HOLIDAY WISH LIST : BOOKS

Today's Holiday Wish List was created by my good friend Julie who used to write the S&C blog's Look!Book! monthly book review. Lucky for us she's back and has compiled a selection of books she'd be happy to give or receive this season:
1/Kathleen Winter, Annabel This debut novel tells the story of Wayne growing up in remote Labrador and concealing a secret he is only somewhat aware of himself.
2/Erin Morgenstern, The Night CircusI’m not usually a fan of fantasy but The Night Circus held me (wait for it!) under its spell from page one.
3/Hilary Mantel, Bring up the BodiesThis year’s Man Booker Prize winner is the darker and pacier sequel to Wolf Hall and chronicles Anne Boleyn’s demise – perfect to read by the fire.
4/Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen, Procrastination: Why You Do It, What To Do About It I listened to this book over ten (highly productive) hours in the fall and it may have changed my life.
5/Caitlin Moran, How To Be A Woman There is a lot to love and laugh at in Caitlin Moran’s memoir/rant but her invention (to my knowledge) of the term “Sex Narnia” is quite spectacular.
6/F. Scott Fitzgerald, TheGreat Gatsby Re-reading this classic reinforced both my admiration for it as well as my fears about the movie casting. This Penguin edition (pictured) would make a great gift or track down a vintage copy in your local second hand bookshop.
7/James Joyce, TheDubliners In Dublin I picked up a lovely copy of Joyce’s short stories for my dad, but couldn’t resist reading them myself first. Next up, A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man.
8/Speaking of short stories, I already know my mum has bought me Emma Donoghue’s latest collection Astray for Christmas. She probably remembers that in undergrad I nerdily emailed a paper to Donoghue (about her novel Hood) and have saved her kind reply to this day.
~Julie