang. With that said, I wanted to share my 2023 December reading list.
Fall doesn’t officially start for another couple of weeks, but I would lying if I said I haven’t been thinking about the upcoming Autumn season since the beginning of August. And I started thinking about what I wanted to read during the season long before then.
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Earlier this month I found myself with some free time on a Sunday. In my world when I have free time my brain immediately thinks of one word, bookstore.
All throughout my reading life I didn’t think I was much of a coffee table book person … until I was. Now I absolutely love coffee them. There’s something so soothing about placing a well-written book, that’s also aesthetically pleasing, on a coffee table, nightstand, kitchen counter, etc. Here are some of my favourite coffee…
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me,” C.S. Lewis.
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home,” Edith Sitwell.
As an avid reader, I may be a bit biased, I believe books make wonderful gifts – they last a long time, and come on, there is nothing better than cozying up by the fire with a good book on a cold winter day.
“Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the volume of the week,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
I may be a bit biased in saying this since I am both a reader and writer, but I believe words stick with you. I’ve had family members and friends say things to me that have sometimes stuck with me for years, oftentimes without them knowing. So, it comes as no surprise to me that…
Paige Petrovsky 