What to Read?

I've been so focused on our wedding that I kind of forgot about our honeymoon. Okay, I didn't actually forget, I just didn't really think about the fact that soon the wedding will be over and I will get to be on my honeymoon with my new husband.

As you might recall from this post we're having a pretty relaxed cozy Christmasy honeymoon. I don't really need to do much of anything to prepare for it, but one thing I did want to do is put together a reading list. While we plan on doing lots of active things like snowshoeing and skating, I suspect we'll also have lots of cozy reading by the fire moments and I'd like to make sure I have lots of good things to read.

Here's a few books I'm considering at the moment:

Cleopatra, a Life by Stacey Schiff


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This book seems to be everywhere right now and I'm taking that as a good sign. Even Martha is recommending it!

Queen Elizabeth: the Queen Mother by William Shawcross


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Since the William and Kate engagement announcement, but I've reading a lot of British royal family biographies. I also just got it out of the library and it turns out it's the biggest book ever. I'm not kidding. It's hilariously huge.

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake


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I'm always on the lookout for amazing fiction and I've heard good things (that's code for it had was displayed prominently at Chapters and I'm easily influenced).

In an ideal world I would have never read any of the Harry Potter books before so I could read them all on our honeymoon. It seems like heaven to read them snuggled in some gorgeous cozy library with a fire going after a day of snowshoeing and skating. Although, if that was the case then there's probably a good chance that I would spend all of my honeymoon reading and completely ignoring my husband.

Do you have a really good fiction recommendation for me?