This is the season of warmth. Hand warmers knit from the softest alpaca and silk blend... pumpkin spiced tea in smooth mugs... fleece blankets piled high on laps. One would think it would be the season for knitting. But instead, I am reading. I cannot stop picking up books... and now I am staring at a stack of books, all with bookmarks and dogeared pages, and I want to read each and every one at the same time.
And so, I read at every chance I get. My toughest decision is which book to pick up, and which type of tea to accompany the pages...
Because I always like to hear what others are reading, below are the books I have stacked next to me at this very moment:
This I Know - by Susannah Conway
Project-Based Homeschooling - by Lori Pickert
New and Selected Poems, Volume One - by Mary Oliver
On Writing - by Stephen King
Daring Greatly - by Brene Brown
What are you reading these days?
Where are you finding warmth?
Me too! I have at least four different books going right now. Three of your books are on my "to read" list. I'm feeling very introverted lately...I don't know why, but I'm enjoying it. :)
ReplyDeletei have a stack of to-read books and am constantly shifting the order around...such big decisions, what to read next ;-) i read this i know (good stuff!), have read project-based homeschooling (total evangelist for this book!!!), love everything mary oliver, and have been longing to read that stephen king book but it keeps getting reshuffled in the queue. curious to hear what you think of it!
ReplyDeletecurrently i'm reading a field guide to now by christina rosalie..
Oh, I can't wait to read Stephen King's "On Writing!" It must be something in the air, because I have this bug too! I just ordered something like 15 books at my library and will be able to pick them up on Thursday. Half of them are for our Moon Journal project, the other half are on writing. Teaching and writing are now my two favorite subjects to read about.
ReplyDeleteI am going to write down your list and keep it handy for the next "bug" hits.
Loved "On Writing". Enjoy it!!
ReplyDeleteGreat list ... I am reading Teach Your Children Well by Madeline Levine and have several novels stacked up behind that. And I turn often to Mary Oliver, as we have discussed! xoxo
ReplyDeletei live in the young adult fiction world.... i just finished "the statistical probability of love at first sight." sweet and darling and predictible and fluffy and my seventeen year old self totally wishes such a romantic encounter would happen to me. it was accompanied by a peppermint green tea latte.
ReplyDeleteI know just what you mean. These beautiful fall days have me longing to curl up on the couch with a good book. I just finished Wild by Cheryl Strayed and really enjoyed it; I think you would too. On Writing is one of my favorite books on writing; I also loved learning about Stephen King's life and how he shaped his writing career around his family life and his personal struggles.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your pumpkin tea, my friend. xo
"On Writing" is definitely on my TBR list. Right now, I'm reading JK Rowling's new book "The Casual Vacancy," accompanied by Earl Grey. I'm also making my way through "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
ReplyDeleteJust finished 'Little Bee' (it was great), and am currently reading 'The House I Loved' by Tatiana de Rosnay (I'm enjoying it too!)
ReplyDeleteOh, I loved 'On Writing'! It's so much fun!
ReplyDeleteAs for me, I've been reading a biography called "The Black Count". It's not my usual genre, but I'm really enjoying this one!
I'm reading a massive biography on Bonhoeffer, a book about homeschooling called "The Core" and my novel is "September" by Rosamunde Pilcher, which I'm greatly enjoying. Her writing is perfect to cosy up to on a fall day with tea, of course!
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