Happy >Turkey Day!

Are you getting excited for the holidays? At Kidsreads.com we love the holidays! To get yourself in the mood, be sure to check out our annual roundup of winter reads that you'll want to curl up with. We have also come up with a list of some great books that you might want to put on your holiday wish list. Remember, grownups always feel great about getting you books. You can see those titles in our What to Give/What to Get Guide here.

Happy Turkey Day!

Are your kids getting excited for the holidays? At Kidsreads.com we love the holidays! To get them in the mood, be sure they check out our annual roundup of winter reads that they'll want to curl up with. We have also come up with a list of some great books that you might want to put on your holiday shopping list for them. Books are a gift I always feel great about giving my sons. You can see those titles in our What to Give/What to Get Guide here.

FaithfulReader.com is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month. As I look through the archive pages and notice all of the books and author interviews that we have shared with you over the years, I proudly reflect on how FaithfulReader.com has grown into a unique and inspirational resource for Christian booklovers. I would like to thank our wonderful staff and team of reviewers who make it all possible. And on behalf of the entire FaithfulReader.com team, I’d like to thank all of you, our loyal readers, who make what we do such a pleasure each month.

It's Friday and I am...on an airplane. I am headed to San Antonio for the National Council of Teachers of English conference. The flight is early enough that I think I will be able to get the egg/cheese biscuit sandwich. Actually I got bumped up to first class, which is lovely. Maybe they have some special version of the egg/cheese biscuit sandwich in store for me here. I am wearing my teal cowboy boots because, after all, it's Texas! I came pretty close to JUST packing the boots, but somehow ended up with three more pairs of shoes wedged into my bag, just in case. These boots are my version of ruby red slippers and one of the few reasons I do not mind that the weather turned cold this week.

I am looking at a weather map of the United States, and half of it shows temperatures that are colder than I might like. Yes, it seems winter is here already. The changing weather reminds me of all the holiday shopping I have to do. These days, I do most of it online. Not surprisingly, I get books for a lot of my friends and family. There are so many reasons books make superb gifts. At Teenreads.com we’ve come up with 45 (and I bet you can think of even more).

Okay...I need to stop humming the Will Smith song that comes into my head whenever I fly down to Miami. I am sitting on a plane writing this on Wednesday morning on my way to the Miami Book Fair, which I will be attending for the fourth year in a row. I took a later flight than usual this morning and thus had a turkey sandwich instead of Continental's egg/cheese biscuit that I confess I am quite nuts over. I know, I truly need a life. I know I have been flying a lot when once again I saw my favorite flight attendant, Genevieve, and we chat knitting projects and books. She recognizes me by my pink multi-colored poncho...and my clicking needles. I am knitting a sweater and am on the last sleeve. I have ripped both sleeves out twice, which is rather sad, but the proportion would have fit a BAT if I left them the way they were, which is rather pitiful. I joke as I sit on the plane that I am in the last few moments of straight hair before the Miami humidity wreaks havoc and creates waves/frizz/curls. A few years ago I saw Adriana Trigiani when she was on a tour that took her to the south. She told me she had one bag just with hair products in it. I completely commiserated with her.