Here are our book selections for the month of December. Voting starts today and will run through Saturday, November 2. Also, I have just noticed that the number of those participating has dropped a lot in the last few months. I know we are all quite busy, and that's ok, but if you know someone that would like to be a part of our book club feel free to pass the information on to them so they can join us. As always, if you have any books you'd like to read, leave them in the comments so they can be added to our list.
The Christmas Shoes
by Donna VanLiere
Sometimes, the things that can change your life will cross your path in one
instant-and then, in a fleeting moment, they're gone. But if you open your eyes,
and watch carefully, you will believe....
Robert is a successful attorney
who has everything in life-and nothing at all. Focused on professional
achievement and material rewards, Robert is on the brink of losing his marriage.
He has lost sight of his wife, Kate, their two daughters, and ultimately
himself. Eight year old Nathan has a beloved mother, Maggie, whom he is losing
to cancer. But Nathan and his family are building a simple yet full life, and
struggling to hold onto every moment they have together. A chance meeting on
Christmas Even brings Robert and Nathan together-he is shopping for a family he
hardly knows and Nathan is shopping for a mother he is soon to lose. In this one
encounter, their lives are forever altered as Robert learns an important lesson:
sometimes the smallest things can make all the difference. The Christmas
Shoes is a universal story of the deeper meaning of serendipity, a tale of
our shared humanity, and of how a power greater than ourselves can shape, and
even save, our lives.
Skipping Christmas
by John Grisham
Luther and Nora Krank are fed up with the chaos of Christmas. The endless
shopping lists, the frenzied dashes through the mall, the hassle of decorating
the tree... where has all the joy gone? This year, celebrating seems like too
much effort. With their only child off in Peru, they decide that just this once,
they'll skip the holidays. They spend their Christmas budget on a Caribbean
cruise set to sail on December 25, and happily settle in for a restful holiday
season free of rooftop snowmen and festive parties.
But the Kranks soon
learn that their vacation from Christmas isn't much of a vacation at all, and
that skipping the holidays has consequences they didn't bargain for...
A
modern Christmas classic, Skipping Christmas is a charming and hilarious
look at the mayhem and madness that have become ingrained in our holiday
tradition.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Thursday, October 3, 2013
November's Book
Our November book is Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.
Voting for our December book will start October 27 and go through November 2.
If you have any suggestions for some Christmas books for us to read in December leave them in the comments.
Voting for our December book will start October 27 and go through November 2.
If you have any suggestions for some Christmas books for us to read in December leave them in the comments.
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