Life: I am officially excited for the Christmas season.  Our tree is a Fraser Fir and rather large this year and smells divine. It would be nice if there was snow, but that is okay, I am enjoying seeing all the Christmas lights going up in the neighbourhood.  I am looking forward to participating in the Book-lovers Secret Santa Swap and the Book Blogger Holiday Swap.  I need to shop for them both as well as my family.

Family Update: We had a lovely holiday beginning Tuesday evening and will go through Sunday.  On Black Friday my one twin was involved with a theatre workshop, which allowed parents to drop off their younger children for a fun day and allowed the parents time to shop.  The rest of us also volunteered to help and we had a wonderful day followed up with leftovers, a much deserved nap and family movie night.

Saturday Night: We spent the entire day getting the house and yard ready to decorate for Christmas and will finish tomorrow as we took a few too many breaks and decided to watch The Girl Who Played With Fire (some scenes were not appropriate for younger eyes and were screened) which was as wonderful as the first movie (we adore foreign films).

Read and Reviewed: I managed to read, review and spotlight  9 books, there were some excellent selections and a few I think would make brilliant holiday gifts.

If you do not want to wait until Monday to see the entire list for the week, all my reviews are up and as usual I love comments.

Today I will be reading: Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff, if I get time. I am uncertain if I will get to read as we have to complete decorating for Christmas.

Happy Reading and please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

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