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Relaxed Readers Meetup Feb. Events, Including: Meet Us in Princeton!

We’ve had so much fun the past few months with these events!
🎉Mark your calendars because we have more events in February!

Join us for an easygoing book conversation where we share what we have been reading! We make recommendations, share likes/dislikes, ask questions, talk about libraries…it’s a good time. 😊 Really, no matter what you like to read, we hope to see you there!
Here are our dates for February meetups. Follow the links to RSVP on the Meetup Site:

(also, next Tuesday, Feb. 4th, we are meeting to attend the Sally Wen Mao author event at St. Ben’s. You can RSVP here or on the Meetup site)

Wednesday, Feb. 12th from 6 – 8pm
Mexican Village downtown St. Cloud:
Join us for chatting about books – any books that you are enjoying! Bring a book, or just bring yourself. We’ll enjoy dinner, sharing books, and getting to know each other! RSVP here!

Monday, Feb. 17th (President’s Day) from 10am to 11:30am
Coffee Corner Princeton
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Let’s enjoy some hygge time – keep the cold outside, while we enjoy the warmth, light, snacks, and good book conversation inside!
We have an optional book for the group discuss: The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin. If you want to read it and share ideas, or read through her blog, or follow her podcast, we can share ideas on building happiness – a great topic for February!
If any of our St Cloud members want to carpool, let us know!
Directions and RSVP here!

Contact us with any questions! I’m ajordan(at)cmle.org

Relaxed Readers Meetup Group THIS WEEK! 😊

We are so excited to get together with local book fans this Wednesday! If you like to read, we would love to see you there! (CMLE membership and/or Vast Literary Knowledge not required!)

We just want to enjoy dinner and some easygoing book conversation. We’ll have fun questions prepared beforehand and look forward to hearing about what you are reading!

Here is the link to the Meetup Group.

Wednesday, Dec. 11th at 5:30 we have reservations at Mexican Village in downtown St. Cloud!

And if you can’t make it in December, mark your calendars for our January meetup:

Wednesday, Jan 8th at 5:30 we will be at Mexican Village St. Cloud again.

If you are interested in joining our group and have a suggestion about a different location, definitely let us know! Leave us a comment or email admin @ cmle.org (no spaces).

Book Suggestion Series: The Little Book of Hygge

We love to read books, and to talk about books. Check out our entire series here!

This week I read a really fun book: The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking

The Little Book of Hygge “The Danish word hygge is one of those beautiful words that doesn’t directly translate into English, but it more or less means comfort, warmth or togetherness. Hygge is the feeling you get when you are cuddled up on a sofa with a loved one, in warm knitted socks, in front of the fire, when it is dark, cold and stormy outside. It that feeling when you are sharing good, comfort food with your closest friends, by candle light and exchanging easy conversation. It is those cold, crisp blue sky mornings when the light through your window is just right. Denmark is the happiest nation in the world and Meik puts this largely down to them living the hygge way. They focus on the small things that really matter, spend more quality time with friends and family and enjoy the good things in life. The Little Book of Hygge will give you practical steps and tips to become more hygge: how to pick the right lighting, organise a dinner party and even how to dress hygge, all backed up by Meik’s years of research at the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen. This year live more like a Dane, embrace hygge and become happier.”

I listened to this book with an audiobook from Overdrive, and that was really a great way to do it! This was one of my first exposures to this word, and hearing it in the author’s Danish accent definitely made me understand everything better.

In Minnesota, we have really cold winters and the idea of embracing hygge is very appealing. I love to go outside and do stuff in the snow – shoveling, hiking, making snow people. But I love coming back inside and drinking hot chocolate (with Fluff!), and snuggled into my couch surrounded by library books! So I was all ready to learn about hygge.

You might not want to listen to it as you are out shopping – as I did. I ended up coming home with a bunch of pillar candles (candles are very important in hygge) and a few other comforts. I bought an aromatherapy oil diffuser I’ve had my eye on for a while; and I really do love having the peppermint smell all through the house.  This book also pushed me to get more pictures put up on my walls, which is a good thing. And my bed is now so comfy and cozy, with extra pillows and soft blankets, that I’m struggling to get the motivation to leave it in the mornings. (I’m not counting that as a problem, you understand!)

If you want to explore this trend that is new to the US, but part of everyday life in the Scandinavian countries, I suggest you check out this book!

Oh – and you can increase the hygge of your office by bringing in cake! If any CMLE members out there want to bring cake by the Headquarters – know that we are open to this idea!! We can all have a slice, sip some tea/coffee, and chat about libraries.

Ahhhh….hygge. I feel cozier and happier already.