Cocoa, Firelight, and Sweet Romance
Where we live the power goes out. A lot. It doesn't even have to be winter. The wind doesn't have to be blowing. There doesn't have to be lightning. Sometimes it just poofs*it's out. No Internet, no fan on the propane heater, no well pumping (that's the worse)...and everything goes silent.
At our house, we never know how long it's going to last. Maybe a few minutes. Maybe a couple of hours. Maybe a full day or two. My husband is happy with just roughing it, so we don't have a generator. We just have water stored away. (We're on a well and someday I'm going to get a hand pump.) Sometimes, if we think it's going to go out we fill the bathtub so we can flush the toilet. We don't open the fridge or freezer and if it's cold out and we expect the power to be out a long time we'll push the freezer out the back door. Yes, that' how rustic we are. One thing I've always made sure of, though, is that we have a gas heater and a gas cookstove so we aren't depending on electric for heat or hot food.
So what do we do when the power goes out? Read. Read. And read again. It makes the day worth living. I love to read books that take me to other places and of course, sitting in the dark by candle or lantern or one of those heavy-duty Costco battery operated lamps, other places sure look good!
That's another reason I like paperback books best, because I don't have to depend on a battery for my travels.
And that's why sales like this one, these sweet romance books, are so enjoyable. Take a look and put some on your TBR list and plan on some cozy reading when the world is blanketed in white and frost peeks into your window with thousands of crystal eyes.
