Feeling under the weather? Got the Winter Blues? Or just concerned about the future of reading and the #freedomtoread? We've curated some cozy reads for you that will give warm hugs and low stakes so you can escape for a minute or 3,000.****Book News and Recs<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211479192-water-moon?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2C9zZskKYM&rank=1" target="_blank">Water Moon</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44421460-before-the-coffee-gets-cold?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_27" target="_blank">Before the Coffee Gets Cold</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211479192-water-moon?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2C9zZskKYM&rank=1" target="_blank">The House in the Cerulean Sea</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61242426-legends-lattes?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17" target="_blank">Legends and Lattes</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36347162-chocolate-chip-cookie-murder?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10" target="_blank">Hannah Swensen Mysteries</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61491995-sugar-spice-and-can-t-play-nice?ref=nav_sb_ss_4_11" target="_blank">Sugar, Spice and Can’t Play Nice</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49151031-the-midnight-bargain?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20" target="_blank">The Midnight Bargain</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58648147-that-time-i-got-drunk-and-saved-a-demon?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11" target="_blank">That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon</a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34895950-the-tea-dragon-society?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14" target="_blank">The Tea Dragon Society</a>****Resources Macmillan's John Yaged and Book Banning <a href="https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/02/macmillans-jon-yaged-on-book-banning-it-stigmatizes-reading/" target="_blank">Article</a>Connect with me on Insta, Blue Sky, LinkedIn at The Nurturing Librarian****Looking for more book recs? Check us out on<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13492305-thenurturinglibrarian" target="_blank"> goodreads</a>Music: "Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License</a>

Feeling under the weather? Got the Winter Blues? Or just concerned about the future of reading and the #freedomtoread? Let's talk about what a cozy read can do for you and what makes a cozy read. We've curated a list of reads for you that will give warm hugs and low stakes so you can escape for a minute or 3,000.

The Cozy Read You Need Right Now