New year, same love for cozy reading nooks and dreamy home libraries. The room – well, rooms – I’ve chosen to feature in this edition of Reading Nook Inspiration balance light and dark features, include plush-looking furniture, and offer the perfect hideaway for enjoying the books on the shelves.

My online collection/lookbook of reading nooks and home libraries has grown exponentially this year. It certainly has a lot to do with quarantine and being stuck with and getting sick of looking at the same dozen or so walls in my apartment. The reading nook I’ve chosen to feature in this edition of Reading Nook Inspiration has so many features I find charming, and is quite different from the study/book space in my apartment—which makes it even more dreamy.

For the first time in a few weeks (months?), we are experiencing gloomy, overcast weather here in the northeast; the stretch of clouds and rain is much needed for the outdoors, and it has put me into a wonderfully cozy mood. That cozy mood has me daydreaming about my ideal rainy day reading nook, and while the ones I’ve featured here on the blog would do just fine, the following space just feels like the ideal place to spend a rainy day without any frills or extravagances, except those within the pages of books (I have once again turned to Houzz—not sponsored or affiliated, just giving credit—to provide me the…

When I publish a Reading Nook Inspiration blog post, you can bet I’ve hit a writer’s block or need a break from a post I’ve been working on for a bit too long – in this case, the latter is true. Needing  to escape that post (and even my apartment) for a little while, I once again turned to Houzz (not sponsored or supported) and browsed some beautiful reading nooks – this reading space looks different than the others I’ve featured, but it’s the kind of space I’m craving at the moment.

Just like in 2016 when I wrote the first Reading Nook Inspiration post, writer’s block has currently made itself quite comfortable in my brain. And since I’m also feeling the mild effects of an end-of-the-month reading slump, I’m turning to books and a reading nook that are not mine to satisfy my need for creative inspiration and serenity.

I’ve been working on a review for Weike Wang’s Chemistry (among one thousand other things), and while it’s not a long review (or book) I’m not totally happy with what I’ve written so far. Therefore, to take a break from that, and to put off unpacking from my weekend camping trip just a little longer, I’ve found another dreamy reading nook that I will surely include in my house dedicated to reading nooks.