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My Top 12 Picks for Xmas 2009
| Posted on December 6, 2009 at 9:15 AM |
*Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, The Authorized Adaptation by Tim Hamilton (graphic novel)
*The Hocus-Pocus of the Universe by Laura Gilpin (If you're lucky, you might find a used copy of this older poetry collection)
*Peter Pan and any other book by Robert Sabuda (pop-up books)
*Painting Rain by Paula Meehan (poetry collection by Irish poet)
*Story by Robert McKee (how-to for screen writers and novelists)
*Entering the Stone by Barbara Hurd (non-fiction)
*Like the Mountains of China by Edwina Pendarvis (poetry collection)
*Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris (award-winning novel)
*Seeking the Swan winning entries from the West Virginia Writers, Inc./ Competition, 1996-2006
*underthebridge.com by Paul Martin (novel)
*Family Matters: Poems of Our Families, edited by Ann and Larry Smith (poetry anthology)
*Any book written by Cynthia Rylant! (beloved children's writer with over 200 books, starting with When I Was Young and in the Mountains)
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*** What are your must-buy books for Christmas this year?!
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cstclair2007@windstream.net says...
I suspected it had nothing to do with horses.
I need to give you back your book. That's a good idea about giving Finding Nouf as a gift. I have a friend I've been puzzling over what to get, and I think she'd enjoy such a good read, and the cultural understanding too.
I'm glad that you lked FINDING NOUF. I'm giving it and UNDERTHE BRIDGE.COM and others on my list for presents this year.
The English Teacher, RK Narayan
The Guide, RK Narayan
Finding Nouf (loved it). Zoe Ferraris
Dreaming by Rosemary Ellen Guiley (fun Taoist guide to dream analysis)
What Comes Down to Us--25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets, edited by Jeff Worley
Finding Faith, Jodi Picoult
Handle with Care, Jodi Picoult
Essential Writings, Thich Nhat Hanh
Will Write for Shoes: How to Write a Chick Lit Novel, Cathy Yardley
Unaccustomed Earth: Jhumpa Lahiri
Bread and Roses, Too, Katherine Paterson
I just read EMILY'S GHOST and did an interview with Denise Giardina for the current issue of WV Living magazine. It's a great book, and I would recommend it, too, for Bronte fans and all. I also endorse the Anna Smucker and Ann Pancake books. I'm tempted to buy Eamon Grennon's book for Christmas now! My second floor is going to cave in soon from the weight of books!
These are some fairly recent reads and which I would get for the right folks as holiday gifts. Hope this finds you keeping well, Marc.
STILL LIFE, Louise Penney;
THE BOOK THIEF, Markus Zusak;
THE FORGER'S SPELL, Edward Dolnick;
KENNEDY'S BRAIN, Henning Mankell;
EMILY'S GHOST, Denise Giardina;
RELATIONS; New & Collected Poems, Eamon Grennon;
GOLDEN DELICIOUS: A Cinderella Apple Story; Anna Smucker; MERRY CHRISTMAS CHEEPS, Baiker-McKee & Stiegemeyer;
THE BOTANY OF DESIRE, Michael Pollan;
STRANGE AS THIS WEATHER HAS BEEN, Ann Pancake
THE PALE LIGHT OF SUNSET by Lee Maynard
GETTING NAKED WITH HARRY CREWS (compiled interviews of Crews). Eric Bledsoe
AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD: A BIOGRAPHY OF A PLACE by Harry Crews
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF APPALACHIA by John R. Burch, Jr.
APPALACHIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY by Roberta Teague Herrin and Sheila Quinn Oliver with a Foreword by George Ella Lyon
SHADOWS OF THE ALLEGHENIES by Edwin Daryl Michael
HALF BROKE HORSES by Jeannette Walls
