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A group of like-minded readers who read quiet, cozy, life-affirming books.
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What Does "Cozy" Really Mean? (opens the original)
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We’ve been getting many questions from members lately about how we choose our books and what we actually mean when we use the word cozy, and we think it deserves a proper answer.Cozy means something a little different to everyone.For us, it’s less about a strict checklist and more about a feeling. When we describe a book as cozy, we mean it has a certain warmth to it — the kind that settles around you like a favourite blanket. This tends to show up in a few consistent ways: characters you genuin
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