Every year, I gather up my favorite holiday books for rereading: Lee Smith’s The Christmas Letters, Mary Kay Andrews’ Blue Christmas (e-book on sale this week for $1.99), Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’ Certain Poor Shepherds and Barbara Robinson’s Best Christmas Pageant Ever. They make me laugh or cry, sometimes both, and they’re nifty stocking stuffers. This year, [...]
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Merry and bright
Posted in Fiction, Reviews, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, Writing and Reading, tagged Blue Christmas, cats, holiday books, Lee Smith, Mary Kay Andrews, romance, Sheila Roberts, The Christmas Letters, The Nine Lives of Christmas on December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Booking a break
Posted in Fiction, Thoughts on Books, Uncategorized, Writing and Reading, tagged Fiction, Lee Smith, paperbacks, The Tourist on March 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I hate packing. I procrastinate to the last minute, mentally making lists all the while. It’s not the clothes that are the problem — pack black is my motto. It’s all the other “necessities” ‘like the meds, make-up, hair products, iPod, cell phone charger, ticket, chocolate. At least I’m not lugging the laptop; my hosts [...]
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