#winter reads

[rainreads]

"To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend."

Book: The Little Prince by Exupéry.

[forgottendolll]

last december on the nyc subway; nothing’s really changed, i’m the exact same even though i swore to change. maybe next year

[robyn-weightman]

I thought the TV version captured this book rather well. Possibly an unpopular opinion.

[sitp-recs]

Odd question, but do you have any fave winter Drarry fics? Doesn’t necessarily have to be holiday themed but that would be welcome too! It’s getting chilly here in New England and I’m craving some winter fics!! 💙

Hi anon! Not an odd question at all, love myself some cozy fics to indulge on cold days ❄️ hope you enjoy these. Stay warm!

On The Shore by @skeptiquewrites (T, 3k)

Draco takes up wild swimming. Harry joins him.

Trenches by sara_holmes (M, 3k)

They're auror partners, smoking buddies, wine mates, co-inhabitants of a snow filled trench somewhere in western Scotland, and they've had it with being cold.

In the Midnight Blue by @xanthippe74 (T, 5.5k)

On a Christmas Eve broom ride over Hogwarts, Harry shows Draco that he’s braver than he thinks.

Crystal Clear by @icmezzo (T, 6.7k)

Harry customizes a snow globe. Draco listens to centaur weather reports. Ron investigates the height of Pansy’s boots. And Hermione knows even more than everything, as usual. (No one signs up for the class for lactating witches.)

Cabin Fever by @lettersbyelise (E, 8k)

When Harry Potter finds himself trapped in a snowed-in cabin with Auror partner Draco Malfoy, he doesn't expect his predicament to help him solve the case they are working on... or to fulfill the secret fantasy he harbours for Draco.

Tidings of Comfort by @blamebrampton (G, 10k)

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. Luckily for Draco Malfoy, London has places where the tired can rest and recover.

warmest part of the winter by warmfoothills (T, 11k)

It’s not even a balcony, it’s just a window with a bit of a ledge, and Draco’s read Shakespeare anyway, he knows how this one ends.

Love All Lovely by @shealwaysreads (T, 19k)

Draco comes home for Christmas, and discovers that sharing is the best way of celebrating old traditions, and new ones too.

Benevolence and Redemption by silvered_glass (M, 19k)

Draco's the most unlikely Auror recruited to the department in at least three centuries. Ostracised and unwanted, he's been on paperwork duties for the three years since he finished training.

White as Snow by @bixgirl1 (E, 19k)

After a quick escape from danger, Harry and Draco find themselves trapped in a blizzard, a small cabin their only refuge from the storm. It's the perfect place to recover and regroup — and to have a long-overdue conversation or two.

(You’re a) Revolution by @stargazing-enby (M, 23k)

Eight years after the end of the war, Draco Malfoy stumbles into Harry’s shop in the middle of a storm—no wand, no backstory; no signs of having lived in the country since the Battle of Hogwarts. During their first encounter, Harry promises—and the words sound like an old mantra—that he'll figure out Draco's secrets eventually.

Historians by @oknowkiss (E, 30k)

It’s the Dumbledore’s Army Reunion Holiday, and Harry’s found himself in hot water with his friends once again, after telling them he has a boyfriend he definitely does not have. In an attempt to fix things, he’s made it his colleague on Level Nine, Draco Malfoy’s problem too. Featuring a ski chalet in Switzerland, a pair of bunk beds, and an agreement that should’ve been simple, were it not for all the bloody feelings getting in the way.

Running on Air by eleventy7 (T, 75k)

Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.

[a-strange-inkling]

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winter nights are so dark 🕯️

[tealeavesand-roses]

February reads 🌵🏰 I started The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas at the end of January and plan to finish it this month. So far, I love it. An update is pending. 💭

[faerieliterature]

"Poetry. The weather. It's like a poem. Where each word is more than one thing at once and everything's a metaphor. The meaning condensed into rhythm and sound and the spaces between sentences. It's all intense and sharp, like the cold and the wind."

