The Best Chrismas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, smoke cigars, swear, and hit little kids. So no one is prepared when this outlaw family invades church one Sunday and decides to take over the annual …
Wild Thing (an anthology) Get swept away by the passions that rise out of the unfathomable depths of the lost city of Atlanits… I only read one story in this anthology, Wild Hearts in Atlantis by Alyssa Day. I enjoyed the story, even though it was short. It is the …
We went to Literacy Night last night at Amber’s school. The Polar Express was the theme. First, we got to write letters to Santa and then take a ride on the Polar Express. They had rows of chairs set up in the hall behind a cardboard engine front and the …
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie ( previously titled A Holiday for Murder and Murder from Christmas) On the night before Christmas, cruel, tyrannical, filthy rich Simeon Lee is found in his locked bedroom with his throat cut. Now Hercule Poirot must put his deductive powers to the test to …
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, The Count of Monet Cristo recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantes, a dashing young sailor falsely accused of treason. The story of his long imprisonment, dramatic escape, and carefully wrought revenge offers …
Amber and I started December by reading two of her old favorite Christmas books. They are both too young for her, really, but she enjoys rereading them every year. What Could Be Keeping Santa? by Marilyn Janovitz The reindeer are concerned because Santa is late on Christmas Eve: “Reindeer standing …