Cold weather: one more reason to curl up with a good book

“Harrow said, with some difficulty: ‘I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it.’ ‘Yes you can, it's just less great and less hot,’ said Gideon. ‘F**k you, Nav—’” Set in a dystopian future, there are nine houses that rule different planets, each one specializing in a different type of necromancy. Gideon Nav has spent her whole life trying to escape the Ninth House, but her...

“You’re overthinking it.’ ‘I have anxiety. I have no other type of thinking available.” Nora Seed was 35 when she tried to kill herself. She discovers that between life and death, there is a library. Every book contains a choice she made, and she is able to see what her life would be like if she hadn’t made that choice. When the clock strikes midnight, the library will disappear and Nora w...

“Because time is cruel to all, and crueler still to artists. Because visions weakens, and voices wither, and talent fades.... Because happiness is brief, and history is lasting, and in the end... everyone wants to be remembered.” In 1714 France, Addie LaRue prayed to the gods who came out after dark. She prays for freedom in order to escape an arranged marriage and is granted immortality. It...

“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.” If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that this book is my favorite thing in the entire world. We follow Richard Papen as he attends Hampton College and gets involved with the exclusive Greek class. Things go very bad, like murder level bad. Eventually, only half of the Greek class is left standing. Richar...

“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.” If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that this book is my favorite thing in the entire world. We follow Richard Papen as he attends Hampton College and gets involved with the exclusive Greek class. Things go very bad, like murder level bad. Eventually, only half of the Greek class is left standing. Richar...

“When I was born, the word for what I was did not exist.” A retelling of Greek Mythology, this book follows Circe, the daughter of Helios, the god of the sun and most powerful Titan, as she is exiled for using magic. In exile on an island, Circe perfects her witchcraft and is visited by some very...interesting people. Madeline Miller’s writing style is so incredibly beautiful. I’m not always ...