Favorite Books of 2008

My husband writes a very witty Christmas letter every year for our family. His snippet about me this year is quite fitting for my Book Blog:

Katie took the pregnancy in stride and kept busy with two active boys. Her favorite books of the year were The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray and These is My Words by Nancy Turner. Speaking of books, Katie suffers from a rare disease known as children’s book syndrome. Whenever she sees a children’s book, she wants it. When leaving for DI she declares “No more books!” but returns with a few dozen. “They were such a good deal,” she says. Now the Library of Congress calls us to borrow ones they don’t have.

It’s so funny to me, because it’s true!

Anyway, these were my favorite books from this past year.

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RecoMonday: Christmas Picture Book

Lately Clark has been obsessed with this Christmas book we checked out at the library.  He asks me to read it to him at least 3 times a day (who knows how many times he asks Dan to read it).

The first time I read it I was concerned that the author was not going to have Santa Claus come, that perhaps Little Bear would learn that Big Bear and Mommy Bear are the ones who eat the treats and put gifts in the stocking.  But Santa did show up, though no one did ever see him.  It’s a very cute book.