What Fiction are you reading this week, January 4, 2026?

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14. Love the quote and happily send that wish back to all. Whew, 2026 in with a bang.

Note to self, never accept two intense non-fictions to read in limited time during Christmas.

So, now reading very light fiction, The Forgotten Cottage by Sage Parker. First mystery is how I let myself get duped buying an e-book in sections, each only about 75-pages! Seemed easy light, but got me hooked with the first. "After a difficult divorce, Sunnie is ready to leave her past behind—even if it means moving into a run-down cottage in the quiet village of Hazelwood. The house is old, the roof leaks, and the townspeople seem more curious than welcoming. Still, there’s something about Hazelwood that feels like it could be home. But when a bookshelf collapses during renovations, revealing a hidden room that hasn’t been touched in nearly a hundred years, Sunnie finds herself drawn into the cottage’s mysterious past. Tucked inside are forgotten journals, tender love letters, and hints of a long-buried story the town would rather leave alone." Well written mental cozy, no one is bombed.