As Christmas rapidly approaches it suddenly dawned on me that I have neither read nor listened to a book in at least 8 weeks. This may not seem too strange, except I typically read at least one book a day. Life took quite an extremely abrupt turn, which is affecting my entire household and even my beloved reading was placed so far on the backburner that I gave it no thought beyond always making certain I had a book in my “go bag”. Beyond that, I have read nothing. While our family is struggling with a very serious and unexpected illness (not mine), we are still all very affected and I am trying to keep things as “normal” as possible for my twins who will be graduating this year and my college age son, who blessedly is now home for Christmas break. The halls are decked (thanks to my SIL who came out for a week and was kind enough to try and help us get into the Christmas mood), the presents are few (there may be a few books in the mix as gifts), but from the heart and under the tree, and Christmas dinner has been planned. I have hope the New Year will be so much better for my family and I look forward to the time when I am able to focus and read again. However, for now, family comes first and foremost. The following books are currently lying about my house begging to be read.

Title: City of Women
Author: David R. Gillham
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Publication Date: August 7, 2012
Hardcover: 400 pages
ISBN: 978-0399157769
Genre: Literature, Hist0rical Fiction

Title: Invisible Murder
Author: Lene Kaaberbøl
Publisher: Soho Crime; Reprint edition
Publication Date: October 2, 2012
Paperback: 339 pages
ISBN: 978-1616951702
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense

Title: House of Evidence
Author: Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson
Publisher: AmazonCrossing; Reprint edition
Publication Date: December 11, 2012
Paperback: 224 pages
ISBN:
Genre: Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Title: Above All Things
Author: Tanis Rideout
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam
Publication Date: February 12, 2013
Hardcover: 400 pages
ISBN: 978-0399160585
Genre: Fiction, Literature

Happy Reading!