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When the holidays go well, they give us everything we ever dreamed of about festive love and generosity of spirit. But they don\u2019t always go well, do they? And sometimes reading is the best solace we can find.<\/p>\nWhen the holidays go well, they give us everything we ever dreamed of about festive love and generosity of spirit. But they don\u2019t always go well, do they? And sometimes reading is the best solace we can find.<\/p>\n
When going through a tough time, I sometimes turn to a good book to get me through. It\u2019s hard\u2014stress saps my focus like nothing else. But even the rudest and most chaotic of books can offer peace and quiet like no streaming service does (except maybe Nois<\/a>.<\/a>li<\/a>).<\/p>\n So, with just a few weeks to go until the new year, here are a few of my favourite tips for getting through the holidays the literary way…<\/p>\n Romance is a great place to start. Love stories and romantic subplots can exist in every genre, but for a story to be called a \u201cromance\u201d by industry standards, it needs to have a happy ending.<\/p>\n For this reason, romances are often (unofficially) touted Happy endings and lovely reads:<\/p>\n It\u2019s tried and tested in your book, so don\u2019t be shy about reaching for it again\u2014this goes double for books you\u2019ve re-read multiple times. There\u2019s no shame in craving familiarity and predictability, especially in unpredictable circumstances.<\/p>\n Adjacent to this\u2014for anyone who just can\u2019t bear to pick up the same old book again\u2014is asking close friends to recommend a book they loved that made them feel good. Knowing they\u2019ve previously cherished the story that\u2019s in your hands may bring about that much-needed feeling of companionship and camaraderie, while possibly giving you extra insight into someone dear to your heart.<\/p>\n Re-reads and recommendations I\u2019ve enjoyed:<\/p>\n By the time we reach adulthood, we will have been bombarded by recommendations for books we \u201cshould\u201d read. Yeah, you know what that\u2019s like. Well, forget it. As an adult, you are surrounded by \u201cshoulds\u201d\u2014practically drowning in them. Many \u201cshoulds\u201d are valid of course, most come from well-meaning people. But you don\u2019t have to put up with this in your leisure time.<\/p>\n Give yourself permission to choose books that suck you in. Fun reads. Trashy reads. Pulpy reads. Easy reads. Do this in the name of self care.<\/p>\n No recommendations here, just questions:<\/p>\n When you know you\u2019re in it for the long haul, a good series gives you a safe place to return to at the end of the day. Or throughout the day, if that\u2019s what you need.<\/p>\n Whether the books follow a continuous story arc or give you a bunch of standalones with overlapping events and settings, you can more or less expect a \u201csame same but different\u201d quality between books. That is, every book will deliver something you loved about all the other books, even if most everything else has changed.<\/p>\n No recommendations from me. Goodreads<\/a> Listopia<\/a> has<\/a> thousands<\/a>!<\/a><\/p>\n And that\u2019s a wrap for 2021! Thank you for reading my content here on Nomad Authors.<\/p>\n And thank you ever so much, Dee and Jan, for hosting me 🙏<\/p>\n JL Peridot writes love letters to the future on devices from the past. She currently resides in Boorloo (Perth, Australia) on Whadjuk Noongar country. Subscribe<\/a> to<\/a> her<\/a> newsletter<\/a> or visit her website at jlperidot<\/a>.<\/a>com<\/a> for the full catalogue of her work. She also keeps a<\/a> blog<\/a> of random thoughts, updates and cool things she\u2019s found.<\/p>\n Her latest indie release is a steamy futuristic office romance, It<\/em><\/a> Starts<\/em><\/a> with<\/em><\/a> a<\/em><\/a> Kiss<\/em><\/a> 🚀<\/p>\n Then it happens. The company\u2019s toxic management team finally cross the line. As both techies race to upgrade the station and to free the team from their oppressive contracts, they come to learn that life\u2014and love\u2014can only ever be what you make it.<\/p>\n Strap in for a steamy office romance in space, because sometimes It Starts With a Kiss!<\/p>\n About JL Peridot<\/strong><\/p>\n Website: http<\/a>:\/\/<\/a>jlperidot<\/a>.<\/a>com<\/a><\/p>\n Blog: http<\/a>:\/\/<\/a>jayelle<\/a>.<\/a>pink<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When the holidays go well, they give us everything we ever dreamed of about festive love and generosity of spirit. But they don\u2019t always go well, do they? And sometimes reading is the best solace we can find. When going through a tough time, I sometimes turn to a good book to get me through. … Continue reading “Reading through a tough time: Welcome JL Peridot”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,3,1377,1],"tags":[1919,1917,1918,1915,1798,1741,874,1920,1921,1916],"class_list":["post-3517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-topics","category-general","category-new","category-uncategorized","tag-benefits-of-romance","tag-escapism","tag-find-inexpensive-books","tag-good-books-for-tough-times","tag-it-starts-with-a-kiss","tag-jl-peridot","tag-new-release","tag-promotion-platforms","tag-reading-lists","tag-reading-to-escape"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wA33-UJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3517"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3534,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3517\/revisions\/3534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Choose books with a guaranteed happy ending<\/h2>\n
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as comfort reads, but there are other genres you can rely on too like cozy<\/a> mysteries<\/a> (mysteries that aren\u2019t dark and bloody), gentle fiction, and inspirational fiction. Note that the latter two tend to be broad categorisations that encompass both non-religious and religious fiction. If either of these may stress you out even more, be sure to look up the book\u2019s labels and reviews before reading.<\/p>\n\n
Re-read a book you loved before<\/h2>\n
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Prioritise compelling over classic<\/h2>\n
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Get lost in a series<\/h2>\n
All right, bookworm, here\u2019s where to find more books without going broke…<\/h2>\n
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About JL Peridot<\/h2>\n
It Starts with a Kiss \u2014 out now!<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Celeste is a talented engineer who doesn\u2019t realize her job\u2019s going nowhere fast. She\u2019s a little na\u00efve. She\u2019ll cut code and solder cables forever as long as Owen\u2019s around. Owen, on the other hand, knows exactly how badly things suck\u2014he just doesn\u2019t care. Sure, his skills aren\u2019t what they used to be, but they\u2019re still better than what Halcyon Aries deserves.<\/p>\n\n
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JL Peridot writes love stories and more from her home beneath the southern skies. When not chipping away at her current WIP, she\u2019s chomping down on a new favourite book, watching Netflix, and chilling real good. Subscribe<\/a> to<\/a> JL<\/a>\u2019<\/a>s<\/a> mailing<\/a> list<\/a> for banter, updates, teasers and the occasional microfiction.<\/p>\n