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December 16, 2016 - January 6, 2017

Here are reading recommendations with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for the contest period of December 16 - January 6.

How many books did you read in 2016?

December 16, 2016, 1195 voters

December 16, 2016

Ann Hood: Still Life With Books

Posted by emily
Ann Hood is an award-winning author, most recently of the bestselling THE BOOK THAT MATTERS MOST, which we haven’t stopped raving about since it released in August. That book tells a story of love, loss and the redemptive power of books. Here, Ann continues on those themes with a touchingly personal recounting of a difficult day in her own life --- and the extraordinary way books can make your heart ache and help your heart heal.  

Bookreporter.com Reviewers Pick Their Favorite Books of 2016

Recently we asked our reviewers to provide us with a list of some of their favorite books from 2016. Included is a mix of fiction and nonfiction titles, all published this year. Take a moment to read these varied lists of titles and see if you agree with their selections! Please note that due to personal and professional commitments, some reviewers were not able to participate in this feature.

Joan Didion

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

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Joan Didion

December 15, 2016

This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that is perfect for holiday giving and that you may want to include on your “to me/from me” list. Read more about it, and enter our Holiday Cheer Contest by Friday, December 16th at 4:59pm ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THE GERMAN GIRL by Armando Lucas Correa, a Bookreporter.com Bets On selection that is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!

We’re excited to kick off this year’s Holiday Author Blog series with award-winning mystery author and groundbreaking journalist Hank Phillippi Ryan. Her latest novel, SAY NO MORE, is the fifth book in her bestselling Jane Ryland series and already is a Library Journal Best of 2016. It seems Hank could do no wrong even from an early age, when she and her sister decided to take Christmas into their own little hands --- as she describes here --- to miraculous results.  

William Hazlitt

Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.

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William Hazlitt

December 2016

Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the books are so delightful, and since winter break is soon, read all night, watch cartoons, eat great food! ...Okay, so maybe I should cross "songwriter" off my resume this year, but I can live with that because there is so much else going on here at Kidsreads! Between our Holiday Bundle of Cheer Contest and all of our December features and reviews, we have a full newsletter for you this week, starting with some huge news.

December 2016

Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the books are so delightful, and since winter break is soon, read all night, watch cartoons, eat great food! ...Okay, so maybe I should cross "songwriter" off my resume this year, but I can live with that because there is so much else going on here at Kidsreads! Between our Holiday Bundle of Cheer Contest and all of our December features and reviews, we have a full newsletter for you this week, starting with some huge news.