Friday, February 8, 2013

Reading Notes - wintery books

Okay, so I kind of gave up on Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being as being just too philosophical about having affairs. Ehn, I dunno. I'm all for looking at things with an open mind, whether I agree with them or not, and I might still pick this up and finish it another time, but . . . just not right now. So, back on the shelf it goes.

What I am in the mood for, though, is wintery books on account of the super blustery, cold and snowy weather we're having.

A quick scan of my shelf produced these likely candidates . . .

The Tenderness of Wolves by Steff Penny
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwartz
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston

I thoroughly enjoyed the wintery themes in Kate Mosse's The Winter Ghosts and Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome

I'm looking for more like these. Any suggestions?

6 comments:

Sam (Tiny Library) said...

Oh, Annabel is perfect for this time of year - you should definitely read it!

JoAnn said...

There have been some great reviews of Annabel (including Sam's), so I really want to read that one. I did read The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston years ago and remember liking it but, unfortunately, not much else :-(

Trish said...

Okay, thanks! I'll give Annabel a closer look.

Ali said...

I enjoyed The Snow Child for the same reason.

Debbie Rodgers said...

Colony of Unrequited Dreams is quite wonderful, although I don't remember it being completely wintry. Instead, I recommend The Divine Ryans by the same author. "Winter" is all I remember clearly about Drowning Ruth, so I know it played a large part in it.

I would also suggest Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell, Twenty-Six by Leo McKay Jr. and February by Lisa Moore (Canadian authors, all).

Trish said...

Ali & Debbie - thanks for those suggestion! I'm going to look into those.