I have a few good "seasonal" books I like to read around this time of year - not necessarily holiday books, but books that seem well-suited to these autumn and winter days.
Topping the list (and what I'm reading right now) is Jane Austen's Persuasion. For some reason, that book just doesn't seem at all right for spring or summer, but it is perfect for these dreary November days.
I love reading any of Miss Read's Thrush Green series in the winter. Again, I'm not sure why, since many of them are set in the warmer months, but they are perfect to snuggle under a blanket, with a cup of tea or hot chocolate (and if snow is falling outside, so much the better), and read.
I'm thinking North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell), with the overall dreary setting, might be another good November (or even February!) book.
Dorothy L Sayers' The Nine Tailors always makes me want to wrap up in a blanket - something about the massive amounts of rain in it, I think! So there's another one for my fall-winter list.
What books would you suggest? Some good cold-weather, short-days, possibly-snowing-outside books? I would love to hear what you all have to offer!
(cross-post with my personal blog.)
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