DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE HOLIDAY BOOK?

The library has had holiday books on display for the past few weeks, and heaven knows there is no shortage of them!  There are quite a few popular adult authors write books specifically about Christmas, either as a spinoff of a series or as a standalone book:  Debbie Macomber, Thomas Kinkade, Anne Perry, Richard Paul Evans, and Donna VanLiere, just to name a few.  The challenge each year is to decide which ones to buy.  This year, some of the books added to our collection included CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS and CALL ME MRS. MIRACLE by Debbie Macomber, A NANTUCKET CHRISTMAS by Nancy Thayer, and SILENT NIGHT by Robert Parker.

My favorite Christmas book remains SKIPPING CHRISTMAS by John Grisham. When it looks like Luther and Nora Krank will be alone for Christmas, they joyfully decide to skip the holiday altogether and arrange a Caribbean cruise.  No navigating crowded malls, no fruitcake, no elaborate house decorating project, no Christmas tree, and no rooftop Frosty the Snowman. But, plans often go awry, and the Kranks discover that skipping Christmas isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined, and they rediscover the joys in spending the holidays with family and friends. It's a classic tale made modern, and a funny look at the chaos that has become part of our holiday tradition. P.S.  Skip the movie, read the book!  ~ Katherine