"You could just say it's cold out."

"I could."

The starless sea by Erin Morgenstern

[moranjpg]

january reading list! ❄️

happy new year everybody! to start off my year im going to really dive into the left hand of darkness and then do my dear friend a favor and finally start a little life. elizabeth zimmermann will also be by my side as i embark on my journey towards my january aran: the handsome chris sweater! :^) this will be a busy month!

[godzilla-reads]

❄️ The Ice Dragon by George R. R. Martin

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

“Adara liked the winter best of all, for when the world grew cold the ice dragon came.”

I told myself that I wanted to do a yearly reread of this book and then I realized that this would actually be the second time I read the book this year. I read it back in February, but of course I want to read it again!

The Ice Dragon follows Adara, a child of cold and winter, as she bonds with a mystical dragon who only comes during that season. Adara is cold towards people, but loves the ice dragon that she’s claimed as hers. But when war is afoot and enemy dragon-riders start to appear, things must change.

An absolute comfort read for me. I read this book years ago and fell in love with the magical storytelling, Adara the child of winter, and the changes of the seasons shown in the landscape and in her heart.

If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones, read this book.

If you’re not a fan of Game of Thrones, but you like fantasy, then give this short book a shot!

[celluloiddreaming]

Love my dramatic lesbians. I can’t put this book down. 🥹

[light20sblog]

“A mind lively and at ease,can do with seeing nothing,and can see nothing that does not answer.”

Emma, Jane Austen

[nortonliterature]

As the temperatures drop and night falls earlier each evening, staying inside to read is a constant temptation! What work of #classicliterature featuring snowy nights or icy storms are you eying on your TBR this month?

[poetic-wilderness]

To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is a bad dream.

- The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

[random-shit06]

A list of 55 winter books to read this Christmas

(With goodreads ratings)

Mistletoe and murder 4.36

A wish in the dark 4.3

The lion the witch the wardrobe 4.23

Spinning silver 4.21

The girl who saved Christmas 4.2 (matt haigs) 

The nowhere emporium 4.17

The polarbear explorers club 4.16

A boy called Christmas 4.16 (matt haigs)

The girl who sailed the stars 4.15

North child 4.14

The castle of tangled magic 4.1

The bear and the Nightingale 4.1

The Christmas dinner of souls 4.1

The blood spell 4.1

A winters promise 4.08

Winter in paradise 4.08

Frostheart 4.08

Malamander 4.08

The vanderbekkers of 141st street 4.07

Books and crannies 4.06

The Christmas sisters 4.06

Once upon a Christmas 4.04

Snow and rose 4.02 fairytale

10 blind dates 4.02

Greenglass house 4

The snow child 4

The bookshop girl 4.0 (children's book short read) 

Castle in the clouds 3.94

The afterlife of holly chase 3.97

The Christmas bookshop 3.9

One day in Christmas 3.9

A red bird Christmas 3.9

All about us 3.9

The ice palace 3.9

The eye of the North  3.88

Magyk 3.84

The crowns game 3.83

Dash and Lily's book of dares 3.8

Girls made of snow and glass 3.78

The light between worlds 3. 74 

Just like magic 3.7

My true love gave to me 3.7

The hunting party 3.65

A princess for Christmas 3. 65

A merry little meet cute 3.63

The holiday swap 3.61

Twelve dates of Christmas 3.6

The holiday swap 3.6

Snow country 3.6 - short read

The Royal holiday 3.5

Murder for Christmas 3.5

Skipping Christmas 3.5

Blame it on the mistletoe 3.4

25 days till Christmas 3.46

 Real men knit 3.3

Merry Christmas everyone

[kitaston]

Winter Reads

[tealeavesand-roses]

Rating: 4/5

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I started Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross a few days ago and finished it this morning. I was immediately bewitched by the cuteness this paranormal romance book constantly exudes. The fact that it's a series with a standalone for each of the Savoie sisters is even more of an appeal. I look forward to reading the rest of the series. 🧚🏻‍♀️