Get lost

If you ask me, anytime is a good time to get lost in a good book. However, there is something special about settling down on a cold winter evening with a nice fat tome in one hand, a cup of steaming tea in the other and a cozy throw on your lap. Add a fireplace and a curled up cat and you've got more than you can handle. This is the time of year you want to crack open that fat volume that's been taunting you from the bookshelf all summer. The short days are full of chores and responsibilities but the long evenings and nights call for something you can sink your literary teeth into. Depending on your reading tastes, you may want to finally get through those classics you've been meaning to read since high school or one of the recent Governor General Award winners such as The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt. If you have kids around, take a trip to the library after supper one day or designate Saturday afternoon as the day to stock up on books for the week. The librarian will be more than happy to recommend enough good reads for both you and the children to last  all winter long. Of course there will be those titles you will not want to part with and there are more than one book store in town to make sure you can have your very own copy. Here in no particular order are some books I plan on getting into over the next few months.

David- Ray Robertson
Freedom-Jonathan Franzen
Half-Blood Blues-Esi Edugyan
Villa Air-Bel-Rosemary Sullivan
Angel's Game-Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Fall of The Giants- Ken Follett
World Without End- Ken Follett

I happen to like to read in absolute quiet but on the rare occasion that I feel like some background music, I have enjoyed the music of Yann Tiersen, especially the soundtrack from the movie Amelie. Here is one of the tracks to whet your appetite.
Happy reading!