Monday Round Up (Christmas Edition 2010)
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Belated Merry Christmas! I hope that everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was three full days of family celebrations. It was a really fun Christmas, but I’m definitely happy to have this week off and to have planned absolutely nothing for today.
All that I do have planned for today?
#1: Stay in pyjamas
#2: Eat Christmas gooodies
#3: Read. And oh boy do I have lots of new books to choose from!
On Wednesday last week, I suddenly decided I needed some Christmas reads for my week off between Christmas and New Years, so I made a pit stop at the library on my way home and came away with these:
Christmas Reads:
Debbie Macomber – The Perfect Christmas
Sheila Roberts – On Strike For Christmas
Debbie Macomber – When Christmas Comes
Janet Evanovich – Visions of Sugar Plums
Cecelia Ahern – The Gift
And then Christmas came and I now have these lovelies towering on my coffee table. I love the variety found within this pile!
Sydney Salter – Swoon At Your Own Risk
Yoko Ogawa – The Housekeeper and the Professor
Christopher Moore – Lamb
Sophie Kinsella – Mini-Shopaholic
Kazuo Ishiguro – Never Let Me Go
Shilpi Somaya Gowda – Secret Daughter
Jennifer Brown – The Hate List
Shobhan Bantwal – The Sari Shop Widow
Plus (yes there’s more), these books arrived last week:
Marilynne Robinson – Gilead (borrowed from my mom)
Richard Paul Evans – The Christmas List (borrowed from my mom)
Sarrah Dessen – Someone Like You (won at Book, Line and Sinker)
“It’s Monday What Are You Reading” is a weekly event hosted by Sheila that lets you share books you’ve read over the past week and books you have coming up.
Whew. So what have I been reading lately? Thanks to everyone who left great suggestions last week as to what I should read next. I ended up starting Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani, as recommend by Danielle. But I put it down after a couple days to start my Christmas reads and plan to pick it up again in 2011.
So.
Finished: On Strike for Christmas by Sheila Roberts
Posted: Monsters of Men & The New World by Patrick Ness
Currently Reading: Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
Up Next: When Christmas Comes by Debbie Macomber and The Gift by Cecelia Ahern
What are you reading? Did any new books find their way into your possession?
alita.reads. 
Woo, lots of great reads! I managed only one holiday-themed book this season — The Mischief Of The Mistletoe — and that was lots of fun. Secret Daughter and Never Let Me Go have been on my wishlist for a while. Enjoy!
What a great stack of books! Your today sounds like my yesterday! Thanks for linking up to Mailbox Monday! Happy reading!
Secret Daughter has been on my wishlift for a long time! You have such a nice haul of books here.
Enjoy the reading.
All of your Christmas books look like so much fun! I didn’t read any festive novels this season, but that’s ok. Enjoy your reading!
Have a fab week! My It’s Monday is here.
Come and link reviews of books with a TV/Movie Adaptation on this week’s Read My Review
Now that is a great selection of books! I plan on doing a lot of eating, reading and relaxing this week too.
Wow, you have several books there that I want to read! Mini-Shopaholic, for one. And the other day, I saw a movie based on the On Strike for Christmas book. It was good.
Thanks for stopping by my blog…enjoy your books.
I’m in love with the stack of books that are just waiting for you!! Have fun this week! Your plans sound very similar to mine :D
I love your Christmas reads! And I have Sari Shop Widow but haven’t read it yet, need to change that!
yay for Hate List! I loved that book so much.
I love your plan for staying in pj’s, eating and reading… I’m going with that too :)
Wonderful haul of books. Have a great week and happy reading!!
Wow look at all those books! AND I am so jealous that you have this whole week off! I would love that :)
Enjoy your reads!
Loved your review of Monsters of Men! I am starting to listen to the first in the trilogy and really getting into it. I can’t wait to read all three…and now, the prequel! Thanks for the heads up!
Also, really love all the Christmas reading! Perfect! Hope you enjoy and have a fabulous reading week! Thanks so much for stopping by earlier!
I really like Richard Paul Evans books. Enjoy!
Oooh, I saw Lamb on another blog today too, I totally need to pick that one up! You got a great stack this week, I’m so jealous!
Have a great week :)
Looks like you’ve got plenty of books to keep you going through to the new year and beyond! I’ve got a few Debbie Macomber books too and quite enjoy them.
All the best for the new year! :)
Oh my gosh! WAY too much book goodness in one week! The only books I received for Christmas were 3 Debbie Macomber titles from a friend; my girls refuse to buy me more books until I get rid of the piles waiting to be read! LOL! The Christmas List was a pretty good one; I could imagine it being made into a television movie! Enjoy all of the reads!