I can only hope you are reading this from as cozy a spot as I am writing to you. I'm nestled in bed with a cat at my feet, clad in my usual mismatched nightly attire (black shorts from Target and my high school softball sweatshirt). My freshly cut hair is twisted in a messy chignon and a mug of piping hot English Breakfast sits at the ready. All in all, I'm rather snug.
So, all books provide a service, right? Most simply serve to entertain, but the best books either teach us something new or remind us of something we'd forgotten about ourselves. I call these Top-Shelf Reads, because they are the Champagne cocktails (my favorite fancy adult beverage) of the literary landscape.
Now, what I like about this idea is that any book can move you, no matter how pedestrian or high brow. So, while I would consider Janet Evanovich books a tepid Coors Light (probably the grossest cheap beer ever in existence), others might consider it their Champagne cocktail. Therein lies the beauty of the Top-Shelf read.
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| Champagne cocktail deliciousness. |
Now, what I like about this idea is that any book can move you, no matter how pedestrian or high brow. So, while I would consider Janet Evanovich books a tepid Coors Light (probably the grossest cheap beer ever in existence), others might consider it their Champagne cocktail. Therein lies the beauty of the Top-Shelf read.
This week I have 5 reads that made my Top Shelf list.
(Admission: I listened to the audiobook. But hey that counts, right? Anywho, I've been traveling a lot and it seems the only natural way to pass time in a car for 7 plus hours without wanting to go mad*.)
4. Austenland by Shannon Hale
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