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Winter Blues with Ice-Ing

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What an awful day it is.  Rain is bad enough, but ice rain?  On the bright side, writers and readers are rejoicing because they can stay in with a comfy chair, hot drink and good book. The book I'm reviewing today takes place in the summer, so prepare to be transported away from the bleak white world! It’s was a rainy Saturday and I decided to curl up on my wide pea green chair.  Its arms were out to embrace me as I plunged into the depths of a new book.  A book with hues of blue on the cover that speaks of death, love, life, books and everything in between.  It may sound like a John Green novel (and I do like some of his books and support him in his writing and video-making; plus he’s even referenced in this book), but this book has more to it.  It is haunting and comforting, funny and melancholic, fiction and non-fiction. Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley is told from the points of view of best friends Henry and Rachel.  Henry and hi...