This month, the Courtland Towers Blog is bringing residents of our Arlington, VA apartments books to read, such as The Thirteenth Tale, Sleeping Beauties: A Novel, Little Fires Everywhere, and Murder on the Orient Express. Read on to learn more about these in today's blog post.
The Thirteenth Tale
Getting lost in a book is good a good way to relax and reduce stress. “The Thirteenth Tale [by Diane Setterfield] is a love letter to reading, a book for the feral reader in all of us, a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and that we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter and, in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life.”
Little Fires Everywhere
Author Kathleen Norris once said, “The knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.” We agree, and we think Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng is an excellent choice.
“Enter Mia Warren – an enigmatic artist and single mother – who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenage daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.”
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This book is the perfect choice for mystery lovers. Embark on an adventure filled with twists, turns, and suspense with this novel.
“Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer… Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again.”
Sleeping Beauties: A Novel
Read Sleeping Beauties: A Novel by Stephen King & Owen King this month!
"In a future so real and near it
might be now, something happens when women go to sleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place. The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Evie a medical anomaly to be studied, or is she a demon who mu
st be slain?”
Reading for pleasure stimulates endorphins which make us feel better all around, so get started today. These are just a few of our suggestions, but you can also find Valentine’s Day reading suggestions from Cosmopolitan, GoodReads, and HelloGiggles. Enjoy staying warm and cozy in your apartment this month with a great book!