Books on My Winter TBR

Since I received an awesome book haul this Hanukkah (still three more nights to go!) it's an apt time to make my winter TBR! Lots of cookbooks on the list, plus some poetry and philosophy. Since I've got some time off from work, I can take time to go in-depth with my reading, if not my writing too!

Happy Top Ten Tuesday over at That Artsy Reader Girl!

Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz
Walden by Henry David Thoreau (partial reread)
Visible City by Tova Mirvis (book club)
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See (other book club)
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
Devotions by Mary Oliver

Comments

Lydia said…

OMG, that Dessert Person cover looks delicious! I had a book about brownies on my list this week. Yum.

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December 15, 2020 at 10:37 AM

Judy Krueger said…

I read The Island of Sea Women for one of my reading groups too. We liked it a lot.

December 15, 2020 at 12:54 PM

curlygeek04 said…

I really want to read Sea Women. This year I read The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See and loved it. I also want to read Defensive Baking.

December 19, 2020 at 10:36 AM

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