Books and Movies

Books are always my favorite gift to receive, and many book bloggers and writers are encouraging people to give books for Christmas. It made me think, however, that some people may need ideas for books to give for the people on their holiday gift-giving list. I’m here to help!

Here are the books that I gave my highest rating - 5 stars - this year.

For the lover of women’s literature:

Broken for You - Stephanie Kallos
Belong to Me - Marisa de los Santos

For the lover of poetry:

Songs of Innocence and Experience - William Blake (the Oxford Press edition has prints from the original plates Blake did for each poem - gorgeous!)
The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L’Engle

For the lover of fantasy:

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman

For the lover of Christian fiction:

Doesn’t She Look Natural and the sequel, She Always Wore Red by Angela Hunt

For the lover of romance:

The Host - Stephenie Meyer

For the lover of historical fiction:

The Devil’s Arithmetic - Jane Yolen - (YA fiction, good for 12 and up)
Guernica - Dave Boling
The Heretic’s Daughter - Kathleen Kent
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

For the young reader:

The Penderwicks - Jeanne Birdsall
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

For the lover of brilliant writing:

Fieldwork - Mischa Berlinski
North River - Pete Hamill

For the lover of mysteries and all things British:

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, and book 2, A Monstrous Regiment of Women, and book 3, A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King

For the lover of memoirs:

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

If you have any other suggestions for great book gifts, be sure to leave them in comments.

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