Holiday Reading?

astrangerhere · 11-16-2010, 01:09 PM

I have made a tradition of reading some of Dickens' Christmas stories around the holidays, and I am curious what, if any, holiday books folks around here read?

Do you go looking for a holiday themed book (this year its Holmes for the Holidays for me), or do you just keep right along with your normal reading habits and genres?

I welcome any and all suggestions as I have close to a month of vacation time coming to me and I would like to spend it reading

birdbrainbb · 11-16-2010, 01:44 PM

I've got a pbook of short murders mystery stories that're set around Christmas-- Murder For Christmas. (Generally I think I prefer books that are set near Christmas but don't necessarily deal with the gooey feelings/goings-ons of Christmas. Therefor: murder mysteries!) I don't have any others, though, and none for my Kindle, so I will be watching this thread very closely, lol.

ATDrake · 11-16-2010, 04:56 PM

I make a point of re-reading Terry Pratchett's Hogfather every year around this time, to remind me of the true spirit of Christmas. Sometimes I also re-watch Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, for much the same reasons, but I'm a lot more inconsistent with that.

This year, I'll probably add in Charles Stross' short story Overtime (Hugo-nominated, hilarious) to the seasonal media list, and hug my plush Santa Cthulhu afterwards.

But aside from the Hogfather re-read, no, I don't normally do any special festive reading or seek out holiday-themed reads (nor do I avoid them out of Xmas burnout), though if I did, I'd be very tempted to add O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi for irony purposes.

11-16-2010, 01:09 PM	#1
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,751 Karma: 68428716 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	Holiday Reading? I have made a tradition of reading some of Dickens' Christmas stories around the holidays, and I am curious what, if any, holiday books folks around here read? Do you go looking for a holiday themed book (this year its Holmes for the Holidays for me), or do you just keep right along with your normal reading habits and genres? I welcome any and all suggestions as I have close to a month of vacation time coming to me and I would like to spend it reading

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11-16-2010, 01:44 PM	#2
birdbrainbb Addict Posts: 287 Karma: 2191035 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Anaheim, CA Device: Kindle Oasis, Kindle Paperwhite 5	I've got a pbook of short murders mystery stories that're set around Christmas-- Murder For Christmas. (Generally I think I prefer books that are set near Christmas but don't necessarily deal with the gooey feelings/goings-ons of Christmas. Therefor: murder mysteries!) I don't have any others, though, and none for my Kindle, so I will be watching this thread very closely, lol.

11-16-2010, 04:56 PM	#3
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	I make a point of re-reading Terry Pratchett's Hogfather every year around this time, to remind me of the true spirit of Christmas. Sometimes I also re-watch Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, for much the same reasons, but I'm a lot more inconsistent with that. This year, I'll probably add in Charles Stross' short story Overtime (Hugo-nominated, hilarious) to the seasonal media list, and hug my plush Santa Cthulhu afterwards. But aside from the Hogfather re-read, no, I don't normally do any special festive reading or seek out holiday-themed reads (nor do I avoid them out of Xmas burnout), though if I did, I'd be very tempted to add O. Henry's The Gift of the Magi for irony purposes.

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