~Andrea~ Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 So what books have you all put in your letters to Santa? My Christmas list had a large book contingent I've asked for: fiction: The Virgin Suicides - J Eugenides The man who was thursday, G K Chesterton E11even Terrible Months - R.L. Royle The ghost writer - John Harwood Out of this silent planet - C S Lewis non fiction: Paul Davies - The mind of God Divine Nobodies - Jim Palmer Stephen King - on writing I wonder what I'll get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 These are the ones I know I am definately getting: Martina Cole - Close Gregory Maguire - Wicked How to cook yourself slim And to be delieverd shortly after Christmas: Raven Hart - The Vampires Kiss Kelley Armstrong - Bitten Sarah Pinborough - The Taken Sarah Pinborough - Breeding Ground I won't be leaving the house for a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I have asked for the followig hardbacks: Terry Pratchett - Making Money Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs -The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld Christopher Brookmyre - Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks Kelley Armstrong - Exit Strategy Simon Scarrow - The Generals (Revolution #2) and Centurion (Romans #8) Lisa See - Peony in Love Kate Mosse - Sepulchre Ben Elton - Blind Faith Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell - The Lost Barkscrolls I'm also replacing a load of my old paperbacks with hardbacks, so I have a backup list for when folks run out of ideas for me. And if any of the books listed here don't make it into my Xmas stocking, I'll be buying them for myself as soon in the New Year as I can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carm Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 i've asked for the box set of anne of the green gables- carm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyB Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Why Not Catch 21? The Stories Behind the Titles by Gary Dexter It's a book about how books got their names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I know I'm getting the Kate Mosse one.. I tried to subtley point it out to Glen, so he could buy it with the girls as I wandered away.. and he picked it up and said (rather loudly).. what, you want me to buy this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nici Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Lol Michelle! I would quite like that book as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen1 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 The only one I know I am definitely getting is a three-in-one - The Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I know for a fact that I'm getting 3 cookbooks. They're from a range of different ones by the same people, and I'm getting Chicken, Pasta and Dessert. They look pretty good - one recipe per page with a picture on opposite page. Gotta have pictures in cookbooks I also asked for: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield The Commonsense Cookbook Vol 1 The Little Black Book of Books (here's a description from Dymocks' website): From the most explosive lyrics and chart-busting albums and singles to the greatest compositions and pivotal performances this is an overview of each moment's impact on modern music, on popular culture, and on rock evolution. The Little Black Book of Music (or Movies, I can't remember which now but I'm pretty sure it was Music!) Here is the world of literature in a nutshell, each vital and intriguing moment placed in it's historic and cultural context creating an intelligent, accessible guide to the writings of the world. I think that's about it. I usually get a book voucher too so I can buy quite a few at the post-Christmas sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Butter Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I always ask my son to get me an intelligent sports book - i.e not the (badly) ghost-written "autobiography" of some 20 year old who's never actually done anything. That way, a) it gets him into a bookshop and I usually end up with a nice surprise. Last year he got me Unforgivable Blackness, a biography of the boxer Jack Johnson - not something I'd have bought for myself, but a fascinating insight into a man who challenged the colour bar in the US a hundred years ago. I'm secretly hoping that this year he'll get me Provided You Don't Kiss Me, a Midlands journalist's account of his time working with Brian Clough (one of my all-time heroes!). But that kind of defeats the object of the exercise, so I'll be happy with whatever he finds - he has a knack of uncovering good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I will probably end up with a Chapters Gift Card which is nice because it lets me pick the ones I want. There is no way my family could keep track of what I read. They stoped that along time ago. They just give me the money and let me pick out the books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Andrea~ Posted December 11, 2007 Author Share Posted December 11, 2007 Oh sounds like you all have some great books coming your way Raven Hart - The Vampires Kiss Kelley Armstrong - Bitten I would really like to try these authors. However being such a slow reader, and given the size of my xmas list and the number of books on my bookshelf, I doubt it will happen before 2009! i've asked for the box set of anne of the green gables- carm lovely Why Not Catch 21? The Stories Behind the Titles by Gary Dexter It's a book about how books got their names. That does sound interesting. Adam - I agree, book vouchers are a very good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I've only asked for one book this year - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (60th Anniversary special edition). I've wanted to read this for years. I borrowed a copy from a friend and started it about 10 years ago but I had to give up because the print was tiny. I've asked my Mum for it - so I'm fairly certain I'll get it because I know she was struggling for ideas this year! I've bought two books for my husband - both by Tess Gerritsen because he's just read one and said it was brilliant. I got them from the Bookbarn so they only cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I have asked for the followig hardbacks: Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs -The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld I've got that book. The idea of it is really good, and there is plenty to look back on and chuckle along with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I'm asking for a lot of random books for my birthday and Christmas: My French Life by Vicki Archer Invisible Prey by John Sandford Dark of the Moon by John Sandford The Stranger by Albert Camus 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Road to Middle-Earth by Tom Shippey The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly Inside the Victorian Home by Judith Flanders The Cambridge Illustrated History of France by Colin Jones I doubt I'll be getting any of these for my birthday, but I'm hoping to get lucky for Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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