Merry Christmas Reading

While reading through the holidays, I found myself thoroughly enjoying the fun and spirit in the books I chose. I will post my final December reading list sometime next week, but in the meantime I wanted to report:

My favorite book (ok, two books):

Bring Me Home For Christmas by Robyn Carr
and
Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber

My favorite author:

Debbie Macomber
(I read three of her books this month! Oh, and one a couple years ago I realized!)

Cutest (and, yes, corny) fun read:

The Christmas Scrapbook by Philip Gulley

Book that kept my attention and won my praise in the end:

The Christmas Train by David Baldacci

Book that disappointed me:

Shepherd's Abiding by Jan Karon
(Sorry Mitford fans, it just didn't hold my attention)

Book with the best additional information for the reader:

The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman
(I loved her information about various ingredients found in cookies!)

Reoccurring theme found in several books:

Several books included a character who has a loved one that either served or is currently serving in the military. It shows how so many people are now touched by the war in one way or another.

A Diversity Reading

I have to do a reading to update my diversity training at work. I have narrowed a list of suggested books to two that captured my interest:

Stealing Buddha's Dinner, a memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen

and

The Girl Who Fell From The Sky, a novel by Heidi W. Durrow

Feel free to leave a comment if you have read one or both of these books. I plan on making my final choice and read the book sometime in January.

Or maybe I will just have to read both them both...

A Great Book

I found this quote posted at a library and thought it was a perfect description of a great book:

"A great book should leave you with many experiences
and slightly exhausted at the end."

William Styron (American author and essayist)