Ruth Goodwin has been collecting good books to read over the winter, and now that the last of the fall chores is done, she’s ready to settle in with a cup of hot chocolate.

Only the first book she picks up is not exactly what she expected.

So how do you deal with bookish disappointment? Keep reading in hopes it will get better? Find something else to read?

Ruth is faced with that dilemma.

Here’s a sample of tomorrow’s Carding Chronicle.