Merry Christmas
to all my fellow book-lovers!
I hope you have a gorgeous & peaceful Christmas
and that the New Year brings you
all sorts of bookish wonderfulness.
Incidentally, while looking for something Christmassy to read, I came across this list of Christmas Mystery Books at cozy-mystery.com which gave me quite a few ideas.
And, if you have an e-reader, there's a free Ruth Galloway Christmas short story ('Ruth's First Christmas Tree') by Elly Griffiths available at amazon (non-affiliate link).
After loving Come Out of the Kitchen! by Alice Duer Miller (recommended at fleur in her world), I have decided to read The Burglar and the Blizzard (free at project gutenberg) as one of my Christmas-themed books.
I also have W. Somerset Maugham's Christmas Holiday for back-up (Ali warns me it isn't really about Christmas); and someone (who was it?!) mentioned Georgette Heyer's Envious Casca as another possibility (but have I read it?). Or maybe, since I loved my first Robert Barnard book (here), I should go with his Death in a Cold Climate... What is it about Christmas and a good murder?
Do you like a Christmassy read?
(And is 'Christmassy' really a word?)
Have a great holiday!
I enjoy Envious Casca, though it has one of Heyer's more unhappy families. I meant to look for Alice Duer Miller's books after Jane's review - thanks for the reminder. Now I have two to download. A very happy Christmas! I hope it brings you some great books. I've bought myself a couple, just in case no one else does ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm very rarely bought books, although this year my mother asked if I had a copy of 'How Tea Cosies Changed the World' (!!!), so I suspect that will be in my stocking! I hope you have an excellent, book-filled Christmas Lisa, and I'm glad to know that you are well prepared for any book emergencies!
DeleteOne of my book group very kindly gave me a book of Christmas stories that he'd been reading and thought I might like: The Christmas Mystery by Jostein Gardner. I may have to eschew the crime novel I'm reading at the mo (since it's hardly very festive!) and pick it up. Though the fact he was quite happy to pass on a book he'd spent money on for me to keep I'm not entirely sure is singing its praises!
ReplyDeleteThis is the Sophie's World Gardner? It might be quite meaty, though I too wonder about the 'hey, you have it!' aspect. But it's Christmas, season for giving... (I say, optimistically! And a free book!). Thanks for dropping by, and have a fabulous, book-filled holiday.
DeleteI love how you're reading books with a Christmas theme! One of my greatest joys last year was reading a little anthology of Christmas stories right around this time, but now I'm halfway through Book Two of A Game of Thrones and I can't put it down or I'll be really lost in all the characters' names! Merry Christmas! Love your accompanying picture for this post!
ReplyDeleteThanks for popping by, Bellezza. I've also discovered that the 4th Flavia de Luce book is a Xmas read, so that's on my list now too. I may soon have enough Christmas reads to do me until next Christmas! I'm terribly forgetful about characters' names in longer books - I really need some sort of chart.
DeleteI do love a good Christmas read -- be it murder or humour! I hope your Christmas is a very, very happy one.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jeanie - all the best to you and your family. I hope that your day is merry and bright, and the New Year brings you many pleasures.
DeleteDo you know I have never read any of Georgette Heyer's mysteries--though I have a number of them on hand. I love her Regencies and suspect I would find her mysteries equally as entertaining. Did you know she wrote them with the help of her husband? I was thinking that it would be fun to read something with a Christmas theme, but I've left it too long now and have plenty (ahem) to choose from already. And that's not counting the stack of 'soon to be reads' either.... Love your list, though, and I hope you get in many happy hours of reading with them! Have a really lovely holiday. Many thanks for all the comments which I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Danielle - I did read her mysteries many, many years ago, before I read her Regencies. I have to say that I didn't warm to the mysteries, but I am hoping that as I have totally forgotten their plots and my tastes for vintage reads has expanded my palate, that I will enjoy this one. I wonder if anyone's done a 'read only Xmas books' challenge? It might be a bit masochistic! Have a lovely Christmas - and thanks for popping by.
DeleteI love the 'Make this a Book Christmas' poster! Merry Christmas Vicki, and a Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous - and so true! You have a wonderful day, Lindsay - all the best for a sparkling 2014.
DeleteMerry Christmas Vicki! I've not read a Christmas themed book, although I really should one year at least. I do generally make sure I am reading a 'fun' book on Christmas/Boxing Day - for example at the moment I'm reading 'Erasmus Hobart and the Golden Arrow' (http://www.bookloverbookreviews.com/2013/12/booklover-mailbox-december-2013-edition-1.html)
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I am scanning my books for something suitable to that slightly hungover with food and wine Boxing Day feeling! Preferably that I can read while simultaneously watching the cricket! I hope you had a great day, Joanne.
DeleteI enjoy a bit of seasonal reading too. Shame I haven't got to doing any seasonal blogging just yet. I haven't heard of any our your Christmas titles, I love it that there's so many out there.
ReplyDeleteThanks Louise - I hope you had a fabulous Christmas - I've still got one Xmas themed read left, though I think I might now be over Xmas for the year!
DeleteA bit of a late reply, so I'll say 'Happy New Year' to you instead. Hope you have a great 2014.
ReplyDeleteAnd to you too, Sarah - I hope 2014 brings you many joys and delights (in which books are obviously included!).
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