Filled with wintery photos, illustrations and quotes this was a balm to someone who loves all seasons and has spent lots of time in a wintery clime. Tips ran the gamut from indoor crafts to cycle tracking and I think it’s a good reminder to rest and be intentional. Some of the illustrations felt a bit like filler and didn’t flow with the content as well as others but overall I felt it was a nice touch for someone who struggles with a prolonged winter season or is moving to a snowy place.

Even for an introvert with largely sedentary hobbies, the concept of "wintering" is pretty foreign when you grow up in constantly-on-the-move Los Angeles county. If you're not hustling somehow, you're not living, even if your hustle involves more passive hobbies. Without a real winter to force a natural slow down, it's go-go-go all the time.
There's plenty of amazing tips in this book, accompanied by the author's own anecdotal advice and a plethora of gorgeous, inspiring pictures to put one in the mood for a relaxing winter, whether literally or figuratively. My one complaint, which is an issue I have with just about any coffee-table style book, is that the placement of the pictures often interrupts the flow of reading. I feel that a restructuring of the photographs so that they don't span several pages in the middle of a paragraph would improve readability and accessibility. I found myself often having to flip back and forth between pages of beautiful pictures to try and pick up where I'd left off, which lessened my enjoyment of both said pictures and the content of the writing.

"Wintering is the practice of slowing down to rest and recuperate, just as nature does in the quiet winter months."

I adore this book! This concept is perfect and exactly what I needed to hear. I would definitely recommend this book.