“Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour. ”
- John Boswell
What a brilliant quote to personify how we as readers stockpile our books to read over the lingering wintry season! Choosing the best suited reading list takes some pondering, especially at this time of year when we read numerous “best lists” to assist us with our selections. It is my hope that many of these titles I’ve chosen will find their way into your homes for you to read this winter. I can think of no better place to idle my time than sitting in my cozy reading chair at home with many of these titles listed below in my possession! What bliss and gratification befalls us when we finish a book and think of it as a lovely dear friend.
For those of you who are well acquainted with me know that the other part of my idling time will be spent enjoying the company of my two young grandsons, Bryce and Kashton! I surely will be reading books to the both of them over these cold winter days. I can’t think of a better way to bond with them but through sharing the love of books and reading to another generation of children.
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May your holidays be safe and happy!
Childrens’ Fiction
E-Mergencyby Tom Lichtenheld and Ezra Fields-Meyer
M.O.M. (Mom Operating Manual) by Doreen Cronin and Laura Cornell
Press Hereby Herve Tullet
I Want My Hat Backby Jon Klassen
Childrens’ Non-Fiction
America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell by Don Brown
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet
Middle Grades – Fiction
Bread Crumbsby Anne Ursu
The Outcasts (Brotherband Chronicles, #1) by John Flanagan
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, book 2) by Rick Riordan
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Middle Grades Non-Fiction
Titanic Sinks! By Barry Denenberg
Young Adult – Fiction
Ashfall (Ashfall, 1) by Mike Mullin
Beautiful Chaos (Caster Chronicles, Book 3) by Cami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Circle of Fire (Prophecy of the Sisters, Book 3) by Michelle Zink
Daughter of Smoke and Bone (Daughter of Smoke and Bone, #1) by Lainie Taylor
Divergent (Divergent, Book 1) by Veronica Roth
The End of Everythingby Megan Abbott
How to Save a Lifeby Sara Zarr
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Childrenby Ransom Riggs
The Name of the Star (Shades of London, 1) by Maureen Johnson
The Night Circusby Erin Morgenstern
Young Adult Non-Fiction
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibitionby Karen Blumenthal
Adult Fiction
1222 (A Hanne Wilhelmsen Novel)by Anne Holt
11/22/63by Stephen King
The Baker’s Daughterby Sarah McCoy
Breaking Silenceby Linda Castillo
The Discovery of Witchesby Deb Harkness
Graveminder by Melissa Marr
A Grown-Up Kind of Prettyby Joshilyn Jackson
Joy for Beginnersby Erica Bauermeister
The Kitchen Daughterby Jael McHenry
The Silver Sparrowby Tayari Jones
These Things Hiddenby Heather Gudenkauf
The Violets of Marchby Sarah Jio
Adult Non-Fiction
Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legendby Susan Orlean
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild
Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff
