Day: December 26, 2017
Ngaio Marsh: Tied Up in Tinsel
16 Tasks of the Festive Season: Square 15 – Boxing Day Book themes for Boxing Day/St. Stephen’s Day: Read anything where the main character has servants (paid servants count, NOT unpaid) or is working as a servant him-/ herself. Well, I guess one could count Roderick Alleyn as a public servant, seeing as he’s a […]
Read MoreFrances Hodgson Burnett: Little Lord Fauntleroy
16 Tasks of the Festive Season: Square 6 – Sinterklaas / St. Nicholas’s Day / Krampusnacht Can you say angelic? Book themes for Sinterklaas / St. Nicholas’s Day / Krampusnacht: A story involving children or a young adult book. I was introduced to this story by its 1980s TV adaptation starring Alec Guinness and Ricky […]
Read MoreDr. Seuss: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Book themes for Festivus: Read anything comedic; a parody, satire, etc. Books with hilariously dysfunctional families (must be funny dysfunctional, not tragic dysfunctional). Anything that makes you laugh (or hope it does). On Christmas, can there possibly a better choice? Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1626561/post
Read MoreChristmas Book Gifts
Christmas book gifts from my BFF — in addition to various teas, spices, home made holiday baking, and a CD. She spoiled me … as she always does! Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1626512/post
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