December Favorites
I'm late with this month's post, so I'm going to skip adding book covers or commentary so that I can get this done quickly and jump into a new year of reading! These were all five star reads:
- A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis
- The Appeal by Janice Hallett
- Credo by Bishop Athnasius Schneider
- Gifts: Visible & Invisible by Catholic Teen Books
- The Holiday Stand-In by Kortney Keisel
- The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Date with Death by Julia Chapman
- Pop Sonnets: Shakespearean Spins on Your Favorite Songs by Eric Didriksen
- 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
- The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Volume 1 by Beth Brower
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church
Read-Aloud and Homeschool Books
- The Ancient Egyptian World by Eric H. Cline
- The Lion in the Box by Marguerite de Angeli
Sequels and Series Books
- Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit by P.G. Wodehouse (from The World of Jeeves)
- The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal book 1.5) by Janice Hallett
- We Grant You a Merry Christmas (Save the Date short story sequel) by Morgan Matson
- Solo for the Season (Gift Wrapped Romance) by Martha Keyes
- Merry Kismet (Gift Wrapped Romance) by Anneka Walker
- Cabin Crush (Gift Wrapped Romance) by Kasey Stockton
- The Clause in Christmas (Poppy Creek book 1) by Rachael Bloome
- It Happened One Christmas Eve (Museum of Literature Romance Book 3) by Jenn McKinlay
Standalone Books
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- So This is Christmas by Tracy Andreen
- A Christmas Legacy by Anne Perry
- Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
- A Cross-Country Christmas by Courtney Walsh
- Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien
- On Fairy Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
- The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer
- The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
- The Christmas Joy Ride by Melody Carlson
- Christmas in Winter Hill by Melody Carlson
- The Christmas Spirit by Debbie Macomber
- You Make It Feel Like Christmas by Toni Shiloh
- Starstruck by Amy Clipston
- The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
DNF
- My True Love Gave To Me: The Costa Family Christmas Romance Series Box Set by Ellie Hall
- Baggage Claim by Juliana Smith
Family Reading Lists
M. (girl, 10 years, 1 month)
- Call of the Wild by Jack London
C. (girl, 8 years, 3 months)
- The Flight and Adventures of Charles ll by Charles Norman
- Fire on the Wind by Geoffrey Trease
- The King's Day by Aliki
- William Penn, Quaker Hero by Hildegarde Dolson
- The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo
- The Explorations of Pere Marquette by Jim Kjelgaard
E. (girl, 6 years, 2 months)
- Lysis Goes to the Play by Caroline Dale Snedeker
- The Spartan Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Our Little Athenian Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles
- Our Little Spartan Cousin of Long Ago Julia Darrow Cowles
- Archimedes Takes a Bath by Joan Lexau
R. and A. (boy and girl, 3 years, 9 months)
- Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life (mostly R.)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
- Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo
- The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Oceans
- The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
- Oliver Elephant by Lou Peacock
- The Lost Gift by Kallie George
My husband
- Mara of Old Babylon by Elizabeth P. Witheridge
- The Animals' Christmas by Anne Thaxter Eaton
- The Lion in the Box by Marguerite de Angeli
- Christmas by Alice Dalgliesh
- The Flying Classroom by Erick Kastner
- Anson's Way by Gary D. Schmidt
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