❄️☃️BOOKS FOR WINTER || pile of possibilities

[@thewritingsongbird5108]

No worries about the backdrop or noises, you do what you can girl! I loved this video because it just felt like sitting down with a friend and chatting about books. Great pile of possibilities, I hope you enjoy these books!

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@thewritingsongbird5108 oh I’m so glad! That’s what I was aiming for with this video :) thanks for letting me be me 💛

[@AlwaysBooked]

Risen motherhood is so good with a group if you can read it that way!

[@purejoy7006]

Great tbr Whitney! Mythmakers looks so good and the cover is beautiful! ❤

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@purejoy7006 thank you! :) & yes! I love the colors on that cover so much! It is a gorgeous book inside and out! Can’t wait to get to it!

[@booknerdktree]

Sounds like a great list of possibilities!!!🫶

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@booknerdktree thanks gal ☺️ I hope you’re doing well today 💕

[@mollyjaybooks]

I don't mind about the backdrop and the baby monitor! 😊 It was great seeing what you are hoping to read, I'm also doing Anne Of Green Gables too! 😊

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@mollyjaybooks I’m glad you don’t mind my chaos ☺️ haha & so fun about reading Anne! Will this be your first time reading it?

[@lakenlovesbooks]

I really love The Westing Game!! It was so fun!

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@lakenlovesbooks oh that makes me happy! I’m so excited to get to it!

[@CandlewickLibrary]

So sorry about the struggle with your girl and sleeping. I don’t have any good advice as my kids usually slept well at night, but they NEVER napped after about 9-10 months. I made sure we had quiet time after lunch every day so I could have some alone time. I know all of us older moms say the same thing- it goes so fast so try to just rest in the stage you are in- but it really is true. I think the most important thing is to take expectations off of yourself and your child and just live in the moment and soak up the good as much as possible. And vent to family/ friends/ on here to us as much as needed. 💛

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@CandlewickLibrary I love this advice ❤️ thank you so much, friend. This is helpful! I feel like my biggest struggle is her fighting going to sleep. Once she is asleep she usually does well. I feel like I go to war every evening to get her to go down.

[@CandlewickLibrary]

@@WhitneysReadingJourney I once read of a Victorian tradition of having an hour before bedtime where there was a consistent routing of saying goodnight to the house. We didn’t do it all the time, but every night we would do a Bath, lavender lotion after a bath was really relaxing to my girls, and then bedtime stories. Then putting the house to “sleep”. I don’t know if that helps kids, but I thought it was a cute idea.

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@ that is really cute! I’ll have to try that :)

[@lakenlovesbooks]

An Elephant in the Garden sounds good!

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@lakenlovesbooks doesn’t it?? Just hope it doesn’t make me cry lol I love the cover of that one!

[@CandlewickLibrary]

Falling does sound terrifying- especially to someone like me that is afraid of flying. But sounds good too.

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@CandlewickLibrary I have a love hate relationship with flying. Once I’m in the air I’m usually good. It’s take off and landing that usually gets to me. I don’t fly frequently so hopefully I’ll forget that book once I go to fly again hahah

[@faithandbooks]

My kiddos are 7 and 4 and still aren’t the best sleepers! Makes for long nights some nights 😅 also, loved the impromptu dance session!! 😁

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@faithandbooks that sucks they aren’t sleeping well! But I feel better knowing I’m not alone lol so thank you for sharing! & when the mood hits ya just gotta dance 😂👏 glad you enjoyed it haha

[@Coffee_and_a_Book]

I used to own that exact same edition of Miss Marple stories by Agatha Christie in middle school, but I loaned it to a teacher and then she went to Australia to teach for a semester and I moved halfway across the country, so I never got it back 😢 The book has the first and last Miss Maple stories specifically, so Murder at the Vicarage would be a good place to start with Christie's books if you're interested in that character.

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@Coffee_and_a_Book what a bummer about your book!! Maybe it will find its way back to you haha 💛 & thanks for the insight! :)

[@insearchofwonder]

OK I thought I had left a comment but I don't think it took, so just in case: hope you are able to get the sleeping figured out, and I hope you enjoy all your winter reading!

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@insearchofwonder thank you!! I have surrendered to going with the flow as far as Grace’s sleeping schedule. I know this is only a season and things will get better. At least that’s what I’m telling myself! Haha & thank you so much!

[@MorgansEndlessBookshelf]

Lol, no tips, nearly 13 month old over here, and we unfortunately usually have tickets on the same sleep struggle bus. 😂😂

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@MorgansEndlessBookshelf well at least we aren’t traveling alone I guess 🤣

[@BeYOUtifulBooks]

I have to better about recording, instead of trying for everything to be quiet and together etc. love this! Seasonal selections has a great ring to it! 🫶🏻

[@WhitneysReadingJourney]

@@BeYOUtifulBooks perfectionism will be the death of me lol I understand! Thank you! ☺️ & I do like the way seasonal selections sound!