Merry Christmas!

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday - Dec 25

Welcome to It's Monday! What Are You Reading? and Mailbox Monday.   

 

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's a great post to organize yourself. It's an opportunity to visit and comment, and er... add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome in everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date.   

Merry Christmas, everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful day. And for those who have experienced a loss, please know my thoughts and prayers are with you. 

I'm writing this late at night because we hosted festivities today. I'll see whose blogs I can check out now that the dishes are washed, the gifts tucked away, and Theo is napping on his bed. It was a long, lovely day. 

On our way to visit my brother-in-law and sister-in-law for Christmas Eve dinner, I read some of this one. My review will be online for January 17th.

I also read a bit of this one last week. 

Upcoming virtual book tours:

• A Yellow House in the Mountains by Glenn Hileman - January 17 (review)
• Civil Twilight by Anique Taylor - January 23 (guest post)
• The Location Shoot by Patricia Leavy - January 31 (interview)  

Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists.

I'll share the new books I received for Christmas during Top Ten Tuesday tomorrow, but this one arrived before the weekend thanks to last week's Top Ten Tuesday where we shared our book wish list.

Thanks to the fellow blogger who fulfilled my wish.

Off to check out your blogs for the day. Hope you enjoy the rest of your week and have some down time. 

Merry Christmas!

 

Wishing you all a blessed Christmas!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

 

Wishing you and yours a blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy holiday season. 

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

We were blessed with a little of the white stuff today, making sure the children got their white Christmas. More of it on the way for tomorrow, so it's a good thing Santa brought me a couple of books.

I hope you and your family had a blessed Christmas.

Under my Christmas Tree

Is it lame for me to be posting about my gifts the day after Christmas? I'm pretty much the biggest kid in the house when it comes to Christmas, so I get wrapped up--pardon the pun--in all the gift giving and receiving.

I was expecting a new vacuum cleaner, but I got a Kindle Fire! This was a total shock. Just another reason I love my hubby is because he always surprises me at Christmas with something special. It's not always expensive, but it's always something that he knows I'll love.

The Kindle Fire has a lot of nice features: color, ease of use (even for this technology dummy), and a smaller size then my first Kindle. The new screen allowed me to read on the way home from our brother-in-law's house last night in the dark. Love that! Right now I am checking the news from my Kindle, and I was able to post to Facebook and Twitter a story that captured my attention.

The new larger keyboard is a definite plus, as is the touch screen. I'm eager to read a children's picture book on it, so I can see the illustrations in color.

I was a bit nervous when I registered my new Kindle, as to how to get all the Kindle books linked from my old Kindle to the new one, but it synched them automatically when I registered. Now, I just need to figure out how to get the other versions of electronic books onto it that are on my old Kindle. I might be using two devices for a while, as I have several books on the old one that I need to review that aren't Kindle versions. My girls are hoping that doesn't take too long, as they are eager to begin using my old Kindle. The Lil Princess (8) already has a Junie B. Jones book on it that she's reading, and the Lil Diva (10) is in the middle of The Halloween Dino Trip by Lea Schizas.

I also received a new, desperately needed laptop bag. Hubby found a beautiful one from Land's End that he had monogrammed for me. The girls, knowing how much I love candles bought me this scrumptious smelling Dark Chocolate scented candle and some musk-type smelling cologne. I also received a heated massaging seat for my office chair, and an electric griddle.

As always, the Lord blessed us with wonderful moments shared with families and friends. We look forward to the new year and hope it brings all of us much health and happiness.

What did you receive this year? What was your most special gift?

Merry Christmas!

The Book Connection would like to wish its readers Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Here's hoping 2012 is a wonderful year filled with many great books.

Merry Christmas from The Book Connection!

On this most holy of days, The Book Connection would like to take a moment to wish you a joyous and peaceful Christmas.

Thank you for your continued support in 2009. We look forward to bringing you more wonderful books in the new year!

Cheryl