tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post8445990759256844802..comments2024-01-24T05:13:06.164-08:00Comments on Not Your Usual Suspects: My holiday readingSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286314155783213006noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-79587225116445628692015-12-14T04:41:44.594-08:002015-12-14T04:41:44.594-08:00Good luck with the editing, Mia, and with the new ...Good luck with the editing, Mia, and with the new manuscript. Maybe I'll make some progress on the Book That Refuses to be Written. Hmm. :) I think I've read everything by Elizabeth George. Maybe I'd better go and check!<br /><br />Thanks, and a very merry Christmas to you, Mia!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938431508430656253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-56880606132534671232015-12-13T17:43:13.701-08:002015-12-13T17:43:13.701-08:00I'm so glad I'm not the only humbug. Part ...I'm so glad I'm not the only humbug. Part of it is the rush you mentioned, Shirley. The 24/7 Christmas movie marathons don't help much either. <br /><br />This year I'll be curling up with my red pen to edit, and hopefully making some headway on a new manuscript, but I plan on reading as much, and as widely, as possible. If I'm going to recommend writers: Elizabeth George, Jim Butcher, Grace Burrowes, and Joanna Bourne.<br /><br />Those mysteries you listed sure are tempting. :-) <br /><br />Merry Christmas, Shirley!<br /><br />~MiaMia Kayhttp://authormiakay.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-60002277891551417752015-12-12T10:02:36.254-08:002015-12-12T10:02:36.254-08:00I'm with you, Rita. I love Christmas - but not...I'm with you, Rita. I love Christmas - but not in October. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938431508430656253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-72543562290936504072015-12-12T08:33:13.109-08:002015-12-12T08:33:13.109-08:00I LOVE Christmas. I do not love the media hype. Em...I LOVE Christmas. I do not love the media hype. Emotionally it can be from very difficult to okay for me. I do believe I'm going to get that Big Book of Christmas Mysteries. Thanks for this lovely post. Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054306874904898496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-14004824858555443452015-12-12T03:32:38.080-08:002015-12-12T03:32:38.080-08:00Yep, it is stressful, Toni. Wow, I'll be wavin...Yep, it is stressful, Toni. Wow, I'll be waving back from a very wet Lancashire. (We actually have a smattering of snow today but I gather it's not likely to last.) Have fun with the family! I keep downloading books to the Kindle and I shudder to think how many are sitting on it waiting to be read. So little time, lol.<br /><br />Marcelle, once the lights, the singing and the movies start, I love Christmas too. As for snow, I don't suppose we'll have any. Perhaps you could ship a load over from the Yukon? Enjoy! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938431508430656253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-56697361522442163692015-12-11T10:57:06.794-08:002015-12-11T10:57:06.794-08:00I always love the Christmas season with its lights...I always love the Christmas season with its lights and snow and singing and wonderful movies. I save up at least one novel to savour between Christmas and New Year (this year will be Craig Longmire's latest, I do believe) and I usually set up a big puzzle to work on during that period. Kids and significant others are around and life is good. Merry Christmas, my friends.Marcelle Dubéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164965676254630066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-11210816663563315252015-12-11T09:57:54.939-08:002015-12-11T09:57:54.939-08:00'Might' not 'mince' LOL. I wonder ...'Might' not 'mince' LOL. I wonder what is on my mind...Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348843511453338339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-54808774849249397802015-12-11T09:56:46.359-08:002015-12-11T09:56:46.359-08:00I like to think I'm all sweetness and light bu...I like to think I'm all sweetness and light but I find it generally very stressful. I've given up on cards because mine are all overseas and I never do it in time. The kids always have their lists and then change it at the last moment! But I'll be in the uk for Christmas and NY (I'll wave from the M6,Shirley!). Books, I have so many I want to read. I think I'm going to impose a no work rule and just try and get through some of the TBR pile. I just downloaded HOLLYWOOD DIRT because it looked different. We all need time to relax. I think mince might be in January! 😍❤️❄️☃❄️❤️😍Toni Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348843511453338339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-70139258349121898062015-12-11T09:29:18.240-08:002015-12-11T09:29:18.240-08:00Hey, Anne Marie, I'm hoping I don't go int...Hey, Anne Marie, I'm hoping I don't go into a slump having dragged myself out of it, lol. Ah, yes, I shall add the Jill Shalvis book to my tottering TBR. Always exciting to get her latest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938431508430656253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7545210782126483136.post-15125159942039364742015-12-11T08:54:35.575-08:002015-12-11T08:54:35.575-08:00I'm totally with you on the back-and-forth emo...I'm totally with you on the back-and-forth emotions of Christmas season. I was on a high last week, chugging along as I raced daughter to various Nutcracker ballet practices, dress rehearsals, and performances. This week, I hit a slump and was totally "bah-humbug." In hindsight, I probably wore myself out!<br /><br />I write RS, but my pleasure reading choices are often contemporary romance, so I'm looking forward to the following, which includes a story by a friend Liz Talley: http://amzn.com/B00V3UU3JY. And Jill Shalvis has a new book coming out around Christmas that I'm excited to read!Anne Marie Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603878676306179018noreply@blogger.com