It’s that time of year. You know, time to curl up on the couch with a cozy blanket, hot cup of coffee and a good book! Something about the chilly weather and early night fall that makes me want to read as many books as I can.
Books that I look forward to reading this winter:
- The Rooster Bar by John Grisham – Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam.
- Fairytale by Danielle Steel – Camille Lammenais has grown up in the beauty of the Napa Valley, surrounded by acres of her family’s vineyards. Her parents, Christophe and Joy, still deeply in love after two decades of marriage, have built a renowned winery and château modeled after Christophe’s ancient family estate in his native Bordeaux. Camille has had a perfect childhood, safe in her parents’ love. After graduating from Stanford, she returns to help manage Château Joy, her lifetime goal. But their fairytale ends suddenly with her mother’s death from cancer.
- Of Mess and Moxie by Jen Hatmaker – Hatmaker parlays her own triumphs and tragedies into a sigh of relief for all normal, fierce women everywhere.
- We were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter – It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety.
- The Orphans Tale by Pam Jenoff – Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep… When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. And in a moment that will change the course of her life, she snatches one of the babies and flees into the snowy night.
Do you like to read during the winter months? What is on your reading list?
Mom Reader says
I love reading and Origin by Dan Brown is on my list to read.
Great list— now I can add more to my ever growing list:)