While we're talking of books - what books are you buying as gifts this year?

[Kareni]

For my sister:

 

Skinny Bitch Book of Vegan Swaps by Kim Barnouin

 

 

For my brother-in-law:

Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly

 

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly

 

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

 

 

For my husband:

Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace

 

 

For college aged daughter who is majoring in Latin but also studying Korean:

Hobbitus Ille: The Latin Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, translated by Mark Walker

 

a copy of Curious George in Korean

 

 

For great-nephew:

Harold at the North Pole (Harold and the Purple Crayon) by Crockett Johnson

 

 

For my sister-in-law:

 

a bag of books - urban fantasies, paranormal romances, some contemporary and historical romances

 

 

Regards,

Kareni

[Kareni]

Ds is getting (if i can find them!) some Diary of a Zombie kid books. Very heavy reading you know. Dd- i dont know. Maybe some guardians of ga'hool. Any recommendations? Ds is not really reading, so I'm trying to spark some interest (I'm getting close to considering those inappropriate parodies like go the f to sleep. I'm getting desperate here!). Dd loves to read. I know she liked the first guardians book, and i just hope the rest are the same.

 

For your eight year old son, I can think of two suggestions.

 

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson -- I linked the first book but really any of them are likely to be a hit.

 

Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty by Joy Masoff -- This is a great book for browsing. When I brought home a copy from the library, everyone in the family was engrossed (a particularly apropos word in this case) by it including my husband.

 

Regards,

Kareni

[crazyforlatin]

The Rescuers by Margery Sharp, and not the Disney version. I can't seem to link to it using an iPad, but here it is on Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/Rescuers-Review-Books-Childrens-Collection/dp/1590174607/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355940412&sr=1-1&keywords=The+rescuers