Seasons of Books: Winter 2018
12/21/2018
Hi, happy Winter! Winter is our least favorite season but at least longer nights mean more time to snuggle with a warm blanket, a hot drink, and a good book, besides it's Christmas time and we do looove Christmas. These are the books that will keep us company during this colder season, along with their publishers' descriptions. There's a book for every taste here, enjoy and read with us.
If you decide to give all or any of these books a try remember to share and tag us with @holalalilu and #lalilureads so we can see it. Have a Very Merry Holiday Season!

2- Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee: Have you ever wondered why we stop to watch the orange glow that arrives before sunset, or why we flock to see cherry blossoms bloom in spring? Is there a reason that people -- regardless of gender, age, culture, or ethnicity -- are mesmerized by baby animals, and can't help but smile when they see a burst of confetti or a cluster of colorful balloons. We are often made to feel that the physical world has little or no impact on our inner joy. Increasingly, experts urge us to find balance and calm by looking inward -- through mindfulness or meditation -- and muting the outside world. But what if the natural vibrancy of our surroundings is actually our most renewable and easily accessible source of joy? In "Joyful", designer Ingrid Fetell Lee explores how the seemingly mundane spaces and objects we interact with every day have surprising and powerful effects on our mood. Drawing on insights from neuroscience and psychology, she explains why one setting makes us feel anxious or competitive, while another fosters acceptance and delight -- and, most importantly, she reveals how we can harness the power of our surroundings to live fuller, healthier, and truly joyful lives.

4- The Library at the Edge of the World: A Novel by Felicity Hayes-McCoy: As she drives her mobile library van between villages of Ireland’s West Coast, Hanna Casey tries not to think about a lot of things. Like the sophisticated lifestyle, she abandoned after finding her English barrister husband in bed with another woman. Or that she’s back in Lissbeg, the rural Irish town she walked away from in her teens, living in the back bedroom of her overbearing mother’s retirement bungalow. Or, worse yet, her nagging fear that, as the local librarian and a prominent figure in the community, her failed marriage and ignominious return have made her a focus of gossip. With her teenage daughter, Jazz, off traveling the world and her relationship with her own mother growing increasingly tense, Hanna is determined to reclaim her independence by restoring a derelict cottage left to her by her great-aunt. But when the threatened closure of the Lissbeg Library puts her personal plans in jeopardy, Hanna finds herself leading a battle to restore the heart and soul of the Finfarran Peninsula’s fragmented community. And she’s about to discover that the neighbors she’d always kept at a distance have come to mean more to her than she ever could have imagined.

6- Reconstructing Amelia: A Novel by Kimberly McCreight: Kate's in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter’s exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come to get her daughter—now. But Kate’s stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. By then it’s already too late for Amelia. And for Kate. An academic overachiever despondent over getting caught cheating has jumped to her death. At least that’s the story Grace Hall tells Kate. And clouded as she is by her guilt and grief, it is the one she forces herself to believe. Until she gets an anonymous text: She didn’t jump. Reconstructing Amelia is about secret first loves, old friendships, and an all-girls club steeped in tradition. But, most of all, it’s the story of how far a mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she couldn’t save.



10. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown: The core of essentialism as a concept focuses on the idea that any particular entity requires certain elements for its functioning and existence. The Way of the Essentialist isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. It is not a time management strategy or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter. By forcing us to apply more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy – instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us. Essentialism is not one more thing – it’s a whole new way of doing everything.
☮☮☮
Si decides probar todos o alguno de estos libros, recuerda compartir fotos y etiquetarnos con @holalalilu y #lalilureads para que podamos verlas. ¡Ten una Muy Feliz Temporada de Fiestas!!





6- Reconstruyendo a Amelia (Noches Negras) por Kimberly McCreight: Cuando a Kate Baron la llaman del prestigioso colegio privado al que asiste su hija porque la van a expulsar durante unos días, ella se queda atónita. ¿Qué motivo pueden tener para castigar a Amelia, que siempre ha sido una alumna aplicada? Sin embargo, ese interrogante pierde relevancia cuando llega y se topa con la calle llena de policías: su hija se ha suicidado saltando desde el tejado. Sólo que Amelia no saltó... O eso le asegura alguien días después en un mensaje.




Sources: Amazon, Amazon.es, and Goodreads.
*Todavía no existe traducción al español.
0 comentarios