What I’m Reading: Vol. 127.

Hello darlings,

I hope your winter season is off to a good start! The biggest thing happening around here is that I’m working on setting up a Diamonds in the Library ShopMy account: this will give me a way to link directly to the jewelry I feature in Instagram posts (today’s is here) a place to build shoppable wishlists that I can share with you (and should help me link to Amazon less often, which is a goal I have for DitL moving forward).

It’s a work in progress, but some of the categories I’ve set up on my ShopMy so far are Vintage Jewelry Finds, Jewelry Books, Jewelry Storage, Everyday Diamond Treasures, Modern Pearl Jewelry…and more to come!

Here’s a taste of the Vintage Jewelry Finds section:

I get a small commission if you buy from certain websites after clicking through my ShopMy, but that won’t affect the price you pay – it’s just a little finder’s fee for me that doesn’t come out of your pocket.

If you have any requests for new categories, please let me know and I’ll be delighted to curate a list for you!

And please take care of yourselves in this colder, darker season, my darlings. Don’t forget to schedule some cozy blanket reading time to recharge your heart.

xoxo,
Becky

What I’m reading

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Starling House follows Opal as she tries to make ends meet in a dead end small town with a younger brother to take care of – but how can she focus on work when she can’t stop having dreams about the creepy old house that belongs to the Starling family?

I’ve now read several books by Alix E. Harrow and loved every single one. They’re lush, richly descriptive, intricately conceived stories with a “fairy tales in the real world” feel – but I don’t mean Disney style fairy tales, more like old school Brothers Grimm.

Eragon, The Inheritance Cycle #1 by Christopher Paolini

This richly plotted, expansive YA fantasy epic spans 4 books (I’m on the bonus 5th book now) and tells the story of Eragon, a young boy living in a small farming village whose life changes dramatically when he bonds with a newly-hatched dragon and becomes the only hope of a brave group of rebels who have been working to overthrow their kingdom’s tyrannical leader for 100 years.

Eragon gest to know elves, dwarves, shapeshifters, and of course (my favorite) his dragon, Sapphira, to learn how to use his powers, support the rebellion, and ultimately challenge the evil king. This expansively-written series has a gradual pace that I thoroughly enjoyed, but the slowness feels deliberate and deeply satisfying rather than boring.

See more book recs on my ShopMy here or my Amazon Storefront here.