Christmas Time is Here

I love that song from Charlie Brown's Christmas.  And watching Snoopy do "Crack the Whip" on the ice.  :-)

Anyway, it's already December 2nd and I'm reading the last book I'll get from the library in 2009.  After that--Christmas stories!  I have a stack of 21 (or 22?) books, mostly Christmas stories, with a couple of "holiday" books.  I used to be able to read a book per day (300 or so pages), but now, since I'm also writing, I have been covering 2 books in 3 days, roughly.  (I also spend an inordinate amount of time on the internet, especially Facebook--I am SO hooked on FarmVille and Pathwords!)  So I'll probably still be reading a couple of these through and after Christmas.

I have them sorted first by paranormal or non-paranormal.  Nons being last.  Then I've sorted them by author popularity.  That's somewhat subjective, of course, because some of my favorite authors are not widely known.  But I have Heather Graham and Nora Roberts and Debbie Macomber, as well as a couple of others that are more widely known (at least among romance writers).  I'm sure I'll end up shifting some of them around as I get through the stack.  Since I don't read Christmas books after January 1st, whatever's left will be put aside for next year.

Now I need to stock up on Christmas munchies, because there's nothing like a good book and a bag of something yummy!