Oooh this is a fascinating prompt! I love it! Of course, now I have to actually find books that match the emotions I’m pairing with it, which may be little more challenging! Let’s see how I do.
Books that feel as stormy as the weather:
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Books that completely immerse you to help you forget where you even are, nevermind a bit of rain:
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Books that will take you somewhere sunny, at least in your mind – that is until your feet get so cold they unceremoniously bring you back to get warmer socks:
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Books that will wrap you up in a warm blanket and bring you tea – or at least make you laugh:
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Between the Stops by Sandi Toksvig
This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes
I’m writing this post well in advance, and it’s oddly appropriate for the current moment – we just got hit by something called a “bomb cyclone” (no, I don’t have any clue what that is either) that knocked out power to more than 100,000 people and now, more than 24 hours later, there are still huge areas without it. I feel for the BC Hydro crew who have been working all hours to restore power as quickly as possible. I always try to remember that as miserable as it is to be in a dark house with no heat, hot water, light or entertainment, while I’m curled up bored in about a thousand blankets, they’re out in the rain and wind working in the dark through the night to get us all back to warm and cosy. So cheers to all of them, they’re brilliant. Anyway, I digress. These books all felt like great picks for the storm we just had, and I think I’ll be taking my own reading advice when the next one hits!
What about you guys? How did you approach this topic? Did you go for scary books to match the weather, or cosier reads to take you away from the dark and stormy? Any crossover with my list?
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Omg! How did I not know that Miriam Margolyes had written a memoir?! Excuse me while I immediately go to my library to check that out
Yes! She’s actually written two!