Christmas Book Recommendations

[Marce]

Tis the Season for a Festive Read

Please recommend a great one to read.

Also, anyone a Mary Higgins Clark fan, she is co-author, with her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, of five holiday suspense novels. I just blogged about it here... http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2009/12/mary-higgins-clark-fans-ch...

[theBookChubi]

I just bought an audiobook today titled Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb. It sounded cute so I shall give it a try in the next week or so. I'll let you know how it is!

theBookChubi
http://thebookchubi.blogspot.com

[Bernice McFadden]

Dear Book Lover:

Join Actress Kimberly Elise (Beloved, Diary of a Mad Black Woman) in celebrating Sugar's 10th Anniversary!

“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”

I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.

If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering and Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.


Peace & Light,

Bernice L. McFadden
www.bernicemcfadden.com
www.firstborngirl.blogspot.com
www.amazon.com
www.B&N.com

[Jacki Lewis]

I read and reviewed Matchless last night. It is a different spin on The Little Match Girl. Check out my blog for a review.

www.lovelylittleshelf.com

[Charlotte Garnatz]

The Gift by Cecelia Ahern was pretty good.

[Sharon Galligar Chance]

I'm having a 25 days of Christmas Books celebration over at my blog...come on by and see what I've got! http://sharonsgardenofbookreviews.blogspot.com
Today's selection is "Tinsel: A Search for America's Christmas Present"

[Sue Fitzpatrick]

I say Christmas Jars, The Christmas Box

[Dave]

Not exactly a Christmas story but a good action / adventure type book for the male friends in your life. The book outlines current military units going back in time to fight in the Trojan war. Available on Amazon.com now, read more on www.davidhartmanauthor.com for more info and link to Amazon.com for more info. The site tells all about the book itself including a summary of the characters.

[Margaret Skipper]

Try this book called "Christmas Jars" by Jason Wright http://bit.ly/4PItHf I read it last year!!

[Marce]

So I saw a few different books and I chose You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs - Stories for Christmas

I will probably read this weekend.

Happy Holidays to all of you.

[Jill Buck]

This season I've read 7 Chritmas books: The Christmas Jars, A Highlander Christmas, A Blue and Gray Christmas, A Creed County Christmas, You Better Not Cry and The Perfect Christmas. I had A Christmas List out of the library but didn't get to it before it was due back. I liked them all except for You Better Not Cry, but other readers loved it so it must just not have been my style.