Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful day. I am having a great time in Michigan with my family. We spent Christmas Evening at my mom’s, Christmas morning with the Ben’s family, Christmas dinner #1 at my aunt’s, and Christmas dinner #2 back at the inlaw’s. Today will be spent relaxing and enjoying the wonderful presents I received this year.
And speaking of presents, I know you all are dying to know what books I got, so here I am to share. I had a very bookish Christmas, receiving all of these:
From top to bottom:
- The Inimitable Jeeves by PG Wodehouse (audio)
- Readings by Anne Fadiman
- Finny by Justin Kramon
- Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace
- Carney’s House Party and Winona’s Pony Cart by Maud Hart Lovelace
- Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper
- The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
- Rampant by Diane Peterfreund
- My Man Jeeves by PG Wodehouse
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (Lydia Davis translation)
- Red Hood Road by Ayelet Waldman
- Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
- Apollo’s Angels by Jennifer Homans
These are all such wonderful books that I don’t know where to start.
Also, I am now the proud owner of my internet avatar. Ben got me this mug:
I know a lot of you are taking breaks from blogging this week but I am doing the opposite. This week will be my week of Top Fives. Each day, you will see five of my favorite things this year in various categories. And (*fingers crossed because I am away from my books*) it will culminate in my end of year books post.
Did you all have a wonderful book-filled Christmas as well? What are you most excited to read first?
my books. my life. 
Merry Christmas to you and Ben! You got so many great books and I love that cup (I got the tshirt in blue for my bday) 🙂
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I’ve been meaning to read Anne Fadiman’s books on books for ages. Enjoy Readings! The rest of your loot looks wonderful too.
No blogging break for me this week either – I’ve got lots of catching up to do!
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Ooh, nice mug! I’m almost done reading Zeitoun which was one of my Christmas books… what I’m torn about is what nook books to buy with my gift card, LOL!
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Looks like you got tons of good books! That’s perfect that you’re now in the actual possession of the Reading is Sexy mug, too.
I’m hoping to not take a break from blogging this week either. I’d like to take this week to work on flipping my blogging switch back to “on.” Looking forward to your top 5s!
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Sounds like a wonderful Christmas and so many great books. I am also not taking a break from blogging, but mostly because I am at home so it’s easy to do (the lure of the computer…)
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What a great stack! I would read the Fadiman book first. I have the same blogging plans for this week, so I can’t wait to read your list. Have a great weekend!
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You had a great holiday! Looks like you’re going to have plenty to read for a while.
Hope you had a lovely holiday.
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Looks like you had a wonderful Christmas. I liked Homer’s Odyssey a lot; enjoy them all/
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Merry Christmas!!! I am looking forward to reading Sugar Queen and Cutting for Stone. I just finished The Cookbook Collector which I enjoyed.
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What a fantastic haul! I’m glad you had such a wonderful Christmas. And I, like Vasilly, would read the Fadiman first – I love her. 🙂
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I hope you love Emily of Deep Valley as much as I did!
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Great stack of books!
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What a great list of books. Quite a few that I would like to read at some point too so I can’t wait to hear your thoughts. Happy reading, and I can’t wait to see your top 5 lists.
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Wow! What a haul. I’m terribly jealous.
Here’s my post: Sunday Salon: The Best of 2010 in Books.
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I am still catching up on Christmas and New Year posts 🙂
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a wonderful New Year Eve, Michelle!
Loved the picture of your Christmas presents! Wonderful to know that you got a couple of Wodehouse – they are so lovely! Wonderful to see Anne Fadiman’s ‘Re-readings’ 🙂 I am also hoping to read it this year. If you are planning to read it anytime soon, do let me know. We can compare notes 🙂
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I forgot to mention one more thing! I love your internet-avatar-mug 🙂 Nice to know that you finally have it.
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