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December 29, 2008

Did you have a novel holiday?

The gift-giving season is just about over, and now it's time to survey all that you are thankful for: friends, family, food, new cherished memories...and I want to know all about your bookish gifts, both given and received!

Did Santa bring you a gift certificate to your favorite bookstore?

Did you fulfill your loved one's greatest wish and buy them the Oxford English Dictionary? (OK, maybe that's just my greatest wish.)

I was spoiled with not one but two gift cards, one for Salamander Used Books on The Avenue in Hampden. And since the OED is a bit out of our price range, I got the next best thing: Reading the OED, by Ammon Shea. And the pop-up Nutcracker Christmas book I gave to my little niece was a hit with young and old.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, and that you're nearly ready for 2009, and a whole new year of books.

(Photo by woodsy at stockxchng)

Posted by Nancy Knight at 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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I got the Twilight series, The Shack, and a book about Screenplay writing.

Posted by: Erika Robuck | December 29, 2008 10:25 AM

Yes, I gave and received lots of books. Some of those I received are:

Exit Music, by Ian Rankin
The Given Day, by Dennis Lehane
North of Naples, South of Rome, by Paolo Tullio
When Will There Be Good News?, by Kate Atkinson
The Scream, by Rohinton Mistry

Posted by: Barbara Morrison | January 1, 2009 8:53 AM

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Knight grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.