A Reader’s Survival Package

Meme hosted by Broke and Bookish where we list top 10 (or as close as we can get) of whatever that weeks topic is!

Raise your hand if you are sick or have just been sick!  Twitter seems to be filled with people so sick that even being on the computer is hard.

When I’m sick I read A LOT. I’m nearsighted and glasses are a no because I hate anything pinching my nose when I’m sick and contacts feel like they are burning into my eyeball with my fever, so I can’t watch tv. So what do I recommend you read while sick? Something even more depressing than the sickness or something so funny that you will literally die laugh/coughing.

Then there all those other things you need while you are sick reading. So let’s get started.

*This post is completely self-indulgent.

Quilt (marymcnultydesign)

There is nothing on this earth better than being covered up by a huge heavy quilt and having all that pressure wrapped around you. It’s like being in a cocoon full of love.

Jane Eyre

This classic has been a cold ( sickness or temp)mainstay since I was in seventh grade. I usually read this book at least once during the winter. Always with a cup of hot apple cider and snuggled under a quilt.

Fingerless Gloves (butterflife)

You need something to warm up your hands as they peek out from underneath the many layers of blankets. What’s better than something that makes you think of love?

Everneath by Brodi Ashton

The first time I read this I had pneumonia  and the depression that Nikki was feeling was quite companionable. Of course, I loved the book for a ton of other reasons, but yep quite companionable.

Apple Cider

When you are forced to be up whether it be taking care of children, a husband, or a dog that insists on taking up half your lap. I recommend a cup of apple cider at your side. I quite adore Apple Cider.

Marathon of Whatever Series you Haven’t Started

I’m probably the only one that hasn’t read Patricia Brigg’s Mercy Thompson series, so I picked some of them up at the library to read this weekend.

Aromatherapeutic Cooling Eye Mask (herbolution)

After reading your eyes will be exhausted and your sinuses are probably already swollen and your head is pounding. Take this out of the freezer and take a nap. Instant relief.

Favorite Book Boyfriend

Your favorite book boyfriend (or real husband) needs to come over for a visit to be at your beck and call. To bring you whatever your heart desires. You may include a bell if your heart desires.

Rie

I'm a wife, student, and a dog-lover who reads when I should be folding laundry (bane of my existance), I write (rarely as academic papers consume my life), and love getting wrapped up in fiction.

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