My birthday and Christmas are in December and that meant books, books, books for me! I got some money from my parents for my birthday, and quickly went to Barnes and Noble and bought myself a gift card with the money! And am doing the same with money that I received for Christmas! What better gift than one of books? And then for Christmas, I also received 3 books that I had asked Santa for! Here is a list of the books that I acquired in the month of December:
Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
The List by Martin Fletcher
Jack Kennedy by Chris Matthews
The Time of Our Lives by Tom Brokaw
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Diodon
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry
Children and Fire by Ursula Hegi
So far, I have completed reading Little Heathens (for book group this week) and The List (to be reviewed this week on this blog). I am currently reading Jack Kennedy and am thoroughly enjoying it. I have found it interesting that four of the nine books are nonfiction, which I don't usually tend to read, although I always have great intentions of reading more nonfiction. The List is a novel, but is based on real life, so it is not counted as nonfiction, but it almost is!
And then, to top it off, one of my absolute favorite gifts that I received for Christmas was a new tote bag that is a To Kill A Mockingbird theme!!! I love it!!!
Commentary on books that I have read, hoping for interaction/comments from others about the same books or books that they recommend.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Books for Christmas
Are you buying books for gifts for others this year? (Of course, you are buying books for yourself...who could not, if you enter a book store?). so far, I have bought 3 book gifts, but have some others in the plans.
I also bought 2 October birth grandchildren books for their birthdays. I had not heard of either of the books, but one was about Pyramids for 7 year old Chris and the other was about a girl starting 3rd grade for Lexie, who just began (you guessed it) 3rd grade!
Then my daughters had birthdays in November and they each received books that I have requested to read when they have finished them!
I would be curious to know what books are you giving for gifts this year? I will share that the 3 I have bought so far are Babar, a Betty Crocker cookbook for Kids, and Jon Meacham's The Last Lion.
I also bought 2 October birth grandchildren books for their birthdays. I had not heard of either of the books, but one was about Pyramids for 7 year old Chris and the other was about a girl starting 3rd grade for Lexie, who just began (you guessed it) 3rd grade!
Then my daughters had birthdays in November and they each received books that I have requested to read when they have finished them!
I would be curious to know what books are you giving for gifts this year? I will share that the 3 I have bought so far are Babar, a Betty Crocker cookbook for Kids, and Jon Meacham's The Last Lion.
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