Friday, December 24, 2010

The Perfect Gift

Books make the perfect gift, don't you think? Easy to wrap, easy to ship, and they last - day after day, year after year, right there on the bookshelf to enjoy again and again. Or pass on to someone else.

Here are some of the books I gave for Christmas this year:



THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE, by Jandy Nelson
Dial/ 2010


THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett
Putnam/ 2009


THE HEART IS NOT A SIZE, by Beth Kephart
Harper Teen/ 2010


THE DISTANT HOURS, by Kate Morton
Atria/ 2010


THE OUTSIDE OF A HORSE, by Ginny Rorby
Dial/ 2010


MINI MYSTERIES, by Rick Walton
American Girl/ 2004


INTROVERT POWER, By Laurie Helgoe
Sourcebooks/ 2008


BINK & GOLLIE, by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee
Candlewick Press/ 2010



A DOG'S PURPOSE, by W. Bruce Cameron
Forge Books/ 2010


I have read and loved most of the books above. All but two of them. Anyone care to guess which two I haven't read yet?


Merry Christmas, Everyone.

Happy Holidays and Happy Reading!!

3 comments:

Susan said...

I have no idea which of these books you haven't read. I haven't read any of them, but I bet they're good ones, and I'm always looking for good books to read. Thanks for pointing them out.

Cynthia Chapman Willis said...

I love, love, loved THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE and THE HELP!!! Awesome reads. And now I need to read your other suggestions! Thanks, LInda! : )

Linda Benson said...

Yes, THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE and THE HELP are wonderful, fantastic reads. Of the books above, the only two I haven't read yet are the MINI-MYSTERIES (but it sounded perfect for the one I picked it for) and THE DISTANT HOURS, by Kate Morton. But I just read and loved her last book, THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN, so I gave this one as a present to someone who also loved that one, hoping her newest is just as good.
And BINK AND GOLLIE? oh gosh. It's hilarious! These are all great books!