The Book Auntie at Christmas

A night of lights, and darkness; the longest night of the year.

Happy Solstice! Tonight I will wrap all the books I’m giving away. Since there are SPIES EVERYWHERE, I will only list some of them, but as I consider them, I’m pretty impressed. It’s a Bookish Year, and the Book Auntie is in full swing in the gifty department…

THE GOODS

• MY PEOPLE, by Langston Hughes with photographs by Charles R. Smith,
• WHo WILL I BE, LORD? by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by Sean Qualls
• ALL THE WORLD, by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee
• TRACERS – the Malcolm Rose series, books 4-8
• LEVIATHAN, by Scott Westerfeld
• GLORYLAND, by Shelton Johnson
• LIAR, by Justine Larbalestier
• FLYGIRL, by Sherri L. Smith
• THE KAYLA CHRONICLES, by Sherri Winston
• OPERATION YES, by Sara Lewis Holmes
• GIRL IN THE ARENA, by Lisa Haines
• ICE, by Sarah Beth Durst
• LIPS TOUCH: Three Times, by Laini Taylor
• THE SPLENDOR FALLS, by Rosemary Clement-Moore
• WAKE and FADE by Lisa McMann
• COFFEEHOUSE ANGEL, by Suzanne Selfours

EDITED TO ADD:

• DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS? by Randa Abdel-Fattah

There are probably more I’m forgetting, but this is just off the top of my head in the kid department. There would be more, but Little, One said he wants gaming stuff, not books, and Little, Two informed me that she would not be attempting to read any books over 100 pages in length. (Le sigh. Siblings.) Imagine, all of these goodies are augmented by University of Glasgow schwag, jewelry, and silly little stocking stuffers.

I think I want to be my own Book Niece.

This is tantamount to wanting to be one’s own grandfather, and is frowned upon, with good reason.

Merry on.