This is a guest post written by Emily Mansfield. It’s that time of year again – rainy skies, dark and windy evenings, holiday lights brightening the streets – when curling up with a hot chocolate and a good book seems just decadently attractive. If you’re looking for ideas for what to read this holiday season, here (after much consideration!), are my top ten novels to lose yourself in this winter. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows It’s January 1946, and British writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a man she’s never met, from the German-occupied island of Guernsey. A correspondence begins, and the eccentric, literature-loving inhabitants of the island come to fantastic life for her in this charming and often hilarious story. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbary An unexpected French bestseller, this quirky, intelligent novel has a cast of complex and surprisingly loveable characters. Set in … [Read more...]