Books make the best presents

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Thinking of buying a book for that child or teen on your holiday list? Books make great gifts. Choosing the right one is difficult. The following is from School Library Journal.

“After carefully culling through our Best Books 2008 list , we came up with 21 irresistible titles chosen for their sure-fire kid-pleasing appeal. Click here for the list–and feel free to copy, forward, post, link or otherwise pass it along.”

“Irresistible to audiences from toddlers to teens, these titles have been carefully culled from School Library Journal’s Best Books 2008 list for their “ooh” and “ahh” impact and kid-pleasing appeal.”

Two new books

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I read two new books this past week and enjoyed them both.  Alex Kava’s Exposed deals with FBI agents Maggie O’Dell and Assistant Director Cunninham trying to solve seemingly unrelated deaths.  In trying to solve the problem they are drawn into a trap that results in tragedy.  It’s frightening on one level as it deals with a deadly poison thought to be introduced by terrorists, and on another level when the person causing it is unmasked.  It’s a stay up all night until finished book.  My second book, Michael Connelly’s The Brass Verdict, tells of a murderer’s trial and an ending which was totally unexpected.   Unlike some writers who let you down at the end, Connelly hits you with two totally unrelated surprises.

Have you read any new books lately?

Book Club

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The book, which will be available at the library after December 15, is For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts’ Advice to Women, by Barbara Ehrenreich.

Book your Holiday

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It’s Black Friday so probably many of you have been out and about since 4AM. Did you find any great buys? Do you shop online? Is your holiday shopping all done or are you waiting to see if there will be better sales just before Christmas?

I have been gathering small items for a couple of months now and everyone in our family knows that spending is cut way back this year. Stockings are being filled from the dollar stores.

Magazines and books are usual gifts in our family along with electronics and automotive stuff. Our children are grown so we don’t even look in toy stores anymore (but I think the boys might still enjoy putting together a Lego kit.)

If you are a member at the Pember Library, you could win this Nora Roberts book or the Santa plaque to use as a holiday gift by sending an email through the email link to the right. You only need to include your name and phone #. (We won’t share that info.) You may also enter by coming in to the library and filling out an entry blank. Two winners will be randomly selected from all entries submitted by December 15, 2008.