Cozy Up with a Good Book: Part 1

Fall is here! Blustery days, cold nights, and week-long rains. I don't know about you, but I don't feel like doing much of anything on days when I don't even get to see the actual sun.

This is part one of a list of books that would be perfect for those days when you don't want to move off of the couch. Grab a blanket, a hot cup of tea, a snack, your cat/significant other- light a nice fire in the fireplace if you have one, and snuggle in to one (or all!) of these books. They will definitely keep the chill off of you.



Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling- This series is perfect for the fall season. Witches and wizards going back to school, spectacular Halloween feasts, trolls, broomsticks, and cozying up to a fire in the common room. What more could you ask for, really?

The Fairyland Series by Catherynne M. Valente- The first installment follows twelve-year old September as she is whisked away to Fairyland by the Green Wind. The characters are so creative, and the adventures September goes on are so interesting, that these books are surely going to cure any cabin fever you may be feeling.

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris- If you haven’t already read this series when the TrueBlood wagon came by, then now is a great time to pick it up! Whatever your thoughts on the HBO TV series, Harris’ series is fun, sexy, and completely addicting. It is the perfect book series to heat up a chilly October evening.

Beloved by Toni Morrison- Morrison is a master storyteller. Following escaped slave, Sethe, the story starts eighteen years after the death of her baby. But Sethe is not free. Still haunted by her dead child, whose tombstone is engraved with the single word: Beloved, the story follows Sethe as she struggles to overcome the memories of what happened on the farm she escaped from all those years before. Chilling- and downright scary at times- this story is best enjoyed late at night when ghosts seem most real.

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas- Loosely based on the fairy tales Beauty and the Beast and Tam Lin, Maas’ new series opens with Feyre, as she struggles to keep her family from starving to death in the brutal winter. But, while hunting, Feyre kills the wrong type of creature in the forest, and the creature’s companion demands retribution. Feyre must leave her family forever, and go and live with an immortal, and very dangerous, fairy lord. Full of romance, fairy revelry, and magic, this novel is perfect for all-night reading under a comfy blanket.

What kind of books do you like to read in the fall? Leave your comments below! And stay tuned for Part 2!

Happy snuggling! And happy fall!

-Sarah.