{"id":1290,"date":"2021-03-10T19:14:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T19:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2021-03-11T18:10:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T18:10:05","slug":"top-10-reads-while-in-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/10\/top-10-reads-while-in-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Reads While in Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size has-very-dark-gray-color\"><strong><em>A reader offers these suggested books to us navigate through the pandemic and take us into springtime.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>It\u2019s beginning to look a lot like spring! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are like me you are counting down the days until the sun sets later than 5pm and you don\u2019t have to wear 10 layers to stay warm.\u00a0 So, of course, I will find any reason to get outside and enjoy the sun. Being in lockdown has really pushed me and everyone else to get creative on how to stay active, connect with friends and family but also things to keep your brain stimulated. I think that has been the hardest part for me. Most days, my brain just feels like mush. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have decided to put a list together of books I have recently devoured that will transport you around the world; make you laugh or cry; wake you up in the middle of the night to read the next chapter; or even scare you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The Women\nin the Window<\/strong> by A.J. Finn<\/li><li><strong>The Night\nPortrait<\/strong> by Laura Morelli<\/li><li><strong>The Winemaker\u2019s\nWife<\/strong> by Kristin Harmel<\/li><li><strong>When No\nOne is Watching<\/strong> by Alyssa Cole<\/li><li><strong>Beach\nRead<\/strong> by Emily Henry<\/li><li><strong>The Guest\nList<\/strong> by Lucy Foley<\/li><li><strong>The Vanishing\nHalf<\/strong> by Brit Bennett<\/li><li><strong>Sparks Like\nStars<\/strong> by Nadia Hashim<\/li><li><strong>Think Again<\/strong> by Adam Grant<\/li><li><strong>Becoming<\/strong> by Michelle Obama<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Now find a park bench\nor bring a picnic blanket and some hot coffee or sit back and let your mind wander\nto a place that doesn\u2019t have restrictions, lockdowns and the word pandemic in\nit. We\u2019ve made it through the toughest year most of us have ever experienced.\nIt\u2019s your turn to be kind to yourself and just let your brain escape into these\nwonderful books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ENJOY!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"65\" src=\"http:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/colin-holbrow-logo_signature.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-991\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/10\/top-10-reads-while-in-lockdown\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communicate","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1290"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1296,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions\/1296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholbrowgroup.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}