Books to get snowed in with

Snowed InDennis’s picks  Because there’s nothing like carb-loading, thoughts of Florida, and engrossing reading to fend off frosty weather …
The Norske Nook Book of Pies by Jerry Bechard and Cindee Borton-Parker
Space: A Memoir by Jesse Lee Kercheval
Meet Me Halfway: Milwaukee Stories by Jennifer Morales
Lithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania by Charles Monroe-Kane

Raphael’s picks  Definitely armchair travel when you’re housebound …
Inspired Journeys: Travel Writers in Search of the Muse  Edited by Brian Bouldrey
Honorable Bandit: A Walk across Corsica by Brian Bouldrey
Cleopatra’s Wedding Present: Travels through Syria  by Robert Tewdwr Moss
The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler’s Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia  by Alden Jones

Toni’s picks  A mystery series to curl up with …
Death Stalks Door County, Death at Gills Rock, and Death in Cold Water by Patricia Skalka
Murder in LascauxThe Body in Bodega Bay, and Death on a Starry Night by Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden

Gwen’s picks   Tasty wild foods, and stories from Norwegian-American and Polish-American immigrants …
Troutsmith: An Angler’s Tales and Travels by Kevin Searock
Wild Rice Goose and Other Other Dishes of the Upper Midwest by John G. Motoviloff
Wisconsin My Home by Thurine Oleson
My Sister’s Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin’s Siberia by Donna Solecka Urbikas

SM’s picks  More armchair travel, with bikes and boats …
Across America by Bicycle: Alice and Bobbi’s Summer on Wheels by Alice Honeywell and Bobbi Montgomery
Sailing to the Far Horizon: The Restless Journey and Tragic Sinking of a Tall Ship by Pamela Sisman Bitterman

Sheila L’s picks  Thinking of next summer’s gardening …
Birdscaping in the Midwest: A Guide to Gardening with Native Plants to Attract Birds by Mariette Nowak
Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum by Theodore S. Cochrane, Kandis Elliot, and Claudia S. Lipke

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