My work has a book exchange as part of our Christmas party every year. The only rule is that the book needs to be related to history in some way. Last year I picked up Mark Stein’s How the States Got Their Shapes and was pretty excited about it since I really enjoyed the History Channel show of the same name. The show is quick and witty and I thought surely the book would be the same. And have some additional information that the show […]
This is not the Dickens I was Looking for
I haven’t read any Dickens. Ever. What at first was an oversight had turned over the years into a point of silly pride. Sometimes you just don’t want to read a classic author, you know? I’m sure part of it was that for many years one of the holiday events I worked was based on A Christmas Carol. The story is ubiquitous. Almost everyone knows the story of Scrooge being visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, getting himself scared straight and […]
Huzzah, another Book Exchange!
Many many thanks to faintingviolet – not only for organizing this Book Exchange, but also for sneakily picking ME as her recipient. The mailman usually comes in the afternoon, but he must be behind with all of his deliveries, because the bell rang this morning, and it was a package for me. Now I have treats to go with my coffee and something to read on my lunch hour! Thanks so much and Happy Holidays (and Happy Reading) to everyone!
Life’s Always Better with a Book (or two)
So, I sort of cheated this year. I volunteered to organize the Book Exchange because I loved giving and receiving books last year and selfishly wanted to do both again this year. Which means I got to assign myself my gifter and giftee (this being the cheating part). While my gift is off to its recipient today (I was even late based on the rules I made!) I now feel okay to share my gifts from Bunnybean and Joemyjoe, our Jr. Cannonballers who took part […]