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Snow!

Yesterday it was snowing, and that is quite rare in the Netherlands! It happens maybe three days a year, and I love it :) People always complain about traffic and trains and slippery roads and I get that, but the world is so light and quiet and beautiful and slow. There is nothing better than walking in the snow or curling up on the couch with a book while peaking out of the window, looking at the soft white layer on the world.

Speaking of books and snow; here are a few of my favourite books featuring snow, to get in the mood:


- The Rabbit Back Literature Society, by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen. Situated in Scandinavia, it is not a surprise that there is some snow involved in this book. Ella, a literature teacher and possessor of beautifully curving lips, is selected to be a member of a secret writer society. Strange things are happening, and things are not what they seem to be...

- Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë. I do not associate this book very strongly with snow and winter, but the word 'snow' can be found 31 times in the book, and the word 'winter' 23 times. It seems as if it's more often winter then any other season at Lowood.

- The House of Special Purpose, by John Boyne. The Dutch title of this book is (translated literally from Dutch) 'Winter palace', so it can not be excluded from this list. A beautiful story about the autocracy in Russia, set in the first half of the twentieth century.



What are your favourite books set in a snowy world?

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