What are you reading in December 2009?

So.. what are you reading this month?

I just finished Cathy's Book by Sean Stewart and Jordan Weisman and posted a review. It's another "transmedia storytelling" example. Kinda fun.

I read Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen on the plane. It was a great, quick read for the YA audience. Check out my review.

I finished reading The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan on the plane and posted a review. I've got the next two and will try to fit them in I jump into Christmas reading.

Children and young adult books are fun and fast to read.

My author friend, Dwight Zimmerman sent me two of his new books to review. Both were great. Check out review for The Book of War and The Book of Weapons - (Tools of War Through the Ages).

I was out of books when I left the cabin to fly home, so mom donated a couple Christmas novels so I wouldn't go crazy on the plane. A cross between the A Christmas Carol and A Prairie Home Companion skit, I started with A Christmas Blizzard by Garrison Keillor. It was okay, but I think there are many better Christmas novels. Check out my review.

I really liked A Creed Country Christmas by Linda Lael Miller... create combination of historical fiction, romance, Christmas, and a little sex thrown in. See my review.

Nice review of A Creed Country Christmas, Annette! ;-)

I am now struggling through the Early Reviewer copy of Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the Voyage that Redrew the Map of the New World by Douglas Hunter.

This book is based on extensive research based on original sources where ever possible. Hunter is an experienced nautical researcher and writer as well as an historian. It is very detailed and he has recreated maps and charts that he believes Hudson must have had available to him. It is very long...

OK...Glad you guys are keeping this up...keep forgetting to add stuff!!

Finished Snow Melts in Spring..loved it...

Read and finished Hunger Games Really loved it...and reading Catching Fire now...

Read and finished Truly, Madly a cozy mystery...I really enjoyed the characters in this one!!

Annette...did you enjoy the 39 step book?..I almost got it a while back ..but changed my mind..

I'm fascinated by these early explorers and their use of geography, locals, and maps to find their way through "raw" territory. Sounds like I might enjoy The Henry Hudson book depending on how it is presented. Unfortunately, it sounds like it might be a little more academic and a little drier than I'd like.

Allison, I think there's an extra copy of 39 steps upstairs at the cabin on the bookcase next to the bed. It was a nice introduction to the transmedia series. It's got a great companion website. It's worth a look to get a feel for the series.

Annette, on Message 11, I don't think you would find it too academic... he is a good story-teller... good narrative. Just an awful lot of words.... ;-)

With the books I have "coming" for Christmas, I certainly have an incentive to get it finished.... ;-)