READING/BOOK REVIEW

The Small Pleasures of Life

Blankets, books, and coffee

Surekha Chandrasekhar
Good Vibes Club
Published in
3 min readDec 1, 2024

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Hello December 👋

The winter is here, and Christmas is just around the corner 🎄🎋 Days are short and nights long and dreary. What one needs is layers and layers of comfort and warmth!

I have compromised on my long morning walks…

But it is cozy in my warm bedroom: blankets, books, and coffee 🏡

Today, I have a wonderful book to share with you, a gem from my Kindle collection. A book that will make you relax and slow down like winter itself!

The Small Pleasures of Life by Philippe Delerm is an absolute gem from my Kindle Collection of French books. A collection of thirty-five short essays which are light and poetic.

It is a book I fell in love with instantly. My wildest dream is to write a book like this. Just kidding!

Some snippets from The Small Pleasures of Life:

Helping shell peas:

Shelling peas isn’t a time to explain things, it is a time to go with the flow, in a detached sort of way. You are looking at five minutes’ worth of work, but the pleasure lies in…

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